Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-24
FIELD AGAINST M'KINLEY.
cuney Fighting For Advantage 10 the
Tenth District.
TUE BOLT AT DALLAS NOT INDoRsEn
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LcsdisE Soma ssonsy Men ., Aa.f,, m a
Waos Ooosiaer tho Action Uns.inoiy.
Twelfth Distriet Lily whn..,

Fiason,n, Texas. April s2.-Tho night
uaina brought In a large number OF dee
tates and at IN early hour hr:ots OF poll
ticlsns could be seen standinx on the
street corners engaged Ia earnest con
sersation. Tho McISinlcyitos held a eau
Gus last night but reporters were not
allowed In aud The leaders refused 10 tank.
They ore anticipating hard eight aud
from WAX The Post man con pick up here
and there tho determination 10 down
cuney ~ very strong. Notwithstanding
tho fact that thcy claim nearly two-thsrsiH
OF tho deiosatcs there seems To be an un.
easy feeling poryading tho Mckinley
camp. The superstition IL that cnney will
resort 60 o'd tactics. exciting face prejn-
elce. II ne nnds that he can not control
the convention IN any Other N.iy.4Tnero
are sixty vqtca In the convention, Of
which the hci1insey men claim thirty
eight. The question was could they hold
their mon IN line In the face of Cunoy's
powerful inliucnccy
NJ IA. ltodgers cf I.aGranEe. lender OF
coniesung delegation from this county
and q proninent candidate for delep,la
70 St Louis. WAS on tho graund yester-
day with many OF his followers and has
not been iolo a momDnt. II was UNDER
Quincy.
Chairman Hnwley arrived on the early
morning train and WIS the center OF AN
Interested group during the entire morn
Tho situation seemed TO be Mckinley
against the Held or rather tho nuld
pNalnst Mckinley. with each side resting
on nrfns waiting for an advantage.
u was apparent early In the day that
cuney's old game OF freeze out wouldn't
work. as tho delegates seemed to be we'll
provided for. When approached with tho
question OF when tho executive committee
would meet. Chairman Hawley seemed
To be entirely In the dafk lie couldn't
tel at what hour tho committee or con-
venuon would meet. The cause OF tho
delay was no doubt The absence OF Jurge-
son member from Fort Bond county.
The absence OF a. ]. Rosenlhal was
conspicuous by reason Of the fact that
In the party heretofore lie Ia reported
| TO be sick In bed.
Tho consensus OF opinion prevailing
| among tho delegates SO far as can be us
contained il that there will be a union OF
the Grant faction and lily whites at St.
| Louis and that Cuney's days (poliucaliyD
ere numbered, and the negro Will be elm
| mated from republican politics In Texas.
II Quincy controls the convention today
| Hhwley and Rodgers will be tho dele
| gates ana II the Mckinley men win the
delegaIes Will be Seebreeht and probably
Boquot $1,000.
The executive committee met Mt $50 p.
m. and were In seas,on three hours and
adjourned without coming 10 mn agree
mont While reportcra were not admitted
II leaked out that the committee stood
six three. The six Mckinley members
wanted TO reccnunund II. L. Smith OF
| Colorado for Temporary chairman. while
| the three hntl-AfnlSinley men, including
the chairman, uanted Alb. johnson or
| Henry F'urgeson.
Quincy Is evidently IN the saddle no far
rs delaying the meeting OF the convention
| IL concerned, as Chairman Hawley atated
soon after tho committee adjourned that
the convention would probably meet at
! O'Clock. hut he couldn't tell exactly.
IT Is openly stated on the street tcno'
when Quincy found he wos In tho minority
| 1Iowioy adjourned the committee for The
purpose OF gaining time for Quincy q
| work up race prejudice. II also leaked
out that the majority Of the comfnittee
/, O'Clock whether H,wley was ready or not
/ A. eoon as this rumor gained cur
\ renoy tho delegates commenced drlbblinR
| toward the cpfvention hall. Five O'Clock
came and stili tho log. rolling continued,
| and no one seemed TO know anything ex-
cept thar Cuney had Hawicy IN tow, thua
preventing tho meeting OF the conven-
| Hon