The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-06-19
The Lancaster Convention.

Pursuant to call, the delegates nom Ellis
and Tarrant counties met at Lancaster yes
| teriny, ana were called To order. and i. o.
| sitton nppointci temporary chairman, and
= q. Mccormick, secretary.
The chairman appointed committee ON
permanent organization.
The roll OF delegates was then called, ana
the following answered TO their names
From Ellis county-B. +. Hawkins, IL. NJ
Brnck, y. C. Mccormick, =, -. Henley, Il. H.
Turner, II. N. q. Davis, proxy for j.
Brown, n. ]. Nash, proxy for ]. Il. Rcagcr
and j. T. Iussey.
| From Tarrant county-Tom. TLrman,
proxy for b, II. Paddock and j. A. stewart,
DR.. q. NJ. Peak, proxy for X. NJ. Van Iandl
and j. $. Morris, A. b. Frazier, Thomas
Spruance, 4. o. Moody, J. Il. Daniel, +. q,
Bradford, j, W. Trigg, j. b. Boyd, j. ID. Par
kerr T. l.. Gross, f. q. Sltton, for self and
proxy for j. X. Wallace and l.. II. stephens
The committee on permanent organization
reported the following names for oihcers
For president, DIR. G. NJ. Peak; secretary, f.
| q, Sltton; and that each county should have
one vote for every one hundred democratic
votes cast Mt the last state election.
The report was received and unanimously
adopted.
DIR. G. NJ. Peah, on taking the chair, re-
| turned his thanks to the convention, and
announced 1t ready for business,
The president announced communities
ton, which was read, as follows,
To the President and members of the CON
vontion assembled ut Lancaster:
The undersigned citizens of Dallas county
who were named as delegates to your con.
hi "a
Lancaster on the 18th instant, beg to repre-
sent that, after comforting with each other,
| they deem IL best, owing TO want oil formal'
IN YOUR deliberations. they would further
| represent that the Hon. w. II. Hord, chair
| man OF the executive committee OF Dallas
county, will call regular convention ior M
county, which will take such steps as u may
deem best in cooperating, with y, u IN the
selection of candidates 10 the constitutional
convention. lsigned'| ~ EEEhsiiss,
ID. MCcALFtB,
VI. n. COOAlBES.
| The communication was referred to n
special committee of three, consisting OF II. q.
Sitton, 5. Furinan and b. +. Hawkins. Said
committee, after n few minutes retirement
submitted the following:
To the president of the convention
Your committee, to whom was referred the
communication OF ueleSltes IoiH Dailhh
county, beg leave to report that they have
given the same due consideration, and
would recommend the adoption of the fol-
| lowing resolution:
Resolved, That upon the assurance there
In contained, that the voters OF Dallas coun-
ty will be given an opportunity, by aeon
vention, ofselecting candidate to represent
them in the constitutional convention, the
members OF this convention pledge them
selves and constituency OF ELLIS and Tarrant
counties, to support such nominee, having
full confidence that the voters of Dallas
nees of this convention.
Which was then adopted.
The convention then proceeded to the
nomipation of candidates.
Mr, i. q. Sitton nominated Mr.. Ii. Rush
Wallace, of TarrGnt county.
Mr.. N. e. Davis nominate! J. W. Ferris, of
Ellis county, both OF whom were unani-
mously nomin ated, receiving, each, twenty
seven votes from Ellis, and twenty-five votes
from Tarrant.
On motion, the candidates addressed the
meeting--Mr. Wallace in II lengthy speech,
and Mr.. Ferris in few remarks only.
On motion, the democratic newspapers
were requested 20 publish the proceedings.
After which, the convention adjourned
{ Siue die,