Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-31
FOR THE VOTER.
Instructions on Election Law
from an Official Source.
Hon. j. n Browning Speaks at Wichita
Falls and Congressman Lanham
at Clarendon.
Senator Reagan Addresses an immaus, Crow I
at san Antonio -rrain's Majority Placed
at Fight thousand.

! INSTRUCTIONS on THE ELECTION LAW
| Correspondence of the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Oct. 29.-The follow
ing Instructions on the election law by
Attorney General Templeton are given
TO the public, being as applicable AMI us
official To-day as the day they were orig
inally Issued:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
AUSTIN, Tax. Oct. 2, 1891.
James F Cunningham, Esq, County Attorney
Jones County, Tex.
SIE-NO one can, under our constitu-
.ion and laws, vote tor either state, dis
trict, county or precinct officers except
in the election precinct OF his actual resi-
dence.
/. For state officers residence of
twelve months in the state is required
and bona iide residence In the election
precinct where the applicant desires to
vote. 1t makes no difference OF how
short the duration of the residence i'll
such election precinct may have been :,
provided only that it is actual aud bona
fl lie. From the above 1t will be pre-
ceived that mere trnnSents will have no
right 10 vote in Jones county if they
have "a residence else where, even il they
have been citizens OF the stats for twelve
mouths.
2 For district officers congressional +.
judicial or itg!slGtive) rrsidence Of
Twelve months III the state is required
md bona tide residence, OF no matter
now short duration in, the election pr =
cinct where the applicant desires to vote;
and IN addition thereto, residence Of
six mouths in the district. Thus,
former resident OF Taylor county may
have moved from said county into Jones
county only few days or weeks pre-
ceiing I'VE election and have the right
10 vote in Jones county for state aud dis
trIct officers. See COust.. Art. &, See.
5, and L. 5. VS.. Slater, 4th Woods, L.
5. Cir. CT. Rep. 35G l will add also
that this was the construction of my
Immediate predecessor III this Office.
8. For county aud precinct officers,
resideIIce of twelve months i'll the state
and SIX months III the county is required.
In this case, also, tho voter must vote Ill
the election precinct where he actually
resides. In regard TO the right OF tran
sieft cOw-boys who have been in the
state for twelve months and in Jones
county for six mouths, TO vote IN Jones
cOuntY for county and precinct Offices, |
have TO say that they can clearly vote
there for all offio ers-presidential. state,
district, county and precinct-If they
have no other place they claim as their
homes. / wish il distinctly understood
that the impression prevailing in many
places that this Office has heretofore al
vised, either before or since became at
Encouragement, that residence of twelve
months In the state would, under the
present constitution. entitle a citizen to
vote for state officers wherever he might
happen TO be on election day, - wholIy
incorrect and unsupported by the official
records OF this office; and DIT the risk of
being tuutOlOgicai, l again expressly say
that ueiih state, district, county or
precinct officers can be voted for except
III the election precinct wherein the pro-
posed electOr has his actual bona Tide
residence. Respectfully,
lSigueu JOHN d. TEMPLETON,
Attorney General.
IN FANNIN COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
RAvENNA. TEX. Oct. 29.-Ths COM
mission people are waking up to sense of
duty and will turn out an vote the DEM
ocratic ticket and commission and dirt
road amendments. We have small
element OF Democrats who will bolt the
instructions of the party aud vote suti-
commission with the Republicans.
FLANAGAN AT CARTHAGE.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
CARTHAGE, TEX. Oct. 2s.-Hon. Web
ster flanagan. Republican candidate for
governor, addressed fair audience here
to-duv in the district courtroom. He
only spoke forty IN nutes, having to
leave OH the o'clock train to meet an
appointment at Pittsburg. He was fol-
lowed By Hon. Z. b. Kilgore, Demo-
cratic candidate for congress i'll the Third
district, in u two hours speech. After
replying 10 some statements OF Gen.
Flanagan, his remarks were couEiued to
national politics.
BROWNING AT WICHITA FALLS.
Special TO the Gazette.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX, Oct. 30.-Hon.
J. n. Browning, candidate for repre-
sentative from this district spoke TO
large crowd at the courthouse III this city
last night. Mr.. Browning Is a logical
speaker, and his audience last night gave
him marked attention. Mr.. Browning
is very popular and will serve the people
of this district satisfactorily in the next
legislature.
J. j. Ofel OF this city and j. NJ.
Jones of Henrietta, candidates for dis
trict attorney of this judicial district,
and z. NJ. slime, candidate for district
judge, also addressed the voters ut the
courthouse last night.
In the absence of Hon. George f.
Miller, candidate for district judge, A.
Il Carrigan presented thnt gentleman
claims aud qualifications in an able maui
ner.
As the election approaches interest in
ereases. A Republican county ticket Is
likely TO make it's appearance on the day
of the election.
w. r. Lamb, Independent candidate
for congress, made a short address to the
people last night. He closed his canvass
of this congressional district last night
and left for his home in Bowie to-day.
LaNHAM AT CLARENDON.
srtcisl TO the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX. Oct. 29.-Hon. s.
w. L. Launam addressed q large and
appreciatiye audience here tonight. He
made a good talk which was well re-
ceived. This il his last speech during
this paign. He leaves to-morrow
morning for Fort Worth aud Weather.
ford.
0uita n number of Clarendon "a niff