Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-13

"nercol the lands set apart for the han.
sut OF the common school and Other trust
iunus snail be disposed OF In limited
luanuties TO bona fldo settlers only, and
~ slsn manner as not to lniurc said
ssuss lunus, respectfully submitted, j.
A. p.owning, j. II. Davenport, George
~ meSali, Howard Tompleton, j. A.
>'~'V'r w. =. rope, w H. Woodward.
AFTERNOON sRssroN.
The afternoon SO, sion Of the cnnven,,a,
N ,,a..u. " Viuer at 1850 p. m. The chair.
De the adoption OF the minority mn at,t,ts
LOT section OF the platform Presented hv
the majority Of the committees.
MADDOX OF Travis who had the aoor
SAID II was most Important ouestion
ne was a cattleman. He was asked how
muoh land ne had leased in Greer county
ne ssla no had 100000 acres leased for
when ne paid over Sl2, geo lie believed
we ieNas children owned the lands ana
NOT the Democratic party. (Crios TO usit
Gown Lands 1T for only urasins
should oe leased. lie named "A a cattle
,nan NOT paying for lands but using them.
Nharies Goodnight. lie said the tocknen
Were giving money TO the children.
houon was made by Scarborough OF
NOLAN, lhat section five Of the majority
report, and the minority substitute mere
lot, 90 laid upon the table Seconded.
resolution was carried that both Be
read, which was done.
4, motion was made aud carried that
the vote be taken by counties.
Inc OBJECT OF Scarborough,s molion
was OF course, 70 refer the whole lease
Jaw ana iree grass matter to the next leg.
.slSsuEs, giving each indiyid-
ual democrat therein chance
10 express his opinion on the questions.
small hope OF
CRUSHING our TnR LEAaE LAW,
but that It's adoption would nocessitate
The withdrawal of their support from ire
Democratic nominees. They did NOT wish
to be gagged at home and oonsoonently
preferred TO see the matter 70 over. In.
medlately upon the decision TO have n
call OF counties, mingled cheers and noes
broke out, which were followed by loud
ana almost universal conversation, me-
eessitatlng three minutes heavy use of
hllgore OF Van Llndt made call for
DIVISION, which forced action on tue mi.
nority report first. The vote en- tAis was
oy counties, The minority substitute for
section OF the majority report was
tabled by vote OF b75 10 lac.
duncan wanted more discussion but IL
was not permitted. The vote by coun.
Ties ON tabllng the majority report was
taken amid some disorder and argument
The chairman said the business would
never be finished II noise was not stilled.
Ills plea had no effect and he raised his
gavel over his head and brought il down
with a thump that Scared the table. The
vote ON tabliug the majority report OF
section stood ayes 2s2, nays il9.
II was moved that the majority report
be adopted, and the previous question
was called for, The previous question
was ordered aud carried. The majority
report was adopted.
motion was made 10 reconsider its
passage A motion TO table the motion 10
reconsider was carried amid tremendous
cheering.
resolution OF regret for the doath OF
Samuel j. Tllden and Thomas Han.
bricks was handed up. The names Of
Hancock and lloratio Seymour were
added The resolution was carried.
A resolution was introduced proposIno
an amendment TO the constitution to
afford relief TO the drought sufferers. II
was moved that the consideration OF all
resolutions be postponed until after the
nominations were made.
An amendment offered that all resolu
tons brought In from, the committee be
adopted without reading was not put.
motion TO postpone the consideration
OF resolutions Till after the nominations
was carried and nominations were de-
clared in order.
ROSS NOMINATING srEecu.
John ~ Henderson OF Brazos said IA
he looked In the sea Of faces assembled 10
select Its governor, that he saw many
followers OF the various candidates, but
there was no difference In their patriot.
ism. The majority In the state made the
selection OF candidates personal matter.
Not sufficient attention was paid 10 aualI-
fications. Let them remember that they
were OF extraordinary character Calm
action was necessary. Texas demanded
the selection OF thorough Texan,
a men who understands the labor
situation, who has by honest toll won
enough wealth TO appreciate capital. The
Democracy demanded a man Of knowl-
edge OF the land system, who would guard
the states interests therein, who. tvhiIe
appreciating railways, would remenlbtr
that the peoples money built them. They
demanded man who was a decent anan-
cier, q man who would educate the
masses, but who would not sacrifice the
state for mess Of federal pottage. fAr-
plause. The man who they wanted WAS
an honest, common-sense man, not liable
TO capture by rings Above ali, the state
wanted man With the courage Of his
convictions, who would execute the laws
at all posts [ApplRuse. Such a man was
u. s Ross. [Cheers lasting half a minute
Ho was born and reared on Texas soil.
In his early manhood he fought on
the frontier. fApplause.l Later
he cast his lot with hia own
state and entered the war NJ
a private. Fidelity, zeal aud COURAGE
carried him 10 fame, barely equaled by
any under the Confederacy, that neld
only where true knights fought. Later
stili, he returned 10 his home and set
about rebuilding the waste places. AZ
sherin, farmer, citizen, member OF va.
rions Important bodies, his duty has moi
had 70 seek him out. Gen. Ross was no
lark horse. L"Hurrah for Ross."l he
sought no ambush to steal victory when
others had fought. For six months
le had been an open candidate
Tho nercest light upon him showed
40 nav. Cheers.l Honor WAS hie