Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-27


Special to the Gazette.
ATHENS, TEX, Sept. 2G.-Last night,
pursuant to adjournment the senatorial
convention was called to order at 1896
o'clock The balloting was continued
with but little change until the three
hundred and fourteenth ballot was
reached, when the Hon. J. b. Bishop,
in very neat speech, withdrew his
name. The votes of Anderson and Hem
derson counties were then each nearly
equally divided between Reagan and
Kearby, and without making nomIna-
tion the convention at 10 clock adjourn
ed until this morning.
Assembling at $3.50, the balloting
began, and has continued through the
day without material change. The
679th has been taken; J. G.. Kearby of
Van Zandt, Is II votes; r. Fl. Reagan
of Cherokee, 10 CT votes. Sixteen being
necessary for q choice at this point
the convention adjourned until 1880 to-
night.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS-.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Sept. 26.-The
Democrats of the Ninth district to-day
nominated Leroy Templeton of Benton
county for congress. The Farmers Al
lance convention later Endorsed the
nomination.
wATTERsoN AT THE HUB.
BOSTON, MASS. Sept. 26.-Notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather
the members of the Massachusetts reform
club turned out in large numbers to
greet Henry Watterson of the Louisville
Courier Journal, who was the guest of
the club, at banquet at the Hotel
Brunswick. Shortly after o'clock the
large dining hall of the Brunswick began
to assume lively aspect,
and the large company soon
seated at tables included Hon. P. A.
Collins, Hon. Leopold Morse, Hon. W.
f. Russell and many other prominent
gentlemen. The principal address of
the evening was delivered by Mr.. Wat
terson.
MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
JACKSON, MISS. Sept. 26.-The COM
mittee on temperance and liquor traffic
having right of the floor to-day by virtue
of an order made some
days ago. the constitutional convention
proceed to the consideration of reports
submitted by that committee, and the
majority report re commended non
action, deeming any agitation OF the
liquor question at this time s'inoppor-
tune
The minority report urged the adoption
of the following as separate and indie
pendent section of the constit ution
"All saloons and tipping houses where
wines and spirituous liquors are kept
for sale are hereby declared public
nuisances, and may be suppressed or
abated by prosecution in the name Of the
state or upon complaint of any citizen.
Some of the ablest men in
the convention supported the minority
report, notably Chrisman, Jewell,
Martin, S. d. Lee, all of whom made
able and telling speeches.
Delegates George, Muldrow, Eskridge,
Slmrall, Burkett and others of promi-
nence and influence urged the con-
stitutional convention to stand by
the majority report. They did not go
into the merits of the recommendation
of the minority; they all conceded that
the influence of saloons was precarious and
oorrupting, but doubted the wisdom of
any interference with the question by
the convention, and after debating the
question all day the convention, by
vote of ~ TO IS, adopted the majority
report.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
ITHACA, n. Y, Sept. 26.-The Re-
publican congressional convention for
the Twenty eighth district nominated
81. e. Noyes of Seneca county.