The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-31

TINT Thr0ckmoflOn llhd always uceh
mllhiil son Of Texas aud lac deiledihe
va, Id 10 brlng up single instance
where he had gone counter to the IN
forests Of Texas Colonel Pnrkers re-
marks produced great enthusiasm
Captain Brown, Of urayeon, being
called on, entertained the con-
yontIon for twenty minutes
with an interesting resume OF the
history Of the pnrty since lso0'
While there might be no necessity Tor
n convention or u nomination IN TINS
district on occount of the unanlmily |
Of tho people, still he thought as pre-
cedeut for other districts, the conven'
ton should 40 forward TO make n nom
nation,
q. n, Aldrcdge, Of Dallas, made
most eloquent response to u cal on
him. IIe said that he had been n
Texan before he had become n man IN
years, and that he loved Texas ~ u
school hoy loved his sweetheart. IN u
few striking and fluent sentences he
portrayed all the advantages of north
Texas ~ home II has nll the health
lulness of North Carolina, all the fer
tllty Of the Mississippi bottom, hll the
chivalrlc sentiment of Virginia nhd
Sogth Cniolna aud all the products OF
the troplc regions. In n burst OF I'M
pnssionod cOqucnce that held the large
audience spcll.bound, he painted the
hopeless condition Of South Carolina
and Louisiana, ridden 10 death by u
buck Niger, aud aroused the sympa-
thles of the most cNlous In lnvor OF
thosc distressed communities.
Hon. j. IT.. Cochran, Of Dallas, chair
man of the committee on credentials,
submitted report OF that committee.
Jack Davis, ol Clcburnc, moved to add
the name of certain parties, delegates
from Hood county, that he had neg
lcctcd to bring before the committee.
Milwcc, of Grpnbury, opposed lhe
amendment, and took occasion To show
the trickcry (so-cnllcd( TINT had been
rcsorted 10 In Hood county. This gave
rhrockmorlon's enemies good chance
to have one good square applause,
about the only one they enjoyed dur
Ing the sitting Of the convention. The
question was about the admission of
Judge Saeur ny delegate on proXy
given TO him by Judge -----N of Hood.
Judge Sueus being an eleven and n
halfp. IN. convert 10 democracy 1t oc-
cured TO M that democrats mug be
scarce in Texas, from tia fight made
to yet him seated ns delegate, The
measure finally failcd--even though
he expressed perfect contrition aud am
nounced himself ready TO vote for
| Throckmorlon. SO much 10 show the
honesty and independence of the con-
venton.
10 facilitate business, Mr. 4. ID. T..
Andrews, OF Dallas, moved that dele
gates be allowed to address the conven-
ton only once ON the same question,
and that speeches be limited to five
minutes, The motion was adopted.
Captain II. Brown, of Grayson,
moved that n committee on platform,
consisting of one member from each
county, be appointed. Carried, and
committee, with Major Is. Nj. Van
Zandt, ofTarrant, chairman appointed.
Mr.. q. n, Aldrodge representated Dal-
las county on this committee On
motion of NJ ,l4ure, of Dallas, the con-
vcntion took II recess OF ten minutes to
give committee on platform time to
prepare report.
On the re-assembling of the conven-
ton, Judge Ferris moved to proceed TO
n ballot for candidate for congress.
Major Blake, of Hood, suggested that
such a course by the convention would
be going wrong end foremost; that u
platform ought to be adopted before Il
candidate was selected.
Nj. G. j. Shannon took the same
view; thought the proposition of Judge
Ferris as in the highest degree "ridc-
ulous and absurd" The motion was
withdrawn.
Captain I, Brown, of Grayson,
moved that the convention proceed to
elect Il chairman of the congressional
district executive committee, while
waiting for the report OF the committee
on platform.
Mr.. Mcl4,re nominated G. \. Al
dredge, of Dallas, for thatposition.
Various nominationswere made and
upon n ballot being taken, Mr.. Aldredge
was elected by SO large vote that, on
motion, II was made unanimous.
Major Van Xandt, chairman of the
committee on platform, submitted the
following report:
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF THE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
We, the committee, report the fol-
lowing for your adoption as the plat
form of the democracy OF this, the
third, congressional district:
First-That we endorse the platform
of the state democratic convention,
lately assembled at Austin, and re-
affirm the principles therein enuncia-
ted.
Second-That his excellency, Gov
ernor Richard Coke, deserves the con-
tldencc of the democratic party Of this
district, aud by his iirmness aud patri-
otto devotion to the best interests of
the state of Texas he merits our I'M
qualified appreciation.
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