Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-02
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Are Affairs Congress
SiOnal In the Sixth.
CHAIRMAN rnrLLrrs, A GOLD ban,
ursnrs a SILVER
AGREEMENT.
CANDIDATES AT SEA
CHAIRMAN GEORGE CALLS a DIS
rRIcr CONFERENCE.
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Count, ohairmen OF the spser COM
mit,ee Are neaue-ted to Meet at
Daiia. Next wednesday.
CANDIDATES AT SEA
CHAIRMAN GEORGE CALLS a DIS
rRIcr CONFERENCES.

The congressional race is In beau
tiful tRngle.
Tuesday It was agreed by the free
silver candidates of Dallas for the
nomination TO submit their claims for
the support or Dallas county TO n vote
OF silver Democrats 10 be taken at the
Democratic primary TO be held May i6
Cor the nomination OF candidates for
the county offices. The plan was to
place their names on the ticket and re-
quest only advocates OF free coinage to
vote. The purpose wan to eliminate all
the silver candidates but one from the
primary TO be held June G, to prevent
q gold candidate from capturing the
county through the division Of the sill
yer yote among several candidates.
Now comes Chairman Phillips OF the
county Democratic executive commit
tee with nm intimation that the plan to
hold silver congregational primary In
connection with the county primary of
May 16 win not be permitted He gives
IL out that the names OF the congress-
slonal candidates cannot go on the
ticket. and that II they are voted for
on separate ballots the vote will not be
counted,
Chairman Phillips Is gold man who
was outvoted at the late meeting of
the county executive committed. when
provision was made for holding the
primary OF June G In accordance with
the call of the state executive commit
tee.
This declaration OF Mr.. Phillips has
upset the agreement between the Dali
las candidates for congress ana thrown
things Into great confusion. The three
parties to the agreement were Judge
Grey, Mr. Barry and Judge Burke.
The situation seems TO be that Judge
Burke now vents to refer the matter to
The June primary. having gold men and
n - g. ~.
coinage candidates. Judge Grey Is out
of town on q canvasslng tour. and II
is suggested by his friends that the all
yer county convention called 10 select
a list OF names TO be voted upon at the
June primary for delegates to the vari-
Gus conventions will be competent to
settle the matter by making u choice
between the silver candidates. Mr..
Barry says he viii be satisfied with any
plan OF selection adopted by the silver
mon, He IL opposed to any plan that
would give the selection OF Of the can
didate from Dallas 20 the gold men.
After comforting with the silver lead
ers Chairman George OF the bimetnlllc
committee Issued letter yesterday to
the other county blmetallic chairmen
In the Sixth district requesting them TO
meet at Dallas next Wednesday, April
5 AT Lao o'clock y. M In the parlors OF
the Windsor hotel for the purpose OF
dtNlrlnk u lian Dy WHICH inc fflpnnE
of silver may agree upon candidate
for congress- 20 he voted upon in tho
primaries OF June G. This step IL be-
lieved 10 be necessary TO prevent the
capture OF Dallas and other counties
In the district by the gold men by pitt
ting one candidate against the several.
Letters have been sent by Chairman
George 10 all The timetable chnirmen
In the district except the one for Hos
que county. His name is unknown,
and II Ia expected that he will get his
invitation from the Gazette.
In the meantime, pending the confer
encc called. no further steps toward
an adjustment Of the difficulty will be
taken In this county
a number OF letters have hcon re-
ceived here from other countiea in the
district protesting that they should
have a chance to participate in the Sc
lection of man from the Dallas can
didates. The plea islthat as there are
no candidates from other counties the
choice OF man TO receive Instructions
from this county virtually msans the
nomination, and therefore all oliver
Democrats IN tho district should have
say in picking the Dallas man
II was stated yesterday that Mr..
Clarity OF Corsicana, who has been fire.
Quently mentioned as congressional
possibility and who In free silver
man. has enn)unccd 10 Ills friends that
he VIII not make the race