Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-25
The Ross and Breckenridge Men Of
Bexar County Unite Forces Ia a
Futile Attempt to Down Swain.
Collin County Instrncts for Ross Aus
tin County lndorses Giddings.
Upshur County for Ross.
THE valley min, Morgan and Kopperi
primaries Instruct tor Ioes and
Gibbs Other Instructions.
nRxAR COUNTY CONVENTION

| fight from beginning TO end. Seven
hundred delegates were In the hall. The
Breckenridge and Ross men combined to
down Swain for governor, which they did
only partially, and then tried to lndorse
| breckenridge, without success. OF the
| forty.two delegates selected, ten are for
| Swain, four for Ross, six doubtful, ard
the remainder for Breckenridge. GOV.
| John Ireland was indorsed for United
States senator and IL. b. Andrews Tor
state senator. A resolution was also
passed Endorsing President Cleveland's
administra ion.
| COLLIN COUNTY PRIMARIES.
i Special TO tho Gazette.
| MCKINNEY, TEX, July 2l.--Demo-
| cratic primaries were held here to-day.
Ross leads for governor and Wheeler for
lieutenant. governor The vote was solid
for Oglesby for comptroller. The contest
cetween Acker and Clint was close. A
large vote was polled.
IN COLLIN COUNTY.
Special to the Gazette.
PLANO, TEX, July 2i.--Two hundred
and seven votes were polled at the Dem.
ocratic primary election held here to-day.
Ross was Instructed for for governor. l..
| W. Oglesby received solid vote for
/ OAhfN 1dNihf ~ 4 NNNthOll
and j. II. Kendrick were appointed dele
gates to the county convention.
AUSTIN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Special TO the Gazette,
BELLyILLE, Tex, July 24.-Pursuant
TO a call the Democracy of Austin county
met here to-day. After some lively de.
bates, wrangling and tanglng, business
was at last reached by the election OF DR..
G. Il. Ross, chairman, and j w. Me.
Laren and DR.. g. w. Foster, secretaries
Twenty delegates TO the congressional
aud twenty-five TO the state conventions,
at Seguin and Galveston, were elected
Hon. l.. W. Moore OF la Grange, for
congress-, and Hon. Alyah Chesley for the
supreme bench, were instructed for
while Hon. ID. @. Giddings Of Brennan
was Endorsed for governor by the con
vention. An attempt by motion was made
to ascertain the status Of the senatorial
seat, but was tabled, all aspirants having
more or less friends.
The goth instant viii be Bellyllle's gala
day laying the corner stone OF the new
courthouse and grand old time besae
cue. Terrell aud Hancock are Invited to
speak.
UPsHUR COUNTY CONVENTION.
Special TO the Gazette
GILMER, TEx, July 24,--The Demo
cratic county convention was called 10
order this morning at 10 o'clock After
committees on platform and resolutions,
credentials, basis Of representation and
| permanent organization were appointed
| the convention adjourned until half past
| /. At the appointed hour the convention
was again called TO order, when the COM
mittees made their reports. Delegates
a
| ton with instructions To vote for Ross
for governor and Hogg for attomey-gen-
eral. b. +. Crosby OF this county re.
ceived the Instructions for district attor-
ney for the Seventh judicial district. A
resolution was introduced and passed in
structing the delegates 10 vote against
Lewis Plateau Of Camp county for repre-
sentative for the district comp osed Of the
counties OF Camp and Upshur.
VALLEY MILLS PRIMARY.
| Special to the Gazette.
VALLEY MILLS, Tx, July "a LIN the
primaries here to-day the delegates TO
the county convention were instructed
| for Ross for governor and Gibbs for con-
gress. The vote IN the latter case was
close and occasioned considerable sur
prise as this had been conceded as a
| Wellborn precinct.
MORGAN PRIMARY.
| Special 10 the Gazette.
MORGAN, Tx, July 2i.--The primary
convention for precinct No. was held
here this evening. The delegates elected
to the county convention were instructed
10 vote for the following candidates For
governor, Ross; for congress, Gibbs; for
attorney general, Clint; for comptroller,
Harris. Some dissatisfaction Is ex-
pressed from the fact tina. TWO Republic
cans mad voice In the convention, which
was intended for the Democratic primary
OF this precinct. The friends OF Mr..
Gibbs were quite iubllant over the re-
suit Of tine meeting.
This place went for Gibbs ten 10 one,
Walnut Springs 200 TO four. The mountain
precincts also went solid. His Democracy
liz satisfactory 10 BOsque county.
goPPKRL PRIMARY.
Special 10 the Gazette.
KoppKRL, TEX, July 24.-The Demo
cratic primary OF the Kopperl precinct,
held here to-day, resulted IN instTueting
for Ross for governor, Gibbs for con- !
gress, Collier for superintendent Of pub !
lie instruction, j. b. Barry for represent
alive and X. Kimball for state senator /
Terrell IL the choice for United States
senator.
WANT THEM TO sPKND MONEY.
Special 10 the Gazette
DALLAS, Tx, July 24.-The political
ball in Dallas county has been opened,
and the campaign will be lively from now
till the day Of election. The county
Democratic executive committee met AZ
the courthouse this afternoon and de-
cided upon Saturday, August n, as the
date for holding the primaries to select /
delegates TO county convention
TO be held August 20 70 select delegates
20 the congressional convention. Prior
10 the meeting Of the executive commit
tee there was a good deal said about
nominations for county officers and mem
bers Of the legislature, and some Of the
members Of the committee were In favor
OF making such nominations, but the
majority sat down on the proposition,
preferring ffee.fOr-aii race. Col. Keller
expressed q preference for nominations,
but Mr.. Allen said be favored plenty 81
candidates because they would probably
spend plenty of money. This appeared
70 be the prevailing sentiment, ~ NE
executive committees refused 10 call
70 noniuatc county candl-
liaf,,e nufubor Or nRplfeuff are aIrf91y (