Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-25

To the Republican Voters OF the Sixth Con-
gressional District OF Texas:

GENTLEMEN-l wish TO OrIe1y call your
attention to my claim to the position of
chairman of the Sixth congressional dis
trict OF Texas. At the state convention
that met at San Antonio, Sept. 3, 1890, j.
n. Mccormick of Dallas held the proxy
of DR.. j. L. Edwards OF Ennis, who was
our duly elected chairman. After urgent
solicitation on the part OF some OF the Tar
rant county delegation, MIR. Mccormick did
call the Sixth district m the absence of
most Of the delegation from Tarrant county,
and as for the letter of the gentleman. Mr..
Hart, who was elected chairman of the So
called Cleburne convention, and has made
himself the champion of the Gsurping party,
it will be seen that there were no more than
two of the Tarrant county delegation pres
al ready and anxious to meet with the
Sixth district in convention. The claim
that is now set up by the champion secre-
tary of the Sixth district is that Col. Big
ger was elected chairman of the district
and declined to serve, and at the same
meeting before adjournment that the name
of A Brownlee was proposed and that he
was elected. There are letters now from
Secretary Har5 in the hands of persons
who were delegates to said convention ask
ing them to substantiate the above, the
same statement having been made by him
at Cleburne. Mr.. Mccormick was there
and Endorsed and confirmed the secretary,
and he having been the chairman of the San
Antonio convention should have been well
informed in regard to what was done there.
The following letters will show what these
gentlemen had to say about this matter less
than one month after the meeting Of the
state convention at san Antonio and what
they said at Cleburne, and say now, over
seventeen months after said convention.
The following is acorrect copy of a letter
signed by j. NJ. Mccormick, in answer to a
question of mine of what was done in re-
gard to electing chairman and nominating
a man for congress at San Antonio. The
following is the answer:
DALLAS, TEX, Sept 22, 1890.
G. W. Gillespie, Esq, Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR-Your favor of the 18th instant
lust received on my return from Missouri.
If there was no congressional convention
held at San Antonio think there should
be one held to put up candidate. DR..
Barter is agreeable to me, but he can not
get the full vote unless regularly nomi-
mated. Yours truly,
The following from Mr.. j. c. Hart who
places great stress upon my being chair
man of the Twentieth senatorial district.
As do not owe my position to the agency
of Mr.. Hart 1 cannot see where this
cuts any figure in the case. The letters are
as follows:
DALLAS, TEX, Sept 3d. 1880
Il. W. Gillespie, Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR-CoL Bigger Just informed me
that you had written him and signed your
self chairman Of the Sixth congressional
district. Now; | think, there is a mistake
in some way. You are no doubt chairman
of the senatorial district in which you live,
but not of the Sixth congressional district
We held congressional convention while at
San Antonio, at which Col. J. G. Bigger
was elected chairman and myself secretary.
Two gentlemen from Tarrant partici-
pated in that meeting. One Of them was
Col Gof of Fort Worth Now, we are
not at all contentious in the matter, but
want to make no mistake. l also under
stand that DIR. Barter of the Fort is can
didate for congress. If 50, let US get to- |
gether and indorSe or nominate him regu- |
larly, and organize plan by which we can
give him hearty support. Let me hear |
JIG. HART.
In the above it viii be observed that ]. |
G. Bigger was elected, which we all admit |
and as this was written but twenty-seven |
days after the convention. it is no doubt |
correct, Col Bigger having declined, there |
was vacancy in that position. Six days |
after mis- letter to me the champion secre- |
tary addresses the following 70 the honor
able chairman of the state executive COM
mittee which Mr.. Mcdaniel sent to me in a.
letter dated the 14th of September. two
days after having appointed me chairman |
OF the Sixth district: no try and adjust |
this matter in some way that is satisfac- |
tory" The following is the letter from |
Hart to Chairman Mcdaniel
HEADQuARTERs REPUBLICANS ExEeUrTvE1 |
COMMITTEE, SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS |
TRICT OF TEXAS, $50 MAIN STREET, |
DALLAS, TEX, Oct o, 1890 !
hon L. Mcdaniel, Chairman Of the State /
Executive Committee
DEAR SIR-Yours Of the 29th instant to |
hand, contents duly noted, and |
must say your views are fully |
in accord with mine1 and those of the /
club. We have Just organized here, there
fore your reply was very satisfactory.
Now another question 1 want to raise is
this, while at San Antonio we held con-
gressional convention OF the Sixth district /
composed of six counties, to-wit: Dallas, [
Tarrant, Bosque, kaufman, Hill and john
son, ellis left OUT, and Of the six counties
Bosque, Tarrant, Dallas and kaufman were
represented. There it was conceded unan-
imously that Dallas should have the chair 1
manShip and Col ]. G. Bigger was elected |
without opposition, yet under protest, he
stating that he did not want it, that he had
held the position before: he finally agreed
TO accept in the event no other Dallas man
wanted It l had been elected secretary.
Then when we got all the Dallas delegation
tcgeshsr, again l placed the matter bafore