Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-29


appoinp d n day for county primaries
This concise statement Of the situH-
NC a AZ present In Red River.
The most interesting portion Of the his
| tory OF the complications lies
BEnfND THE cURTANs.
TuE GAZETTE correspondent succeeded
In lift,ne this curtain slightly and the
reader can take peep beneath II II ne
chooses. The manager OF the DeMorse
boom Is Capt Jim Clark In 1878 his
brother. nPat' Clark, contested
with Col. Swain in the Democratic
primaries for the nomination for state
senator. Swain carried the county
/ over his opponent by majorly OF about
800. Since that time the two Claris have
been bitter enemies Of Swain, and have
fought all his political aspirations,
Another very active supporter Of Col.
DeMoree Is Mr.. Sanderson, better known
among his friends as "Sandy.n Sandy,
ia addition 10 being one OF the clevereet
OF fellows and universally liked,
| is red.hot Republican and a
red headed Knight OF Labor. lie ex-
presses the opinion c0niidentlally that
the Democratic party has not rewarded
Col DeMorse according TO his dues, and
he thinks that through the grace Of the
Knights OF Labor the day has at last
come for the party % settle It's Indebted
ness to the colonel. Few men can pull a
string with as much dexterlty as Sandy,
and while he didn't actually participate IN
the proceedings Of the convention his fine
italian hand could be seen there without
the aid of microscope. Sandy says he
notices that his politics don't count when
the other ipllOWfA OK IN uOfed.
Right here it II pertinent 10 state that
the love the Knights OF Labor bear for
Col, De Morse Is
4 RECIPROCAL AFFECTION,
engendered by the colonel's hearty sup
port Of the recent strike. Al the time OF
It's existence they passed q resolution
thanking him for his editorial utterances
Ia compliment bestowed, perhaps, on
no other paper IN Texas. On
the morning before the spurious
alliance circular was Endorsed
by the knights representative
OF the Paris Tribune, the leading Knights
OF Labor organ In the state, arrived In
Clarksville, and has been stationed here
ever since. Immediately after he arrived
the paper began TO boom DeMorse for
governor, and constituted Itself his
organ. To-day the colonel went TO
Mount Tabor, in Lamar county, at the
invitation Of the Knight Of Labor com
mlttee 10 be the principal speaker at u
X. OF l.. picnic. His subject VIII be
Labor"
THE PRIMARIES HOoTrD.
How Ia the county divided between the
two menf That ~ n question have put
20 two dozen citizens, including several
farmers and members Of The alliance, and,
with the exception Of Col. DeMorse him
self and one OF his closest retniners, all
answered that Swain would carry 1t
easily. When the Swain men proposed
In the county convention to submit the
Issue 10 the primaries, the DeMorso side
hooted the idea. One OF the Oldest
and most prominent citizens In the
county offered then and there to bet
$500 that II this proposition was accept
ed Swain would lead In the primaries 500
votes out OF IA total Democrats vote OF
2000. There were no takers.
The question may be asked, Why
did his friends permit the margin OF his
victory In the precincts to be so narrow?
put that 70 an old and respected citizen.
Said he;
owe never had an lntlmation of the
purpose to contest the county for De-
Morse until the Saturday preceding the
precinct conventions. The scheme was
worked In the dark, and very cunningly,
too. On the Saturday referred To an
alliance friend came TO me and said DO
you know that the attempt is being made
10 use the alliance and the Knights OF La.
Dor To get Instructions from this
county Tor DeMorseY was
thunderatruck. My informant add.
ed that man had been riding over
the county for three weeks working up
the scheme, telling thu farmers that De
Morse would be the farmers candidate
for governor. Not one stroke had been
put In Tor Swain prior 10 that time, and
there were o0ly six days to work In until
the precinct meetings. The other side was
thoroughly organized, aud rounded In at
these meetings every AVAILABLE man.
The great mass OF Swaln's friends never
anticipated any trouble and stayed at
home, ], myself, know more than enough
who were not at the meeting here In
Clarksyille TO have reversed DeMorse's
majority, and thus given us the county
almost unanimously"
AN INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANCE
bearing on the action Of the Clarksyille
precinct was the course of several of Gen
Ross old army friends who live In the
northern portion Of this precinct. They are
warm supporters OF Gen. Ross for gov.
ernor, and turned up at the precinct
meeting with force OF about forty mer
under their control. These went solidly
for DeMofse, In one precinct lnstruc-
lions had been given for Swain as
ilrst choice and Ross AS second choice.
portion OF the delegation from this
| precinct were among those who hoted