Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

! pride even admitting that he stands no
! chance for governor. Governor Throck-
morton when in the race had fair fol-
| lowing, but the Encouragement had
obtained too much of q start to be easily
headed off, Both sides claim to be able
to carry the county aud each Is working
night and day. All the politicians are
on the Hogg side, which certainly gives
him the inside track in convention If 1t
should turn out to be close race, which
present indications seem to Indicate.
The city proper will be pretty
evenly divided. The railway Office men
win support Cook to unit, but they are
uot generally a class who turn put to
primaries. What the shop men viii do
| is still uncertain. They are somewhat
divided on commission and anti-commis-
| sion. The chief clerk in one of the rail-
way offices remarked to-day: 81 am
| opposed to Hogg because 1 I'm afraid
that if he is elected my wages will be cut
! down 10 or Is per cent. In this city
| there are some 1000 or 5000 railway en-
ployes and the aggregate pay rolls of all
| these roads is about $3.50 200 a month.
| Take 10 per cent. off that and it would
be severe loss to the people as well as
! to the mployes, and the railways have
| virtually informed us by their indirect
assertions that if Hogg and commission
prevails our wages will be CUT This
! is having its effect on numbers, but not
SO much On the organized laborites, par
| ticularly the Knights of Labor, who are
said TO be pretty solid for Hogg.
| All leading members of the
| Alliance are for Hogg and
commission, while a majority of the
merchants are for Cook and no commits
MI.
| figure in the campaign here, and the
| prediction is that il Hogg is not elected
| on the first ballot q dark horse will be
brought out, and that Throckmorton
will be the man. The gubernatorial
| feeling is showing itself in the cam
pargn for county officers, which will
make the campaign bitter one. Web
sterville precinct, the first one to hold a
meeting (l9th) instructed for Hogg.
There is no interest in the congressional
| race. as Col. Stewart has no opposition.
Wash Jones' announcement that he will
be a candidate for governor If Hogg is
nominated counts for naught. The
! Democracy here will support the nomi-
nee, be he whom, he may and the Re-
publicans will stand by their man.
MILAN COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
RoCKDALE, TEX, June 20.-The prim-
airy and county conventions of Milan
county will be held very late in the cam
paign the latter being called only week
| from the date fixed for the state conyen-
ton. This is a strictly agricultural
| county and the farmer vote controls
| everything The Farmers Alliance
| is very strong and is beyond shadow of
doubt almost q unit for Hogg and the
! commission. This is no guesswork.
| Cook and Wheeler bothe undou btedly
have warm friends in Milan, but moth
ing short of a political earthquake can
prevent this county from instructing
! solidly for Hogg.
FALLS COUNTY.
! Correspondence of the Gazette
! MARLIN, TEX. June 21.-The politi-
cal pot ls simmering away, as there have
| been no gubernatorial candidates here TO
warm US up. There is no crystallzed
| sentiment engendered Why dom
Hogg, Cook and Wheeler step off the
train some day and talk to the Demo-
Gratis of old Falls. There is weedy
| field here. Pie Uuion Laborites have
very strong following in the county.
SHERMAN NOTES.
Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, June 21.-The con-
gressioual race in the Fifth is waxing
warm The effort TO prove trickery ct
Vernon on the part of Hogg and RandelI
is being exploded. 1t Won't work.
Senator Quinley and his opponent,
Hon. c. L. Potter, speak in Denison to-
night. They have fixed date for Sher-
man-W ednesday next.
SOLID FOR HoGG.
Special to the Gazette.
HUBBARD CITY, TEX. June 21.-The
Dallas News of the 18th reported this
place solid for Cook for governor. This
is a , istake, this place beyond a doubt
is for Hogg, and his friends were very
much surprised TO see the report in the
News. We are informed that "The
News accidentally erred in quoting
what Mr.. J. e. Morgan said.
REEVES COUNTY.
Special to the Gazette.
PECos CITY, TEX, June 21.-The
Reeves county Democratic convention
met here to-day. James E. Bowen and
J. c. Bayne elected delegates to the
state convention and Instructed TO vote
for Hogg for governor, McCulloch for
treasurer, MCNhll lOI
Moore for attorney general as long as
they were before the convention. Dele
gates were elected to the senatorial and
representative convention, and T. j.
Hefner was elected chairman of the
executive committee, when the conven-
ton adjourned.
SPOKE AT MT. CALM.
Special to the Gazette.
Mt. CALM, TEX, June 21.-B. w.
Belcher of Whitney, Tex, addressed
the people at this place to-day advocat-
ing Gen. HOgg for governor and the
commission amendment. After speak
ing a Hagg club was formed consisting
of about twenty-five to forty members.
HUNT COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
COMMERCE, TEX. June 20.-The po-
litical arena is rapidly filling up with en-
thusiastic and confident gladiators, and
as the boys warm up TO the work the
expression for Hogg is more pronounced.
A large majority of the voters in this
part of Hunt county favor Hogg and the
commission, and it is the opinion of those
in position to know that Hunt county at
its county convention will instruct for
both Hogg and the commission land quite
likely for the majority rule.
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