The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-04-02
THE uEi.roN ISoiGSA FIOs Meeting
-sPEECHEs-REsOLUllONs OF
CESsUnE, ETC.

OF the Execu'l't SoihAtelee vi Deii
county, ther was meeting at Bel
ton on Saturday, the 2sth Of March,
for the purpose oil considering the
vote OF the mem bers from that dis.
trict on the question Of Constitu,
81 Convention. AT this meeting we
were present, and witnessed the in
dignation of the sovereigns. 1t was
Saturday, the day on which it Is well
known an unusually large number oi
the country people 60 TO town. Yet
Notwithstanding, this and the rsvish-
lug, "Walt for the Wagon" aand.
son,ely discoursed by the B.lton band;
At no time, were there, we believe,
more than two hundred persons pres.
ent, and of these, some appesred to
be attr cted by desire ,o'se what
was up, as we'll As 80 hear Senator
Davenport, who it was uuo, rstood,
would probably speak on the occa-
SION.
The Chairman of he Executive
Committee called the mee ing to Or
der, and explained It's Vi jeci.
After the nomination Of several
gentlemen for chairman, who from
real difidenos, declned tn honor,
there was some mention about the
craftsmanship seeming ser' us mat
Ter, when fully very fic., ut chair
was elected.
Whereupon, Mi wen. ort being
present, was oiled upon . speak 10
reference to his vote Oh he Consti-
tuition Convention. Our space will
not permit us to report at large his
elaborate and excellent speech.
He referred briefly to the untoward
circumstances under which the adj
ministration came into power, the
dangers which threatened the State
from the tenacity of the Rtdic~ office
holders, the decision OF the Supreme
Court by which the leg ,llty OF the
election was sought 10 be brought in
question, the derangement o, the
public finances, the immense indrht-
edness of the State, and a series of ca
cuusstances unanticlpated at ~,
time the demand tor convention,
was made. 1t was found necessaty
in order TO pay the indeb edne-s ="
the State,'to do Que oil lwo thing
levy tax ot about q per cent, or /,
issue bonds and place them on III,
market. He did not believe he woul
represent the interest OF his constitu.
ents in imposing on them such a tax,
and it was evident that il such bond,
were issued I'd a Convention imme-
diately called, owing to the doub
abroad ss to what the action OF such
| . Convention would be, the bonds
must be sold 1t q ruinous discount
Hs voted against Convention on y
after the resolution was saddled with
ar amendment to levy an additional
tax, then he voted against it. Such
was the record. But he had 40 de.
sire to shirk any responsibility, an
would trampls this record unde, his
feet, and say that the defeat of The
Convention was a most fortunaL,
thing for the people OF Texas.
The people might censurs him-h,
was not in the Legislature to make q
record as q popular man, but to do
the best for the interests of his con
stltuerts. Hs thought that he had
done so--he had the approval of his
conscience and no censure would ever
induce him to swerve from what he
believed his duty On the conclu-
sion OF Nj. D venoort, one Mr..
Saunders took the stand, and desired
this reporter to make note o him,
which he prooe4ds faithfully TO de-
We noted irst that there was eviienc.
shat the women crusaders had eithe,
not called on him, or having called
had failed. Mr.. Saunders Was ev,.
IDENTIFY in favor of condemning tbe
members who voted against a Con-
vsntio The was iu favor OF men doing
what they said, he was. BY way OF il.
lustration, MI. Saunders said Sup.
pose, gentlemen. one of you was TO
employ me o. lawyer, what would
you think {" "a voice-"I should
think was id fool."1 This rude.
ness, however, was overlooked by the
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