Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-28
The Second Congressional District
Deadlock Broken.
John B. Long of Cherokee County
Nominated on the Five Hundred and
Twenty-Third Ballot.
United States Marshal Knight Favors Re-
ducing the Democratic hajorisy-Jumbo
District Convention.

5peclal 10 the GaZette.
PALESTINE. TEX, Aug. 22.-The
Democratic nominating convention re-
mains in deadlock. The $40 ball OF!
last night resulted in nothing definite
and lasted until IL p. m. This morning
the convention met at $3.50 O'Clock and
| proceeded to ballot with the following
result: Ballot No. 81, Gammage, %;
Martin, 81. This continued for
sometime and no change was made.
Late in the day ballot 4S9 was taken
after which Hon. Stephen W. Blount
the silver-tongued orator of Augustine
who is the leader and acknowledged
lieutenant Of William H. Martin, arose
and in a speech of ten minutes length
withdrew Maj. Martin 8 name from the
contest and cast the vote of his county
for Capt. Gammage.
Immediately following this Mt. Mo
Clure of Cherokee moved to refer the
! nomination of congressman for this dis
trict to the people in primary elections,
but the proposition met with a decided
opposition, and amid great confusion
was voted down.
Balloting between Gammage and Mar
tin continued, and late in the afternoon
recess of thirty minutes was taken, in
which a consultation between the Martin
and anti Martin forces was had. No
result was arrived at, and after reas-
sembling the balloting was continued.
Finally, on the 5l7th ballot, Maj. Mar
tin was Withdrawn from the contest, and
John Long of Cherokee placed again in
nomination. The 5lSth ballot stood:
Gammage, %; and Long, 80. The next
ballot changed and placed Gammage in
the lead, as follows: Gammage So, and
Long, %. The Martin men evidently
view this movement as a
trick, and as the convention
is one of Intelligence, the opposition to
Old Howdy can at once understand it.
Maj. Martin is defeated beyond a ques-
ton, but as to who will be his successor
no one can tell. The result is problem
atical.
A recess was taken until $3.50 p. m.
tonight, when the fourth night session
will be held. The excitement is intense,
and no convention ever held in this dis
trict has developed as much general in
terest as this. Messengers from adjoin-
ing towns continue to send carriers for
late bulletins, and the telegraph wires
are kept hot.
On the FIVE hundred and twenty third
Cherokee county, received thirty eig hit
votes and Gammage seventeen, noml-
mating John B. Long for our next con-
gresham.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL KNIGHT TALKS.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. Aug. 22.-To-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock the Republicans
of Dallas city and county will meet In
the auditorium room of the city hall for
the purpose of naming nineteen delegates
according to Col. Jakey DsGress, and
twenty-one, according to United States
Marshal George A. Knight, to the ESan
Antonio convention.
A reporter asked George A. Knight,
United States marshal, what the con-
vention will do. He replied:
"We should elect forty delegates,
zach TO cast half vote, to the San An
tonic convention. We shall elect gen.
tlemen as delegates TO the convention.
"The men who have led the Republic
can party in the past In Texas seemed to
have aimed to keep it small.
"This year recognizing the interneoine
strife in the Democratic party, the fact
that Bryan T. Barry and thousands of
other anti-commission Democrats are
we should take advantage
of the situation and work to reduce the
Democratic majority. l Am satisfied that
we can Go it; that the day has come for
the Republican party in Texas to make a
fight and TO profit by its own mistakes in
the past and the mistakes of its enemies
'On the ticket no Federal officeholder |
will be placed; L am not an offensive |
partisan but do not believe that Federal |
should rule in conventions |
or accept places on the ticket without |
first resigning. l am opposed to the |
Lodge election bill first, last and all the |
time. l am in favor of free ballot and |
q fair count and oppose the Lodge bill |
because l do not believe that it is neces-
sary at this time.
''On the question of nominating a |
county ticket he had heard nothing said. |
hardly think that the Republicans will |
nominate ticket for county officers.
''It has been said that there was a fight |
to be made on Wright Quincy and Col. |
DeGress by the Dallas Republicans. Let |
me say to you that is wrong; that our
relations are most amicabls and that no |
fight will be made and none is enter
tanned by the Republicans of Dallas. We
shall tomorrow send a delegation of |
forty gentlemen to the state convention
81 san ANTONIO. Th8t convention will |
nominate straight ticket for state off,
GERS; it will indorse the administration
Of Mr.. Harrison, and 1 trust, speaking
IS citizen of Texas and not as an office
holder, that it will denounce the Lodge
,lection law.
ToRTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
of the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX, Aug. 21.-Capt.
I. c. Thomson, chairman, issued call
IN the 9th, calling the representative
to meet in Wichita Falls on
September 10, but we hear of Democrats
Ind even delegates from various parts of
his (the Forty third. or jumbo district
wanting to know when and where the
meets. Wichita Falla had
better wake up and ."let the thing be
Known" II she wishes to entertain q
rood crowd at the last gathering of the
Jumbo Democrats.
70 the Democracy of the Forty-third Rspresen-
tative District of Texas.
By virtue of authority vested in me as
of the Democratic executive
committee Of said district, hereby call
convention to assemble at Wichita
Falls, September 10, 1890, at 10 O'Clock
!. m, to nominate candidate for rep