Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-30
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The rrsuluiinn luuking a. ihr
tran, isr ~ a part ~ ihs State % ihe
uuiiei Siales sasasain brlusht ~
NJ Davis rral a lriirr which hr
said he had srni Grn iani,y stating
that the work 1T lhs C,,nvenl.ul
Ne biorku,i ID a mihUgty its aa-s
At the ai,srnrc n Eve delegates,
wh"se pre,snee oouil nat b. uh-
tanned, aud Ssking the General
what shOuld be done ia lie premises,
No answer
Il j. confidently asserted that
Canhy nill tell Him that parliamrn
iary rails, mast govorn. hai will "i-
for a. a 4 lhn cOnVenll0n la getting
the al,scnlees,
RiilLn,icring drove "A the v"lo|
On the Davis substitute, and every
Ihing 10 loekei
ArsIIS, Jan, ld-Tho petition
frnn iho rnlice ronri III Galveston,
praying Ia have tho Criminal Court
abolished, WIS rvItrred,
Houston cnnnly il authorised 10
levy tax Ia huild a courthouse,
4 declaration Incorporating lhe
TeSas Steamship Company MAS lost
II motion Is pcnd'ng IA reconsider
IT,
\ resolution WAS offered last
night that when the House l. under
call tho name al M member, Who
has boen absent i've days, shall be-
callr,l IN the vote an this resolution
TO day n call Was made, Davis ruled
that from tho tenor "rihe resolution,
as the vote was hcing had un il, the
call should be- made IN accordance
with the resolution, Tho House
sustained Davis. Jack Hamilton
advised his friends not 10 vote
Bryant. OF Grays0n aud Colo re
lase.l To waite; Bryant resigned, aud
his resignation WAS accepted, Cole
WIS put under arrest, 4 motion
was then made aud a ried TO cN
olude from the Hall all those who
refused To vote. When liamil,on's
name WAS called, rather than be cx,
cluded hc voted. Colo than voted
The resolution was adopted, aud
then Davis substitute was onrrosscd
bya vote of 33 TO IS. The House
refused to suspend the rules To put IL
on third reading; IL must therefore
come up in order and il cannot be
brought up before Tuesday. A
minority were never more shame
fully ovcrriddcn. Had not the anti
dvidcrs rccodcd quorum would
have been bro On. Intense excite
mcnt for Il While.
Bryant was given leave TO with
draw his resignation. Convention
adjourned till Monday; neither side
entirely triumphant.
No reply from Candy TO Darts,
Weather horrid.
AUSTIN. Jan. 19,-Davis substi.
tu;c was called upon.
Dcgencr moved Il call, saying that
he wanted full house. The call
was kept up until the hour for spe.
.cial order arrived, which special
order was the New Orleans, Mobile
& Chattanooga Railroad Company
The morning was consumed in dis
cussing il; finally it passed by test
vote of 30 TO SO.
On the Davis substitute each
aide is doubtful; hence no effort was
made to force vote.
AUSTIN. Jan. 2l.-Thc Conven-
ton met and Immediately adjourned
because n majority had not deter
mined upon the men whom they
will send to Washington, and be-
cause they do not know what to do
under the circumstances with which
thoy have surrounded themselves,
Yesterday, Davis, in violation of
all parliamentary law, decided that
a majority could expel, and tho
House sustained him, and Sumner
was expelled by q majority of six.
Sumner will not ask them to
allow him to take his seat, but has
laid the matter before Gen. Candy.
Sumner was no more in fault than
was Slaughter. Slaughter is divi-
der, thence he was not expelled, 1t
now seems that both were accidcn.
tally out, and were not in contempt.
Sumner suffered; tho divider did
not; the dviJcrs show re'tle sncss
A protest has been drawn up
by the anti-dividers, signed by
thirty two delegates, which the will
present so soon as they can. 1t is
completed in all it points.
AUSTIN, Jan. 22.-Gov. Hamilton
presented the protest referred to
Yesterday; the Convention refused
to spread it on the journals.
Arcsolution was adopted, appoint
ing IL committe Of five to investigate
the Sumner affair,
A declaration Incorporating the
Houston Life Insurance Company
was introduced.
The Commissioners elected to
Washington are, Davis, Flanagan,
s. S. Whitmore, Burnett, Morgan,
Ham ilton, and Varnell.
The Grand Jury of tho Federal
Court of the Western District Of
Texas-fourteen out of fifteen being
present-all signed preamble and
resolution denouncing the acts OF
this Convention; both because it has
not made q constitution, and on ac-
count fits treatment of the minori.
ty. They ask Congress to ratify
none of their revolutionary pro-
ceedings The document is part
of the records of the Court.
The Republican publishes letter
from Senator Wilson to +. b. Turner,
in which he saws: II think there are