Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

hs' as Nhilst ulu among the heatheng
in his day to prepare them for the
church. He said when was n
Democrat did not have sense enough
for anything. Why, would have
voted for an empty barrel IL II had
been labeled Democrat and had been
propped on two sticks for legs
At this time the committee came in
with the report on credentials and the
speaker retired amidst much applause.
His speech was well received all
through and he helped the enthusiasm
of the party very much by his remarks
1t being now noon. the convention ad-
journed until o'clock.
The Afternoon Session
Chairman Gage called the meeting TO
order and the chairman OF the commit
tee on credentials read their report.
which. after adding the delegations OF
some other clubs, was adopted seating
1856 delegates from 20 clubs throughout
the county. After the seating of the
| delegates Chairman Gage declared
nominations in order for county chair
man for the ensuing two years There
Were five names placed before the con-
ventlon, but Chairman Gage received
more than two-thirde OF all the votes
cast a motion war carried to make
his election unanii ms. He accepted
the honor In a spl add speech.
The chairman then declared nomina-
hors In order FOR secretary for the next
two years, and l., T, Rodgers OF the
Reforiner was elected on the first ballot.
The committee brought in their re-
| port on resolutions, the first of which
Endorsed the Omaha platform as adopt
| ed in the Populist convention there as
sembled on July 4. 1892 The second
Endorsed their congressman for their
noble and manly stand against tho
rottenness of the other two parties.
The third Endorsed their legislators
| for their noble stand for right and JUS
| tice for the common people.
The fourth indorsed their speakers
and leaders for their noble effort in
fighting the lniquitous parties in power
and pledged the entire force OF the Pop
ulists to them in future.
The fifth denounced the Hogg and
Clark wings of the Democratic party
for felgning harmony, when in reality
1t was a scheme only to humbug the
people and further enslaye them.
The sixth denounced the Wilson tariH
bin as humbug and makeshift that
was no better than the Mckinley bill,
and only put ON foot to further fool
the people.
The seventh denounced the Demo-
cratic party for killing all silver legisla-
ton and Issuing gold bearing bond
in the time Of peace.
The eighth and last appealed to every
citizen and honest voter in the state to
rally around the Populist platform and
to assist in purifying the political con-
dition and saving the country from
irreparabe ruin and the people from
starvation, and to assist in downing
all old parties.
The resolution was adopted by sec
lions almost unanimously.
In discussing the seventh section
an effort was made to include the Re-
publican party in the denunciation.
when the statements We're brought out
by the opposition that the two parties
We're so near alike that one could not
tell the difference in them, so they were
one and the same. Others claimed that
the Republican party was open-handed
in their rottenness. and consequently
they ought not to be condemned. The
delegates were then elected, seventeen
| in number, to the convention, to meet
in Waco ON June 20. All instructed
for II. L. Nugent for governor and
| Marion Martin for acknowledgements
Seventeen delegates were elected to
the congressional convention Instructed
to favor the nomination OF Prof. J. O..
| II. Buck of this county. Prof. Buck
acknowledged the compliment In ten
| minutes speech and with a great deal
Of feeling. He said he was prouder Of
| the Endorsement of the people with
whom he had lived for the past thir-
! teen years than he would have been
with the Endorsement Of every other
county In this congressional district
without that of his home people, and
promised to wage the war on the in
| iquities OF the two old parties, whether
he was nominated In the convention
at Waxahachie or not, and wound up
by comparing the people of this gov
eminent to the old negro who was
crossing the river in a boat that sud
denly began to leak and finally to
sink. when the old negro went down
on his knees and said: 80, Lord. If
you are ever going 10 help old Isom
in this world, good God, come down
and do it now. when he needs 1t so
bad"
Seventeen delegates were elected to
the senatorial and Pictorial conven-
tons. neither of which have been called,
Mr.. j. J. Ball, road master Of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. is in the
city today. He said in answer TO a
question by your reporter that he was
satisfied work would begin here on the
yard and round house within the next
thirty days. He also said that he was
sure from the amount to be expended
here that the improvements would be
for permanent ones.
MISS THANISFuL's PARTY.