Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-18
DALLAS.
Hon. John W. Crayton of Rockwell Indorsed
for Floater-John q. Cochran and James
T. Rowland the County Nominees.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. 1s.-The county conven
tion to nominate two candidates for the legisla
ture and indorse ioater for this district. con
yened here this morning. s. P. Morris of Oal
Cliff was elected temporary chairman, and Mr.
j. Il. Cullen of the Garland News was elected
temporary secretary by reclamation.
considerable debate was then had as to whether
| committee on credentials and permanen. or.
| gsnization should be appointed first, or whether
| it should be committee on platform and reso
| buttons. The former was first appointed and 6
recess taken for the committee to make the re-
| port.
At the recall of the convention the COMMITTEES
| on credentials and permanent organization SUD-
mitted its report. which was adopted.
BY this report the temporary officers
were made permanent ones. Mr.. w. H. Clark
then took the floor and asked that the county
convention instruct the delegates to the Pictorial
convention to vote for Hon. John W. CTayton
OF Rockwall. vote was taken and Mr.. Cray
ton received the unanimous instruction OF Dali
las county. Mr.. Clark said during his remarks
that Mr.. Ball of Tarrant should not be elected
toater, as he thought him TOO strongly partisan
Tor Fort Worth. The convention then went into
the nomination of Democratic delegates TO rep
resent the county in the next legislature. Five
candidates were in the race, but on the first
ballot Mr. John 81. Cochran and Mr.. James T,
Rowland received enough votes TO elect them
and were declared the candidates. Col ]. B..
simpson then took the floor and said be
wished TO offer resolution TO the effect that the
nominees OF the convention be instructed to
labor to secure the passage of a law e1tendi ng
the territorial limits of Dallas, but so much OPP
position was manifested that the resolution was
withdrawn,
There being no further business the conven-
ton then adjourned.
The boys under arrest for wrecking the cars on
the spur near the packery were to-day released
from custody. Only one OF them was Of the age
to be prosecuted.
The butchers association of this city at their
last nights meeting, decided to build stock
yards ahd slaughtering pens for their own use.
A committee is now looking for a suitable sight
OF fifteen acres and the associ alton proposes to
cover this amount OF ground with pens and
buildings,
mass meeting has been called for the citi-
zens to discuss local option and the proposed
incorporation of Oak Cliff. The meeting will
be held Monday night at the pavilion theater.
The credit OF the waterworks investigation is
due to Alderman j. H. Webster and not to Al
derman Wood as reported in to-day's GAZETTE.
Policeman Christian to-day arrested a negro
by the name OF Hodge Jackson, wanted at
shreveport, La. on the charge OF swindling.
Judge Bower has accepted the bond of Henry
jenkins, and now the liquor business is regu-
larry legalized at Oak Cliff.
The registered transfers since last report
amount to SIG, 1872.
ana now connected with the secret service of the
Pacific express company is in town. Mr. Mccain
has just returned from a trip to Mexico.
Capt NJ. E. Williams. general freight and pas
senger agent of the Choctaw coal and railway
COMPANY is in the city,
Tom Kingsley, the travelling passenger agent
for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, IS in
town.
call from Mr.. John Il. Cullen, editor of the Gar
land News. Mr.. Cullen is delegate to the
county legislative convention, which Is in ses-
sion here to- day.
In to-day and the employees received their MONTH
~ pay.