Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-22
BELToN.


Tho "Heert- of Oak" Plsnk Discussed.
Speaker PendIeton A Lieutenant Gov
srnor In Embryo.
Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
Bolton, Tex, April l9.-The spring
weather seems 10 be very favorable in
This county for all crops. Wheat is look
ing well, there is 8 good stand Of corn ard
farmers sre busy planting cotton. The
rain every few days promotes the growth
of all crops as well as the grass in pas
lures; for there Is not much oat land left
10 Bell county, snd pastures are extern
sive. Stock Of all kinds is in good cOndl-
ton.
Politics are beginning to be discussed
in private circles and in the clubs. The
prevailing sentiment in the clubs seems
to be that the "heart of oak" plank must
go into the next Democratic platform. All
the candidates so fsr announced, with
one exception, are among the sntis. Ny
opinion is that the anti-prohib. Demo
Gratis of this county do not intend that
pros tshall be nominated for county Of
fees, or sent ss delegates to Fort Worth
ana Dallas. l may be mistaken in these
views, but think not. The proceedings
of Cottonwood Democratic Club as pub
lished in yesterdays Bolton News seem
TO be pointer for other clu 10 Of the
county, as every candidate recommended
by them YVES an anti in the last election.
The Republicans held their county con-
vention last Saturday at the courthouse
and ele cted delegates to the Fort Worth
convention. The county convention was
slim affair, the most of them being ne
groes. Judge Osterhout, who seems to
be both "the greater and the lesser light"
Of the Republicans in this county, says
there are good many white ,adicals in
the county who will not attend the con-
ventions. On the day Of the convention
1 had talk with r. L Ferguson OF Troy,
who was president of the convention, and
he says there are about thirty
FIVE white Republicans resid-
ing IN his neighborhood whom he can call
by name. Il is known too, be sage, that
a good many Democrats are waveriDg
upon the tariff issue, and unless the
question il settled by the Mills bill, and
that pretty soon, few "soft shell"
Democrats may go over to the enemy.
A branch Of the Allisnce Exchange has
been located here, ana agents Of
that order are here now getting
deeds and fixing up things for the
fall trade. Friends Of the Exchange est
mate that so, 900 bales of cotton will come
to Bolton through the medium Of the Ex-
change. Should these expectations be
reslizsd, Bolton stock will begin to boom
before the sides CT November" Trade
in almost all lines hiss been dull here as
we'll as everywhere else in the state, for
some weeks, but all feel hopeful now
with the prospect OF abundant fall harv-
ests, and with the Exchange to concentrate
the products of the farmers at this point,
Bolton people will prosper.
Politicians think we now have "Lieu-
tenant Governor among u.s." in embryo,
in the person of Hon. Geo. G. Pendleton,
the present Speaker. George is popu-
lar name among Bell county people, and
few stand better than George G. Pepdie-
ton. If the Radicals stood any show to
carry the state, We might also expect to
be honored with having "Governor
among u.s." as Bolton people seem to an
ticipate that Judge Osterhout will be
the nominee of the Radicals at Fort
Worth. Bolton people would like
to see the Judge honored with
the nomination, as that would be ali there
is of It; and, though he would get some
Democratic votes, the bulk Of the people
here are satisfied with Ross and expect
him to be renomipeted and reelected BY
the customary majority.
JACKSON DEMOCRAT.