Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-08
POOR L0!.
Between the Devil and the Deep
Sea Any Way He Turns.
The Election in the Choctaw Nation
The Great Question is What to
do with the Intruder.
Louisiana Farmers Alliance and Anti-Lottery
Conventions Gull
berson Renominated'
POOR 10!
CHoCTAw ELECTION.


Special to The Gazette.
AToKA, l. T., Aug. Tine eiection
for governor of the Choctaw Nation Is
over. Yesterday decided the contest De-
tween Benjamin f. SmaliWood, the
present incumbent and his party called
the Progressive party, and wilson Jones
of the Pullback party, so called. AT
this place, Smallwood's home, he re-
ceived l2I to Jones' twenty-eight votes.
AT Caddo, Jones home, he (Jones) re-
ceiyed ll2 to SmalIwood' IS sixty five. 1t
will be q close race and no one can tore-
tell the result. Two years ago Small
woods majority was 4Oo anu
still the Jones party tried to count
him out in the Legislature, they
having 6 small majority of votes IN the
two houses
The net proceeds frauds have all blown
over, and the people have submitted TO
that gigantic steal. The great question
now before the Territory is what to do with
the white intruders? There are thou
sands of them in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw Nations, large number IN the
Cherokee, and q few in the Muskogee
country. Agent Bennett has authority
from the authorities in washington lc
put out all whites who have no permits
| or legal rights TO reside here. Thousands
are without any permit. Soldiers will
| be employed to put out those
| intruders Hundreds of these intruders
! will appeal to the commissioner or IN
| dian affairs and the secretary OF the IN
| terror, and these officers Will suspend
| action until their cases can be investl-
| gated In the meantime, like the fable
of the deer and the flies, more hungry
| swarl.. will come into the territory.
The very best thing these Indians can DO
is to divide up their lands, all OF 1t, IN
| seyeralty and get possession of it as in
| dividuals, "only to be cheated out OF II
| by impecunious whites in a few years
| time, - The poor Indian is between the
| devil and the deep sea any way he turns.
PICTORIAL CONVENTION AT JAeKsBoRo.
Special TO the Gazette.
| JACKsBoRo, TEX. Aug. THE flo
torial convention which met in this city
to-day nominated c. w. Martin of Wise
county for representative from this TO
torisl district, composed of Wise, Jack
and Young county, on the first ballot.
WILL MAKE AN INDEPENDENT RACE.
Special to the Gazette.
TExARKANA, TEX, Aug. 7.-George
w. Edwards, the present sheriff OF
Bowie county, who distinguished him
self by locating the Cotton Belt train
| robbers, has announced himself as an
independent candidate for reelection.
He was defeated in the convention re-
Gently held at New Boston.
Hon. S. D. Larry, present county
Judge, speaks of making an independent
race against W. w. billiard, the nomi-
nee. Edwards and Larry are both DEM
| ocrats.
CHoCTAw ELECTIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, Ten. Aug. THE Choctaw
gubernatoriaI election passed off quietly
and from present returns Smallwood
present governor, is reelected.
LOUISIANA g FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 1.-THE
Farmers Alliance was in session al
Baton Rouge but short time to-day
adjourning in honor of the anti-lottery
convention. 1t appointed a committee
to confer with that convention as to &
plan of corporation for fighting the
lottery and also called upon congress Il
adopt an anti-lottery amendment In the
Federal constitution. A resolution wa
also adopted against the proposed pine
land bill before congress. The question OF
: establishing an official organ was discussed
The publication committee recommends
| the inauguration of boycott against al
papers publishing articles injurious t
. the farmers movement, which met will
general favor. A committee was ap
. pointed to examine into the merits of
new bagging for cotton composed of mos
and strands of cotton Irvine, sample o
which was placed on exhibition. 1t i
now known decisively that the Alliance
will support S. NJ. Robertson from thu
| Sixth district for congress. 1t /
, | still in doubt as to Blanchard ant
! Boatner in the Fourth and Fifth, but tn
; chances of opposition to them are les
than Yesterday. 1t is understood more
over that the Alliance is unwilling t
put candidates in the field just now ant
prefers TO hold a conference first witt
the anti-cotton league, believing tina
the league and the Alliance will GO
, operate in this as IN other matters. C
. G. Dunn, a member OF the Alliance, ha
been expelled from the latter for votin
= for the lottery bill. This makes tw
| members of the legislature sent out from
: the Alliance for this cause, Stallings @
Lincoln and Dunn of Grant.
= LOUISIANA ANTI-LoTTERY CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 7.-Th
= state anti-lottery convention met in th
: capitol It Baton Rouge to-day. Their
. were 500 delegates present, representa-
, all but three of the parishes in the state
The convention included most of th
members of the legislature who vote
against the lottery bill and the attorney
general of the state, several distriC
judges and a large number OF state Off
A Gals. The delegation from New OrleaI
d was accompanied by $50 members Of tn
!. anti-lotterv league and was greeted 6
: Baton Rouge by a salute of artiller
: and welcomed by the mayor of III
: town and by the Farmers Alliance ali
Q in session at that town. The mort
: ing's session was devoted to the electio
= of temporary chairman, ex-senator
= s. Fautenot being chosen for the pos
ton, and the appointment of committee
It on credentials and organization. TT
f Farmers Alliance will cooperate full
: with the anti-lottery league in it's figt
8 against the lottery. 1t to-day appointe
conference committee Of six to wait c