Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30

doing the thing again. TApplause.
SAN ANTONIO.
Mr.. Willism Ferguson OF Ssu Antonio
next WAS introduced. He spoke OF tn
historic associations Of the Alamo city /
IT'S facilities OF entertainment, and tn
absorbing desire of its people to enter
tain the Democracy of Ttxas.
I THE BALLOT.
| This closed the nominations and TIT
bslot was proceeded with ss follows
Fort Worth ten, Dallas FIVE, San Antoni,
our. Amid great spplsuse Chairman
Exsll declared Fort Worth as the plac,
of holding the convention to nominal,
delegates to TIE national convention.
MIR Giles, OF Travis, then moved thai
the Fort Worth convention, in addition
to selecting delegates, also choose thu
state electorsi ticket, thus relieving the
state convention of this burden. Car
r!ed.
Ga motion the committee then pro-
cee6ed to select TIE time OF holding the
convention to nominate the state ticket
Terhume moved that the fourth Tues
dav in August be.eelected.
Rushing moved as substitute that
the second Tuesday in August be chosen
The representatives Of the cites ask.
ing the convention were then invited tc
address the committee.
AUSTIN.
Hon. Joseph N,lle, Mayor OF Aus
tin, presented the claims of that
city In short speech. He said
that the city o: Austin belonged to
the state and The Democratic coDven-
ton would give the people of Texas an
npportunity Of viewing their own. Austin
did not want the arst convention because
she would have her hands full with the
dedication Of the new capitol and the
great drill.
Mr. Giles, the committeeman from the
Twenty-fourth district, also spoke 10
favor OF Austin.
Msyor Conner then appeared In behalf
OF Dallas, and his speech WAS one OF the
features OF the me citing and it made vote 8
Tor Dallas. He felicitated the committee
on having selected Fort Wor has the place
OF holding one OF the conventions. Fort
Worth was sister city of Dallas. Dallas
was proud OF her. Fort Worth, was q
grand concentration Of thrift, enterprise
and public spirit, and the committee had
done fur her no more than she deserved.
He then made an eloquent IS we'll IS q
humorous argument in favor OF holding
Doth conventions In North Texas, the
strong hold of the Texas Democracy, and
eDat d his hsppY speech by asking them,
in sss-meetipe style, to rise up and
give the convention to Dallas.
LAMPAsAs.
The Chairman then Introduced
Mr.. Louis Wood of Lsmpssas,
VINO spoke faryently for Whist be termed
he Saratoga OF Texas. Lampssss was
free of all local political influence. She
wss q summer resort. There was good
fare, good water, ard pretty woman, to
say nothing of her whisky, which was
used for medical, scientific and other pur-
poses. He made splendid speech Lam
breaking up csme.
THE BALLOTS.
Il ives then decided after the third bal
lot that the lowest town should be
dropped, and tire ballot ws proceeded
win as follows:
FIRST ballot-Austin 5, Dn IS s, Lam
pssHs 4, San Antonio G.'veston l.
Second ba'IOt-Auslin 8, Dallas. 6,
Lsnp,sss 8, Sah Antonio l.
Tn:rd baliot-Austin 6, Dallas Z, Lam
pssas 6
Fourth bsllot-Austin 6, Dallas Z, Lsm
pasas 6.
An adjournment was then taken till
2:30p m.
AFTBRN DON SESSION.
The committee was jailed to. order and
after some discussion about the basis OF
representation, which Mr.. Garnett pro-
posed to change the basis from one to
every 500 votes 10 one to every 500, all Of
which was lad on the table, the ballot for
the state convention was resumed.
Fifth b 'llot-Dallas q, Austin S, Lam
passs
This vote continued until the tenth
ballot, when 1t was decided for the com
mittee TO vote upon the first, second and
third choice, the town that received the
most third cnoice votes TO be dropped
rEis resultec in dropping L.mpasss, and
then the contest csnae between Dallas
and Austin.
The eleventh ballot WAS ordered and
Dallas WAS successful by vote OF eleven
% eight. Tits caused so much enthusi-
ISM among the Dallas committee that
ms lant, and the body found itself withou
a quorum. A messenger was dispatched
for the missing members, and business
was resumed and finished in few min
utes On motion Garrett of Gainesville,
and Morris Of Rlome, were appointed to
act with the citzsl of Fort Worth In ar
ranging for the May convention, and
Terrell OF Terrell, and Cate of Mineots,
were appointed to act with the citizens
OF Dallas Ia arranging for the August con-
ventiGa.
The chsirman then In 9 neat speech
CONGRATULATED the committee on their
sork, the harmony that prevailed in their
deliberations, and invoked their aid In
perpetusting the pTi ciples Of Democracy,
and the committee adj burned to meet in
Dallas on Monday before the second
FResdsy in August.
THE WORK SUMMED UP.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, March 27.-This has
been . memorable day in D.llss. Never
were there such struggles tor state con-
ventions as were made to-day by Fort
Worth, Dslles, Lsmpesas, Austin and
San Antonio. Delegations we're present
from all these cities, and they worked
for their towns with an ear1estness that
was truly commendsble. Flrs Worth
was at q disadvantage this morning be-
cause 1t was not represented in the strug-
gle last nigh, and the delegation from
thst Town only got n this morning About
sc hour before the meeting Of the o3m-
mittee. Messrs. Ot.S Eaton, George
Finger. E B Randall and Terrell repre-
sented the Fort, and the hardest wois