Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-19
CONVENTIONS.
The Seventh District Judicial C0nven-
ton at MineOla in Deadlock.
The Mississippi Constitutional Convention
Makes Further Progress With the
Suffrage Question.
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT =.

| Special to the Gazette.
MINEoLA, TEX, Sept. lS.-The DEM
ocratio convention OF the Seventh
| judicial district convened at Caspary .
| opera house this morning to select a
| called TO order at IL o'clock by Hon. j.
6. Kearby of Van Zandt county. Hon.
! H. L. Smith of Gregg county was made
temporary chairman and J. II. Ball Of
this (Wood) county temporary secretary.
The char appointed a committee on Gre
dentials of which Hon. J. F. Onims of
Smith county was chairman, and they
reported the following: That they found
Smith county entitled to twelve votes;
Wood county, six votes; Van Zandt
county, seven votes; Gregg county, two
votes; Cpshur county, FIVE votes.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton, of which E. S. Terry of Gregg was
chairman, recommended Hon. ]. p.
Groome of Van Zandt for permanent
chairman and ] H. Ball of Wood for
permanent secretary and n. A Ferguson
of Smith for assistant secretary; R l..
Terrell of Wood for sergeant-at-arms
and ]. V. Harrison of Gregg county for
assistant sergeant-at-arms.
Both reports were adopted and the
permanent chairman, on taking the
chair, declared nominations in order.
Hon. n. Webb Finley of Tyler nomi-
mated A. e. MoIlwaine, which was sec
onhed by Judge Beard of Smith county.
Hon. A. N. Stafford of Wood nomi-
mated J. T. Bowie of Upshur, which was
duly seconded.
Hon. It. R. Yantis of Van Zandt NOM
mated W. B. Wynne of Van Zandt,
seconded by J G. Hearty of Van Zandt.
Adjourned until CLOCK.
THE MINEoLA DEADLOCK.
Special to the Gazette.
MINEoLA, TEX, Sept. lS-The judi
cial convention convened at 2 p. m. to-
day as per adjournment. and began bal
loting, the first ballot being Wynne, 8;
Bowie, II; McIlwaine ~. This was kept
up until the sixtieth ballot, when
Wynne's name was withdrawn The
sixty-tirs ballot resulted, McIlwaine,
1873; Bowie, 1917. On the sixty-third
ballot Wynne as again placed in nomi-
nation, and the vote then stood, Wynne,
9; Bowie, IL; McIlTaine, u. Up to this
hour, 8 p. m, 684 ballots have been ia
ken, with no variation whatever. At the
end of the six hundred and eighty-fourt
ballot Hon. Z. NJ. Campbell of Gregg
county moved to adjourn until IL 'cock
tonight. which motion carried and the
convention stands now adjourned until
that hour.
The convention is In deadlock and the
outlook for black animal is indeed fat
tering.
CULBERsoN TO SPEAK AT FL PAso.
Special to the Gazette.
Ell PAsO, TEX, Sept. 18.-Hon.
Charles Culbersou, Democratic candi-
date for attorney-general, has been re-
Quested to speak here on October l.
SPLIT AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Sept. 18.-The Dem-
ocratic congressional convention of
the Eighth district found it
difficult to unite upon one cam
didate to-day, and the result was split,
one convention nominating ex-Con-
gresham John j. O'Neil aud the other
Patrick O'Mally.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
JACKSON. MISS, Sept. 1S.--Debate on
section of the report of the franchise
was exhausted at p. m.
All amendments were voted down and
the section was adopted by the usual
majority. It reads ms follows:
Section 5. On and after the 1st day of
January, A. D., 1896, the following
qualifications are added TO the foregoing: |
Every qualified elector shall be able to |
read any section of the constitution of |
this state, or he shall be able to under |
stand same when read to him, or give |
Interpretation thereof. New |
registration shall be made before the |
next ensuing election. After these
qualifications are established, in |
order to restrict suffrage be- !
tween now and 1896, it will be remem-
bered that the committee recommended |
the adoption without discussion: Electors
in municipal elections shall possess all
qualifications herein prescribed, and
such additional qualifications as may be
prescribed by law prior to January l,
1896. Elections by tine people In this
,tate shall be regulated by an ordinance
If this constitution.
The results of to-day's debate confirms
he previous predictions that the COM
nittee report will be adopted without
change materially.
SIXTH TENNEsLEE DISTRICT.
NASHVILLE, TENN. Sept. l8.-Sam
Watson of Davidson county was nomi-
lated for congress by the Democrats of
he Sixth Tennessee district.
ARBITRATED POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.
ATLANTA, GA. Sept. 1S.-In the heat
" the senatorial canvass 1t was feared
hat personal enmity was likely to ensue
md become permanent through ru-
nors circulated by the friends
II Governor Gordon and Col.
livingston. At the solicitation
II these gentlemen board of honor
ook up the matter and, after hearing
tatements from both sides, brought
bout an honorable settlement of 80
much of 1t as was personal, leaving the
political phases untouched