Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-09
A PRETTY FIGHT.
SOME SHREWD WHITE REPUBLI-
CAN HAS PlTTED
Quincy Against Ferguson in tho Hope They
Will XIII Each Other and Let
White Man Rule.
Special to the Gazette.

AUSTIN, TEX, March s.-There is a
pretty fight in the Republican camp
Through the shrewd manipulation of some
body the two negro politicians, Quincy and
Ferguson, have been pitted against each
spther. with the hope that they would kill
Peach other of, and permit some ily-white
or other to fall heir to Cuney's honors and
official patronage. That in nutshell
seems to be helogic of the situation. The
Republican leaders began to assemble here
Sunday, Wright Quincy being one of the
earliest on the ground. After him came
Chairman Lock Mcdaniel, Web Flanagan,
Col Malloy, Bob Campbell, and others who
got in Sunday night or Monday morning.
Charley Ferguson came in from Paris
Monday morning with few friends, who
are here 10 back his fortunes. Immediately
after arriving, he opened up his headquar-
tiers at prominent place on the avenue
Quincy has his headquarters also, and around
both is observable unusual activity
among the followers of each The fight
about which everything else centers, is the
struggle made by Ferguson to prevent
Cuney's election by the convention as a
delegate at large or from his district to the
national convention. If this cal be ac-
complished, Quincy. could not hold longer
his position as member of the national
committee. Quincy is bent on going as a
delegate at large, and not only that but
Ferguson excluded from the delegation.
There is contesting delegation from
nearly every district represented in the con-
veution, each Of them growing out of
rivalry between the two colored antago-
nists. The fight on the Galveston collector
Is very bitter, and all the more so as hiss
friends claim, because it is intensified BIZ
the memory of favors extended to Ferguson
when he needed help most. and got it from
Quincy. The latter charges the sin of n
gratitude against his whilom friend, and
without doubt cherishes a splendid store
pfssresentment against those llly-whitss
Ssfehe lend their counteCance and support to-
the effort to depose him as premier among
the Republicans of Texas. Quincy has a
great many friends among the white as
well as the colored brethren, including
Lock Mcdaniel, Web Flanagan, Col De
Gress, Judge Rector and others. 1t is prob
able however, that great majority of the
lily writes would lose no sleep if Ferguson
would succeed in knocking Quincy out 1t
is now quite evident that interest centers
chiefly about the temporary organization.
Much depends on that as to the seating of
contesting delegations in the convention.
If Quincy can have his man put in the chair
he can control the temporary organization
and5seat whom he pleases out of the con-
ssestants. Several gentlemen are mentioned
for temporary chairman, Judge Rector.
COl- De GfeSS, BOD CampOeu ana nr.
Hawley of Galveston being among them.
1t is believed thav Quincy is working to have
De Gress chairman, in which event he will
fall on top. At this hour it is not deter
saisked whether the convention will name
an the district delegates or not, although it
is probable that it will. The negroes claim
four out of the eight delegates at large to
be appointed. Hugh Hancock, colored, of
this city is a candidate for district dele
gate and Col De CIreSS for delepata at
large 1t is said that Internal Revenue
Reflector Burke of this place is candidate
for district delegate, but he claims that he
is not, being disposed to get out of the way
of De Gress, to whom he is beholden for
political favors.