Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

Tne delegates 20 unlnstructod Tor lant
eommiksloner, attorney general, lieuton
ant governor and comptroller no IN
strUctiUa wa given In regard 70 Mazey
but the ounty fsvors MIN Ia preference
10 Terrell or Ireland. Harmony pre-
vailed throughout the meeting. A resO
lntion was offered indorsing Capt. A. j,
Hart for state senator, bus owing to the
condition q his family he declined the
nomination. After the delegates were
elected to the state convention the con.
yentSon adjourned.
sBAcKLKFoRD COUNTY coNvRSrioN.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
ALBANY, TEX July ls.--The county
convention met to-day and nominated y
full county ticket, to-wlt; Peter Hart
for county Judge, L. M. Dnworth for
county attorney, Guy M. smith Tor
county aud district clerk, Henry Heron
Tor sheriff and sax.collector, w /. Man
hing tor assessor, j. l.. Bnf0rd for sur
veyor and L. G.. Holcomb for lnspec or.
The following delegates were selected TO
attend the state convention: n. Il. Con.
rad, \ A. Clark, l.. w. Campbell. John
NJ. Moore, G Lynch, Abe Cox, G Il. Wa
tiers, G.. NJ. McGonagiil, j A. Matthews,
pr w, M, Powell, ID. G. Campbell, Capt.
june Peak, w. d. Reynolds, Rev. John
Brown, Il Il Manning, A. J. Center, Joel
Bennett. Peter Hart and BenjAmn Rey-
nolGs. The only Instruction for state OF
floors was Judge I. Il. Wheeler for Lieu
tenant Governor.
WISH COUNTY CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette
DECATUR, TEN, July 1.-THE county
Democratic convention Of Wise county
passed Of quietly with full representa-.
tion. The best Of feeling prevailed. a.
Y Lester offered resolution TO fadorse
the Knights Of Labor platform, upon
which MIR. j. + Humphreys, the present
chairman Of the Farmers alliance, made
one OF the modest fights In opposition
lie urged the members OF his order TO re.
main true to their platform OF principles
and not mix the alliance with politics.
His speech made many warm friends for
the Farmers alliance and brought down
the house, The convention unanimously
Endorsed Hon. James s. Hogg OF TYLER
for encouragement of Texas, and In.
structed our delegates SO Galveston To
nse all honorable means 60 secure his
nomination and vote for him there, first.
last and all the time. On motion of ID.
Beauchamp Of Aurora, the delegates
to the congressional convention were
instructed to meet at Denton, TO
do all In their power and use all honor.
able means 10 secure the nomination of
Hon. G.. b. Pickett for congress. The
convention also, upon the urgent request
OF Col. G.. Is. Pickett, instructed the dele
gates 10 vote Tor the Hon. H. w. Oglesby
OF Collin county for the state comp
trollershlp, Col. Pickett made power.
full and telling speech IN his behalf. The
convention could not forget our old, true
aud faithful public servant, Hon. w. r,
shannon, and instructed unanimously for
bin. The colonel has warm place IN
the hearts of Wise county people
AT MOODY.
Special to the Gazette
MOODY, TEX, July Precinct No
| 6 OF McLennan county instructed foi
Ross for governor, and Prof. John Collier
for state superintendent OF public In
structlon.
TBMPIE PRIMARY.
Special to the Gazette.
TEMPLE, TEX, July l7.-Our Demo
cratic precinct convention assembled
mere this morning at 10 O'Clock. Or. II. L
Boyd was elected chairman and w. s.
Banks was chosen secretary. On motion
VI w. S. Chapman the chair appointed q
committee of seven, consisting of w. s
Chapman, Sam Brown, w r. Wallace, T.
G, Shipp, S, N. st arge, w. d. Cox ant
| Il. NJ. Nichols to select delegates to th,
county convention, and the convention
adjourned TIL o'clock.
Upon reassemhling resolution in
dorsing and iDstructing for Hon. II. @.
nils was adopted, On motion OF A. j.
Luke the delegates to the county conven.
| tlon were instructed to use all honorable
means TO secure the county convention to
Instruct the delegates to the state con-