Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-05
Lo, rmE LILIES nlooMEp
And the blacks ana rans Were over
powered.

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The Seventeenth district court was
fun OF people, who were full OF fight
last night.
It was the meeting OF the Republican
League club
A catastrophe was only avertcd by
the evident anxiety OF the leaders 10
hold the two wings OF the g. o. p.
together In Tarrant county.
But while the counsel OF moderation
prevailed. IL was not until after a
lively sidrmish. which developed the
fact that it was the lily whites night
to turn out,
For they had come to the front In
force once more and got decidedly the
better OF the blacks ana tans whom
they outnumhercd slightly. but far
enough TO beat them on very Inn
portant resolution.
d II. Meek. the president. as mild
a hammered man as ever faced a hos
tile majority, occupied the chair, when
he was not on his feet saying bland
and pleasant things to the enemies,
who We're afior his political sealp,
which they came 80 near gcttlng a
snort time ago. Mr.. GEORGE IL wrny
the secretary. sat at his side looking
as pleasant as q disappointed puglllst
and making threats to rcalEn
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read, u VIII be remembered that at
thls meeting the regular Republicans
rushed through an endorsement OF their
state aud county tickets, riding rough
shod over the llly whites.
Mr. John w, Wrny, the candidate
Tor county Judge on the regular RE-
publican Ticket moved that the min
utea be adopted ns read
MT. Thomas Busch, who. In Pick.
wlckian sense, came near being tho
death OF President Meek by offering a
resolution tha, he be dcnospd, now
offered another resolution equally hos
tile TO the blacl, and tnns. This res
olutinn offered ns u substitute for MIR.
Wray's motion, was TO adopt only tho
opening and closing portions Of the
minutes, leaving out nltogsihcr any ~
lualon TO tho endorsement az citner tho
state or county ticket OF the Ropuh-
leans But this resolution did not pre-
YAH, although supported by H. j..
Goodcll, who has been supposed M
TO date to be big chief OF the lilies
In their glory as they wore laat nirht
Mr. Arthur Springer, another MY. ask
ed Ter dNlHlpn Of the question in
volvcd In Mr. Wraya motion to adopt
the minutes M read. He and President
Meek, who took the floor Mt this point,
seemed to have reached an agreement,
which developed NJ the chairman pro-
oeeded with his remarks. lie Buggost-
cd That the portion Of the last meet-
inE'B minutes, which related TO the
endorsement OF the state ticket uf the
regular Republicans. he expunged, thls
much IN the interest VI harmony. Con-
unung, he said that he believed this
would be TO tho best interests or the
pnrty here, for while divided on atatr
Issues only. one Republican ticket had
been put IN the field In TArrant county
aud he believed that the club shonld
take action "a regard 20 tho county
Ticket alone These remarks We're also
counionanccd by Whit Dryden, one nr
the falreAt OF the lilies, az N an era
of peace was about to blossom, shed
ding fragrant bcncdloton OF broth
ory love abroad.
Alasi
They voted then, and It took the
meeting several minutes to recover
from the shock
For Springer and Dryden voted with
the black nn1 taua against txpunglng
the endorsement OF tho county ticket.
This leaves the county Ticket nom-
mated by the black and tnna GU
doraed by a meeting In which the lilies
were In the majority but evidently d.
Now Mr.. Thomas Busch came UP with
another bellicose resolution. lie called
attention to the fact that the rendered
resignation &C Mr.. George Wray, tho |
secretary of the club had been tabled |
at the last meeting. lie wanted 10
take II up with view to lis accept !
once. Mr. Nray was perfectly willing |
for the club 10 do this ana tried to |
mako them understand 80. but thoy |
drowned HIS voice In u chorus Of noes" |
and laid Mr. Buach's Offensive reaoiu- |
ton ON the table with an cmphnaiB RI !
most sufficient TO lay MIR, busch ON
the table.
An address was then heard from |
Mr., II, II, Stanley, nominee OF the Re- |
publican regulars for county attorney. |
Just TO see how he could talk which |
was very bad; aud then Mr., Springer, |
from the committee on program, am |
nounced In an amicable way that there |
would he discussion OF the census |
plan at the next meeting, merely to |
bring out the points pro and con, and |
without any view TO tnlsipg any action
on the subject.
Then the lily whites and the black
and tana babe each other adieu pleas
antly. showed their political knives fur
Their up their sleeves, the regulars
swearing that they know every moth
cr'a ron of the lily whites was going
to vote the Democratic tictnt anyway, |
and the lilies vowlnR that they would
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