Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-08
Ross Friends Hopeful Of Running III,
In On the Hurrah Plan, which
is His Only Chance.
The swain Men Determined II Fss,y
Opposition to the MeLennaa
County Candidate.
braokenri'sFe and Gisidines are shs ya,s
est Quantities Of unknann
Possibilities.
rREr Wing ron pur nArEls.

dates, leaders and delegates, An I'M NJ
oohY OF every prominent Meta, ~
the city Is alive with them. Col gwasn
Capt. Martin and Col. Giddlnca hssI
been here for several days and tien. l ne's
arrived tonight. ~ ''S''
Candidates for other popItona hes,ae.
those OF governor are PLENTIFUL but IN q
this time the attractive theme is thaasst
place on the ticket. " Z
The friends OF Gen. Ross ave en.hus,.
astic, or appear TO be so, and ara ,gorlr,...
The situation for all there n
IN II. Despite their professional
however, the close observer can see
that they are anything but sat!saed
Thelr programme Is 10 run fhulr
man 10 on the hurph plan. so
IL Is said and belieycd but lho oppo,l.
ton leaders say this little scheme NH
be knitted at the start
The Swain men who are here, or most
OF them, at least, are
DoGGEDLY DETERMINES
IN their opposition to Rosa. They aav
ihaV Swain has been badly treatkd NJ
Ross friends aud the Ross news.
papers, that the Red River ccnn,v
affair which revived Swaln's hhhefss
bright prospects was engineered aireet
from Waco. IL IL also claimed that San.
Rtor Coke, who resides In the same civ
with Ross. has taken an undue interest n
the campaign, flooding the state with
personal letters from Washlnalon IN
Ross behalf. They claim that Il was IN.
fair In a United States senator to do this.
II IL safe 70 say that II the Swain leaders
can hold their forces we'll In hand RODS
win get llttls o. no assistance from that
quarter.
The same may DO said Of the Martin
leaders. They are very bitter, and In.
stance among other things that the Ross
organs have attacked Martins rollgion,
and also that Ross himself In d public
speech deliberately mlsTcprcsoDtod the
Navarro mans record. The Martlo lead.
ors say that Ia case Martin were 70 70.
tire, with SWANS name stll before The
convention, tho bulk Of the
farmers' vote would 20 to the
latter. They claim aiso that
SWANS vote will 90 10 Martin In prefer.
cnce TO Ross. Ross friends are buslIy
engaged trying 10 convince the Swain
and Martin adherents that Ross Is not
responsible for the uttorances OF his
organp, but they are NOT making
success of IL. For some reason
the laborlng element is bitterly opposed
TO Ross. A man, said TO be d typo, made
an impassioned talk TO q crowd Tonight,
In which he said nearly every daily paper
In Texas supporting Ross Is run With
'scabn labor. There is good deal OF
talk OF this kind, and also about railroad
attorneys being the Ross leaders IN all
portions OF the state.
So far little has been said about Mai.
Breckenridge, though bis friends claim
that he will develop considerable strength.
Col. Glddiugs preserves uulet do
and knowing ones saw no Is
going 60 astonish the other candidates
when the proper time arrives.
THERE'S n very strong feeling for the
Old Alcalde, and all that's needed TO fan
il into healthy boom Is little cncour.
igement from the old man himself II is
tonight that lengthy conf
ientlol telegram was sent to him at Aus
In this afternoon, but prominent friend
a hls, and who Is supporting Ross, de-
lies, and says Roberts Is Tor Ross.
Another rumor tonight ~ 10 the effect
hat the Breckenridge following ~ trying
TO work up plan 10 secure for their
thief complimentary vote and then 80
% Ross In lump on the
Iecond ballot. Such movement
would hardly succeed. As many Oh the
delcnafes arc xnuwn 10 DO
or Swain AZ second choice.
At this tune II looks as II the dght Is
,learly established With regard
q The nandidarv az Ross. HIS