Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
A SEVEN COUNTY COMBINE

A SEVEN COUNTY COMBINE.
Hon. George Clark with the only other
patriots and pure Democrats met in Dali
las Saturday and from the meeting was
evolved that "purer formaton" for
which the CD. News has SO long pined.
The Dallas convention was small but
it was recherche, not much more than
baker's dozen of gentlemen answering to
the call to the unconverted.
The signers to the call on Judge Cook,
outside of few Dallas men unknown
outside of the Three Forks, we're
George Clark, railroad attorney;
Bryan Barry, ex-railroad attorney;
o. T. Holt, railroad attorney;
Seth Shepard, railroad attorney;
NJ c. Harris, monopolist,
And one or two others.
The call upon Judge Cook virtually
reads out of the Democratic party all
men who do not deny the right of regu-
lation through a commission. The sign
ers to the call, representing seven out of
24O counties in Texas, virtually declare
themselves to be the only hope of the
country, and they appointed an exeou-
tive committee in each district, pre-
sumably in place of the executive COM
mittees now looking after Democratic
interests in the political vineyard. Bryan
IT. Barry was elected chairman
and general manager of the cam
| paign. AS Mr.. Barry, ever since
his defeat for the domination for
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, has been convinced
| that the party has departed from the
faith of his fathers, he will no doubt
| give all his time to the defeat of the
| commission amendment and of any man
| for governor who is honestly in favor
| of the amendment. From his remarks,
as printed in the News, the new chair
| man of the new party of political saints
will deyelop into Bogardus kicker and
| call all commission advocates bad names,
politically. He says that men, though
| thew insist on being Democrats, must
| be clicked OUT OF which farmers
and laboring men will take due heed.
The entire strength of this "new
party'' IN Texas, judging from the In
temperate speech of its chairman, will
not gather votes enough to elect justice
of the peace, much less to tie up Demo-
! cratic state convention.
There were some peculiar circum-
stances attending that Dallas seven
county state convention, to-wit: The
secret circular calling Halls friends to
meet at Dallas at the same time and
place as the anti-commissionists and the
accidental presence of Col. Bonner. The
meeting itself was peculiar-it encour-
aged Mr.. Hall, professed commission
list, to stay in the race and yet nomi-
mated Cook. It smiled on Col. Bon
ner, but decided that it would not
do to nominate a railroad re-
oeiver who was in favor of
railroad commission, as this would be
called crushing the growler.'
This Dallas conglomeration was small
in numbers, with each man separate
ingredient-a regular Mexican mince pie;
and after adjournment Mr.. Hall 3 friends
located his (oommissioB) headquarters at
Dallas and the Cook apostles located
their (anti- headquarters at
the same place, presumably in separate
rooms.
1t is very unfortunate for dispassion-
ate canvass that so many leaders of TIE
opposition to the commission amendment
are prominent railroad attorneys, and II
the public mind oes not become intiamec
at the aggressive attitude Of these rail-
road employees, it will be due more to the
: forbearance and patriotism of the people
than to the discretion of men so closely
r allied with the interest they declare to bt
above regulation through commission
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