Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-18
G. 0. P. DAY.
State Conventions in Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Colorado.
Mississippi Solves the Suffrage Question
Last-The Dual Representative Con-
vention at 6olIad.
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.

! publican state convention met here this
morning al 10 o'clock and elected Alex
| ander Gullett of Pueblo temporary chair
| man, appointed a committee on creden-
| tials and took q recess till y, IN.
| MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
! JACKSON, MISS. sept. 1.-THE suf-
| frage question may be regarded as settled
| so far as Mississippi Is concerned. Voting
| was begun to-day section by section on the
report of the committee on elective fran
| chise. The voting developed that the
| convention stands almost 2 to l in favor
| of the comm ittee s report and its adOp-
| ton by an emphatic majority is no longer
| q question of doubt.
! All of the following four sections OF
| the report were adopted by an over
whelmlng majority.
Section l. All elections by the people
| should be by ballot.
| Sec. 2. Every male inhabitant of this
state, except idiots and insane persons
and Indians not taxed, who is a citizen
of the United States twenty-one years
| old and upwards, who has resided
IN this state two years and one
year in the election district in which he
offers to vote, and who is duly registered
| as provided in section of this article,
| and who has not been convicted of
| bribery, burglary, theft, arson. obtain
ing money or goods under false pre-
| lenses, snail be entitled to vote, if other
| wise qualified.
| Sec. s. The legislature shall provide
| by law for registration of all persons en-
| titled to vote at any election, and all
| persons offering to register shall take the
| following oath or affirmation: 81 do
solemnly swear Cor AFFIRM that L am
twenty-one years old, and that 1 will
hax aaid did cfofn ftun md
the election district of the county one
year next preceding the ensuing
election Cor if minister of
| the gospel two years residence in the
state and SIX months in said election
| distrlct), and am now in good faith u
| resident in the same, and that l am not
| disqualified from voting by reason of
having been convicted of any crime
| named in the constitution of this state as
| d disqualification to be an elector, that L
| will truly answer all questions propounded
| TO me concerning my antecedents
as far as they relate to my right to vote.
| and also to nv residence before my citi-
zenship in this district; that will faith
| fully support the constitution of the
| United States, and of the state of Missis-
| sppi, and will bear faith and allegiance
| to the sane.
Sec. 4. 4 uniform poll tax of 81 ia
| hereby imposed on every male inhab-
liant in the state between the ages of
| twenty-one and sixty years except
| persons who are deaf and dumb and
blind. The payment of the poll tax i'm
posed is declared to be a qualification to
vote.
When section was reached the con-
vention struck snag. Amendment
after amendment was made and a long
| debate followed. The section reads as
| follows:
On aud after the first day of January
l, A. D., 1896, the following Qualifica-
| tons are added to the foregoing: Every
qualified elector shall be able TO read
any section of the constitution of this
state, or he shall be able to understand
when read or give reasonable nterpreta-
ton thereof. A new registration shall
be made before the next ensuing cleo
tion after these qualifications are estab-
tablished.
The convention adjourned at G p. IN.
without acting upon the amendment.
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS.
Boston, MASS. Sept. 1.-THE Re-
publican state convention was called to
order this morning in the fremont
temple. A novel feature in the platform
arrangement was the placing thereupon
of three ballot-boxes placarded 'Attor-
ney-geueral - =. AUDITOR and s'Secre-
tary of State There being no contest
for the head OF the ticket, Governor
Bracket anu Northumberland Halle
will be renominated by reclamation.
Ballots for the other state offices in
nomination, in all of which are con-
tested, will be deposited at one time, the
voting to be done by counties. This
system is designed for the particular pur-
pose of expeditiug business, and will also
have the effect of preventing a great
deal of log-rolling possibly under the
old plan. Then Frederick T. Green
Halge was made president.
William Olin was nominated for secre-
tary of state, Albert E. Pittsbury for
attorney general, J. H. Gould for au-
Gitor.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS.
CONCORD, n. H., Sept. 1.-THE
state Republican convention was called
to order this morning, and Joshua G.
Bell elected permanent chairman.
Hiram A. futile was nominated for
governor.
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. 1.-THE
Republican state convention reconvened
this morning. United States Senator
Orvllle II. Plat was elected permanent
chairman.
j. Q. A. Bracketr was nominated for
governor, H. Halle for lieutenaut-gov-
ernor; George a. Marden, state tressu-
rer. The committee on resolutions pre-
sented a platform which was adopted
unanimously.
Samuel Emerwin was nominated for
governor, and the ticket was completed
by reclamation as follows: George Bow
an fnr Iiautana O0verp0r. GaorUa
Mclean for secretary of state; E.
Stephens Henry for treasurer, and Ly-
man 8. Catlin for comptroller.
THE CONVENTION AT GoLIAD.
Special to the Gazette
GoLIAD, Tex, Sept 7.-Goliad and
Dewitt counties, comprising one part of
the dual representative convention, re-
assembled at $3.50 o'clock last night and