Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-14
DALLAS.
Hon. John W. Crayton Of Rockwell Endorsed
for Floater-John H. Cochran and James
7. Rowland the County Nominees.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 13.-The county conven-
ton to nominate two candidates for the legisia-
ture and indorse hoater for this district. con-
Yened here this morning. S. P. Morris OF Oak
Cliff was elected temporary chairman, and Mr..
]. H. Cullen Of the Garland News was ele:ted
temporary secretary by reclamation.
Considerable debate was then had as to whether
G committee on credentials and permanent or
ganization should be appointed first, or whether
It should be a committee on platform and reso-
lutions. The former was first appointed and a
recess taken for the committee % make the re-
port.
on credentials and permanent organization SUD-
mitted its report. which was adopted
BY this report the temporary officers
were made permanent ones. Mr.. W. Il. Clark
tnen took the floor and asked that the county
convention instruct the delegates to the Pictorial
convention to vote for Hon. John W. Crayton
of Rockwell. vote was taken and Nj. Cray
ton received the unanimous instruction OF Dali
las county Mr.. Clark said during his remarks
that Mr.. Ball of Tarrant should not be elected
floater, as he thought him too strongly partisan
for Fort Worth. The convention then went into
the nomination of Democratic delegates to rep
resent the county IN the next legislature. Five
candidates were IN the race, but on the first
ballot Mr.. John II. Cochran and Mr. James T.
Rowland received enough votes to elect them
and were declared the candidates. Col. j. B.
Simpson then took the floor and said he
wished to offer resolution to the effect that the
nominees of the convention be instructed to
labor to secure the passage OF a law extending
the territorial limits of Dallas. but so much 'opo
position was manifested that the resolution was
withdrawn,
There being no further business the conven-
ton then adjourned
The boys under arrest for wrecking the cars on
the spur near the packery were to-day released
from custody. Only one OF them was of the age
to be prosecuted.
LAST nights meeting. decided to build stock
yards aad ughtering pens for their own use
A committee is now looking for q suitable sight
of fifteen acres and the association proposes to
cover this amount of ground with pens and
mass meeting has been called for the citi-
zens to discuss local option and the proposed
INCORPORATION of Oak Cliff. The meeting will
be held Monday night at the pavilion theater.
The credit Of the wsterworks investigation is
aue to Alderman J. h. Webster and not to Al
derman Wood as reported in to-day's GAZETTE
Policeman Christian to-day arrested a negro
BY the name OF Hodge Jackson, wanted at
Shreveport La on the charge of swindIing
Judge Bower has accepted the bond of Henry
Jenkins and now the liquor business Is regu-
larry lesalized at Oak Cliff.
The registered transfers since last report
amount to SIS, 1872.
James Mccain, ex-chief detective Of this CITY.
and now connected with the secret service of the
Pacific express company Is in town. Mr.. Mccain
has just returned from trip to Mexico
Capt. u. B. Williams, general freight and ras-