Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21


! q. r. Bell, secretary, and Boone An
derson, sergeant-at-arms. The follow
! ing men were placed in nomination:
! Capt. T. T. Gammage of Anderson
county, John B. Long of Cherokee
county, 7. G. Kittrel of
Leon county, j. b. Folk
/ OF Freestone county, William II. Martin
! of Henderson county. The balloting
! failed to nominate and at the late night
session all the candidates had been with
! drawn except Martin and Long. The
excitement runs high and balloting is
| spirited. Al late hour tonight the
one hundred and forty-third ballot
stands: Long, IS; Martin, 81; with the
chances in favor of Long. The sentiment
of majority of the delegates is against
returning "Howdy' to congress, and
his defeat is possible, although after
thirty-siX hours baIIoting the conven-
ton now stands at a deadlock.
SAN ANTONIO WHITE REPUBLICANS.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tx. Aug. 20.-A mass
meeting of san Antonio white Republic
cans was held at Mission garden to-day
for the purpose of arranging for the en-
tertainment of the Republican st te
/ convention, which meets here Septem-
Der 3. Judge A. D. Tugwell, a lead
ing Republican of this section, made a
fiery speech, in which he declared that
while the local political league, to which
he belongs, is strictly Republican or
ganizatiOn, yet tits for white men and
no negroes need apply. During the
progress of Tugwell's speech Col. Jim
NeHcomb requested the sergeant-at-
arms TO eject all reporters from the hall.
This was done with vigorous celebrity, and
what went OIL afterwards is a profound
secret.
TO MEET SEPTEMBER 4.
Special TO the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. Aug. 20.-Chair-
man Madarase of the Tenth Republican
district has called q delegate convention
to meet in this city on September to
nominate q candidate against Congress-
man Savers. 1t is not known to whom
will be rendered the compliment.
WANTED POwDEILY FOR CONGRESS.
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Aug. 20.-Lack-
awanna Democrats held their convention
yesterday. Master Workman T. V.
Powderly of the knights OF Labor was
the unanimous choice of the convention
for congress, hut his friends would not
permit his name to be mentioned as Pow
derby would not accept it. Lemuel Nor
man was nominated.
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE.
PRATT, KAN, Aug. l0.-The Seventh
district Democratic convention yester-
day Endorsed Jerry Simpson, nominee OF
the peoples party, for congress.
SEVENTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
DENTON, TEX, Aug. l9.-The fol-
lowing call has been made: By authority
OF the power in me vested l hereby call
convention of the delegates from Collin
and Denton counties TO meet III the city
of Denton at the courthouse at ! o clock
p. IN. on the LIST day of September, A.
D., 1890, for the purpose of nominating
Il Democratic candidate for state senator
from this E(the Seventeenth) senatorial
district and to nominate a representative
from the Twenty ninth representative
district composed of the counties of Deu-
ton and Collin. Witness my hand at
Mckinney, Tex. this, the 18th day of
August, A. d. 1890. w. N. BUSH,
Chm Seventeenth Senatorial District.
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS.
san JOSE. CAL. Aug. 2O.-The Dem
ocratic state convention to-day adopted
a platform realfirning the principles of
the st. Louis platform of 1884, and de-
claring against the depleted treasury and
the imposition OF unequal aud oppressive
taxes The effort to enact coercive legis-
lRtion, the arbitrary disregard by the
speaker OF the house of representatives
of all parliamentary rules and shameless
severity displayed by :he majority in the
house in yielding ready obedience to his
tyrannical mandates, their refusal to
join the Democratic party in its effort to
procure the passing of the measure per-
ha nf
glect of the present administration to
modify an admittedly erroneous tariff,
and suggests with more emphasis than
words that the reins of tie government
should be placed in safe hands. Contin-
ung, the platform says: 1--WE denounce
and condemn the Republican majority
IN the M tlonal house of representatives
for the passage of the infamous Lodge
election bill. -
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Aug. 20.-The
Republican state convention was called
TO order at l2:l5 by Chairman PAYNE of
the state central committee. Michael
Griffin of Eau Clair was chosen temporary
chairman. A committee on resolutions
was appointed, also a committee on per-
manent organization. The convention
then adjourned until 3 O'Clock.
Governor Hoard was placed in nomi- |
nation by George c. Bryant of Madison. |
and motion to make his denomination |
by reclamation was carried amid cheers, |
and Governor Hoard was then sent for. |
He was enthusiastically applauded, and |
delivered a speech.
J. B. Treat of Green county was NOM
mated for lieutenant governor on the |
first ballot, and the convention then ad-
journed until s p. m.
Following is the platform in part,
which was unanimously adopted:
The Republican party in convention |
assembled declare its devotion to the |
common school as the chief fac
tor in the education of the people and
pledges itself to support, strengthen
and uphold them. 1t recognizes as a
valuable auxiliary in the work of popu-
lar education private aud parochial
schools supported without aid from pub
lie funds, and disclaims absolutely any
purpose whatever TO interfere in
auy manner with such schools,
either as to their terms of government or
branches TO be taught therein. We
affirm the right and duty of the state to