Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
A DEADLOCK.
The Democratic Convention for the Sec
ond Congressional District.
Hot Contest In theIThirty- Ninth District Float
orIal Convention - What Marion
County Negroes Propose.
HOUSTON COUNTY SATISFIED .
of the Gazette.

suit OF lD6 OeID6TdIiOuS Oh INC SOA "a
ton at San Antonio meets with hearty
approval here. This county was almost
G unit for Gen. Hog2, also Culberson for
Encouragement and Brahan for comp
troller. The ticket will receive the cordial
support of the Democrats Of this county
at the November election.
LovELADY SENTIMENT.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
LovELADY, TEX. Aug. lS.-All seem
satisfied with the work of the San An
tonic convention. Delegates are leaving
to-day TO attend the congressional con-
ventiou in Palestine Tomorrow, where
old Howdy Martin will make big fight
for denomination.
CoMANcHE COUNTY.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
CoMANCHE, TEX, Aug. 18.-The
Democrats of this county, as a rule, are
well pleased with the work of the San
Antonio convention.
AS TO county politics, there is here and
there disgruntled Democrat because his
personal friend failed to get the nomina-
ton in the primaries, and some talk OF
independent candidates is being in
dulged This is a dangerous policy, and
It is to be hoped all good Democrats will
take warning and abandon such course.
ARCHER COUNTY SITE ELECTION.
Correspondence ofthe Gazette.
ARCHER CITY, Ten, aug. H.
Archer county has been the victim of
county seat election. The race was
between Archer City, the present county
seat and milford, new town located by
q banker from Kansas City, Mo-, who
owns quite a body OF land in this county.
Archer City got over two-thirds of all
the votes cast.
NOLAN TO HAVE COUNTY SEAT ELECTION.
special to the Gazette.
SwEETwATER, TEX, Aug. 2O.-The
courr house question is getting to be an
exciting issue i'll this county. Az is gen.
orally known while we have q beautiful
structure erected in 1882 at Il cost of
about $50, 600, it was a thorough fraud,
delusIon and n scheme from top TO
bottom. Portions of the east and north
walls fell out about two years ago,
since which time every effort has been
made to get the commissioner court to
repair the building without success.
Our county is so divided into commits
sioners precincts that Sweetwater Is
wholly in precinct No. l which precinct
contains about three-dfths of 81 the
votes in the county while the remainder
of the county containing only two tifths
of the votes of the county have their
commissioners and the court so consti-
tuted has uniformly refused to take any
steps towards repairing the building.
Lately, every time an effort has been
made to agitate the question of repair
ing the building certain persons in the
country precincts have boldly threat
eued to try to remove the county seat to
the center of the county. The people
81 Of TO
tired of this policy of obstruction have
circulated petition to hold an election
to remove the county seat to the center
of the county so as TO settle the question
for the present at least. The petition i5
being almost exclusively signed by citi-
Zens of SweetwHter. Already more than
the REQUISITE number of names of free
holders have been secured. This will be
the most exciting election ever held in
the county. Hardly anything else is
now talked of and it has only begun to
be interesting.
PLACEs US BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
srecial TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, Aug 2O.-In his
speech last night Judge Heath, Prohibl-
ZIONIST, said the Democratic platform of
1888, after the victory of 1887, that,
1--WE deprecate further consideration of
the prohibition question and accept this
as a fnality;' that the definition of
''deprecate, among other things, is
''to pray against - that IL the Derio-
Gratis had not, for the last two years,
prayed against prohibition he would read
them out of the Democratic party, and
if the Democrats who are good MethO-
dists, Baptsts, etc. have prayed against
the measure, he would read them out of
the church.
MARION COUNTY NEGROES.
Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON. TEX. Aug. 2O.-The ne
groes of Mount Olive held big barbecue
and speaking there to-day. Over 1000
negroes were out, and the candidates
were thick. The campaign in this county
is going TO be hot, for the negroes are
organizing all over the county, and are
strictly opposed to the Democrats getting
anything in'the next election.
PITTsBURG CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
PITrsBURG, TEX, Aug. 20.-Dele-
gates TO the district convention are ar
irving. The Baldwin delegation had
their caucus in the opera house tonight.
STUBBORN CONTEST.
Special to the Gazette.
AOhSlNANAB 4EA.I hhEs GU uS
fioaorial convention of the Thrty-ninth
district, composed of the counties of Ell
lis, Navarro, Johnson aud Hill, met
here to-day and after lo2 ballots without
single change from the first ballot the
convention adjourned TO meet at $3.50
tonight. Ellis voted sixteen votes each
time forW. H. GeZendaner; Navarro
eleven votes Tor c. w. Croft; Johnson
ten votes tor l. II. Patton. and Hill coun-
ty eleven votes. After the one hundredth
ballot q conference committe OF two
members OF the delegation was appointed
for the purpose of facilitating a nomI-
nation, and recess of half an hour was
taken. The committee then reported
that no concession would be made by any
county, and two ballots was taken with
the same result as at first. All the
counties in the district have had the Of
fice since johnson county had it, Ma |
yarro being the last to enjoy the honor. |
II Is believed by many delegates that |
Patton of johnson will eventually be |
the nominee, but it may not occur to- |
night.
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.