Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-17

BAILEY TRIUMPHS.
The Magic Orator of Cooke NOmi
mated for Congress.
The Doings of the Democrats OF the
Fifth District at Decatur,
Wise County.
a. Il Swan Nominated for the Legislature by
the Democrats of Clay and Montague
Counties-Split at Goliad.
THE DECATUR CONVENTION.

THE DECATUR CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX. Sept. 16.-The beau
tiful little city of Decatur was IL gala at
| tire to-day and the streets were thronged
| with people. The stalwart Democracy
| of twelve counties was represented by
the best men from all classes of life who
had assembled to express the will of the
vast majority of the voters of the Fifth
| congressional district of Texas in nomi-
mating the brilliant young statesman OF
Cooke county, Joseph W. Bailey, to rep
resent the district in congress.
At 11:30 the delegates. some seventy
in number, together with large num-
Der of the citizens of Decatur and Wise
county repaired to the district courtroom
in the splendid courthouse where the
| convention was to be held.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At 1:35 Capt. d. A. Holman of De-
caturcalled the convention to order. He
said: Gin the necessary absence of the
chairman of the district, have been re-
quested to call this convention to order. In
behalf of the Democracy of Wise county
and the good people OF Decatur, 1t is my
pleasure to welcome you TO our city.
Knowing that it is the sense of this con-
vention TO dispatch the business in hand,
/ will not detain you with lengthy
speech. All our differences have been
happily and definitely settled. The ban
ner of the constitutional party has been
placed in the hands of one whose private
life, whose ability and whose magic elo-
quence have made us all proud of him.
In coming to formally carry out the will
of your constituents, l bid you thrice
welcome. We are now ready to elect
temporary chairman.
On motion R. d. Welborpe of Clay
county was made temporary chairman by
reclamation.
In taking the chair Mr.. Welborne
said: "Fellow citizens, little did l ex-
pect to be called on to preside over this
convention. 1 had been taught that it
was actually sin for young man to
aspire to hold office or to aspire to pre-
side over a convention. We are poud of
old Collin for relieving us of q hard
fight, but had Collin failed old Clay
would have been on hand with the young
Democracy solid for the graudest man,
for his age, in Texas. [Applause.l 1
hope to see the man you to-day nomi-
nate for congress in the halls of the
United States senate some day Re-
newed applause.
w. f. Bowman of Montague county
was elected temporary secretary and w.
S. Gilbert, sheriff of Wise county, was
elected temporary sergeant-at-arms.
The sergeant-at-arms then pointed
out the seats for the different delegations
and as the Collin county delegates took
their seats they were loudly cheered.
On motion committees on permanent
organization, credentials and platform
and resolutions were selected by the
delegates of the twelve counties.
The committees were announced as
follows:
On permanent organization-Collin
county, W. Nj. Burnham; Baylor
county, W. d. Isenberg; Cooke county.
son; Wise county, C. s. Bobo; Montague
county, o. s. Williams; wilbarger
county, T. a. Fuller; Wichita county,
]. H. Cobb; Grayson county, j. P.
Leslie, Rockwell county, j. a. Walker;
county, A. A. Griffith.
On credentials-Archer, F. E. Dycus;
Baylor, W. D. Isenberg; Clay, J. G.
Thompson; Collin, u. H. Garrett;
Cooke, J. W. Phillips; Wise, J. D.
White; Grayson, ] P. Leslie; Wichita,
A. H. Carrigan; Denton, A. A. Griffith;
Wilbarger, T. A. F1ner; Montague, J.
L. Norwood; Rockwell, J. A. Walker.
On platform and Observation-Disclosures,
F. E. Dycus; Baylor, W. D. Isenberg;
Clay, NJ. n. Peters; Collin-Henry Clay
Mack; Cooke, YaneeY Lewis; Wise,
Col. G. B Pickett; Grayson, ]. P. Les
lie; Wichita, T. C. Shoemaker; Denton,
J. G. Leeper; Montague. W. F. Bow
man; Rockwai, j. A. Walker; VIII
barger. t. A. Fuller.
AS nothing could be done until the
committees reported, the convention ad-
journed to l D. m. and the three COM
mIttees at once went to work.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 1:05 Chairman Welborne called the
convention to order and announced that
reports of committees were in order.
A. A. Griffith, chairman of the COM
mittee on permanent organization, read
q report from his committee to the effect
that the temporary organization be made
permanent, and that A. H. Carrigan be
made assistant secretary. The report
was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Welborne said he again thanked
the convention for the honor conferred.
When be had announced in Clay county
that he was for Bailey q prominent
banker of Henrietta had sent off and
purchased q crank which had been pre-
seuted TO him and he therefore notified
them that Bailey crank had been Sc
lected to preside over their deliberations.
Laughter and applause
o. s. Williams of Collin, an old vet
erRn in the ranks of Democracy, said
as there was nothing before the conven-
ton he wished to say he was one who did
not believe il was a crime to be q young
man. lApplause.
The committee on platform announced
that it was ready TO report, and n. c.
Mack OF Collin began to read when G. B.
Stuart of Cooke asked IL there was not |
minority report.
Mr.. Mack answered that there were
two minority reports.
Stuart-''Then 1 submit, Mr.. Chair |
man, that we cannot act on the reports
until the committee on credentials has |
reported. -
Tas chair-.sThe point Is wen txken !