Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-23
"HOWDY" BEATEN.
The Second Congressional District
Deadlock Broken.
John B. Long of cherokee County
Nominated on the Five Hundred and
Twenty-Ihird Ballot.
Uni'pd states Marshal Knight Favors Re
duclng the Democratic Huiority-Junbo
District Convention.

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CON-
YENTIoN.
Special to the Gazette.
PALESTINE, TEX, Aug. 22.-The
Democratic nominating convention re-
mains in deadlock. The $40 ballots
last night resulted in nothing definite
aud lasted until II p. m. This morning
the convention met at $3.50 O'Clock and
proceeded TO ballot with the following
result: Ballot No. 81, Gammage, %;
Martin, 81. This continued for
sometime and no change was made.
Late in the day ballot 4S9 was taken.
after which Hon. Stephen W. Blount,
the silver-tougued orator of Augustine,
who is the leader aud acknowledged
lieutenant of William II. Martin. arose
and in a speech of ten minutes length
withdrew Maj. Martins name from the
contest and cast the vote of his county
for Capt. Gammage.
Immediately following this Mr.. Nc
Clure of Cherokee moved TO refer the
nomination of a congressman for this dis
trict to the people in primary elections,
but the proposition met with decided
opposition. and amid great confusion
was voted down.
Balloting between Gammsge and Mar
tin continued, and late in the afternoon
a recess of thirty minutes was taken, in
which q consultation between the Martin
and anti Martin forces was had. No
result was arrived at. and after reas-
sembling the balloting was continued.
Finally. on the 5l7th ballot, Maj. Mar
tin was withdrawn from the contest, aud
John Long of Cherokee placed again in
nomination. The 5lSth ballot stood:
Gammage, %; and Long, 30. The next
ballot changed and placed Gammage in
the lead, as follows: Gammage 80, and
Long, %. The Martin men evidently
view this movement as a
is one OF intelligence, the opposition to
Old Howdy ran at once understand 1t.
Maj. Martin Is defeated beyond ques
ton, but as TO who will be his successor
no one can tell. The result Is problem
atical.
A recess was taken until $3.50 p. m.
tonight, when the fourth night, session
will be held. The excitement is intense.
and no convention ever held in this dis
trirt has developed as much general in
terest as this. Messengers from adjoin-
ing towns continue to send carriers for
are kept hot.
On the five hundred and twenty third
ballot tonight John B Long of Rusk
Cherokee county, received thirty ei9 ht
votes and Gamnage seventeen, nomi-
mating John B. Long for our next con-
gresham.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL KNIGHT TALKS.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. Aug. 22.-To- morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock the Republicans
of Dallas city and county will meet in
the auditorium room of the city hall for
the purpose of naming nineteen delegates
according to Col. Jakey DeGress, and
twenIy-one, according to United States
Marshal George A. Knight, to the San
Antonio convention.
A reporter asked George A. Knight,
United States marshal, what the con-
vention will do. He replied:
1--WE should elect forty delegates,
each to cast u half vote, to the San An
tonic convention. We shall elect gen.
tleinen as delegates TO the convention.
''The men who have led the Republic
can party in the past III Texas seemed TO
have aimed to keep it small.
''This year recognizing the internecine
strife in the Democratic party, the fact
at Bryan T. Barry and thousands of
thher anti-commisson Democrats are
otsgruntled, we should take advantage
di the situation and work to reduce the
of mocratc majority. l am satisfied that
DE can DO 1t; that the day has come for
wee Republican party in Texas to make a
III ht aud to profit by its own mistakes in
fige past and the mistakes of its enemies.
tn ''On the ticket no Federal offiUeho lder
i'll be placed; l am not an offensive
wartisan but do not believe that Federal
pfficeholders should rule in conventions
or accept places on the ticket without
orst resigniug. l am opposed to the
fiodge election bill first, last and all the
Lime. l am in favor of free ballot and
ia far count and oppose the Lodge bill
because do not believe that II is ueces-
sary at this time.
''On the question of nominating q
county ticket he had heard nothing said.
i hardly think that the Republicans will
nominate a ticket for county Officers.
1t has been said that there was a fight
to be- made on Wright Quincy and Col. .
DeGress by the Dallas Republicans. Let
me say to you that is wrong; that our
relations are most amicable and that no
fight will be made and none is enter
tanned by the Republicans of Dallas We
shall tomorrow send delegation of
forty gentlemen to the state convention
at San Antonio. That convention will
nominate a straight ticket for state off,
GERS; il will indorse the administration
of Mr.. Harrison, and 1 trust, speaking
as a citizen of Texas aud not as an office
holder, that it will denounce the Lodge
election law
WILL VOTE FOR THE COMMISSION.
Correspondents of the Gazette.
RAvENNA, TEX, Aug. 20. = Every
man here who voted for Hogg In the pri-
mary conventions will also vote for the
commission in the general election.
The people here are in favor of extend
ing the general election laws in regard to
whisky TO all primary elections. That
will give every man a sober ana intelii-
gent vote. Many were carried to the
polls and voted in the last primary too
drunk to tell their names. let alone to
make out their tickets. But the candi-
dates who set up the free whisky were
nearly all beaten.
SEYMOUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
SEYMOUR, Tex, Aug. l9.-The cleo
ton to elect city officers for the city of