The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-30
sheriff. Convention.
SECOND DAY.

j ported p. +. Ross, sheriff of McLen
S nan county; Horace Welch, sheriff o
I Merton county; J. T. Wilson, sher's
/, of Palo Pinto county; w. II. Crug,
sheriff of Shackelford county; ]. w
Davis, sheriff of Angelina county, pres
ent and entitled to seats.
, Committee on resolutions and memo.
rial asked leave to report. Granted.
Report received and adopted and
committee continued.
Committee on articles of association
reported progress and asked for iur-
ther time. Granted.
On motion of J. w. Jones, Major
t. ]. Goree, superintendent of State
Penitenuary, was invited to a seat on
the floor.
Adjourned to l O'Clock p. NJ.
At 1 o'clock convention was called
to order and Major Goree introduced.
Committee on articles of association
asked leave to report. Granted.
Committee reported ral report re-
ceived, amended and adopted.
Recess of twenty minutes was taken,
at the expiration of which convention
was called to order.
j. W. Jones, of Robertson county,
offered the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
ReSOlDed, That it is the sense of this
convention that the official action of
Gen. VIM. Steele has been efficient in
bringing many offenders to justice;
that in conceiving the idea of publish
ing list of iugitives from justice in
this State and causing the same to be
| done he has rendered great service to
the State in the interest of good gov
ernment; that he has always acted
with promptness in concert with the
civil authorities in attempts to enforce
the laws of the State, and that we fully
lndorse his entire administration of the
office of Adjutant General of the State
of Texas.
Motion to adopt seconded, discussed
and adopted.
On motion of Sheriff Corwin, Major
Gofee was invited to address the con-
vention. He made many appropriate
suggestions in regard to conveying
convicts to the penitentiary and having
the papers properly prepared.
On motion of Sheriff Corwin, Gov
ernor elect o. NJ. Roberts was invited
to meet and address the convention.
On motion of Sheriff Williams. of
Wood county, Governor r. B. Hub
bard was invited to address the con-
vention.
The Chair appointed Sheriffs Ross,
of McLeunan, and Wilson, of Palo |
Pinto, to wait on Governor Roberts |
and ascertain at what hour he. would |
address the convention.
Sheriffs Welch, of Marion, and Kill |
lingsworth, of Gregg, were appointed |
to wait on Governor Hubbard for like |
purpose.
Mayor DeGress and Alderman Mil
lett were introduced and invited to a |
seat on the floor.
A meeting of sheriffs was called to |
meet In same place at z o'clock p. NJ.
to organize the sheriff's association.
Convention adjourned to z A. NJ. to- |
morrow.
sHERIFFs' ASSOCIATION.
at P. NJ. the meeting was called to
order.
Mr.. Dunn was called to the chair.
Articles of association were signed
and adopted.
Chair announced that it would be in
order to proceed to the election of Off
GERS.
Dennis Corwip, of Travis county,
was elected president; w. M. Moon,
of Dallas county, vice president; Sam
Strayhorn, of Williamson, treasurer;
j. p. Kirk, deputy sheriff of Travis,
secretary; w. s. Werdcn, of Collin; ].
T. Wilson of Pilo Pinto; W. G. Ever
hart, of GraysoD, and A. A. HSllings-
worth, of Gregg, finance committee
president in thechar.
On motion, a committee to report
bylaws was appointed. Messrs. Ross,
Dunn and Welch were appointed.
On motion, committees on printing
and correspondence were appointed.
Association adjourned to p. NJ. to-
morrow.
CONVENTION
Called to order. Reading of the
minutes dispensed with.
Governor elect o. M. Roberts in
troduced and addressed the conven-
ton.
Sheriff Corwin introduced the fol-
lowing resolution aud moved its adop-
ton:
ReSOt0ed, That we, the sherlffs of the
State of Texas, as the executive officers
OF the Governor, pledge to Governor
elect o. al. Roberts our hearty and
unequlvocal support and corporation
In the interests of good government
during his incoming administration.
Seconded by Mr.. Bayne, of Hardin
Unanimously adopted.
On motion, Judge Fleming, of the
twelfth Judicial distric], being present,
was invited to address the convention.
which he did in a very appropriate and
instructive address, in which he said
that it was not because the sheriffs in
the frontier counties were inefficient
that be deemed 1t absolutely necessary
to have Major Jones and his men to en-
able him to hold court in his district,
but because there were not enough
sherltfs for that purpose.
After recess of twenty minutes,
Governor Hubbard was introduced and
addressed the convention in his usual
happy and felicitous style.
Sheriff Welsh, of Marion county, Of
fered the following resolution:
ResOlUed, That 1t is the sense CT this
that his excellency r. b.
Hubbard, Governor of Texas, Is entI-
lied to, and has in a peculiar degree,
he thanks of the sheriffs of Texas for
he cordial and able manner in which
le mas upheld and assisted them in the
discharge cf their official duties during ,
lis entire administration, and that in
bidding farewell to him officially we ,
10 not bid farewell to the pleasant re-
of our past associations.
Sheriff Corwin, of Travis, moved it's ,
.doption. Seconded and unanimously
dopted.
On motion, convention adjourned !
inc die. All further business entrust- |
d to the sheriffs' association. /
The second days session OF the as
ociation adopted ny-laws, provided il
Or printing ''Articles of Association" y
nd bylaws. Invitation was extend &
d 10 Comptroller DArden to address &
be association next morning. r
Association meets a. Austin on Sec z
nd Tuesday in September, 1879. u
The TdJLet refers 10 sstwo denn,, II