Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-09
POLITICAL.
Lamar County a Unit for Maxey for the
Senate, but Fails TO Instruct for
Anyone for Governor.
Majority Of Orayson Coupty's Delegates
for swain-Kansas Republicans
Indorse Prohibition.
LAMAR couSrY CONVENTION.

resolutions, Of which the following Is .
digest;
Resolved, that the Democracy of LANAI
county, having full faith In the honesty
and capacity Of Hon. S Is Maxey, ant
believing that he has faithfully served the
state and county as an earnest, intelligent
Christian statesman, do most heartily
indorse him as United States senator, ant
TO the full extent of our influence and
power we instruct our senator's and rep
resentatiyes in the Twentieth Legislature
70 use all honorable means 10 secure hi;
reelection.
The state delegates were instructed fol
r. Gaines, supreme judge, The foato'
rial delegates go uninstructed. II was
moved that the delegates be instructed
TO vote for r. Woodbridge for senator
ayes 48, nays ~.
NOTES FROM GHAYsoN COUNTY.
Special 10 ne 5azetto.
SHERMAN, TEX, July s--Judge Hare
has returned from an extended trip 10 the
western counties and thinks his prospects
for succeeding Throckmorton are good.
II is doubtful whether he VIII have .
single opponent.
II is now known that SIR. Douglass win
have opposition in the race for state SEN
atOr DR.. VIM OF this city will, IL Is
said, run on the Independent programme.
There Is some talk that Capt. Hughey Of
Ida will be In the field AS that gentle
mans name was before the nominating
convention II is questionable whether he
win consent TO bolt its action In any such
way and those who know him deny that
he will run.
One thing Is certain, 1t IS generally be-
ltaund ha EartuaVa1 all mi
boycott all legislative candidates who are
not farmers, and will vote solidly TO send
tillers OF the soil TO Austin.
A canvass OF the fifty delegates to the
state convention shows that as between
Swain and Ross the majority are squarely
in favor of the first for governor.
KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
TOPEKA, KASs., July Sat the Repub-
lican state convention to day the commit
tee on credentials asked for further time
TO consider matters in their hands. The
convention refused It and admitted both
delegations from the contested counties
with half vote each. The platform re-
ported by the committee yesterday was
adopted to-day with but one dissenting
voice IL arraigns the Democratic party
for various enumerated shortcOm-
@NrN' NAh AiAHhNiltAhOAFf AOl wv
placing veteran Union soldiers
and rewarding .Confederates with
offices, for the embarrassment of
business by interference with legislative
prott elton, for Withholding pensions to
disabled soldiers, for rewarding Fitz
John Porter for characterization aud
treachery, and for the annoyance of set
tiers in the West by yexatious rulings and
illconsidered orders. The resolutions de-
maud continuance Of the protective tariff
system, the establishment of a CONNER.
cial marine and the strengthening OF the
navy.
Regarding prohibition the report says
The people OF Kansas have adopted pro,
hibtion as the settled policy Of this state
and have deliberately decided that the
saloon with It's corrupt and demoralizrnl
Influence and association wherein
every form OF vice, immortality
and crime Is fostered, must 90
and we are In favor of carrying
into effect this verdict of the people By
such amendment Of the present law al
practical experience has shown neces
sary, and by the election Of law officer:
who will SO firmly and faithfully enforce
II as TO render 1t impossible to sell ntox
ieating liquors In the state except for pur
poses specified In the prohibition amend
ment to the const tuition"
The resolutions further favor especia
care OF the rights OF labor, express sym
PATTY with Gladstone's efforts to secur
justice for the Irish people, and advocat
preferment OF soldiers in the state au
nation. The concluding resolution ID
dorses the states soldier goyerno
Tor reelection, The folown
additional resolution, introduced b
u. H. Anthony, was adopted by almos
unanimous vote: Resolved, that th
present prohibitory law should b
amended so as to provide for the sezur
OF the offending element, intoxcatin
liquors, by legal action similar to the pre-
ceedings against struggled goods as nov
provided by the revenue laws OF tn
United States, and by such other legsla
ton as Will insure certain and complet
enforcement OF the law aud protec ton {
the lives and property OF our citizens.
Mcbride introduced a resolution vest
Ing In the railroad commissioner add
tional power 10 regulate rates, etc, an
asking that the rules be suspended and
90 made part OF the platform. Tn
motion was defeated--yeas l47t, nay
2604,
state central committee was the
chosen. The nomination of officers wa
then begun. ID. NJ Valentine and Georg
Chandler for judge Of the Eleventh iud
clal district were put In nomination
Valentine was selected by vote OF 2S
TO 49, His nomination was made unar
lmous, w. X. Smith OF Atchison place
iohn a Martin in nomination for GOV
ernor and he was declared elected by
rising vote and three cheers. Lieut.. Go,