Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-23
WILL CARRY AWAY.
WACO DEMOCRATS THINK n
MEANS roruLIsr vIo1oRy.
Austin oaieiais Look Upon IL as the
Meeting of a Few Dissatirnea
csnusm.n-Hor. nryan T. Harry
Issues an Address

Dallas, Tex. April 2z..-(special)--At
the meeting Of Herdys convention late
last night II was determined that each
committeeman be Instructed and urged
10 provide at least ave speakers for
each county in his diatrtct Judge HPr-
dy himself declares he VIII make MIA
first speech at Fort Worth and his
second at Paris.
Tho Attendants on the conference
have all gone home. except X. NJ. lien
derson and Postmagter zimpleman OF
Austin.
Ellis, and adjoining county, was not
represented at all. Hunt by one indi-
vlduAl. and other counties by one or
two. Very few counties We're repre-
scented by authorized doiegatoa.
No expression OF enthusiastic APP
provnl has yet boon heard from Hon.
W. Poindcxter Gone Johnston or G
q. Connellee. though they were called
for during the closing hour OF .he con-
ference last night.
Hon. o. \. Waident OF Tyler John
ston's law partner is quoted as fol-
lows;
Both tho majority and minority re-
ports went too far. and ] could sup
port neither. Both Contemplated n
convention 10 be called by Hardy. Dud-
ley alone has that authority. and while
the populistH have laid violent hands
upon him, since he has the regular suc-
cessiun, and / recognize his authority,
only concede freely he iH not ilt for
the place. Still. he Is our chairman,
and for the same reason that the stur-
/ dy old royalist bowed 60 tho crown,
although II hung upon a bush, must
follow the call OF Dudley 80 fat as his
authority goes. | shall either franc
my vote as I like or not go into the
primaries, have not yet decided upon
that, II the RATIONAL convention Cos
/ clarca for silver at the ratio of 10 10 i,
4 / am for silver at that ratio. 10 It de.
clares for tie gold standard. shall
| vote for nobody who rupudiRtes that
uttcrance. The action today was n
great hlunder by mon who seem unable
TO profit by experience. The national
convention must settle the question Tor
\ me-"
A number OF Dallas anti-Hilver stand
ard Democrats express dissatisfaetlon
with the action Of the conference. some
say as between a gold standard strict
~ and l6 to /. they WIN take the lat
/ Ter others declare that while they
would favor a gold standard straight.
they don't propose 10 be carried out
! side the Democratic party on that one
| idea. Others still. claim that while
! they think the Dudley committee made
a mistake In the form OF the ticket.
that error las they regard ~ wa" cor.
| rected In the recent explanation that
/ all forms Of ticket expression OF the
voters sentiment would be counted,
and there Is no excuse for the holt.
An occasional extreme gold-buggarr
exprcsses the opinion that the split VIII
4 defent Culberson, but not one OF them
has et claimed that their ticket would
stard ghost Of n show.
The regulars are firm In the belict
that a bold, clean Democratic plat.
form will win Culberson and tho en-
| tire ticket moro votes usan the ooltora
\ will carry OF.
Fifty thousand good citizens who left
the Democratic party because tney
thnueht lie clark faction exercised
l toa much influenced In itp deliberations
win come back now that they are out.
a bigger Democratic majority han
for eight years Is the general predio-
i tion.