Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-26
WON BY GOLD MEN.
An Unexpected Strength
Was Developed.
COMMITTEES FOR GOLD.
After Being Allowed to Name the
Chairman the Silver Men Lose
Every Other Point
COMMITTEES FOR GOLD.


The administration and secretary Car
Isle were certumly fayorltcs IN the p,m-
ocrauc stac convention hvrc today, The
sllved,ce went Into the district meetings In
the n,otnlng aud Into the convention with
confidence In the district mVntings hiey
were beaten twp to one, They claiinei four
cut Of the eoyen OF the district members
on resolutions but the administration iucn
claim that the oommlttce stood eight 10
three originally against irce silver aud US
completed nine to four
The complexion OF this committee could
Rot have bVcu changed by the Appohtii'h'
q both members a, large IRON 'he sl'nsr
ites, hut whcp Judge W. n beekhef,
as temporary thairman divided tue MNh.
bcrs at large, giving ohc OF the Two 2
each slie, tile siNsr men te,, Una, ,nIy u ,u,
countess TO being OuVnuiuboreo, my
claimed ylctoiy In tile election OF hc.t-
ncr over Stone, but mtor tue FORMER uNli-
ed the appointments equally on all tue cum.
nltteNa AMI announced ais cpliArtNnllNV
views no ehlns wcrq mndc on nun. slvnH
would have Hppulnted oaiy sound moh'S
lndge iircLncr is a sound money mHn,
but favored Gen, Hardin for governor,
Although Cen Hardin fnNors tree nplhnge
he has been supported thfonshgW by h,,n ~
lin,
l'hc feature OF the day was tho dcfcnt
M MS nome nlNtllNl VI HthNNNA - ~ -
lilackhnrn ior incmber OF the rsrolniehs
committee hy Professor Arthur Wager, q
man OF pronounced gold standhru views,
but who mas devoted ma time To eoh'Eu
work and not 10 politics.
senator Blackburn nhpitcd 10 me chnlt.
manahip OF this committee anu eNprttcu 70
have majority OF It's mentors Win WI
Tor rec coinage, and against Cleveland anu
Carlisle.
When blackburn was defeated In tho sey.
onth district It was aAceftaihed that the liat-
.Tll LA IN
his appointment an one OF tho members AT
large. aud then Mr., W. II Rus ut the hneA
ond district. oncrcd Senator blackburn his
proxy. Objections were raised on the an
no1ncomcnt OF nlackburns name for tho cotui
mltteo from the Second aud no further O1ern
In that direction were made.
senator blackburn did not meet with tho
committee on resolutions, The use Of Its
name by proxy for the A5,tnd istrlet wm,
without his knowledge and consent, Ills
frields thought he should be on thu commit;
tee, especially AFTER Il was known that hH
tee, especially after the appointment OF MI
colleague. Senator Lindsay, and the selection
d his opponent. James u, MeCtrgty, but
blackburn dld not want To serve On tho
committee after hts defeat In his old district
and especially after IL WAS known that hn
would be In such small minority.
Promptly at noon the Democratic state con-
Yentun was called 10 order BY Chairman
Carroll OF thes tate committee, Rev, Charles
NJ, liomphill 81 Louihville offered prayer al
tor which the names VI cx.c0ngreHainan
Stone and Judge W. n. necknor we're pro,
scented for temporary chairman. The roll
call proceeded with all sorts Of points Of or
hour. whom the result waa announced at
O'Clock M follows: Beckncr, iN 10, Stone,
BI3 l-2i neceaaary TO choice, go, Tho cleo
ton Of ncclnor M temporary presiding ON.
Ger was made unanimous
ON assuming tho chair Judge ncckner do
llyercd an eloquent address and assured all
that no represented no faction and would
rule with imphrtality. Ilo pleaded for
harmony That part Of the address relating
10 the financial qWftion was not dlHpluas.
ing to tho sound money" men and not
altogether unsatisfactory TO the free colin
Meaarn. WIN. Cromwell, J. u. Stone, and
J. X, SGhfador we're elected an secretaries
when the congressional district were called
for members 81 the committee.
The resolutions committee was made Up
as follows First dlHtrlnt August Golfer,
silver second. W. T. Ellia, silver. thlrd,
John &. Rhca. silver; fourth u. u, Walker,
conservative; NTH, j. NJ. Anterior. golii
sixth. II, a. Ellia,on. gold seventh. Prof
Arthur ioagcr, gold. eighth, IAmea u. Nc
tenth. John n saiyer, goldi eleventh.. II.
NJ. Jackson, conservative. when the see
ond district was called, W. 7. Ellis declined
to serve aud Senator J. e. $. blackburn
was announced az member OF tho cons
mitteo on resolutions for that dintrirt.
Mr.. Ellln had given Senator blackburn HIS
proxy Immediately after the latter waa beat
m In tho seventh dlutrtct
In appointing the moinbera at large on tho
committees Chairman Ilunknor divided them
Equally, on Tcsolutons SENATOR WIN. Lind
pointed. so that they DO not areet tho com
plesion Of tho committee,
~ 1850 o'clock tho convention took roo
ccss 10 .. m.
a. $, Berry was made permanent chairman.
Mr. Berry made Vigorous speech on takins
Numerous dllaiory motions we're irelieei
IN, tho Clay mon wanting an adjourn
mont urtil tomorrow. ~ neither the commit
tso on credentials nor the one on rcsolutionh
were ready 10 report. this nlihuAtcfinR war
kept up for over two hours with much dis
tufbancr.
Ths committee on resolutions was ready To
report at . D. M, but delayed It's report await
ing that Of the committee on tredentinlsl
which wsr fighting over contests among tho
delegates from foiilvvillc AMI Newport.
senator Lindsay prepared III. majority ra-
port On resolutions, which embraced a,ronr
honest money plank and indoIacd Cleveland
and CARLISLE by name for their financial policy
aga adminlnfations. y was iltned BY nins
There were two minority reports, ono signed
by Iihca and Ellis for tho free coinage Of
silver at ie 10 !. and the other simply re-
srlrmrg tho platform Of 1893 and signed BIZ
clcHry and Coulter.
Thoro MAS lntenbe feeling because tho fight
between the Hardin and Clay men on seating
delegates In the committee on credentials
delayed the resolutlonn and the proceedings
OF the convention hut nothing could DO dono
toward facilitating junirrhds
senator Lindsay md Chairman barry
refused 70 report the resolutions or 10
anything until the report Of tho commit
Tee on credentials came In.
The committee m credentials closed Dp
shortly before midnight and reported ID
favor ~ the Hardin delegates Va l.0Tis.
Wills md Mt Newport. when the scenes o;
disorder had n short suspension,
The convention was at a atandsfil un.
III nearly 2 O'clocls No business cobld be
brought nj nnd the committee on rcsolu.
lions refused 90 give out any Of the three
reports that are ready for presentation
and represent the views Of the consefvA.
tivee and silserltea "a well a. Of tha gold
majority.
shortly before 2 O'Clock the uproar aud
noanslon became such that chnirinnn
Kerry declared the convention adjourned
IN tomorrow MT $3.50 g. m, Tho report
OF the committee on credentials IL sun
The Clay men are mixing much moro
vigorous light for tho nomination for gov
ornOr since the sound money men car
Rod the district meetings today and control
tho convention a. well a. the comfnittse
on resolutions. II Is stated BY soine OF
Hardin's friends tonight II The platform a
adopted before nominations are made that
Clay may be the pomlpae. aud that Hardin
may be a. much disappointed tolporfou
a. nlankbarn wAA fAaAs-