Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-26
vERYBODY HAPPY.

point of order. This was the climax.
This WAS the wreck of matter and the
crush Of worlds.
OF course they were enthusiastic.
THE NAN OF FEW WORDS.
One man had very little to say.
He did not ask for recognition but
twice during the whole convention, and
he did not insist upon 1t then.
Now and THEME would leave his seat
and meander stound the room until he
s7w whom heSHished to see, and would
probably e1gSge in brief conversation.
He was tHB most unassuming man In the
fegaYap65n. Even "the gentleman from
Hrdfn," representing county with
only one vote, made himself more con-
spicuous than this man of few words.
But he was there with purpose.
That purpose, or at least part OF 1t,
was plain to the observer when the chair
man announced the vote for delegates to
Chicago, and that Of $50 votes cas-. N.
W. Quincy had received 1858.
AsroRM AyKRTED.
Just to show the good feeling that pre-
vailed an incident will be mentioned.
One man actually introduced prohibi-
| ton resolution.
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quake that followed. Melvin Wade looked
as ferocious as old Ben Wade ever
| looked, and Cochran WAS ready to hurl 8
last summers Grafton. like dynamite
bomb, right in the midst of the conven-
ton; and the little delegate with specta-
cles on waved his cane around his head
so rapidly that il he bad been out IN the
rain he would never have been wet. And
yet the man who offered the resolution
was not only not injured, but WAS still
permitted to retain his seat in the con-
vention.
Chairman Web Flanagan exhibited his
genius at this point. He handled the
resolution with the skill of 8 juggler, and
in less time than it takes to tell it, it was
buried by being Preferred"
The werd deferred" has buried many
la measure.
"a THHs DELKGATEs AT LARGE.
ssfItsWss fhe most tedious part Of the
work, but Flanagan handled 1t with the
hand of a master.
| One-fourth of the delegates wanted to
go to Chicago, and matters were in fair
way for half of them to be nominated, but
Flanagan shire wdly conducted AFFAIRS so
that many burst Of elequence and eulogy
never gained utterance. When the suf-
| ficient number of nominations were made
he precipitated the ballot.
| He knew that the colored delegate
loved to ballot Just about as well IS he
liked TO speak, and when the Chairman
choked of the nominating speeches and
the boys began to ballot, the close OBJ
server put it down for certain that Web
Flanagan WAS as good judge OF human
nature as he WAS of newspaper.
THE COLOR LINE.
Every speaker that alluded to the color
line took strong grounds against making
1t an issue.
The aoler whites realized that 1t would
never do to make 1t an issue as long as
Quincy is on the turf. No single delegate
tof the convention, probably, excepting
the Chairman, is as shrewd as Quincy. II
| it had been an issue, Quincy would have
lsettled 1t without even making q speech,
die did it.
n An effort was to hsve been made to
4 send none but white delegates to Chicago.
| Quincy hear of 1t. He put bug into the
ears of some of some OF the greater lights.
The result WAS that every county repre-
sented, but three, gave all or portion OF
its vote for Quincy.
PLEASED WITH FORT WORTH.
And the best Of all, they liked Fort
Worth.
They knew that they were welcome, and
they made themselves at home.
Some OF them bathed In the artesisn
water and were delighted; some Of them
never bathed at all, and probably fell
more the worse But they all drank 1t
and pronounced 1t the best it the land.
Wherever they went, they met with the
hospitality of the people and nothing was
said or done 10 humiliate or wound any
Of them.
Four years hence sill of them will want
to meet at Fort Worth again, and in the
meantime they will spread the fame Of the
city far and wide. And sometime in the
future, as q result of the late convention
the national convention will meet In For!
Worth.
And when that time comes they will re-
ceive hearty welcome.
There is nothing small about the town
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND DAY.
The convention was called to order
yesterday at 10 a. m. by Temporary
Chairman Cochran.
A brief but eloquent prayer was offered
by Rev. Mr.. Gillespie, asking divine ia.
!, vor on the work of the convention, and
pleading for the salvation OF each SOU
present at the last day.
Several resolutions were sent up and
referred to the committee on platform
and resolutions.
A gentleman from Bsxar arose to cor
rect q statement in the morning psper to
the eject that there WAS contest In the
Bexsr delegation. He desired to state
that Bexar county delegation were in
perfect harmony, snd that 1t was in the
convention as q unit.
: The Chairman then called for the report
1 Of the committee on permanent organize
ton, which WAS submitted and read as
follows:
FORT WORTH, TEX, April IS, 1883.
We, your committee, select as oul
choice for permanent chairman Webster
, Flanagan Of Rusk; for permanent secre.
tary, J. c. Martin Of Fort Worth; for as
t sistant secretary, A. J. Johnson Of Colo
r RADIO county.
t W. F. MKssMKR, Chairman.
The report was received with applause