Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-01
Tbs Dslins City Campaign.

This Dslias City Campaign.
Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX M,rca Sl.-Tne cam
paign for the city ftices practically closen
tonight. The candidates will rest 10
morrow, and Monday they will marshal
their "workers" and e W. them faal in
structions. No party lines have been
drawn in any instance, and both par
Ties will be represented among
the successful men next Tuesday.
II is purely personal campaign, thal
is, g csmpAign in which the m ,st popu
lar will WIN. TIE election will be CRU
cisl test OF the candidates popularity.
1t is common thing 10 see Rzpuo lics ps
electiopeeliDg for Democrats against Rs-
publicsns, and vice versa. Why there
nav; been no party lines drawn may be
explained BY the Common saying, "one'r
afraid and the Other dssh't"
Every indication points to the election
of good, COMPETENT men. Dallas will havt
a corps of fficiais which will do bel
Gre dit. The fact is that all the candi
dates are good men AND, IS rule, are
competent. No danger therefore threat,
ems ,lla.. the citizens nay go to bed
Tuesday night with the full sssursI &c thst
the city is safe.
a heavy vote will be pclled, posi- bly,
the largest in the history OF tho city, say
about 1000. This is not a large vote for
8 city Of 600 people, but D.llas never
polled 1t yet. There is always differ
eoce in percentage of 10 wn's vote to it,
population, when The population is esti-
msted by DIR Glory aud where Ger sus
is taken. For instance: Dr'as, accord
ng to estimste, contains 1900 people,
and may possibly caeE vot'
OF 40OO According to tie
census Of 1880, Charleston. S. g., had
anont the same population which Dailss
claims nov; vet Charleston po!ied in thai
year over 5000 votes IL Genus figures,
the vote IL 20 per cent Of the pupula'ic
q directory estimates, II is about per
ce It.
The campaign has been conducted in q
peaceful manner. There have been. nj
| discords. Every man has been making
the race upon his own merits, and mol
upon his opponents uDGrness for posi-
| Ion; and sfter minglipg vita the sove-
reign people THE GAZSTTE's for cast is
| ABOUT as follows: Collector, W E. Par
~; assessor, BIN Melton; marshal, j. G
Arnold; ergin. er. r w. Hayeps; super.
| ntendeDt wa erSuTK-, Dave Tichenor ;
health fficer, De j L Carter.
NO 'HkARr OF OAK" PLANK WANTED
0ae # the representative Democrats Of
Dallas is the Hon William l.. Crawford
He is 3 mao whose ability and loyalty Il
| respected by all who know him, sud h.
mas never dodged an iss'e. The Ga
zsTTE man approached him for HE
views upon the propos ton 10 pu
"heart- of osk" plank In int
p atfoim. He ssle: 1.-THE peopl.
Of Texas have accepted the result
Of last years camp,ign In good faith
They a,e now conu onted by live issues
which bear more or less upon their gen.
eral ana Individual interests. II the
plank you speak OF is inserted in the n. <
Oems cratic plat rm think that 1t VIII
not lead to disruption, while some f. "
may be estranged from the party. rs
cnirf tendency will be TO humiliate
and wound large number OF
intelligent and patriotic citizens who
voted n the PROHIBITION Amendment be-
cause they believes that, II successful, II
| would have benefited the people. l see
40 wisdom in haunting them with theil
| defeat. The motive behind the PROPOSE
| ion is Hpy:ning but honorable, because
it springs from desire on the part o.
meu to ride into offlce BY appealing Il
| the passion f the people,"