Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-16
WEBS BULL RUN.
Flanagan Writes a Letter OF Con-
gIa;uiatiOn to Gen. Hogg.
TIE Majority q $4,000 Shows Gen
Hur- was Not Scratched TO the
L-teut That was Threatened.
he sl,crr Failing OF in the Commission
Vote tcuoun'ci For-Why the Road
Amendment Suffered.


Ailenu mont >uutFeu
s-ur. .rresroudence of the Gazette.
arsrE. Ten, Nov. l3.-Like the
man wlo rau three miles to get good
.a-, 10 jumping over the mountain, and
When be- reached the base stopped TO
rest, after which lie walked over it at
b.. leisure. So Gen. Hogg proceeded in
BIZ. race for governor, which race prac-
,ca,g ended when the state Couven-
non adjourned. Since then he has had
fwalloyer. His majority is about as
'.l-.tal' as majorlties ever get to be in
Try!s The contest was wholly one
s..3. ana Col. flanagan of Flanagan's
u.I.s was lot ain it, 10 all iutents and
purposes. II was only yesterday that
the al.Huel. who appears to have fully
r-,.r-g.I most surprisingly from the
r4-uI.guc effect of the duh thud OF No.
'-lt"r I wrote Gen. Hogg u letter of
gua-rltal.tjJu, Ia v hich he apolOgiZed
fru.twriing sooner, by saying that he
meant co. uwn.t the announcement of the
uH..ai count, but afterwards recousid-
-r-l herring from the Republican
.s..' no score Of other states. He had
lH.-a ;ruu the North, and sagely con-
u.dri inAl the Jig was up with himself,
aHl .hat De would have to JON Mckinley
a.i Tire r.-t ut the bottom of the essay -
i-0u iae merry vein i'll which he wrote,
oge can tGsrlV see that the colonel is not
.russa-hrrr;ri because OF his political
NGivr-uu, d.. rather Bull Run.
1. the estimate of l75, 900 votes as
Hogs majority be approximately cor
-,., BE- l= quite clear that he was not
'.r-lar4 To- any such alarming extent as
shs Threatened uy some before the cleo
tL he ioued, If not the full vote of
81. Tart rs nearly the full vote as can
-ut aHt u oG years. His vote is every
rAy rre-Nntie 10 nim as n man and an
"4,-al H.s friends can well afford to
.r lt..t of l., and so can he. lie not
Gully luIiel the vote of the party, but
'.,L-! and harmonzed it. The ienE-
..- eai ascorlaut elements that had
'een maaIuE trouble in the party, and
I'eA.eaAr schisms of one sort or
alolAsr, were pacined, ana the ranks
'''e1 UP they have not been for
yaar-
t0t commission, too, did remarkably
we'll, letter by far than some of its
i-s.is anticipated. 1t ran behind. the
.-'H"re of the ticket somewhat, and this
circumstance has given rise to the state
"fu; that If was badly scratched. That
-.7' not follow ut all, when it is remem-
..'-4 that 'u a number of the most pop
-.-' counties the tickets were printed
x" The alternative "for'' and
against. \ great many of those
'''s'- were deposited IN the boxes with
'-' e7a'.r- tAe word against, - and
VI 2'"'s' were not counted. very con-
'.-s'4..t part OF the falling off can be ac-
.---.+ ..- DO that way and many a vote
'. '.' commission WAS lost because
.t- ..rr -eEupulousness of a number
'. ..a"'' Democratic county Cou-
the ticket prescribed by the
'.".. .1mmli:ee had been used through
.-'' 81 majority FOR the commissio
'.-'4 aAre teen much larger than it is.
'"- sections that were expected 10 go
s-+-'. &C. or 1T least give it discolored
Ss' 'Aat is Southwest and Northwest
AA'' s..yrised every body 10y voting
-'.F 'o- q That is easily explained
7.....a- The vigorous campaign con-
--''t- 800 tae southwest by Congressman
-' A-. 10 the Panhandle by J. n.
"---, The latter espoused the
,te commission, and bv his eX-
"'..At popularity with the masses SUI
r'i 10 rolling up big vote for it,
10 campaign in the southwest
out the farmers, who voted for
, '..a -a.>-ion with very little scratch
ID Bowie county the commission
L. '.- tTeuty-hve votes more than
I Is quite certain that the
+ f'Hi amendment, which has IN
., .f carried 10y q large majority,
nj the polls because of the
Al, ..+. 80 q iOr' and "HgaIust' form
.NAtt. Many voters neglected or
H., /" erase the word against and
~. 'lei- vote.
81, A'rTaEts for Office under the new
an, ''.,,-'lFA'!on are beginning 10 come in
- .-s woods, aud daily the Office of
M H9sH Is crowded with them and
ty. trends. From morning till dewy
bv ~ mods I grand levee, surrounded
~ 81 eager and ANXIOUS throng OF
ss's moved by feverish longing to
So. >e themselves in the service of the
m, Hitherto the general has given
t,r AZ animation OF whom he will name |
In 80 once at his disposal, nor will hesl
IN, It7 some time to come. No one
lgeynuy definite notion of any of the
lin oues 10 be. So little Is known or
btsi.eu On the subject that very little
lbr," SAD about it one way or another.
sspno some guessing, but OF such
aud Unreliable sort that but little
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