Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-19
BARRY'S TACTICS.
He Represents Hogg Trying to
Overthrow Two-ThirdS Rule.
He Inieets Nonsense into the Campaign
to Turn the Voters Attention
from the Real Issue.
Anti-HOgg People Looking to Senator MatIOek
for the HOgg- T ylor Letter-JefersOn
Preparing to Entertain.
TALK WITH non. BRYAN 7. BARRY.

TALK WITH HON. BRYAN 7. BARRY.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, June IS.-Hon. Bryan
7. Barry, manager, under the great
"Warwick - of the Cook campaign, is as
pleasant, affable and genial gentleman
as there Is IN ali Texas. Although as
signed to the duty of leading the Cook
contingent to sure ana certain defeat, he
maintains q cheerfulness of disposition
that defes encouragement. To hear
him talk about the encouraging news
that is coming in from all over the state,
one would suppose it was Cook and not
Hogg that was sweeping everything be-
fore him. 1 called on him this afternoon
and found him as bright, buoyant and
cheerful as ever. Pickwick was never
more smiling nor Mark Tapley more
hopeful. After according me friendly
greeting, he said: "Everything is going
nicely. Encouraging reports showing that
Cook is constantly increasing in strength
are coming in from all over the state,
That the Hogg men are getting badly
scared is apparent from the fact that
they have begun agitating the question
of breaking over the two-thirds rule in
the state convention, and making ma
ssty vote nominate. This is following
81 the footsteps of the Republicans, and
is un-D Democratic. The demand for this
change comes from those counties where
the Greenbaokers and Knights of Labor,
and the dark lantern politicians have
carried the counties for Hogg.
81 hold that the state convention
ought not to interfere with that rule. II
a change is desired there is but one right
way to bring 1t about, and that is for the
state convention to submit it to be voted
on at the Democratic primaries two years
hence. County conventions have no
right to NEEDLE in the matter, nor to in
struct delegates to vote to substitute
majority rule for the two-third's rule.
The Democratic voters of the state are
the proper ones in primary election to
say whether this time honored rule shall
be abolished.
elf the Hogg men were not scared
they would not ask for a change of this
kind. They see that Hogg is not likely
to receive two-thirds of the delegates,
and will, therefore, try to nominate him
by doing the un-Democratic thing of
changing this rule that has given so
much satisfaction heretofore, and is now
satisfactory to all the candidates in the
field except Hogg and his followers.
Thus spoke Mr.. Barry. Whether he is
more scared than hurt let time develop.
He seems to think. however, that it is
the settled purpose of Hogg and his
friends to farce a change of the two
thirds rule in the San Antonio conven-
ton by substituting for it a majority
rule, thus making the nomination of
Hogg certainty.
In any event, it is not difficult to see
that Mr.. Barry is a resourceful leader,
and is continually and in the much
ingenuity, injecting into the campaign
matters like the above, calculated to
turn the attention of the voter away
from the vital question at issue between
the commission and anti-commission ad-
vocates. He is doing all he can in this
way for Judge Cook, and hopes that by
shrewd work he will be able, before the
primaries are held in all the counties, to
capture enough delegates for the Hous-
ton candidate to, with the aid of the
Hall and Wheeler contingent, prevent
the nomination of Hogg by locking the
and keeping it looked until O
candidate can be found to
unlock it.
SHOW UP OR SHUT TIP.
tanned the following:
Times Herald reporter started out
to-day to find Senator Matlock, the PAN
handle representative, who, it is alleged,
is in possession of a letter which Col.
Hogg is charged with writing to Abner
Taylor, the state capitol building con-
tractor, threatening to push the investi-
CATION unless Mr.. Taylor purchased $40,
non worth nf land from sOna
Of Mr.. Hogg's relatives. A
canvass of the hotels failed to
reveal the much wanted senator, and a
visit to political headquarters was next
in order. st Mr.. Hall's headquarters |
the reporter met Col. W. L. Hall and |
Hon. Frank NJ. Maddox, chairman of |
the central committee. Mr.. Hall stated |
that Senator Matlock, who is also q |
member of the committee, would be in |
the city tomorrow night at least that was |
the information conveyed IN a telegram |
which the committee received through |
l third party. Mr.. Maddon said: ''We |
have been telegraphing all over the |
country trying to find Mr.. Matlock, but |
ne is evidently hiding out. Il must be /
hat those Chicago fellows have reckoned |
their host. If Senator Matlock |
has the letter, as alleged, he ought TO /
how it up. We are as anxious for him
% give it up as you are. He should show
ID or he should exonerate Mr.. Hogg."
MI. Hall-"If Senator Matlook has
he letter as charged, and Mr.. Hogg
hould be defeated on the strength of it,
he people have q right TO 1t. If he
hasn't got it, Mr.. Hogg should be
elected, if it is shown that an attempt
las been made to misrepresent him. u
Mr.. Maddox-''Mr Hall knew moth
ne OF this, and If he had known it ne
would have denounced 1t. The commit
zee knew nothing of it until the charge
vas published. -
Saturday Mr.. Hall speaks in Dallas,
Monday during the day in Waxahachie
md Monday night in Ennis. He will be
It Whitesboro June 30.
HON. H. c. MACK AT HENRIETTA.
Ipecial to the Gazette.
HENRIETTA, TEX, June 1s.-At $3.50
y m. June II, Hon. n G. Mack adj
lTessed large crowd of ladies and gem
le1aen at the courthouse. His address
s4ssin opposition to Gen. Hogg for gov
rnor. 1t was dignitfed and well deliv-
red to 8 most attentive audience. The
'nrden of his effort was TO show that
len. Hogg had failed to do his duty as