Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-23
Editor Lewis, oninions.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March 22-Editor Lewis
of the Corsicana Light is here to see for
himself how laws are made. He is what
may be rightly termed a Jeffersonian DEM
ocrat in the true sense Of the term.
Mai. Lewis doubts il Col Mills can carry
his own county or even town for senator in
the race to be made this fall. The popular
ity of the tariff reformer among his neigh
bors is by no means what the world may
suppose it to be.
Abiding to the race for governor, he said
that there was good deal of third party
ism in Navarro county, a quantity that at
this time mag be considered as in a manner
unknown or underlined. As between Hogg
and Clark, said the major, the third party
ties would all vote for the former. Clark
has very small following in the county.
IN BELL COUNTY.
The situation in Bell county is politically
the worst mixed in the state. The trouble
began, as is well known, at the fall cleo
ton Of 1890, when split in the party oc-
Cured over the election of member of the
legislature. King, who run as an indie
pendent against the nominee, was elected
by about 1000 majority. At a meeting of
the county executive committee, held last
week, it was decided that those who voted
for the independent candidate. King, were
not entitled to participate in the forthcom-
ing primaries, and if they should attempt
to do so in a way to obstruct the execution
of the committees rulings, the officers of
the primaries are authorized to withdraw
and open up poll elsewhere, or words to
that effect.
The ruling of the committee has created
q great deal of talk here on account of
what some consider as the unwalranted
and undemocratic action of the committee
Lieut.. Gov. PendletOn is very emphatic In
mis- objections to the rulings. It is claimed
that the order of the committee is an at
tempt to disQualify large majority of the
Democrats in the county who voted the
straight Democratic ticket except as to
representative. A mass meeting is to be
held at Bolton, April g to consider
ways and means to nullify the action OF the
committee, or decide upon a line of action
for the future. 1t is claimed that tine
dissentients will go to the primaries and
being in majority will claim their inalien-
able right TO organize them and permit
every man who is known TO be Democrat,
or will pledge his support to the ticket to
participate.
10 STEERING COMMITTEE.
One OF the noticeable things about this
special session, is the absence of the noto-
rious steering committee, whose presence
at the regular session made such noise.
FORT WORTH has THE CALL
In spite OF the hard fight Dallas is making
for the appellate court, it is quite generally
admitted that Fort Worth has the call on
her. A Dallas man said to-day: ut looks
like the Forts plum But that is always the
waywith Dallas. She waits until others have
got in ahead of her and then she gets
frightened and goes to work when it is too
late" There are rumors of combinations,
but they are probably imaginary or only in
an embryonic state. The stage for combina-
lions has hardly arrived yet, but it will
come and with what result remains to be
seen