The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-12
ATE CONVENTION
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Mr.. G. II. Goedson, of Hamilton, move,
the adoption of the majority report.
Mr.. Fleming, of Comanche, moved tina
the minority report be substituted for thu
majority report.
Mr.. Crane, of Lavaca, opposed the amend
ment claiming that the convention ought no
to give to unorganized counties the SAINT
representation that organized counties have
and moved that the substitute be laid upor
the table, which prevailed. 1t was Their
moved that the majority report be amend,d
by adding the counties Of Oldham and Dim
mitt with one vote each, and motion tc
table this motion was lost, and the
report was SO amended. The MAORI.
ty report was then adopted
The committee on permanent organization
was then read and opted The HERALD
published that report yesterday morning,
and therefore omits it to-day. After the
adoption of this report, Hon. NJ d. X. Tay.
lor was conducted TO the chair and submitted
few remarks suitable to the time and place.
At his requeGt the vice-presidents took their
seats Oh the stand, and the secretary and his
assistants took their respective stations,
There was so much disorder and confusion
in the hall that it was almost impossible to
keep order, although the presidents gavel
sounded continuously like yavel. The ser
geant, alarms disposed his assistants through
out the hall, that they might the better be
enabled to preserve order.
A motion then prevailed that committee
of one from each senatorial district be named
by the delegates thereof on resolutions and
platform, and the following
COMMITTEE
was named
First district, 5 R Perryman; second, j
j Perkins; third, r S Johnson; fourth, T A
Egin; fifth, r d Harrell; sixth, A M Tay-
lor; seventh, R LIE y; eighth, r II Quinn;
ninth, II D Mcdonald; tenth, w M Giles;
eleventh, Silss Hare; twelfth, CIV Geers;
thirteenth, A Bradshaw; fourteenth Marion
Martin; Afteenth, w d Wood; sixteenth, a
I Mckinney; seventeeth, Ed Halves;
eighteenth, Charles Stewart; nineteenth r G
Streets twentieth, @ G Garrett; twenty first J
Q Gather; twenty-second, M L Prather;
twenty third w Ford; twenty-fourth, G Ii
Goodson; twenty-ffth, A j Porter; twenty
sixth, A Heidsusch; twenty seventh, V . e.
lis; twenty-eighth, V Weldon; twenty-ninth,
w r Wallace thirtieth, T T Teel; thirty,
first, F D Wilkes.
HON. CHARLES STEWART
Then moved that the convention do not 90
into nominations until after the committee
on resolutions and platform report. Ia sup
port of this motion he said that he made it to
promote harmony in the Democratic ranks.
He himself was dew, ted to no man poliieal
fortunes; he had but one fight to make and
that was for Democratic principles, as he I'M
derstood, and for the welfare of the
Democratic party according to his best iudg-
ment. The landmarks in national politics
were well defined, we'll set forth, and we all
stood as unit there, but
in state matters there are policies on which
the party differ and on which il is divided,
and to reconcile these differences, is to bring
the party together that it may act as one
harmonious whole, he thought the platform
should be prepared and submitted to the
convention, that men might be p aced upon
it in harmony with its unciations. This
would heal all dissentions, quiet all bicker-
ings, and the entire party could stand
shoulder to shoulder as one man.
No time would be lost by waiting
for the platform. Is it not he asked, in the
natural course of things,t that there should be
a declaration of principles before the gentle
men who are to be the opponents Of those
principles are chosen ?-gantlemen whose
views we don't know, and who might not be
fitted for those pr nciples! Again he asked
the convention to await tie platform before
making nominations.
Colonel Thomas Murray, of Collin, Of
fered as substitute for the motion Of
Colonel Stewart a resolution that the conven-
ton proceed at once to the selection
of candidates for state offices tor electors aud
for chairman of the executive committee.
The roll of counties was called on the vote
on this question and resulted in 354 1917
votes in the affirmative and III LII against
the substitute being adopted. The vote on
the substitute then prevailed. This was y
test vote and showed the relative strength of
the Roberts and the anti-Roberts men, the
Roberts faction being in the majority.
MIR. Moore, of Lamar, then moved that
all speeches on nominations and other ques-
tons be restricted to five minutes duration,
unless by unanimous consent of the conyen-
ton, and the motion was carried,
NOMINATIONS
Being in order, Hon. NJ. S. Munson, of Bra
zoria, nominated Hon. 0. M. Roberts for gov
ernor, in feeling, forcible speech
Hon. Charles Stewart then nominated
HON. j. D. SAVERS,
in one of his happiest efforts. He spoke
briefly, but he spoke words of eloquent
truth, words of wisdom, words in happy con-
sonsnce with the genuine, true, only pr nci-
piles of the Democratic party.
Mr. Horace Chiffon seconded the nomna-
ton of Hon. o. NJ Roberts in few remarks.
Hon. A. w. Houston, state senator from
the Bexar county district, seconded the nomi-
nation of Hon. }. D. Ssyers for governor. 1t
was magnificent effort, splen.
did exposition of progressive, of
genuine Democracy, and mer-
tied tribute to the worth and the
claims Of the gentleman whose cause he es
poused.
Hon. Briggs Goodrich, Of Grayson county,
also seconded the nomination of Hon. j. D.
Sayers. He said: Living as do in county
that favors immigration, a county that adj
vocates common FREQ school system, pro-
gressive comfy, how could he do otherwise
than second the nomination of Hon. j. D.
Sayers? And he might add, that if we here
to-day were 10 place at the head of the
gueernatoral ticket one who can.
not stand upon platform with
free school and immigration
plank in it, it will be the greatest calamity
that could befall our beloved Texas. Major
Hiestand, of Grayson, then seconded the nom-
nati.n of Hon o NJ. Roberts. He mounted
his chair in his shirt-sleeves, and at once
Pandemonium was turned loose. Jeers,
hooting, bowls, yells, laughter and utter
al F.