Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-23

soner, F.. o. Linn; j. s. Mccall, comp
troller; w. H. Workman, state treas
urer; w. II. Grain, congress; a, C.
Jones, state senate.
HUNTSVILLE HoGG CLUB.
Special to the Gazette.
HUNTSVILLE, TEX. June pa meet
ing of the Hogg Democratic club was
held last night, when permanent organi-
Zation was made and several new MEM
bers were enrolled. The primary con-
vention of this precinct will meet July
10, and the county convention on the
18th.
MARION COUNTY.
Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, TEX. June 22.-The re-
turns from the country precincts have
not all come in yet, but sufficient to
know that Hogg has carried the county
by Il handsome majority. Baldwin beat
o Neil by only Il few votes and Mccall is
solid for comptroller. The two Culber-
sons polled u full vote all over the
county. The fight here is over now as
far as this county is concerned, but great
interest will be manifested in the passing
of the commission amendment. In fact
the fight here never was between
"Hoggs and anti Hogs, - but between
commissioners and anti commissioner
the people only voting for Hogg as rep
resentiug their ideas in reference to the
commission.
PALo PINTO COUNTY.
Special TO the Gazette.
PALo PINTO, Ten. June 22.-Pursu-
at the courthouse at l 'clock sharp, and
Immediately organized by eleoting the
Hon. NJ. L. Garrett temporary chair
man, and W. j. Holloway secretary.
Motion was made that one delegate from
each precinct constitute committee on
credentials, resolutions, permanent or
ganization, one for each committee.
Carried.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was read and amended by mo-
ton. Adopted. The report of the COM
mittee on representation and permanent
organization was read and adopted and
in accordance with the report of the
committee Hon. NJ. L. Garrett was
elected permanent chairman and w. j.
Holloway as secretary. The report of
the committee on resolutions was read
and adopted. On motion the reports of
the committee on resolutions was con-
sldered by sections. On motion
section l OF the resolutions endorsing S.
w. T. Lanham was read and adopted.
A motion that no one should speak more
than five minutes was carried. Section
3 of the resolutions, endorsing j. S.
Hogg for his past conduct and also for
governor, and instructing the delegates
to vote for him III the state convention,
provoked much discussion. An amend
ment was offered substituting Hon. T. b.
Wheeler, which, after much discussion,
was lost by 81 to "a, and the original
was adopted by a vote of 90 to "a. On
motion, section 3, endorsing Governor
L. S. Ross for his past record, was
adopted by reclamation. A motion con-
tanning oaths of allegiance to the Demo-
cratic party and the Democratic nomi-
nees was amended. A motion to eleor
three delegates and three alternates to
the state convention was car
ried. A motion to elect by
precinct carried. 6. w. Slaughter
Il. Alhes and G. c. Green were elected
delegates and j. L. Cunningham, DR..
Hart and 7. Il. Collier were elected al
ternates to the state convention and were
instructed TO vote for Hogg for governor.
Hogg the sentiment of the convention
was strongly against the commission.
Nothing was said in the resolution about
the commission, but the delegates are
divided on that subject.
Before the county convention convened
here to-day call was made for Hogg
caucus. On assembling in the district
court room Mr.. A. b. Arno.d was cleo
ted chairman and W. J. Holloway
secretary. On motion to ascertain the
strength of the Hogg element among the
delegations, each precinct was asked to
report the number of votes for Hogg
with the following results: Precinct
No. l =, not represented in caucus; pre-
cmct No. ., ten delegates for Hogg;
precinct No. 3, four delegates for Hogg;
precinct No. 4, three delegates for Hogg;
precinct No. 8, not represented; pre-
cinct No. 6, fifteen delegates for Hogg;
precinct No. z, not represented; precinct
No. s. eleven delegates for Hogg; pre-
cinct No. 8, two delegates for Hogg;
precinct No. 10, nineteen delegates for
Hogg. Developing a strength of sixty
four delegates for Hogg.
SPOKE AT HILLsBoRo.
Special to the Gazette.
HILLsBoRo, TEX, June 22.-Col. W.
E. Hughes of Dallas spoke at the opera
house in this city yesterday at p. m.
against Hogg and the proposed commits
sion amendment. Judge Robertson of
Dallas was on hand to answer him and
endeavored TO arrange for joint discus
sion, but Col. Hughes would not cou-
sent. The colonel spoke for about two
hours, and while seven-eighths of his
audience were Hogg and commission
men, they gave him patient hearing
and treated him with the utmost cour-
tesy. About the only noteworthy feat
ures of his address were his assertions to
the effect that Gen. Hogg was the
creature of the most remarkable and,
to him, favorable chain of accidents
ever transpiring in the life of public
man. And further, his frankness in
admitting that it began TO look as though