Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-30
PALO PINTO.
Farmers Alliance and Kun.hts OF Labor
ArraSed Against usni iGracy
Correspondence of the Gazette

farmers Alliance and Kuilhts OF Labor
ArraSed Against Dsni icracy
Correspondence of the Gazette.
PALo PINTO, Tex, April 28.-Palo
Pinto county, and especially Palo Pinto
precinct No. /, has not been in such q
stir, politically, for fifteen years as she il
IN now. During the month of March we
Ind joint secret meeting in our town OF
h. Farmers alliance aud the knights of
Labor, held, as your rrespoDdt mt up.
derstands, for the purpose OF electing del
eg0tes To representative convention to
be held at Riuger, in Eastland county.
with like delegates from these orders In
Stevens and Eastlaud counties, for the
purpose of naming mau FIR repre seuta-
i've from this district. The convention
was held, aud John NuGent was named as
the man. This put this cnuntys Democ-
racy all In tlutter, as this party well
knows Mr.. Nug mt to be ANYTHING else
nut Democrat, aud not far FIR I'm the old
stlled clrpei-hagger, who has a few ideas
ne would Ike To legislate upon in order
70 advance what he terms the interests If
the laboring class s, but more for notoi.
ely tnan anything else, as the allial e. gnd
knights OF Labor, If confined to m, ir
constitution, what no political asplra ats
among III IN.
To set the Democratic rarty astir worse
thdn ever these two ord RS, the alliance
aud the knights of Labor, met In Joint sp
crat session last Friday in Palo Piutn, and
after holding Il two days session, wound
up by naming iull ticket for county of.
1cers Of PalO Pinto couuty, to-wit: f.
NJ. Taylor, president OF the al lance OF
thls county (aud your correspondent 4,
Informed that he is Republican,, for
county Judge; + X Taylor, the present
Incumbent Tor county judge, for county
attorney; Author Speer tor county nni
district clerk; b. A. Hu gius, r sheriff;
~ Nj. Jeter, Tor assessor; A. w Carmen
ter, Tor county surv' yor; Matt Ben for
htde and animal inspector, aud w G.
Wynne for county treasurer. This action
was considered wholly autagonistic TO The
ID mocracy, the meeting being held So
cretly and no man out II these two or.
ders Exc pt our county dye was named
for any otlce The d., sucraiic party IL
organizing fast aud thlc a club of sixty
four memhers already icing organized in
precinct No, for work, ana SO soon
as like clubs can be organized I'm
all the precincts If our comfy
there VIII be Democratic mass
meeting held at some pulut Ia the county
aud a iull Democratic county ticket viii
be put out. Mir John Nugeut wAs nor.
last Friday ana SaJur0ay nd put in his
Time helping the orders name a countv
ticket. When the loyal alue wound mn
win the ticket named ON SATURDAY. the
gentlemen Of this convention called for
an Endorsement Of Mr.. Nugent As a can.
uldate for representative, aud MIR. II G.
Mcclure rose up aud called for Nugent to
rise. Mr. Mcclure said he could not in.
uofse Mr. Nnstnt, a. he had s., en- ON his
person during The meeting what be took
20 be pistol, aud ne would not summon,
any mao to make laws who was ylolatIrg
those already made. Mr. Nupeut GOT
Vino OF this, as Is supposed, aid b, fore
Mr. Mcclure got up to talk he skinned
me town aud could not be found TO lace
Mr Mcclure.
rms nominating convention was mot
ihdorsed by Palo Pluto orders of alliance
ana knights of Labor, aud they refused
10 take auy actiln. MIR. IL. c. Mcclure IL
4 member Of Palo Pinto alliance, a con.
scleutious gentleman AMI a Democrat
aua could not swallow MIR. Nugent.