Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-23
RD WARD COMPLICATIONS.
COMMITTEE WILL DETER
MINE THE MATTER.
suEETING OF THE CAMPAIGN
1oMMITrEE HELD YESTERDAY
iprERNooN AND THE ORDER
y THE CANVASS sETTLED--THE
oPposIT1oN" A cAUcUsINo.


IVA meeting of the campaign COM
+ bee held yesterday afternoon ana
It order of the canvass settled-the
n position" caucuslng ana dehberat-
I'm one new feature on the Demo
Ia aide OF the pending municipal
i.hpaign developed yesterday. There
r two aldermen to elect in the Third
I'D. Alderman wallis term expires
"a Mr.. McGrath resigned, rendering
NJ election OF successor imperative.
K the primary Messrs, wallis and
t,rolx were nominated, Nothing was
IA or probably thought OF the long
short terms. a question that now
skents itself TO the two candidates,
-sthe Third ward voters and the
s.nocratIc executive committee, u.s.:
n 0 shall have the long and who the
ifrt term. II has been rather per-
king to their friends and there was
* Of settling It by drawing strnwa or
Aing heads and tails. But II was
gested that the executive committee
81 the proper tribunal to which the
liter should be referred and ms
n accordingly be done.
he opposition movement In the
.ird gladly welcomed anything that
ght create dissatisfaction in the
SKIS OF the Democrats and were IN
h glee all day. But their JOY VIII
short-lived The executive com
itee win take mp the matter at once
a, though no official action has been
zen vet, will dispose Of It IN n way
AZ Will be satisfactory to all con
sned. Both candidates have, 1t vs.
Ia, agreed to DE satisfied with this
3ult and the chasm, from which tho
position 80 much would accrue, OF
hent to them. has been repaired as
iclily as 1t begun. The Third ward
mocrats are IN lighting trim and the
iImittee Will lend them all the aid
eded.
7he campaign committee met yester-
AZ afternoon. Welcome reports were
bught IN by each member. Different
ths relating to the canvass were sub
tied and discussed. An agreement
on general plan for conducting the
mpaign was reached, Only two
Ards and no general office were CON
lered at all doubtful by the COM
sttee. In these two wards their
.orts Will be Increased There viii
oratory and music and other
iuncts that follow Democratic en-
nsiasm. A negro hand with bnnios
laying and singing old plantation
Us may be part Of the program.
aere are no lncb Of good speakers and
sien one wants 10 hurl a lance ut
y city administration all he has To do
hnd champion ut whom he can
m his weapon Is to let his desire be
Town.
AN interest now IL conferred on the
Rss meeting at the city hall tonight.
here Is great enthusiasm among
smocrata and hundreds have 8igni-
VI their willingness TO attend. Mayor
iddock's promise that he would at
hist make things interesting has added
t4rest 10 the occasion and many OF
Ic stanley Noodle crowd viii attend
IL OF curiosity, The meeting will be
ivcrtised on the streets today md a
g crowd Is anticipated. Tho bah viii
! opened Mt 3 o'clock and then some
lr Is expected 10 lily.
The opposition movement rs q move
ent OF retrogresal0n just now, For the
st two days the inquiry put 60 one
bother smacks Of Tom Watson aud
FUNDS Ike where ARE we at" They
i've been engaged IN collecting their
battered remnants and In seeing
'hich way they are headed. or course
,erc are conferences aud committees
I'D eaucuses and long, earnest street
But nothing has ep-
Jared yet worthy OF note. In fact
here are not hundred men connected
18th the move. All these candidates
ave said they were out Of politics and
othing Is left them but to concur and
elibcrhte.