Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-17
THE HOROSCOPE.
Martins strength In Ross Home Dis.
trict Fatal 10 the General Martin
Second In the Race.
The Ross Programme from Now ON "a
Have FOR Its sole Aim ths Defeat of
swain Martin County for Ross.
pELrA couNrY coNyEN1toN



COOPER, TEX, July i2.--Saturday the /
10th was q stirring day IN the political
history OF our little city. AT 10 O'Clock |
a. m. according TO previcu us arrangements, |
the citizens meeting was called TO order |
Several attempts at explaining the object |
with an equal number OF signal failures !
we're made. An adjournment took place |
at II IN. and at 2 p. m. the county Demo
cratic convention was called TO order
and tool, up its business and proceeded |
to elect delegates to the various conven- |
tons. All was harmonious and at $3.50 |
the county convention adjourned and the |
citizens convention resumed action. |
Free grass, high tariff, silver coinage and
other heavily loaded speakers opened
their hnzoos only TO be seated by stormy
yelis for another speaker. 1t was evi-
IDENTIFY move on the part OF Greenback-
ers and discontinued politicians to dis.
rupt the Democracy in this county, but II
proved signal failure as its adjourn
ment camewithout effectlng an organiZa-
ton. The greatest confusion prevailed
throughout. Many staunch members OF
the Farmers alliance combatted the move
with vim OH the ground that it was an
attempt TO drag their organization into
| politics. The Democratic convention
| left its delegates to the state, congress
slonal and fioatorial conventions to be in
structed by the result OF the primary TO
be held next Saturday, the 18th,
MARTIN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
MARIENFELD, TEX, July IA mass.
meeting of the Democratic voters met
to-day in the courthouse for the purpose
Of sending one delegate to Galveston
| Afinr Attenuation uo tn ha In
tion of the delegate, IL was resolved that
the delegate vote against Swain for gov
ernor. BY motion OF the secretary IL
was resolved that should there appear o
possibility of o. M. Roberts name com
ing up for nomination, he be instructed
to vote for him. After a short debate, II
was resolved that the delegate vote first
and last and all the time for Gen. Ross
for governor, and for lieutenant-governo
Judge Wheeler.
James NJ. Warren was elected delegate.
The commiIte on resolutions made its re.
port and 1t was adopted, as follows:
Re II resolved by the Democratic voters o
Martin county, Texas, In mass nte ing assem-
bled, that the principles laid down In the Ma
,ional democratic platforms are the true Dom
ocratic prln iples, and meet our hearty APP
proyal and support; that the grand principle
of the Democratic party which opposes the
most heartily lneOts our approval, and we mos
he lrty conuemn all parties which attempt "a
centralize this government In the hands Of 8
few, and take away from the states the conBtl
tutonal powers granted 20 them and lodge
those powers In central government In con
tradctloA TO tho principles enunclated by
Thomas Jefferson, the great apostle of Demo
BE il resolved, that We approve the Demo
cratic administration of Jhe aiiaire of state
with the exception OF the land board and ~
land policy We do not approve the acqulsi
ton of large bodies OF lard by foreign corpora
lions, as II is detrimental to the interes OF TIN
state at large, and most especially detrimental
to tho actual settler. We hereby pledge our
selves to support The Democratic nominees TO
| sate Offices
to the extent OF our power, uphold the gran
Democra 10 principles rs taught by Je hertor
Madison and Jackson.
INTENDED TO INJURE SWAIN.
PARIS, TEX, July lG.--EDIToR Ga
zRTTE; Your report in to.day's GAzRTTl
OF yesterdays proceedings OF the senator
ial convention is a gross perversion OF tn
facts and was evidently designed tolnjnr
the candidacy Of Col. Swain for the gov
erGoIship. Your correspondent speak
of one set Of delegates from Rel
River AS coming from "Swain con
yentionh and another from "Democrati
convention" He omitted to state
however, that the Fannin county dele
gates who comprised majority of thu
convention favored coating the delegate
E from the so-called Swain convention an
i that finally in the interests of harmon
both sets of delegates were admitted
Doubtless the representatives OF Fanni
county are as we'll qualified TO Judge O
the Democracy of any man or set OF me
as a correspondent who permits himsel
| a. To fnfn xghn 10 fh
way will receive an almost unanlmou
support from this section. j Il. ii.
THE OUTLOOK TO-DAY.
Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, TEX, July lG.-The results O
the county conventions held within tn
last few days have been to make de
cided change in the gubernatoIial horo
scope. The strength which Martin ha
developed In the section contiguous Il
McLennan county is conceded by tn
friends OF Gen Ross to be fatal TO him
and it is believed will place Martin sec
ond in the race while practically takinl
Ross out Of it. The most depressing
news upon the friends Of the latte
was that Milan county had instructed 10
Martin They had counted confdentl
upon Milan because the general spen
his buyhood there. This coming upo
the heels Of Martins victories /
= Coryell and johnson counties, which hay
: all along been claimed as secure for Ross
has caused mis- friends to throw up thei
. hands, aud it is now concede
that he has no chance whateve
a for the nomination. 1t Is understoo
! among the politicians that the Ross pre-
gramme from now on will have for II
! sole purpose the defeat OF Swain, Their
a are significant out-cropplngs OF the cul
!. tiyatlon OF an Old Alcalde boom, an
= many believe the rumor that Ross nam
! will be substituted on the second or thlr
ballot by that of Gov. Roberts. IL tn
move is accepted IL is expected that RIOS
will be given the second place on tn
ticket.
4, THE ABBOTT PRIMARY.
! Special to the Gazette.
ABDoTr, Tx July lG,-At ID
4 primary this evening the delegates TO Tn
Es.aaa raa.a tad ~