Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-20
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
The Story Will Soon be Told-COllin
County Primaries Will Settle 1t.
Resolutions Adopted by the FL Paso County
Republicans - Want the Rio Grande
Under Control of Uncle Sam.
HEATH AT SHERMAN ,

| CELEBRATED HOGG s NOMINATION
Special to the Gazette.
! MCKINNEY, TEX, Aug. 19.-The
| Democratic club celebrated Hogg's NOM
ination in fine style last night. Judge
| Wolfe was chairman of the meeting.
John Church, w. T. Beverly and Aaron
| Coffee made able, scholarly and enthu-
siastic speeches. The audience was finely
entertained and the speeches were highly
| complimented.
LOUISIANA FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. l9.-The
| Farmer Alliance won a pratical victory
in the Fourth congressional district of
this state in the matter of the sub
! treasury bill, at its convention August
| 18th. The Alliance insists that all oandi-
dates TO congress should pledge them
selves TO vote for the sub-treasury prop
| ositiou Sandl Blanchard, sitting member
| In the Fourth, eud Boader in the Fifth
| both candidates for reelection declared
that they could not and would not sup
! port it, as it was unconstitutional and
unwise. The Fourth district convention.
which met yesterday, contained
majority of delegates favorable to
| Blanchard denomination, aud at the
same time q majority favorable to the
! Farmer Alliance. The convention first
| adopted platform endorsing the sub
| treasury or warehouse proposition, and
| requesting its nominee to support il
| in congress, and then nominated Mr..
| Blanchard.
A compromise was finally reached by
| Blanchard agreeing to accept the bill in
| a modified form. In its present form it
is unconstitutional, he declared, as he
had already done, but he expressed his
| willingness to do as the convention pro-
posed and support any similar measure
properly framed. He therefore stands
CONF itted to the principle OF the sub
treasury bill, but not the bill itself as
now before congress. The Alliance
seems well satisfied with the arrange
ment, and will try and make similar
terms with the other congressional NOM
inees from Louisiana.
THE BAILEY-HARE CONTEST.
| Special TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, Ten, Aug. l9.-Judge
Hare will arrive in Collin
county to- morrow to upset
Mr.. Baley's one-sided affair down
there. Next week the primaries meet
and the story will have to be told in the
Fifth district. From G gen .leman just
learns that grand barbecue was given
at Melissa to-day, and that they are
about solid for Bailey at that place. He
delivered an able address and had an
immense throng TO hear him.
Judge Heath of Rockwell is now deliy-
ering prohibition speech at the court
house to a fair crowd of gentlemen.
Ell PAso COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
Special to the Gazette.
Ell PAso, TEX, Aug. l9.-The Re-
publican county convention met last
night and elected thirty delegates and
thirty alternates to the state convention,
to be held in San Antonio September 3.
A series of resolutions were adopted in
dorsing the administration of Pres
idert Harrison and the conduct
of Speaker Reed, recommending the
passage of the force bill
and indorsing the Australian ballot sys-
tenn. They recommend that congress
pass an act placing the waters of the
Rio Grands under exclusive control of
the United States when said waters are
used for irrigating purposes and
said river is the boundary line between
the United States and Mexico. They also
recommend that a straight Republican
ticket be put in nomination, lndorsing
the reciprocity scheme of Secretary
Blame, favoring free coinage of silver,
and condemn the proposed legislation of
the Democratic party in regard TO
the control of the railroads of
Texas through a commission. The con-
vention ended in a row between the fac
lions of Collector of Customs F. P. Clark
and City Assessor Merrill, both aspirants
for the Craftsmanship of the executive
committee. S. H. Buchanan was
elected chairman.
NOMINATED TO SUCCEED HIMSELF.
MONROE, LA. Aug. l9.-The Demo-
Gratis of the Fifth Louisiana district to-
day nominated by reclamation Hon.
Charles J. Boatner to succeed himself
in congress.
MISSISSIPPI CoNsT ITUTIONAL CoNvEN
TON.
JACKSON, Miss. Aug. l9.-The usual
amount of amendments regulating suf-
frage was submitted to the constitutional |
convention to-day, but no new features
were presented except in the resoiu tons
offered by Delegate Paxton of Washing |
ton and Delegate Thompson of Lincoln. |
Paxton g resolution reads as follows:
Resolved, /. That the rapid increase |
of the negro population in the Yazoo |
Delta threatens the Authorization of |
the state of Mississippi.
2. That the threatened danger will be |
most safely met by an apportionment of |
the representation as will vest the power |
of the state in the white constituencies.
3. Assuming the membership of the
house of representatives to be reduced TO |
100, to maintain white supremacy and |
consequent good government in the state |
of Mississippi, 1t IS esseatial that the /
several counties in the Yazoo delta be |
limited to one member in the house of |
representatives.
4. To permantly maintain good local
government in said county, 1t is essential
that all county offices befilled by exec
utIve appointments as the government
may be advised by primary nominating
conventions regulated by law.
As Delegate Paxton is a repre- senta-
tive of one of the counties where the
negroes largely outnumber the whites,
his resolution is regarded as an indica-
tion of willingness on the part of the
people he represents TO make political
sacrifices in order to avoid negro SUI
premacy.
Delepafa Thomnson,s proDoaifio, il |