Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-22
DALLAS DAY.
The Entire County Gives Up Several
Hours to the Claims Of WeIIborn,
Bsckham and Gibbs.
In the CITY the Contest Is Very Hxcit.
ing, With wellborn Ahead by
Twenty to Four.
heckham Carries Mesquite and Long creek
a Number Of oontestins Delegations
Are Sent 20 the County Convention.
An INDICATION on rHE RKsuLr.

AN INDICATION on THR RESULT.
Special 20 tho Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug 2i.-The Demo.
cratic ward primaries in the city To-.
night TO select delegates TO the county
convention which selects the delegation
to the congressional convention was
somewhat farcloal In It's character. The
polls opened at : O'Clock and closed al .
O'Clock, aud the balloting was somewhat
indiscriminste, Republicans, Greenback.
ers ana nondes crlpts voting with about
equal freedom with Democrats, There
We're some challenges but no Safeguards
OF any consequences against indiscilmi-
nate voting and repeating.
In the First ward the voting was con.
Quoted with some sort OF regularity, and
a count of the ballots showed la for
Wellborn against os for Gibbs.
In the Second ward the Wellborn men
We're largely in the majority at the
opening OF the polls and ignoring the
ballotipg system called the meeting 10
order, effected an Organization and
elected a Wellborn delegation by accla.
nation and adjourned.
subsequently the Gibbs men opened the
polls aud elected Gibbs delegation, which
makes contest from that ward
In the Third ward the voting was reg
ular and resulted In q vote OF 1856 tor
Wellborn, TO 90 for Gibbs.
The Fourth ward gave Well6orn 1883
votes and Gibbs 40.
Fifth ward lilo for Gibbs to 78 for
wellborn.
The Sixth ward Is contested. By the
returns Gibbs has four majority, but
there were twenty-five challenged votes
which may be thrown out.
The uncontested vote OF the city is
twenty delegates for wellborn and four
for Gibbs.
Up to midnight the following precincts
were heard from;
Lisbon--W ellborn2; Nash /.
Mesuqite- Becbham =; Gibbs
Rose Hlll--W ellborn 4.
Duck -Wollboru 1.
Warren--Wellborn /.
Jewell--Wellborn O; Gibbs ..
Oak Lawn, Wollhorn 4.
Lancaster and Richardson each send
two delegates, friends OF Wellborn and
Gibbs having held separate conventions.
The town Is wild with excitement TO.
night, the advocates OF the two candi.
dates claiming that each has carried the
DAY, and considerable betting on the re-
suit is going on,
INSTRUCTED FoR BEcRnAM.
Special to the Gazette.
MESQUITE, Tax, Aug. 2I.--The pri.
mary az this place elected j. G. Rngel
and G b. Gross as delegates TO the oonn.
" convention, and adopted the following
by large majority;
Resolved, that the delegates from this
primary to the Dallas county convention
be and are hereby instructed TO vote for
the instruction of the delegates from
Dallas county to the congressional con
yention for the Hon. II &c. Beckham, and
to never cease In their efforts 10 secure
said instruction.
The primary at North Mesquite in- |
structed its one delegate for Gibbs. The |
vote stood Gibbs ~, Wellborn 2. Beck |
ham 8,
THREE MORE PRECINCTS.
special 10 the Gazette
MESQUITE, TEX, Aug n Rose Hin I
nstructs her three delegates, James
lyons, Claui Creole and T. r. Graham,
or Wellborn.
Haught's Store instructs her delegate,
!. Bailey, for Gibbs.
Long Crock instructs her delegate, A.
v. Webb, Tor Bcckham unanimously.