Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15
THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
Midland, Runnels, SOmerven
Counties Instruct for HOgg.
Crockett, Lampasas, BOnham, Honey
Grove, Mineral Wells and Ladonia
Precincts for Hogg.
Judge Cooks Record Proving Confusing to
Those Who Pulled Him From the Re-
tirement of Private Life.
JOINT DISCUSSION AT JEFFERSON.

JOINT DISCUSSION AT JEFFERSON.
Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, TEX. June IA most
enthusiastic meeting was held here by
the Hogg club this evening. Hon. George
T. Todd, II strong commission and Hogg
man, had invited L. Schluter, the rail-
road attorney, to discuss the commits
sion question with him. Mr.. Todd ably
advocated the commission question.
Mr.. Schluter and his opponent, who had
mustered all the anti-commission men
in the county, about fifty in
number, into the courtroom, answered
him by strong railroad speech, and
was loudly applauded by his people.
Excitement ran higher than it has for
many years over anything. Men jumped
up all over the courtroom, all trying to
make themselves heard at once. The
fight is getting very bitter here, but
Hogg and commission is booming.
MORE OF COOK IS RECORD.
Special to the Gazette
DALLAS, Ten, June IA gentle
man well posted in the political history
of Texas, said to-day that some years
ago Judge Cook made speech at San
Marcos in which he denounced the free
school system of Texas as un-Demo-
egRtic and expressed himself as strongly
4pposed to it. The same gentleman also
ssaid that in and around Austin Judge
Cook was regarded as an enemy of the
state university. A correspondent of
the Texas Farmer makes a similar
charge. as witness the following, under
an Austin date:
see Warwick Clark has brought out Gustave
Cook as 6 candidate for governor. The man who
wanted to use the gatling gun on the railroad
strikers ct Fort Worth, and now expects their
bosses to make them vote for him; man who is
constitutionally opposed to the public free
schools and the great Texas university would
make fine governor indeed.-LG. S. Hehy-
bower.
1t will thus be seen that evidence is
accommodating daily to show that, al
though Judge Cook is &c present posing
before the people of Texas as an apostle
of moderation, he was in the years when
moderation was really needed tho con-
slant utterer of bitter and immoderaIe
words. His record, rising out of the
mists Of the reoeding past, is proving
very confusing to himself and to those
who pulled him forth from the retire.
ment of private life into the heat and
turmoil of campaign, destined to be
not only an event, but to mark the be-
ginning of new era in the political his
tory of Texas.
CROCKETT PRECINCT CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
CROCKETT, TEX, June I3.-The
Democratic convention for this precinct
was held here to-day and unanimously
endorsed Hogg for governor and D. J
Carter of this county for treasurer, and
Page for senator. The county conven-
ton will be held June 81.
HOPKINS COUNTY PROBABILITIES.
Special to the Gazette.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEX. Sune IA
meeting of delegates chosen by the farm
ers of each school district of the county
was held in the Alliance building to day.
The meeting was called for the purpose
OF discussing the policy of nom
mating farmer for the legisla-
ture, ana in making such a nom
ination il they thought it best.
There were about $50 delegates present.
Speeches were made by leading
farmers, and Col. William A. Workman,
editor of the Sulphur Springs
GAZETTE, put plea for straight Demo-
oracy. 1t was then ascertained by a
vote that only about fifteen of the dele
gates favored a farmers nomination.
A test vote was taken on the commission
and the governorship question, and
there was not man opposed to HoRg or
the commission. AS Hopkins county was
one of the seven that called out Judge
Cook, it may be of interest to state that
the most reliable estimates give this
county to Hogg, and there is scarcely a
doubt that the delegates to the state
Democratic convention will be in
nd
POLITICS AT wAxAHAcHIE.
Special to the Gazette.
WAxAHACHIE, TEX, June I3.-The |
political pot is boiling here to-day. In
a very short while Hogg club was or
gained with $50 members In a few
days 1t Will be over 200. Hogg will GER
tainly carry this county.
BoNHAM CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
BoNHAM, Tex, June 1.-THE pri- |
mary convention for this precinct met |
this evening in the district court room. |
There was large number of voters pres
emit. r. NJ. Lusk was elected chairman, |
III. Terry, W. T. Gass and James G. |
Evans, secretaries. The convention in
struoted for James Hogg for governor, /
Pendleton for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Jas.
ID. Lydey for district attorney for this,
the Thirty-lrst judicial district, E. L. |
Agnew for fioater from Fannin and La
mar counties. A resolution indorsing
the amendment was adopted, also that it
would not favor any candidate for floater
Or senator who opposes the amendment.
Twenty-Five delegates were elected to the
county convention which meets Monday
IN this city, and they were instructed to
vote as unit.
The precinct convention at Savoy in
'tructed for Hogg. While there is no
Instruction for floater, il is understood
that the delegates favor Agnew.
The convention here was a little en-
but everybody kept in good
lumor.
COLLIN COUNTY MIXED.
Special to the Gazette
MCKINNEY, TEX, June 1.-THE dele
rates to the state convention are unin-
Itrueted, but they aregenerally credited
] l.. Kelly, R. B. Nhisenant, L. A.
scott, T. C. Slaughter, &c. E. Register,
las. Helms, for Cook; John Ferguson,
7. A. Edwards, A. r. Womble, H. E.
singleton, W. Y. Carver, W. Bishop,
r. w. Carpenter. Roland Goooh, T. P.