Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-04
mo choice Made.
Congressional Conventions
Reach No Decisions.
THE SIXTH ADJoURNS
10 Meet Again in Dallas on Aug
ust q.
FOURTH AND TENTH TIGHT.
Lanes Forces Unable to Land Their
Man. Are Determined to Defeat
Grcsham-rhe Fourth nis,ric, Con-
test Now Question OF Endurance.
The s,ntc Campaign.

Corslcana, TEX. Aug. S,--The Sixth
congressional convention rcconvencd
this morning at o'clock Chairman n.
S, Smith called the convention to order
aud Secretary Talbot proceeded to call
the roll FOR the SlSd ballot
Everything passed along smoothly
for couple OF hours, and tho score
tury continued tho call OF the roll with
the alacrity OF an automatic machine
without any change In the vote az cast
yesterday and last night
Along about II o'olocl, tho boys began
TO get restless. they had had enough
OF quiet and wanted 10 say something
that would stir the blood OF the COM
vention. a gentleman from Bosque
county arose and asked recognition.
The chair recognized him and he pro-
ceedcd TO relieve himself on the con-
venucn's action yesterday on the none
tagy question.
Having completed his remarks, MIR.
Beowh OF johnson AROSE and was recog-
nigad by the chair lie was painting
with ragc over the action OF the con-
vention IN passing free silver reaolu-
ton yesterday, and before he was
through he turned his attention TO tho
Dallas delega don, punched them up
with u sharp stick and accused them
OF boiling then Instructions and OF
treachery to their constituency. This
was more than the delegation wns pre-
pnred to stand, They heard the in
nuendoeB and nsinuatonn OF the Poln-
dexter and Hardy men yesterday
without taking exceptions but were
not ripe for Mr.. Browns Implications.
As soon AS the gentleman from John
son had taken his seat Mayor Bryan r.
Barry was ON the floor and was rec
ognized by the chair,
Mr.. Barry, assuming a defensive atti-
tude against the charges on behalf OF
the Dallas delegation, began an eN-
PLANTATION OF Dallas oounty'H action on
silver, and said that the implications
contained In the statement OF the gem
tlemnn from Johnson and an editorial
published In Dnllus morning paper
were n fahchood.
Here Mr. Barry wna interrupted IN
his explanation by the gentleman from
johnson, who rose to his feet picked
up chair and struck nc Mr.. Barry,
who wnrdgd on the blow with his left
hand and made n lunEc for his antag-
onlst with his right This set the con-
voniion IN an uprour ana friends were
interoedlng with the bclligernntB and
h'Ai f'NhNANh AAfhN Aha shAs AfNNAg
proceeded.
lie said; q" Mr. Harris, the gentle
man who wrote the resolution, passed
IN yesterdays convention. wrote tho
same resolution that passed In tho
Dallas county convention. and the two
platforms being about the same.
Several other resolutions were Of
fered In the Dallas county convention.
hut Garden offered 10 10 plank US
s4uhafltltp far tho while. fTlla VIVA
voted down on motion OF Barry him-
self. As there was "A silver plank In
the platform that passed and for which
the substitute WINS offered. The Dallas
News left the Impression that the free
silver platform had been refused by the
Dallas county convention, while II had
not"
After Mr.. Barry had completed his
explanation Mr.. Brown Of Johnson
arose ana apologlzed to MIR. Barry and
TO the convention, and ali was peace
again.
Soon after the Barry-Brown episode
a telegram was received from Dallas
by W. II. Clark stating that the citi-
zens OF Dallas county were going TO
hold an Indignation meeting over tho
action OF the Dallas county delegation
yesterday.
The conflict between Barry and
Brown and the reading OF the telegram
from Dallas placed the convention TO
talking and all the delegates seemed
dlggusted with what was going on and
wanted way out OF H. and needed .
Moses to lead them. A few more bal
lots were taken, but the convention
was ill-humored and was not running
as smoothly as during the early part
OF this mornings session.
At ~ O'Clock MFR. Bryan II. Barry
moved that the convention adjourn TO
reconyene In Dallas August n.
Tie motion was seconded ind roll
call on the question by counties asked
and adopted, Hi. Dallea and Kauf-
man. 10 votes, nyc: Bosque. Ellis. John
son and Navarro; VOTING no.
The motion WINS adopted and the con-
vantion adjourned to meet In Dallas
August 81.
After the adoption OF the minority re-
port on platform yesterday and the
Ind taken an adjournment
the Polndexter delegations met at head
quarters ssqd discussed the lllDSsh.x :,
Mr.. .Poindexter appeared bsiorc tho