Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, May 25, 1888 Page: 8 of 8
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TE STOCK NOTES
upper says Sheep shearing in
our tfeilorado conntry has now com
menceo in good earnest and will continue
until all our immense number of flocks
are shorn of their valuable fleeces Our
wool this season is cleaner and more
valuable than it has ever been before
Up to Friday 1500 bags ot wool have
como into our market Our warehouse-
men and wool buyers are lully prepared
for the reception ot this staple article and
soon our streets will be filled with hun-
dreds ot wagons loaded with wool And
the probability Is that Colorado City will
go ahead of San Antonio this season in
wocJLreceipts
In myopinion says a writer spaying
should be do i e as early in May as the
grass will permit pasturing and before
hot weather and the fly season set in
Then with a skilled man hold of the
shears the loss Is comparatively nothing
A spayed heifer will make as fine beef
fatten as quickly and bring about as good
a price as a steer Kange cattlemen ap-
preciate this fact and have been benefiting
their herds accordingly the ptst season
This process of spaying will greatly les-
sen the Increase in the country and cor-
respondingly Increase the price of beef
cattle and at the eame time greatly im-
prove the quality and grade ot the stock
which also tends to an increase of price
Sr my advice is to cut and spay every in-
ferior animal
Coleman Notes
Special to the Gazette
Coleman Tex May 21 Sheep shear-
ing is well under way and seme large
clips have been stored here for sale
Several large sales of muttons have been
made at satisfactory prices
Shipments OTertbe Cotton Belt
OorrcEpendcnco of the Gazette
Hincbxky Iex May 17 The stock
interest in this section of the country is
very promising Stock is in good shape
and doing well We have made one ship-
ment to Chicago over the Cotton Belt and
C V and C from Cairo We made good
time and received good treatment We
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Youths Companion
A remarkable experiment in signaling
with electric lights was recently made
the cfflers of two vessels ot tho Brltis
navy the Orion and Espolr oft the po-
of Singapore
The Espolr had sailed fromthatipof
tor ong Long leaving the OrMtfQla th
harbor of Singapore WhenStfiEspof
was sixty miles distant theitwo sei
hers message by means ofrta eiflsttic
light
Batman a light be seen sixty miles at
sea Certainly not In its direct rays
but the Orion threw a brilliant blaze ot
llghtupon the clouds and the reflection
ot this light was distinctly seen on board
ithe Espolr
More than this tho Orion having
thrown upon the clouds a regular mes-
sage by means of successful flashes this
message was read and understood on-
board the Espolr
Thequestion has been asked whether
this means ot communication might not
to made of practical advantage It
wonld depend it fs true upon the condi-
tion of the atmosphere and upon cloud
leeenlghts there would be nothing tore
iilectfrora but It seems entirely practica
bio to make the Hght of the most impor-
tant lighthouses visible much farther at
eaon cloudy nights by providing them
with an apparatus enabling them to throw
series ot reflections upon the clouds
A writer in a medical journal says
Kswitraot too inuch quinine It will
firodca congestion of the ear and irri
tatow of the auditory neive The com
fJE t habit of taking quinine for neuralgia
ira ad tfeer ailments without consulting a
l fto doctor fa altogether reprehensible and
> mfJ to very serious results Many
castaofdeafnees are produced byover
dotet aid longcontinued use of the
3ttHge Gray of Plymouth Me was
iBinf 6bJh cross bar of a big barn
M otfeer day and ss he hung head
the bar broke His head in
fan wwt between the door sill and a
bad be not bseacaught by a man
ig near acdonbtedJy his neck
Jure bleejkxbrokehi As It wt his
tsjoredia such a way that he
waioVeflis headfcxsept
i r l ii
that he was taken j
lest type
A stranger stxgg
Cordial and
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MAIL TACILITIES
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The Government Bxtandt Uie Scrrles an
the Port Worth and Denver
gin Saturdays Gazette the Washing-
ton specials showed that the Postmaster
Geh eraPhad listened to the wish of the
people osTfatpressed in the columns ol
The GAzafcrz and has ordered mail
service extfiraed on the Fort Worth and
MjCYjorvcgj gto take in the entire line
iajjgqajjjgjjires orders to put a daily
service hetween Panhandle citv and
Washburn A railway postal office ie
also to be put on beginning June i In
taking this step the PostmasterGeneral
has helped Texas and Colorano Denver
and Port Worth and shows that he can
grasp the situation as quick as anyone
WELLKNOWN TEXAN DEAD
Hon J W Booth of WIN County BnrUd
at Decatur Tciterday
There wasgeneral surprise and sincere
sorrow expressed in Fort Worth last
night when word was received through
private channels that Hon J W Booth
representative from Wise county was
dead He registered at the Hotel Pick
wick on Wednesday and that is probably
the last time he wrote his name He was
very sick then and was unable to lie
down walking the floor of his room and
sittiDg down all night Thursday morn-
ing he left on the Fort Worth and Denver
for home and many ot his friends
who saw him off shook hands
with himxnd said good bye feeling that
they wownever see him again He died
at 430 yMJ erday morning and was burled
i Colonel
JcyesterdayafternOon
Hr well known throughout the
rHe was a clerk of the Legislature
several times and was a prominent figure
at state conventions of the Democratic
party He had a remarkable voice and
was a courteous and obliging convention
officer For several years he was editor
and proprietor of a Decatur paper and a
few weeks ago was elected to represent
Wise county In the Lsaislature Colonel
Booth was a frequent visitor to Fort
Worth and had a host of warm personal
friends in this city
BITS OF FUN
Dakota man disparagingly to Kansas
man You talk about climate I You
havent had a respectable blizzard of your
own this winter
Kansan proudly We dont need em
sir Weve got Ingalls Chicago
Tribune
Tree planting Is said to have an im-
portant effect upon the climate It must
have surely tor where there is no tree it
Is impossible to climb it Chicago
Herald
Society Dame Who is that young man
who is so attentive to you now
Great Belle He Is a pcet
Mercy on us And do you the proud
daughter of a hundred millionaire pro-
pose to throw yourself away on a poor
miserable starvliEg of a poet
Oh he isnt that kind of a poet He
writes soap advertisements
My own own daughter after all
Ask him to dinner Omaha World
First American Ive about made up
my mind to settle in Blank City must be
a fine place from what I have heard of
it
Second American Dont you go
there
Ob Ive heard those stories about the
anarchists there Im not afraid of them
But
Ob you mean the firebugs which burn
down the place every chance they get
dont care for em Ill keep Insured
No the
Ah I see now what you are driving
at Its in the cyclone belt and gets
blown over two or three times a year
and its right on the edge of an earth-
quake belt and the town dances jigs
every few weeks not very pleasant may-
be but I dont mind I lived in South
America alongside of an active volcano
once But those little things are not what
Im talking about
Then whats the matter with the
place Its got putyourfareinthebox
street car
Oh Detroit Free Press
Scene Scotch railway station Ticket
collector In making his collections finds
an old gentleman fumbling in his pockets
tor his ticket
Ticket Collector Tickets please
Old Gentleman Im just looking for it
Ticket Collector Well Ill lcok in
again4n a few minutes See and have it
ready then
Ticket collector returns shortly bnt
the old gentleman is still looking for it
Tfifcet collector suddenly Why you
hifjSlt inyour mouth man
Vipd gentleman giving him the ticket
i lfaj solhvel Here you are
Another gentleman In the carriage as
thctraln moves on to first gentleman
Ipjafrald Jfchre losing your memory
Fwtaeqtieman Naefear othat nae
learTCthft The ticket wis a fortnict
auld and I was JaWsookin the date afit 1
Tableau
Tenn says
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me great pleasure to recommend It Soli
all oroggists
ORIGINALITY DfBEG6IK6
Hew and Ioxenloui Scheme ot a Dttrolt
Woman tor ObtalnlnR Money
An ingenious and original begging
scheme is being perpetrated In Detroit
according to the Free Press by a woman
A little clrl playing on Cass avenue was
approached by a strange woman poorly
dressed
What is your name my dear and
yottr mothers name and where does she
live Beings informed on these points the
woman next inquired of the child the
name of the church they attended
When yie child had returned to her play
the woman went to the house and in-
quired by name for the mother When
the lady came she told her that she was
recommendedto her by St Johns church
that fihe needed situation and was told
that Mrs would give her one
This time the method did not work
The lady disbelieved her statement and
told her In a lew words that she did not
need her services
Then the woman u revealed the true
reason of her call
I am in great need she said and
the St Johns people always giveme a
quarter for they know Ideserve it
The lady did not give a quarter and
when she learned how the woman had ob-
tained her name she was onflrmed In the
belief that she was an latjloster
AStraorerl
ABlaokJriWrlt
IlraEBeJiand
i Andalusia Alibama
entcry ot me biood
Uedlnto no effect
ers Huckleberry
ie heOftfihlslUfl
Vm voiiM di <
Roches
wfco h i t ftikM 1 J
The gentleman
from Bell an-
nounced that the
committee on plat-
form and resolu-
tions was not
ready to report
that they had been
In a long weary
session and were
discussing issues
from the year 1700
down to the pres-
ent date
Mr Pitt ot Mar
DEMOCRACYS ftG MX
Continued from First luge
W S Eobersdri U Dr A C
Isaacs 15 Bryan T Barry 1G
John Bookhout 17 B DeAnnnt
18 Thc mas JBrown 19 A LMat
lock 20 B M Wynne 21 M MCrane
22 Geo Clark 23 George C Robinson
21A W Terrell 25 WH Burgess
2G E D Linn 27 B W Hudson 28 J
H McCleary 29 B R Webb 30 A G
McMahon 31 S BMaxey
COMSIlTTKK ON FZBMAKEKT ORGAlazlTION
HERNDON
1 C F Muce
2 J G Hazzle
wood 3 J D
Rudd 4 A L
Ghlo o E H
Burnett G C W
Kerns 7 M J
Whitman 8 Thos
Hallls 9 H C
Thompson 10 T
J Sweeney 11 J
W Mlddlebrooks
12 R W Thomp-
son 13 A E
Folks 14 J W
Doremus 15 W
A Klncaid 16 O
BColqultt17DrButler 18G GBandeil
19 Judge Dornell 20 W R VIvrett
21 J O Files 22 L C Alexander 23
Y M Gardner 24 F G Morris 25 W
D Wood 26 E D Linn 27 J O Nich-
olson 283 H Davis 29 J W Good
win 30 NL Cooper 31 W J Swain
When tne committees had all been an-
nounced the convention at 3 p m took
a recess to 8 p m
EVENING SESSION
The convention reassembled at 810 p
m Hon J W Throckmorton temporary
chairman presiding
Under the call of committees the re-
port ot the committee on credentials was
submitted The report was based upon
tho vote and representation published in
yesterdays Gazette only a few correc-
tions being made
On motion the report was unanimously
adopted
The following report was then submit-
ted by the
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZA-
TION
COMMITTEE ROOMS FOET WOETir TEX
May 221SSS j
Hon J W Throckmortont3mporary chairman
of the convention
Your committee on permanent organi-
zation beg leav to report for permanent
chairman J W Throckmorton of Col-
lin county
For secretary George W Finger of
Tarrant county
Assistant secretary L A LaCrosse of
Lavaca county
For sergeant at arms MilesJ Crawley
of Galveston county
Assistant sergeant at arms Robert
Taylor of Kaufman county
For vicepresidents one from each
Congressional district as follows First
district Judge John N Henderson Sec-
ond Mr Scotfleld Third H M Cates
Fourth W J Swain Fifth R E Huff
6th W H GeKzendaner 7th H J La
batt 8th W S Rabson 9th General
Felix Robinson 10h Walter Tipps 11th
B H Davis
We recommend that the rules ot the
Texas House of Representatives shall be
used in deciding parliamentary questions
so far as applicable
Order of Business 1 The election of
delegates at large 2 The election of
district delegates 3 Election of electors
tor state at large 4 The election of dis-
trict electors Respectfully submitted
WJ Swain
Chairman of Committee
MILLS FOK VICEPRESIDENT
The gentleman from Washington arose
to inform the convention that he bad a
resolution to offer which was passed to
the secretary and it was read as follows
Resolved that this convention heartily
indorses the course of the Hon Roger Q
Mills chairman of the ways and means
committee In Congress andthat our dele-
gates to St Louis are instructed to vote
for him for VicePresident on the Demo-
cratic ticket
W W Searct
W A Kincaid
Wsi M Flourney
shall moved that horace chilton
the committee on platform and resolu-
tions be instructed to discharge the
ipsnes of 1700 A D and come down to
the issues of today
Mr Flemmons of Galveston offered the
following resolution
Resolved that we the representatives
of all sections ot the state ol Texas urge
the President ot the United States to re-
quest the British Minister at Washington
to have the consul ot his government at
Galveston recalled as unfit to represent
a great peoples Interest in Texas because
cf reports forwarded to the home govern-
ment uttery untrue in regard to the soil
climate and agricultural capacity of
Texaiff
On motion of
the gentleman
from Bexar the
resolution was
referred to the
committee on
platform and res-
olutions without
debate
A motion to
submit subject
resolutions to the
same committee
without debate
was adopted
g c tendleton
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
Mr Foster of Grayson offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was submitted
to the committee on platform and resolu-
tions and afterwards reported favorably
and adopted
Resolved that we favor the cultivation
ot most friendly relations with our neigh
boring republio ot Mexico and o < a free
and unrestricted commerce with her
people and that our delegates to the
national convention be and are hereby
directed to advocate the adoption by that
convention of a resolution expressive of
this policy as a part cf the national Dem-
ocratic platform
Right here came a dearth of resolutions
and matters seemed in a fair way to lag
thereupon a delegate moved to adjourn
The convention snowed the motion
under In a manner which betokened that
the Democracy wasfeeling good
The house then became wild and
woolly Calls were made for Terrell
Bailey Shepard Cone Johnson Chilton
and others x
Cbilraaa Throckmorton called Colonel
SwaiaSt04 chb aad th calis tor
i I
wtthi vJgora d
ggMaWteW Mf
domlnate to hearJ W Bailey o Gaines
vllle < W
For a long
time h e held
back Mid final-
ly Cone John-
son and a sin-
e w y delegate
from Cooke
picked him up
bodily and
pieced him upon
tie stage
Colonel Swain
introduced him
and Bailey
launched forthX3j
amid thunders
ot applause
W H BUFGES3
J W BAILEY
He began bycongratulating the Democ
racy upon their quadrennial convocation
Not In twenty five years had the party
met under such auspicious circumstances
Four years ago the nation under a
better impulse commended the choice
of the Democratic party and decided
that onr best and chief wise
counselor should preside over the ma-
chinery of the government tor four years
Cleveland was chosen on the basis that
public office Is a public trust The
fight was a bitter one but when assailed
he stood before his countrymen like a
man and said Tell the truth while
Blaine on bended knees prayed Mulligan
to restore him the evidence of his corrup-
tion and venality The contest was one
of American honesty against Kipublican
audacity Coming down to home affairs
Mr Bailey spoke of the socalled
threatened disruption of the Democratic
party It might as well be attempted to
destroy the principles of Democracy
Men may come and men may go bnt
Democracy lives oh forever It there is
a man in Texas who claims to be a Dem
ocrat and cannot stand on the platform
of this convention let him go We can
spare him Whatever difference ot opin-
ion existed among ihe delegates the
enemy need not console himself For
whether the platform omitted prohibition
or declared for a heart of oak the
Democracy would march out tomorrow
to face their old enemy Applause
Baileys speech brose the ice It was
no trouble after that toget the cars ot
Democracy tickled by the gems ot politi-
cal wisdom from orators lips
SETH SHEPARD
The desire to hear Sath Shepard was
again manifested by frequent and hearty
calls and as he could not resist the tide
he faced the music Use a Democrat He
stated that for years he had determined
that each Democratic convention would
be the last he would attend but that as
the time drew near and he heard
the bugle call he could
not stay away He reaffirmed
the sentiments in Baileys speech What-
ever dangers had assailed the pany in the
past or whatever dangers would arise in
the tntur0 Democracy would prove equal
to every emergency Democrats should
remember when they bestow their adora-
tion upon favorite leaders that measures
not men are tne foundation stones of free
government Democracy Is necessary to
tree government When that grand docu-
ment the constitution was handed to the
country the Democratic party came Into
existence as a twin Colonel Shepard lu-
cidly defined the position of the party on
tariff reform and quoted from the history
of the government down to the present
day to show that the Democratic party
had always been true to the people
He appealed for harmony and wise
counsels and was about to end his
splendid speecb amid cries or Go it
old boy Go for em Seth etc
Colonel Shepard resumed his seat and
the next called was
HON W S HBRXSON
of Smith He said the Democratic party
was a grand old party It had a grand
name and a grander history
After doing a little fancy-
work on the personnel of the
convention he addressed himself to the
principles of Democracy Those princi-
ples he said were not created by the
Democraticparty The history cf every
nation had developed the inherent princi-
ple in man > tOt selfgovernment Those
principles were the ashes of nations
handed down to us in gold urns
Thomas Jefferson had focalized the wis-
dom ot oil ages In that remarkable docu-
ment the declaration oi independence
Colonel Herndon reviewed the history of
the Democratic party its reverses
and successes Its features of popular
government had crept Into every civilized
nation on earth The party had not only
always proved equal to but superior to
all The Colonel here brought a scathing
Indictment against the Republican party
Only those who have heard
him speak con appreciate Colonel Hern-
don In this particular line He ended his
speech by mating another appeal for har-
mony and solidity
Here a messenger from the committee
on platform and resolutions an-
nounced that the committee would
be ready to report at eleven
oclock and that the report would be
unanimous Great applause J
Horace Chilton then entertained the
convention for fltteen minutes with a re-
view of the little parties in the state al-
luding specially to the Prohibition and
Union Labor parties His comparisons
were rich and the boys took occasion to
shake tne opera house several times dur-
ing the talk
Col W W Spivey of Henderson was
the next speaker He talked good com-
mon sense on the prohibition question
and advised Democrats to bury it in a sea
that givesnot up its dead forever
Temple Houston was called tor and
made a pretty speech ot ten minutes
Now and then the convention would show
its appreciation Dy raising a racket as
fearful as the artillery work on a be
leaguered city
When Temple sat down everybody
yelled for Bill Burgess the gentleman
from Gsudalnpe and a motion was car
tied Inviting him to address the conven
tion Burgess refused to speak at length
but he gave the boys some advice
Be ye true Democrats never refuse a
drink or scratch a ticket Laughter
and applause J
Mr Pope ot Harrison Did I under-
stand the gentleman from Gaudalupe to
invite the convention out to take a
drink
R C Beal was called for and responded
In a ten minutes speech in which he eulo-
gized Roger Q Mills and shot a few licks
in upon the pro element ot the conven-
tion At the conclusion of his speech the
COMMITTEE ON FLATFORH AND RESOLU-
TIONS
announced ready to report The an-
nouncement was received with
great applause Hon A W Ter
rell cf Travis chairman of the
committee walked upon the platform and
read the report as follows
Resolved I The Democratic party of
Texas in convention assembled reaffirms
the principles of he party enunciated in
its National Democratic platforms
2 Thatwe endorse the views ex-
pressed by Glover Cleveland ourPresi
dent in < Ms last annualmeseago on the
Bubjectofthe tariff
3 Thattri there la no power ln
Congress uder the constitution to lay
and collect o larthi m re cf tax than
isH ce ar forjaw sappwti o Stk iM
son Thirteenth district A C Isaacs
Fourteenth district Bryan TT3arry Fif-
teenth district Jno Bookhout Sixteenth
district R DeArmond Seventeenth dis-
trict T J Brown Eighteenth district
A L Matlock Nineteenth district R M
Wynne Twentieth district Geo Clark
Twentysecond district Geo Robinson
Twenty third district W H Burges
Twentyfllth district B W Hudson
Twentyseventh district J H McLeary
Twentyeighth district B R Weob
Twentyninth district Alt M Calahan
Thirtieth district S B Maxty Tnirty
flrat district
The convention went Into ecstacles at
the conclusion of the report The anti
heart of oak men yelled long
and well and the beart of
oak men accepted the situation gracefully
and joined in When the chairman put
the report upon its adoption the whole
body of the convention arose en masse
and the threatened breach had been
passed
The motion to adjourn was carried
with a whoop and the boys went out and
took a drink
drinkDISTRICT
DISTRICT ELECTIONS
Several congressional districts met
yesterday and elected delegates and
electors as fallows
First district Delegates O THolt
of Harris and R M Smith of Brazos
alternates L Paul Gorgl of JHarris and
Judge J F Se niere of Liberty Elector
A T McKihney of Huntsvlile alternate
W H Bailey of Harris
Third District Delegates E BPer
kins of Hunt and W H Pope oi Harrison
Alternrtas F J McCord of Smith and
T M Cain of Rains Elector R C De
Graffenried
Fourth district Delegates H W
Lightfoot of Lamar and R M Lusk of
Fannin Alternates G W L Dawson
ot Marlon and S J Morris of Cass
Elector Howard Templeton ol Hop-
kins
Filth District Delegates E LPot
ter of Cooke and E C Smith ot Denton
Elector J A Carrollot Denton
Eighth District The delegates of this
district met at the opera honsejlast night
immediately after adjonrnment and
elected Tom McNeill of Caldwell county
and E A Maetze ot Austin county del-
egates and W S FJy of Gonzales elec-
tor
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MEETINGS
George W Tyler chairman of the Ninth
congressional district requests all dele-
gates from the district to reassemble at 9
oclock this morning at the committee
rooms on Main street to transact im-
portant business
The delegates from the Tenth congres
sionaldistrict are requested to meet this
morning at the office of Capps Cantey
at 830 oclock Every delegate is urged
to be present
Tne delegates of the Sixth congression-
al district are requested to assemble at
the law efflce of J C Scott at 9 oclock
this morning
The Eleventh congressional district
delegates will meet at Huffmans hall at
830 this morning
The meeting of the Seventh congres-
sional district will be held at 8 oclock
this morning at headquarters at the Ellis
hotel
SECOND DAY
The Democratic state convention was
called to order at 10 oclock a m by the
Hon James W Throckmorton of Collin
permanent chairman
Under the call of committees the com-
mittee on credentials submitted two ad-
ditional reports respecting representation
from counties not answering at roll call
on Tuesday
The reports were unanimously
adopted
Methodist Jim J H Davis of Frank-
lin offered a resolution that Judge Ernest
Keobig of Comal who published
the only Democratic German
paper in the state
be invited to sit
in
J W BAILEY
nomination a
upon the stage
Adopted
Th = regular or-
der of business be-
ing taken up the
convention pro-
ceeded to the nom
ination and elec
tion of delegate3
atlarge to the
National Demo-
cratic convention
to be held in St
Louis on the 5th
of June
John Hender
son of Brazos
arose and placed
man who had always
been in the front of the political battles
of Texas the Hon George Clark of
Waco j
Thementionof the name f uinlf ihed the
occasion for tumultuous applsuae from
the entire body but there was oiie voice
that rose far abovethe otrer 600 in a re-
markable yell which of itself was greeted
with renewed applause
Pope of Marshall moved that JbeT au
thor ot thatDemocratic yell be invlted to
a seatuponUeplatforniK which the chalr
nfsaed toafcrtato jWV
re
Tyy < v i
> Senators and members cf Congress from chair which was done and Mr Robert
Texas in their earnest effort to reduce J Bon ot Waco sued to preside
the taxburden andthat we
endorse the
tariff bill reported by the committee on
ways and means commonly known as
the Mllls sria bUl
5 Thitthc enormous surplus in the
Treasury now reaching 137000000 over
and above all lawful demands on the
Treasury is the legitimate result ot the
iniquitous protective tariff which taxes
the many to enrich the few and that this
unjust burden on the people emphasizes
the necessity ot a speedy reduction ot the
tariff to the just and economical needs of
the government
6 That we commend the present na-
tional Democratic administration and
Instruct our delegates to the national
Democratic convention to cast their votes
tor the renominationot Grover Cleveland
7 That the able and impartial
administration ot L S Rses Governor
of Texas meets the hearty approbation
ot the Democracy of this state
8 That we condemu the pools and
trust combinations of financial power
which now organized on a gigantic scale
threaten with ruin every legitimate indus-
try invaded by them and we commend
the effortsjbeing made in Congress to ex-
pose and correct them
9 That we accept the resnlt
of the vote on the proposed
amendments of the state constitu-
tion on the question of state prohibition
at the election held on the 4th ot August
1887 as a finality and the Democratic
party ot the state of Texas deprecates
and will oppose any movement looking to
the reopening or further agitation ot the
question ot state prohibition
10 That the Democratic party of Texas
is opposedto rechartering United States
banks and we believe that all United
States curroccy should be made a full
legal tender In the payment of all debts
hereafter contracted
A W Terrell chairman Twentyfourth
district W W Spivey Second district
Amory R Starr Third district M D K
Taylor Fourth district John S Soinks
Seventh district J E D Owens Eighth
district F H Ball Ninth district
WL Davidson Bleventh district D C
Mr Bsielytben
said that he de-
sired toplace In
nomination a man
who was noted no
less tor his grand
courage than for
his spotless lnt g
rlty a raan who
was recognized by
the entire state as-
a person worthy
cf any honor the
Hon James W
Throckmorton of
Oollin Applause peter smith
Dr Swearingen of Travis placed in
nomination the eloquent the intellectual
Hon A W Terrell cf Travis and
hoped that the convention would honor
Travis conntys most favored son by send-
ing him as a representative from Texas to
the national convention at St Louis
Senator Bill Burgess ot Gaudalupe
nominated a man who had upheld Democ-
racy when the glitter ot bayonets 4sne < 1
their murderous sheen in his f ace aiBinj
who had led the Democracy to ftlctofy
when Democrats had almost givejjbnp
even hope the Hon D C Glddlngltif
Washington
Seth Shepard of Dallas arose to place
in nomination a splendid type ot tne
young Democracy ot Texas a man who
would be an honor to Texas in the na-
tional convention the Hon Horace Chil
ton of Smith
Pending the call Mr Pendleton of Bell
suggested that each county vote for four
or more delegates and the four receiving
the highest vote be declared elected del-
egates to the convention at St Louis
provided such tour should receive a ma-
jority of tbo votes ot the convention
This was put in the shape cf a motion
and was carried and the secretary pro-
ceeded to a call of the roll by connties
Pending the couct of the vote by the
secretaries the band struck up Dixie
and the convention went into ecstacles
generally while the gentleman with the
lungs ot a lion turned himself loose again
Glddings Twelfth district W S Rob l ° J1 l
order being restored the
chairman de
clared that J W Tarockmorton D C
GlddlngF George W Clark and Horace
Chilton having secured a majority of all
the vo es cast were sduly elected dele-
gates to represent the state at large in
the National Democratic convention to
be held In the city ot St Louis on June
51888
On motion the
election ot the del-
egates was made
unanimous
The next In or-
der being the elec
tlon of four slter
yi natop Rufus Hardy
placed In nomlna
tlon as one of the
alternates the Hon
W C Connor of
Dallas
This was second-
ed by nearly every
delegate i n t h e
c connor house
The name of Hon Thomas J Beoll was
also placed In nomination and on motion
these two were elected by acclamation
For the two remaining alternates the
names of S M Gardner of Coryell and
H M Garwood of Bastrop were placed
in nomination and were elected by accla
mation
ELECTORS AT LARGE
Colonel Tom Brown of Sherman nom-
inated that gallant and eloquent young
Democrat Hon J W Bailey of Cooke
as one of the electors for the state at
large
L C Alexander of McLennan nominated
Hon John Ireland
of Gaudalupe
McCleary of
Bexar seconded
the nonination of
Ireland
> Jope ot Harrison
seconded the nom-
ination of Bailey
ghtfoot of La-
mar eulogized Bai-
ley and seconded
his nomination
Methodist Jim of
Franklin spread
the molasses of
praise all over
S PENDLETON
Bailey
Fayette and Bastrop counties were a
unit for Bailey and everybody seemed
wild for the orator of Cooke
Spivey of Henderson Rusk county
nominated the Hon A W Terrell ot
Travis Great applause
Judge Terrell came forward and with
his wellknown grace declined the honor
saying he would prefer to work In the
ranks He asked that the gentlemsn
from Rusk withdraw his name and
hopedthat the convention would not con-
sider him a candidate
Plemons of Galveston announced that
Galveston county was going to cast a
solid vote for Terrell whether he was be
fore the convention or not
A voice from the Tarrant delegation in
the balcony proclaimed that Tarrant was
solid for that kingly soul the Hon J W
Bailey of Gainesville
Colonel Tom Bonner thought it was
veryclear that the convention wanted
Terrell and Bailey and he moved that
they be elected by Acclamation
This was followed by an uproar ot ap-
plause and calls for the question
reros
jm23
Judge Terrell came
forward and declined
again and begged the
convention not to
consider him as a
candidate He did
not want the conven
tion to think that he
was sulking because
he was not elected as
a delegate to the na
tional convention
He proposed to do
his part in the coming
< campaign and no one
would ever have the
w h tipton opportunity ot saying
that he sulked He therefore asked Mr
Spivey to withdraw his name and he
would second the nomination of that
brilliant young orator H M Garwood
of Bastrop
The Judge was laboring under a mis-
take Mr Garwood had not been nom
inated for elector but had been elected
as ah alternate to the national conven-
tion Mr SDivey arose and announced that
he would not withdraw Judge Terrells
name
Senator Maxey said that if it was de-
manded that Judge Terrell should be an
elector the Judge had no right to with-
draw He as a good Democrat must
obey the behests of the party
This was followed by a storm of shouts
for Terrell and Bailey and a clamor
that they be elected by acclamation
Colonel McCleary then nominated Sen-
ator Sam Bell Maxey but the Senator de-
clined
The demand for an election by accla-
mation was renewed when Colonel
McCleary demanded that the vote be
takenbya call of counties Cries o
no
Colonel Alexander of Waco withdrew
Mmnaae ofGoveaiorIrelandj M
ColwlJlfiS atiSwator
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iome
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ir more than a qskrter ot a CMtT1
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and the end ot discussion h va in
Mr Spivey then
moved that the
Hon A W Terrell
ot Travis and the
Hon J W B alley
cf Cooke be elected
electors for the
state at large by ac-
clamation
This was sec
onded by Colonel
Seth Shepard of
Dallas who sail
that Governor Ire
land had no belto
fiisnd or greater
admirer than he
and he knew that
Governor Ireland
would not sanction
Fly elector and JB
Ninth District
George C Pendleton
of Bell and LCAlex
ander of McLennan
delegates Thomas U
Clay of Henderson
and H C Rjbertson
alternates W H
Richardson cf Lime-
stone elector acd
Enoch Breeding of
Milam alternate
Tenth Dstrict J
WBobertson of Trov
is and Edgar Schrsm
of Bexar delegates
A S Fisher of Wil-
liamson and J
SBTIl SItUST
the prtsati cj
cf hu name to the convection Wh
had always heretofore opposed A w
Terrell for reasons best kn wn to u >
self that the Jadged woik a th > 3 coc
vention had closed the chasm heretofore
existing between them forever Thit i >
recognized the brilliant abilities oi A W
Terrell and that he hoped this coavesuoi
would elect Terrell and Baley by a rliii °
voteThe
The question was put and tie couu
tion arose en mass
R C Veal of Navarro and Oeatha
Ellis of Uvalde county were elected
alternate electors for the state at large
Tne following delegates ekctori tzi
alternates were reported by tee seven
districts
First District O T Holt ol HirtU
and R M Smith of Bmzof dehci es
J F Lanier of Liberty and H P l
George of Hirrls alternates A T lie
Kinney of Walker elector atd W H
Bailey alternate
Second District WM Ltcy ol Ander
son and J F Iocraham ot Ncogdoctei
delegates F F Murchlsonci llendersot
and J E Dawson oi Houston alterutes
E C Dickinson of Cherckee elector
Third District W H Pope ol Hirri
son and E P Perkins ol Bant dele-
gates F M McCord ol Smith acd F H
Cain of Rains alternates It C DtGnt
fenreid of Gregg elector atd W 5
Jones ot Hunt alternate
Fourth District W W Lightfoot of
Lamar and R M Lnsk ot Fannin dele-
gates George L Davidsoo otMirici
and S J Morris ol Csfis altemtes
Howard Templeton ol Hopkins elector
and R D Howell ot Bawie slteraste
R EYANTI3
delegates B C
J O Nicholson ot WeDb
Fifth District
E C Snlta
ot Denton e4
C L Potter cf
Coofedee2J e5
Jofcn F Lewis
of Cock acdJ
P Blonct of
Denton alter-
nates J A Cir
rolloi Dento
elector
Sir h District
Robert Mc
C t cf Tarrsst
baUas delegates W H
hout of
danercf Edis and A P MeKtoDoad
Hill alternates J S Woods of KnSn
elector Mathew Cartwright ol KanB i
cf
S n1h dlstricT H Sweerej
Galveston and J B Wells ot
Filo a
Hendricfes cf
D Lynn of VJcloria elector
alternates
and FB
Earnest ol La Salle alternate
Mcia
Cf
Elgnth dtstrictTbomas
Caldwell atd F G Mco ze cf AmJ ana
Colorado
pirates RL Ford of
alternates
Hcedsul ot e
Polley alters1
s J hot
W
7 ctf
alternates J H McLeary of Bs
tor and W D Williams alternate rf
Eleventh district A A L c
Shackelford and B H Datod1
delegates SW Eastonof JK Ei
B Plemmons ot Potter effiSJ vffi
ana
McDowell of Coryell elector
Cowan of Nolan alternate
SPECIAL NOTICES
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In pnieuanc of air
directors ot RaajTcam
ot AEafK lSsKiior
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