Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-21
COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
Meeting Of the Tarrant County Demo.
cratic Executive Committee and
Resolutions Adopted.
Nominating Conventions TO be Called July
10 and t7--sone Interesting ExpinDa-
lions and Alliance Aliusions.

Julian Field, chairman Of precinct No. /
Of Tarrant county, majority Of the rep
resentatives from the eight voting pre-
cincts this county met at the court
house In Fort Worth yesterday at 2
O'Clock. There were present; Capt. Ju-
liam Field Of precinct w. NJ. Thinner
man, precinct 2; j, Il. NJ. Yates, precinct
-; A b. Frazer, precinct 81 g. q. Mitchell,
precinct Z.
Capt. Field was made temporary chair.
man, and W. NJ. Zimmerman temporary
secretary. The first business OF the
meeting was the election OF a perma-
Dont chairman OF the committee. Hon.
Geo. w. Finger Of Arlington was nom
mated for the position and unanimously
elected. The secretary then read the FOL
lowing
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS;
whereas, II Is reported that a full ticket Il r
county officers OF 1arrant county was secretly
nominate az DhRgeltH nall In the city of Fort
worth on Tuesday night, the llth Inst, and
Whereas, said Ticket wa, not composed Who'll
ly Of rep ,fentatve Democrats, but contAlns
tue namos OF men VINO We hitherto affiliated
with our political opponents, erefore
Resolved, that We, the Democratic executive
committee NJ Tarrant county, pledge ourselves
" the support of the Democtadc party and TO
its principles.
Of no pirty nor of any order Except the regular
ly nominated candidates Of the Democratic
par y. openly nominated In q Democratic con
vonuOn.
Resolyed that We recommend tho holding Of
n county convention on the 18th d OF July,
1890, for the purpose OF elccting delegates to
the state ana congressional conventions and
also TO nominate candidates for the various Of
ilces In rarTant county and 10 transact such
other business as the convention may deem eX
pcdcnt We recommend Saturday,. the 10Th
nj IaIN N.lsf Ia. lnI
co, V, ntions IN the various precincts OF the
county. and urge upon the people at large the
necessity OF attending them.
motion was made TO table the reso-
luton
Some strong objection against the pre-.
amble was raised by two Of the commit
teemen, Messrs. Mitchell and Frazer,
and u general discussion OF the matter
ensued, In which all present participated
In turn.
The gentlemen named considered that
an unnecessary reflection was contained
in the preamble, aimed at the Farmers
OF this county, and he discus.
sion led to something In the nature Of an
explanation made OF the action OF the
famous "dark-lantern" ticket as pre-
pared at Daggett's hall. Mr.. Mitchell
SAID that az the midnight meeting Of
the knights OF Labor aud OF some
Of the Farmers alliance held
on the lth inst, resolution was there
passed intlmatlng that the Daggett hall
meeting in no wise wished TO incur the
III Will OF the county Democracy, but
rather desired their cooperation. Mr..
Frazer said that the men who, through
him, had most strongly recommended
that county convention be called, were
of the Farmers alliance and
knights OF Labor, and that only In the
Democratic party did they recognize
the salvation of this country. MIR.
Mitchell continued to insist that
the preamble above given would
be misunderstood by the majority OF PEG.
pie aud be detrimental in It's effects,
Mr.. Yates deemed 1t wise TO
"rEII THE TRUTH"
IN simple fashion and state only facts
such as were given IN the preamble; that
the action OF the Daggett hall meeting
would not be denied as set forth, and this
Is the reason for plain expression at this
time. Mr.. Finger, permanent chairman,
here assumed his duties. There being no
second to the motion to table the res0lu-
ion, a motion to adopt was put and car.
rled by the votes of Field, Yates aud Tin.
negative, Frazer and Mitchell.
Upon motion the chairman was In
'tructed TO learn cause Of absent mem
)trs OF the committee.
TUE BASIS or REPRESENTATION
~ the forthcoming conventions was fixed
1t one delegate for every liity Democratic
voters, or fractional part OF twenty 1--we,
On the Democratic vote cast for governor
In 1884. motion was passed asking
that TnE GAZETTE aud other papers of
this county publish these proceedings.
The resolutions OF coincidence on the
death OF Hon, Royal Il. Twomby, late
chairman OF this committee, were passed,
and appear elsewhere In this issue.
nor ON THE KILLS..
There was no further business before
the meeting, but Mr.. Dan Parker, one of
The county commissioners, asked per.
mission TO put question or two TO
Messrs. Mitchell and Frazer concerning
their part In the Daggett hall meeting.
Said Mr.. Parker: "Mr. Mitchell,
were YOU present aud did you take part
In the Farmers alliance meeting
held some time since at Enon, when the
held at Fort Worth ON the
night OF the It'll INST. was oidered?n
After a long pause Mr. Mitchell re-
pledi 81 will have to decline answering
your question"
Mr.. Frazer volunteered the Information
That he (FraLer) was present at the Enon
aud Fort Worth meetings, and at both
places strongly opposed everything of
political nature.
Mr., Mitchell said he desired to explain
his refusal TO answer; Il was
because he was informed that
nothing would here be said about
these things, but no had ALWAYS
opposed any disposition In the alliance
towards politics
Mr. Frazer stated that the meeting at
Daggetrs hall was not In aay sense
meeting OF the alliance as u body, but mere
~ Il gathering Of citizens; he supposed that
those present We're either farmers of the
alliance or knights OF Labor and no out.
siders.
now IT WAS DONE.
Mr. Mitchell had nually made un his
mind 10 explain the modus operandi; he
'aid 1.-THE KING Is OF Laoor sent
delegation 10 the alliance asking that
be appointed by the al.
lance 10 meet in "a convention Jointly
With the Knights This was refused by
he farmers; the members OF the alliance
we're then requested TO adjourn as body
md remain and confer with the
knights In the capacity of sim
Die mass-meotiDg Of citizens, all 10.
,ether. This was done, hat as BODY
he Tarmnt County Farmers alliance
lave never yet entered politics. Outing
he mass-meetiug resolutions were passed
certain parties for Office, Int
4 course these resolutions were not &c.
'epted by every one present. We were
merely mass-meotlng Of citizens, nothiag
noren
ChRirmsn Flnger hera infnrrlinf.h thn