The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-08-01

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q. n. Aldredgo, Of Dallas, made n
most eloquent response to u call on
him. He said that ho had been n
Texan before he had become II man la
years, and that he loved Texas as n
school boy loved his sweetheart. In n
few striking and fluent sentences he
portrayed all the advantages Of north
Texas Us q home--it has all the health
fitness of North Carolina, oil the fer
tility of the Mississippi bottom, all the
chivalric sentiment of Virginia and
South Carolina and all the products Of
the tropic regions. In burst OF inn
passioned eloquence that held the large
audience spell-bound, he painted the
hopeless condition of South Carolina
and Louisiana, ridden to death by n
buck Niger, and aroused the sympa-
thies of the most callous in favor Of
those distressed communities.
Hon. j. Ii. Cochran, of Dallas, chair
man of the committee on credentials,
submitted report of that COMMITTEES.
Jack Davis, of Cleburne, moved to add
the name of certain parties, delegates
from Hood county, that he had neg
lected to bring before the committee.
Milwee, of Granbury, opposed the
amendment, and took occasion to show
the trickery (so-called) that had been
resorted to in Hood county. This gave
Throckmorton'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 as delegate on proxy
given to him by Judge of Hood.
Judge Saeus being an eleven and a
half p. m. convert to democracy it oc-
Cured to us that democrats must be
scarce in Texas, from thu fight made
to get him seated as delegate. The
measure finally failed-even though
he expressed perfect contrition and an
nounced himself ready to vote for
Throckmorton. So much to show the
honesty and independence of the con-
vention.
To facilitate business, Mr.. T. d. II.
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 4. Brown, of Grayson,
moved that committee on platform,
consisting of one member from each
county, be appointed. Carried, and
committee, with Major X. M. Van
Zandt, ofTarrant, chairman appointed.
Mr.. G. N. Aldredge representated Dali
las county on this committee. On
motion of M,Lure, of Dallas, the con-
vention took a recess Of ten minutes to
give committee on platform time to
prepare report.
On the re-assem bling of the conven-
ton, Judge Ferris moved to proceed to
ballotfor candidate for congress.
Major Blake, of Hood, suggested that
such course by the convention would
be going wrong end foremost; chat a
platform ought to be adopted before a
candidate was selected.
Nj. G. J. Shannon took the same
view; thought the proposition of Judge
Ferris as in the highest degree "ridic-
ulous aud absurd !" The motion was
withdrawn.
Captain I. Brown, of Grayson,
moved that the convention proceed to
elect chairman of the congressional
district executive committee, while
waiting for the report OF the committee
on platform.
Mr.. Mcclure nominated G. N. AL
dredge, of Dallas, for that position.
Various nominations were made and
upon ballot being taken, Mr.. Aldredge
was elected by SO large vote that, on
motion, it was made unanimous.
Major Van Zandt, 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 COLI
| fidence of the democratic party of this
district, and by his firmness and patri-
otto devotion to the best interests OF
the state of Texas he merits our un-
qualified appreciation.
Third-'That the time has arrived
in the history of our state when
a convention to frame a new con-
stitution is imperative, the present
instrument, left us as legacy from the
radical party, being oppressive and on
erous, and inadequate to the wants OF
our state, and that we favor the calling
of constitutional convention by the
legislature at its next session.
Fourth-That the general govern
ment has failed to afford protection to
the frontier of Texas, and that our rep
resentatives In congress be urged to use
every effort to secure that protection
which our frontier SO sadly needs.
The report elected considerable dis
cussion, participated in by Major
Blake, of Hood, Colonel Slaughter, of
Kaufman, Captain Cochran, of Dallas,
and others. Judge Ferris seized the
opportunity to make strong and
telling vindication of Governor Coke's
official record. We are sorry that our
limited space does not allow US to em-
body In this report a synopsis OF
Judge Ferris clear and conclusive re-
marks.
Thereport ofthe committee on plat
form was then adopted as a whole
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