Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-20

'iiuen Mhntel information the Gazette
correspondent sought the assistance
of states office. to learn who retIrs.
this year from the state senate mo
term of the following members OF Tho
senate expire by limitation with mo
coming November election.
George 7. Jester, lieutenant pnvnr-
nor and president OF the senate. non
WHITAKER, Bowie county, First dis.
triot; y. l.. Agnew, Fannin Third dis
trict. j. >, Sheriff.. Hunt. Fifth dis
trict; X N Stafford. Wood. seventh
district; j. NJ. Mckinney, Marlin. Eley-
enth district; r. u. Steele. RobinFon
Twelfth district; r. A. Greer Jeffer-
son, Fourteenth district; ]. II. Shell
burne. Austin, Sixteenth district; NJ
l.asker, Galveston. Seventeenth dis
trlct; French Simpson, INvaca, Eigh.
teehth district; j. w. Dickson, Lee
Nineteenth district. Walter Tlpps
travis. twentieth district; e. A. At
lee Webb, Twenty third district; p
j. Lewis, BeNar. Twenty-fourth dis
trlcti j. NJ. p'n, I'll Paso, Twenty
illth district n Goss, Baylor Twen-
ton, Ihlrty-h%3 irict '
gentlemen expecA% return to their
seats is not kno> g Z 1t is known
t!hat several OF IL 2. II remain in
he e9 T;, Of The, Z q. ectiye fam
clares his willingness ny ..1fice him
self another two years. : I'd It is quite
likely that his ambitions win be SO far
nursed by his constituents. Mr. AEnew
VIII have some very active opposition
II he should run again in the person of
Hon. Travis Henderson of Lamar
county, who declares 1t as his solemn
belief that he can better represent
the people OF the Third district
In the fifth district MIR Sheriff.,
silver man, retires, and j. Il. Cough
expresses @ willingness to succeed him.
Stafford and Mckinney Of the Seventh
and Eleventh districts are nlso free
silver men. The Twelfth district, so
II is said, win return n free silver man,
possibly j. 4. Wayland even if Mr..
Steele does not come.
lL-Grfer does not return from the
Fourteenth 1t Is probable that Repre-
sentative Tom Jennings another gold
standard man, will succeed him. The
present senator from tit Sixteenth Is
a gold man. but ] have no intimation
as To his successor.
Mr. IAskeT, who succeeded Miles
Crowley. the pres mt Galveston con-
gresham, is gold standard man. is
anxious to succeed himself. A gold
man represented tho Eighteenth dis
trlct. and there will probably be no
change OF policy whether or not Mr..
Simpson returns,
ID. c. GddinRs, a gold man, wants 10
succeed Dickson, q silver man in the
Nineteenth, Walter Tipps. 80 II is
said. will he succeeded from the AUS
tin district by Thad Thompson. another
sold standard man The Twenty-third
Will probably return gold standard
man in place OF Alice, and Senator
Lewis wants TO succeed himself in the
Twenty fourth in order that gold
standard vote will be assured.
Senator Dean viii not come back
from the Twenty and 1T is pos
sible that u silver man may succeed
him. Mr.. Goss wants to succeed him
self In the Twenty ninth.
Representative j, II, Bailey OF Cuero
has been In the capital city several
days, but disayows any political In
tentlons He will doubtless again rep
resent Dewitt county In the legisla-
ture. as no man has yet felt brave
enough TO try conclusions with Mr..
Bailey before the people
Representative Dashcll OF Leon
county came in last night on business
with the comptroller's office. Mr..
Dashicll Is an ardent supporter or
Chairman Dudley's plan, and says 1t
VIII be hlppttI ny ms NOu'ts 49,
utiye committee Saturday. This young
statesmans friends declare with great
confidence that he viii be the speaker
of Tie next house OF representatives.
The Republican convention work be-
Gins tomorrow night by an address
from the right honorable Wright
Quincy. lie is for Allison for prcsi-
dent, but IL Is not probable that he
viii say a word on that subject.
MIR. Ia Anderson, candidate for del
erale 10 the national convention ON
the Mckinley ticket. is confident that
Tho delegation will be divided and that
he will be one-fourth of 1t. But he
seems much more Interested In seeing
inc convention well cared for. as he
said 10 the Gazette correspondent;
"The convention hall Is assuming
immense proportions Already II looks
big enough TO spoil ten acre field, ana
Will be fully finished by the 2Sd inst.
n 10 renernliy conceded by leading
Renubiicans here and such visitors as
ore rounded up In the hotel lohbies
that at least 1900 more Republicans
will he on the ground than has ever
attended n Republican convention 10
Texas 1t seems that John Grant or
sherman and Ed Anderson Of Travis.
omen and nvowed Mckinley men, VIII
surely TO from the state at large. while
n W. Quincy, an Allison man. Is n
winner. Who the fourth man VIII be II
IL hard to tell. The matter of holding
n later convention for the purpose OK
nlanInc a state ticket In the field VIII
ba discussed. Every preparation has
been made for the care Of delegates
D. C. RAY.