Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-13
How IT WAS DONE.
HOW THE INSTRUCTION. FOR STEPHENS IN JACK
COUNTY WAS sRcUREp.
DECATUR, Tex, Aug. 6, lS9O.

HOT IT WAS DONE.
HOW THE INSTRUCTION FoR STEPHENS IN JACK
COUNTY WAS sRcUREp.
DECATUR TEX, Aug. 6, 1899.
Editor Gazette;
The correspondent for THE GAZETTE in mis-
special from Weatherford OF August IN wnlGa
it is stated that Jack county hau UNANIMOUSLY
instructed for Mr.. Stephens for state senator,
neglected to state that said Endorsement was
made unanimous by first excluding from pa rue
nation in the convention of all of the delegates
from the north half OF the county VINO were sup
porters of his opponent, ana tn at nunoe e "a
The delegates who were favorable to him refused
to voc because OF the action excluding the
three precincts in the north hall OF the county,
by which they were left in helpless minor ~ ~
No reason can be assigned for excluding ehe
north half of the county from the conVenton'
unless it was for the purpose oil MAKING mr.
stephens Endorsement unanimous. Inc eoi-
respondent also omitted to state that said unan-
imous Endorsement was largely due toa speeCh
made by Mt. Stephens before the delegates, IN
which he stated that the county convention OF
Tarrant comfy was fraudulently manipulated
AGAINST him By a lot of Fort Worth politicians
who after Mr. Lanhams seat in Rf G9ngrs'S
when your correspondent stated that
| Jack county had unanimously Instructed
| for Hon. 1. W. Stephens for state sena-
| tor for this district, it was on rellaOle
| information that such was the TACT ana l
| SO stated, and l am now prepared 10
prove to the satisfaction of all honest
| man the statement as made by me to be
| a fact. was not present at the con-
| vention and did not have report oil the
proceedings of the convention i'll detail,
| but did learn of the ABOVE result and so
reported il. The matters which MI.
| Bullock thinks should have been re-
ported were not known to your corre-
spondent, aud upon diligent INQUIRY
| since his article appeared in print, am
satisfied the gentleman from Decatur
(aspirIug TO do some campaign work.
has made q false statement of the pro-
ceedings of the Jack county convention,
In other words, the proceedings as hav-
ing taken place as set forth in his arti-
Gle, l am satisfied never occurred at all .
have been reliably informed that Mr..
Bullock was not present, in fact l have
II from good authority that only two
Decatur or Wise county men were pres
ent ut the Jacksboro convention and
they we're interested candidates. The
writer has also learned from reliable
source that Mr.. Bullock has doubles:
through defective information or with
the desire to prejudice the minds OF uu'
instructed delegates to the Fort Wortt
, senatorial convention, TO be held Angus
/ IS, attributed q statement TO MI
Stephens in the discussion between hin
I and Mr.. CarsweN at Jacksboro which
Mr.. Stephens did not make. In orde
that the people of this district may hav'
n correct report of the proceedings OF tn
Jack county convention l give the fol
lowing taken from the report in tn
Z Jacksboro Gazette of August I, 1880:
G Friday afternoon the Democrats from III
y | various precincts began TO arrive and by night
. fall there we're about 200 on the camp grounds
Newport, with her time honored nag, ieadln
the van. At s O'Clock the clans were called !
g order, and on motion OF J. X Hoelnson cap!
. Houts of FINS was called to preside over IN
: meeting, who, on taking the chair, stated IN
object Of the gathering and MADE an s s1Sns
Z Weatherford was then introduced ana MADE q
g able speech on the issues Of the day. He wa
! snaech of thirty minutes. There is no issue
Il principle between these gentlemen ana both ar
: Candidates for the state senate, subject tc IN
3 Democratic senatorial convention
Saturday morning the district courtroom WI
filed with citizens from all parts OF the county
Chairman, Webster called the convention sp. n. .
order and invited all delegates TO take sea
e twas decided to hold the convention to ele
y delegates to the senatorial and hotorlal col
vention before the county nominating CONVEX
ton.
20 made temporary chairman, and on motto
DR.. F. r. Bowles was made temporary seer
sii Stark, II. Z. Bryson and J. P. Kirk we
appointed committee on credentials, TIT
REPORTED the following delegates entitled
seatss 7. W. EIIsberIy. j. A. Wall, N: Atki
rs son, Jos. Blackerby, a. K. Woods, ]. r. Ca
ney, sam Young, NJ. ". Cameron, James shal
H. F. Button, Sill stark, !. G. Loving. G. '
Jones, H. E. bryson, L. L. Laws. John
o Moore, G. w. Miller. P. b. keyser, F.
be W. Cox, r. G. Underwood, r. Sartin DR.. A
- deEson, John Walters, E, P. Earhart, D.
he Jones, Q. B. Sanders, VIM, Greever. No del
1t gates from Antelope, Gertrude ana Newport
this convention,
< on motion the rapport was adopted and I
IA convention proceeded to elect delegates 10
senatorial convention. Sill Stark, DR.. F.
!" Bowles, T. D. Sporer and DR.. J. w, McCor
TX were elected and, on motion. were instructed
cast the vote of Jack county fer 1. w. StepheI
Mr.. Stephens was called for ana responded il
u short speech, which was applauded.
=. am not personally acquainted wi
AT Mr.. Bullock, but the fact OF his rushir
Ut into print when it seems that his info
no nation was very detective or that his i
" tentiou was to iuiure the canvass of NJ
IS Stephens aud thwart the wish of the pc
rio pie, is suggestive that his name repr
d, seuts the man. It has been the int
.; ton of your correspondent during
- SIX years connection with The GAzET
a, TO give that paper truthful statement
p- and feel that the above will bear
,oo ont. Very truly yours,
a. II. B. DORSEY
B.; Weatherford correspondent GAZETI
J.,