Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-20
The Majority of the Delegates
Instructed for Him.
THE PRIMARIES LAST NIGHT
And the Hot Fights in Many of the
Wards.
The Complexion of the New Council
Two Wards Instruct for Candi-
date for Governor-Result OF
the Battle of Ballots,

The primaries last night were well at
tended and many were very enthusiastic.
The Sixth ward instructed for Capt.
Paddock as mayor and George Clark as
governor. Possibly the hottest fight
occurred in the First and Ninth wards, but
even here the Paddock men seemed to be in
the push. The result of the primaries is
given in detail below:
FIRST WARD.
Judge Samuel J. Hunter was elected
chairman of the meeting. The following
delegates were elected: w. L. Maddox, J..
F. Price, William Letchworth, E. E. Fos-
dick. DR.. w. p. Burts, c. G. Lawson, j. Q.
St. Clair, L. c. Vaughan, Al. G. Fowler, j.
w. Robinson, A. R. Mignon, j. NJ.
Williams, D. W. Smith, all of whom
were instructed to vote for Paddock in the
convention.
W. H Ward received 11y votes for alder
man and F. A. Childs go
a resolution to indorse Mills for senator
was voted down. This is Representative
Swayne's home ward.
SECOND WARD.
Col. r. M. Wynne was chairman of the
meeting in this ward. The following dele
gates were elected: R. NJ. Wynne, R. A.
Rogers, W. d. Farris, II. c. Holloway,
W. G. Turner, a. S. Dingee, E. T. Hollis,
Nat Kramer, DR.. b. c. Stevens. H. Tully,
7. B, Ellison, Robert Young, W.
Lynch, Dr. Duringer, George Schober,
Walter A HWant, F. H. Sparrow. For
alderman, j. p. NiclS received 1S6 votes
and Howard Tully 125.
The delegates were not instructed but are
on the Paddock ticket.
THIRD WARD.
Col A. J. Chambers was chairman in the
Third ward. On motion, the chair ap-
pointed committee of four which should
name the delegates. The following dele
gates were named by the committee and in
dorsed by the meeting: A. j. Chambers,
Jerry Deems, Frank Fagg, John LeMary,
Joe Jamison, Tom Holden, NJ Phoenix, P
Greenwall. All of the delegates appointed
are Paddock men.
No nomination for alderman was made
on account of the previous defeats Of the
regular nominee.
FOURTH WARD,
w. j. Bailey was elected permanent
chairman. The following delegates were
elected: Hyde Jennings, r. E. McAnulty,
j. S. Andrews, w. ]. Bailey, John Martin,
Jerry O'Brien, j. B. Sutton; Robert Welch,
E. B. Estes, Max Elser, Thomas Turney.
The delegates we're not instructed, but are
Montgomery men. Capt. Day was nomi-
mated to succeed himself as alderman from
the ward.
FIFTH WARD.
In the Fifth ward the following delegates
were elected: VIM. Barr, ]. NJ. Terry, J.
W. Mobiles, George Dietz, ]. W. Collins, R.
H. Tucker, Lucius Polk, S. B. Rogers, j.
B. Sprinkle-al Paddock delegates. Geo.
w. Neis was nominated to succeed himself
as councilman.
SIXTH WARD.
The result in the Sixth ward was as fol-
lows:
For Clements, 81; NJ JLewis,
60
For mayor the delegates are instructed to
vote for Paddock so long as there is a
chance for his nomination The delegates
were P. B. Binyon, o. w. Head, j. c.
John, j. 7. Hughes, j. A. Thornton, DR.. ].
c. Mccoy, A. L. Matlock, j. W. Spencer,
5. II, Ship, Caleb Perrell, Thomas Slack.
The ward Endorsed George Clark for gov
ernor, and appointed Thomas F. West, a.
l. Matlock and w. B. Harrison to notify
hun of of the fact by wire, j. T. Clements
was elected member of the executive COM
mIttee of the ward.
SEVENTH WARD.
In the Seventh w. Erskine Williams was
chairman and J. O'Connor secretary. The
voting and counting was conducted with
dispatch. The following delegates to rep
resent the ward in the convention were
chosen: j. H. filler, G. G. Pollard and
but are understood to be for Montgomery
and Paddock, two for the former and one
for the latter
No nomination for alderman was made.
EIGHTH WARD.
In the Eighth the following delegates
were elected: S. o. Noodle w. B Halle,
Jake Zurn, ]. A Lee, E. n. Ross, Tom Do
herty, all of whom were instructed for
Paddock
The meeting was unable to decide as to
vino should be the nominee for alderman
and on motion it was decided to leave the
matter to an open race.
NINTH WARD.
Ben Ayers was elected chairman and
John Leblanc secretary The vote was
taken and announced and after the an
some confusion followed. The
result was, 81 for Early ard 50 for
Paddock. Secretary Leblanc then claimed
to have discovered that q Paddock
ballot had been counted for Early. De
mands for recount were made and the
tellers again retired. The result was that
ten of the delegates who were on Paddock's
ballot were elected. They were B. p
Ayers E. NJ. Daggett, w. T. Gray, II. NJ.
Chapman, George Jackson, Jud C.
Boyd, W. R Booth. Drew
Pruit, L. NJ. Prince, A s. Nicholson.
The remaining four delegates are for
Early. They are T. T. D. Andrews, S. NJ.
Fry, S. B. Cantey, William Capps.
While the counting of the votes for mayor
was in progress, Frank Twombly and G.
W. Finger were put in nomination for
alderman. The result was Twombly, so;
Finger, IS.