Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-13
CLARK CORRAL Ga les OPENED
Wide and All Enter Quincy, Flanagan, Hawley,
RonIIro, Roseuiha nalOy, Cochran, Fer
OusOn. Smith, Oslerhoul, moMains
and Mccormick and Tho Old
Guard Are All Hero and
All Welcome.

Curiously enough the main Issue be-
fore the Republican state convention
which meets this morning Is the eN-
preston Of a preference for governor
between two candidates FOR governor:
one running as a Democratic nominee
and the other as the Peoples party can
didate.
All day yesterday the battle ragged
between the friends Of these two. The
incoming delegates lost no time In find
ing out what they are here for, They
went right to the heart Of the main
question;
Which shall Il be, Clark or Nugent?
The Clark men had decided adj
vantage yesterday In leadership among
the Republicans, though the rank and
file were for the most part noncommit-
tai; waiting 10 hear argument. Local
Republican influences are
SOLID FOR CLARK,
and they are active in his behalf, Tho
argument on his side is that an endorse
nent OF Nugent means the election OF
Hogg, while support OF Clark means
the defeat OF Hogg, and his election
Obversely, II is claimed by
Nugent's supporters that Re
publican support Of Clark means
Hogg's election and that 10 support
Nugent will insure his election, They
claim the fight is between Nugent and
Hogg, and that Clark is not In It TO
any perceptible extent. AT the Poo
pies party headquarters reports are
received weekly from all over the state,
estimating the vote Of the four candi-
dates for governor, as II would be cast
al the time of making out the report.
The request is to make a conservative
estimate as 20 Judge Nugent, counting
nothing for him that is not already as
surod. The last weekly reports included
siXty-two counties scattered all over
the state, and representative in charac-
ter. The figures for them, in gross,
are as follows:
Nugent... ............,......... lbl
Hogg. ,..,....,,... ................',-45ia Il
Clark. -...-....s....s....s4y ~, y
Houston. ............ s.sssts.ss..ss...Hfg -
These figures, say tho Nugenl men, iu-
dictate the true status OF the race as IL
stands. and show that the Republicans
have it in their power to
NAME THE NEXT GOVERNOR
by indorsing Nugent. 1t Is limited by
lnHlllt llAhA hAuAAh a NhAAAtAAF AFAA AN hN
taken, the Democrats whom Nugeni
has won away viii got scared and re-
turn to the Horg fold, preferring tho
governor to the possibility OF Clarke
election.
1t is still an open question as 10 the
form OF the convention endorsement.
II Nugent should carry the day, IL viii
undoubtedly be an open and strongly
worded endorsement II, however,
Clark's friends should prove 70 be In
the majority the question viii be
whether to risk the loss Of Democratic
support by Republican endorsements
Nuqents friends say that II he Is en-
dorsed the Republican vote will go
golidlv 10 him, but that IL Is impossible
10 deliver the Republican vote as
whole TO Clark,
There are some
PREAloNIToNs OF A SPLIT,
ome men on either side declaring
that no action Of thetparty can bind iis
members to The support OF any candl-
| date but Republican.
The attendance upon the convention
which viii meet this morning at "
o'clock is expected 20 be between ~
and 1000. Of the delegates VINO han
arrived up 10 last night, much larger
I proportion than USUAL were whlp''