Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-24
VIGOROUS
Work Being DOneby the
Republicans
MANAGERS ron THE pnEsIpEN-
TIAL AsrntANrs ON THE
GROUND AND FIGHTING.
ARE WORKING HARD
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL con-
vENTIoN DISCUSSED.
Grant for Mckinley and Quincy for
Aiiison-Eort worth Gets state
ARE WORKING HARD
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL con-
vENTIoS DISCUSSED.

Austin. Tex. March 23.-tSpccial.)--
The state Republican convention iH on
with great vigor, OF course the formal
work Will not begin until tomorrow.
hut the work OF selecting delegates TO
the national convention IN going for
ward with exceedingly great vlgor,
Mckinley Allison, Reed und Morton
each has his manager. and each man
agVr scemA 10 have grasp on tho
spiggot of a har'l Mckinley NJ this
time Fcems to have the bulge on the
situation. but how long this may last
does not OF course appear. His man
agcr Is chairman OF the state executive
committee, DR. j. n. Grant OF Sher-
man, and he Is no ldler II III conceded
that hc Will be one OF the delegates To
the national convention, II ~ also
conceded, hOwrVer. that Wright Quincy
OF Galveston Will b. n delegate, nnd he
Is an avowcd Allison man. There VIII
be no opposition To the selection Of
these two, 20 II appears the real nsht
e. for the third place. II seems 60 be
current opinion that Quincy viii have
the power to name one Of tho Two re-
naming delegates, WIN this favored
individual be Wcbgter Flanagan OF
jefferson, Ed Anderson OF Travis, or
Dr. Davis of Tarrnnt1 ~ the last
nnmod h negro, It is believed by
some that he viii be- Cuncy's choice,
II so. who win he the fourth That rs
the question. There ~ some noisy nd
vocany OF n H. Terrell of BugUr. form
err minister to Belgium, but II does not
appear that he has made very sori-
otis impression. IA he is an Allison man
however, Cuney may be induced 10
favor him.
Another faction that enters Just here
In the Reed element II IN not 80 very
strong In the state but its manager,
William II. Crawford, the Cameron
| banker IA a worry determined man. u
IN said there would have beun no irou-
bic here had he not offended Cnnnyi
| Dut now the man from the Ruli town W
! decidedly opposed to him Some OF the
followers OF Crawford go no FAR as To
I declare that Reed man shan 10 10
81. Louis or they Will bust the coh-
/ vcntinn. This will certainly add ~
/ tcrea,.
Tho colored man and brother was
Kicking up Il nice little row last niEht
nj tho expense Of Chairman Grant .
populnrlty, and that gcntlomans poll
populaiity and that gcntlemnnS poil-
wng worth IL had been announced IN
the state press that Chairman trhhl
headquarters would be at the Drss
/ huI hotel where he would be glad ~
~ nJs friends" Now II 80 happens
that a very great many Of his friends
are negroes, who early began 10 hori.
Z Ia 900 him, These were very promptly
I informed by tho manager OF the hutnl
that they could not enter Dr. iran. y
nnriors. And In this he waH lminpV,
able, How much III effect u mas hn,,
cannot be told. IL was announced
curly Yesterday that Or. GRANTS head
ounrtcrs would this morning be re,
,unvrd 10 Smith'H opera house put ~
a., nj certain that he VIII not be held
resnonslble for the trials and tribuin'
iiona OF the brother In black
co,o,l All shaw OF the Texas Farm
or anent Saturday and suhuay ~
,a,,n lie inpistod that he came dowf
do, IA SEQ the boys at the chpltul,-
tnciuding In that phrase pFeah h'nu
u,nrters which he mndo liNol$ III w
forenoon OF the srat day. He dlseua XXX,
ihe nituation generally very it.ey W. H.,
~ ,,.wsnaper boys" but what ~
thu tbe headqunrters was. OF course
sac,cdiy perHonnl ana private. IRON
st.r,, IL however, II was learned I'M
h,s not much faith IN the Jerorh'
tr.arhv ,,Ibrrnatorinl boom, nc tpinM
,hat Air. Konrby will secure hls se"
} ann,,rnrs. In which case nc VIII -
course, make an cnort 70 Huu,'Veu, q, ~
e,1s ,rhen-so thinks colpnel nnh ,
sem nIbba ia the logical candidat
OF the Pops. 80.
!. appears now that Wright .l,i,n Gmnsy !,
- n lone hnnd, detcrihlheu =
bb, ping Sai opposition 70 MS ,i as9s Il, n
shrcwdly cosnbleiphE, RI. w %ahers n boldi
tniSs ,bnt n the Mckinley crow,
a s ~ force instructions. the cnne
l'sH LII holt the convention n ~ ~,
W., ,a,aro Is much talk OF bolts, pu, .n
u',ha,a situation is liable TO ehuhs
swyithin Inc next few hours