Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-05
1 THURMAN CYCLONE.
The Ohio Delegation Endorses the Old
Roman and EffectualIY SiIeness
All Opposition,
The Texss Delegation Meets and Or
gsn'z.s .. 4 6reat Scramble fer
Ses,s-Msny D,ssppsin;R4snts.
The Gray Men Almost without Hope, while
the Other Whiiom Candidates are
No Longer Mentioned.
THE yRxAs ORGANIZATION.

ST. Louis, Mo-, June 4.-This has beer
an exceedingly busy day with the De-
mocracy. All the district delegations ar
rived to-day and every thing is IN apple.
pie order for to-morrow's big convention
The weather is delightful.
Tammany Hall AID the New YorR
Couaty Democracy arrived early this
morning on their special trains, With
their magnificent bands. The various
state delegations held meetings a. their
headquarters this evening and organized
TOR work. Following is the organization
CT he 7 xas delegation:
Cnsirmlp, ex Governor J. W. Throck-
mortun OF Mckinney.
Secretary, W. G. Conner OF Dallas.
Vice President OF the national COM
mittee, Hon. D. c. Giddings OF BRENNAN.
Member of the committee On creden
| tiaIs, John Bookhout OF Dallas.
Member OF the committee ON orgsrIz
alton AID rules, Horace Chiffon Of Tyler
Member Of the committee on platform
and resolutions, Eop. George Clark Of
Waco,
| Member Of the committee TO notify the
| President, Hon. W. 81. Pope OF Marshall
Member of the national committee
Col o 7. Holt Of Houston. Holt wac
re Ell, Cted without opposition.
The Organization of the delegation was
| Effected without 3 single contest. Every
thing was harmonious. AT the conclu-
| sion Of the work Of organizing the mem.
] bers received their badges and tickers
And each delegate paid $40 into the treas
ury in payment for headquarters, which
STs nor day
the usual kicking and grumblipg about
thetdastrioutiou Of tickets, and a good
many Texans found themselves
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD,
the delegation not having tickets enough
TO sup " ali. The demand fer tickets is
very great on all sides and a great crush
is anticipated tomorrow. The wors.
feature sbout the management is the fail
ure of the citizens commit ee TO number
the seats so that each ticket holder could
know where TO sit. No seats are re
served snd the first arrivals will capture
the best sests.
. The Texas delegation Is solid for
sfhurmsn and the old Romap's momina-
ton is now An assured f&ct. s..sos-- -..,- ~,
G:eat interest centered to-day in tDe
sciicn Of the Ohio delegation. They
went into secret session At 5 O'Clock and
after two hours work completed their
organization and endorsed Judge Thur
msn. As previously stated in these lis
patcheetneeriy one -hslf Ct the OHIO dele
cation were eitler openly or privately.
oPPesRD TO THURMAN's NOMINATION.,
snait was thought their caucus would be
very stormy, but the anti .Tnurmsn dele
gates backed down when It came to put
ting themselves on record sssinsG the old
Roman in the face of this tremendous
popularity with the southern snd Pacific
Slope delegations. The following resolu-
ton was adopted by the OHIO delegation:
OHIO votes IL cut Of as, two delegates
20. votlag. Tas Democracy OF Ohio
does, not urge any candidate for the Vice
Presidency. 1t submits this question to
the wisdom of the Democracy OF
the nation. Sh uld Judge Thur
man be named he will receive
our hearty, earnest and enthusiastic sup
port" This resolution may seem some.
what equiVoc7l and indefinite in its Ian
suase, but it is Ia perfect accord with
Judge Thurman's wishes In the prem
ises. The old Roman told his friends,
he did not desire that the state Of Ohio
should present his name or force MIN on
the convention. he preferred to be
nominated by the Democrats OF the entire
uation, and endorsed by Ohio. This res.
olution has effectually squelched all op.
position to the Oaio delegation. His
nom nation Is row positively assured,
for the Grsy men have failed
TO AWAKE ANY ENTHUSIASM
for their candidate among the southern
doI a VI fn1l
talked themselves hosrse for Gray and
are greatly discouraged tonight AZ
the outlook. General Black and Assis-
tans Postmaster Stevenson are hardly
hesrd OF since the Thurman
boom set in and 1t ia
doubtful IL they receive fifty
votes each. Thurman already has enough
votes to nominate him. It now transpires
that Thurman is the choice OF the admin
istration, both President Cleveland and
Secretary Whitney being DESTROYS of his
Congressman Scott Of
and Calvin A. Brice OF Ohio
were chiefly instrumental IN securing
Judge Thurman's consent to run. Brice
8 8 cannidate for Senator Payne's seat
from Ohio, while Whitney Is grooming
for the Presidential nomination in 1892.
TAMMANY HALL ON HAND.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo, June 4-The Tam
many Hail delegation arrived by special
train about 10 O'Clock and marched to
their hotel, headed by brass band.
At q meeting of the national Demo-
cratic committee this afternoon it was de-
cided that Stephen NJ. White of Califor-
mia should act es temporary president Of
the convention.
4 GREAT JAM.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 4 Delegates,
alternates, political clubs and politicians
Of high and low degree arrived thick and
fast this morning. ST Louis to-day has
the crowded condition that is al
ways usual during national conventions.
As early as O'Clock this morning the
Union depot WAS packed and sill during
the forenoon at intervals Of five and ten
minutes regular and special trans have
been coming IN end emptying their loads
Of people who come to take part IN the
convention. Fer block CT more outside
the station carriages aud vehicles OF all
iesali1.sohs tHe p--ccs:d. sid