The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-28
THE CONSTITUTIONS az TEXAS

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tho second OF this month 10 form n
now constitution, fully u hundred
Intelligent citizens have held con
vcrsations with us in regard to the
constitutions heretofore in force IN
Texas and the men by whom thcy
wero framed. There seems TO bc n
deep and increasing interest on the
subject, and several friends have re-
questod us to prepare for THE Her
AID q brief summary on tho sub
jcct. In accordance Herewith the
following hasty resume, covering Il
period Of forty years, 10 submitted
FIRST.
Tho convention which declared
our independence and framed the
constitution, for the Republic OF
Texas, met at Washington, on tho
Brazos, March |, 1896, declared in
dependence March I'd, completed
tho constitution and adjourned
March 18th.
ITS MEMBERS.
Richard Ellis, of Red River,
President; H. S. Kimble, Secretary;
Charles b. Stewart, James Collins
worth, Edwin Waller, Asa Brig,
ham, J S. ID. Byron, Francisco Rnis,
Jose Antonio Navarro, William
D. Lacey, William Mencfee, John
Fisher, Mathew Caldwell, William
Motley, Lorenzo DeZavaIa, George
W. Smyth, Stephen IL. Evcritt, Eli
jah stapp, Claiborne West, John $.
Roberts, Robert Hamilton, Collin
Mckinney, Albert IL, Latimer,
James Power, Sam Houston, Ed
ward Conrad, Martin Farmer,
James Gaines, William Clark, Jr.,
Sydney O. Pennington, Samuel 2
Carson, Thomas j. Rusk, William
G. Crawford, John Turner, Bonj.
Briggs Goodrich, James G. Swisher,
William b. Scatcs, Michel b. Mem
ard, A. b. Hardin, John W. Bunton,
Thomas J. Galley, Robert M. Cole
man, Sterling G. Robertson, George
G. Childrcss, BaiIy lIardeman, Rob-
ert Potter, Charles S. Taylor, George
W. Barnett, Jesse Grimes, IL ..
lie Grand, David Thomas, S. Rhoads
Fisher, John w. Bower, j. b.
Woods, Andrew Briscoe, Thomas
Barnett, Jesse b. Badgett, Stephen
w. BIount, all of whom signed the
Constitution. Members of the Con-
vcntion absent ~ the time, james
Kerr; of Jackson, John j. Linn, of
Victoria.
Not one of these men is member
of our ensuing Convention. All
but eight of them have slept in their
graves from three to thirty eight
years. Those, known to be living
arc DR.. Charles b. Stewart, (present
member of the Logislature) Edwin
Waller, of Waller county; William
Menefee, of Fayette county ; Albert
FL. Latimcr, of Red River county
VIM. G. Crawford ; VIM. b.. Scntes,
Of Wharton county John W. Bun
ton, of Hays county; Stephen W.
Blount, of San Augustine county,
who declined nomination for n
seat in our present Convention.
THE CONVENTION OF 1915,
Met in Anstin, July 4th, 1913, to
form u Constitution for tho State Of
Texas, preparatory to her admis-
sion into tho confederation of the
United States, under tho treaty OF
and closed its lnbors
9th.
ITS MEMBERS.
Thomas j. Rusk, President; James
III. Raymond. Secretary John ID.
James Armstrong, Cav
It Armstrong, b. c. Bagby, Il. Il.
r. Baylor, Richard Bache, Isaac w.
George William Brown,
James NJ. Burroughs, John Cald-
well, William l.. Cazencau, Edward
Clark, A. S. Cunningham, Philip,
M. Quincy, Nicholas Ii. Darnoll,
James Davis, Lemuel ID. Evans,
Gustavus A. Evertts, Robert M.
Forbes, David Gage. John Hemphill,
James Pinckney Henderson, A, W.
o. Hicks, Joseph l.. Hogg, A. G.
Horton, Yolney i. Howard, Spear
man Holland, William L. Hunter,
Van r. Irion. Henry J. Jewett,
Henry r. Latimer, Albert II, Lati-
mer, John N. Lewis, James Love,
P. o. Lumpkia, Sam. Lusk, AhasE
S. Lipscomb, James s. Mayfeld, A.
MEG owan, Archibald Mcneil, James
b. Miller, Francis Moore, jr., Jose
Navarro, VIM. B. Ochiltree,
Isaac Parker, Jane Power, Emory
Rains, ii. G. Runnels, James Scott,
George w. Snyth, Israel Standcfer,
Chas. b. Stewart, Il. III. Tarrant,
Isaac Van Zandt, Francis NJ. White,
George T. Wood, George W. Wright,
William G. Young.
Ofthe foregoing lis<-the only one
elected to our present Convention,
is ono of our own delegates, Mich
olas ii. Darnell, of Tarrant, now
three score and ten. The living
members arc Messrs. James Arm
strong, Clark, Darnell, Evans, Ev-
ertts, Forbes, Hunter, IL. X. and
A. ii. Latimer, Parker, Rains, Stew
art, White and Wright-14 out of
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