The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-29

hest knowledge ana btllel OF Whhl arc tlu
wishes Of Tho Democracy Of tho ward,
Moved 10 adopt seconded and carried
The Chair considered that tho hlrest kind
ofA thing had been done by tho meeting, and
called Tor the opinion OF Mr., Fee, That
gentleman being absent, WIS unable 10 re'
| ply, A motion TO adjourn sine die was sea'
onded aud carried,
THIRD WARD,
The meeting In this ward WINS held NJ Mike
lloe's hHll on Elm street, NJ tho crosslng o,
tho Central milrondi was large and haImol
nious, and WINS enthusiastic Az tho hour OF
the converting Of the convention the
hall WIS oiled and n large delegation OF the
most solid men a tho ward were present,
The large attendance was generally COM
mentod upon, there being much surprise nj
the number present.
From tho opening of the meeting 10 tho
close II was clearly manifest that u determln'
ton existed 10 have u fair meeting or none nj
MI,
Judge Himh Hunt WIS called 10 tho
chair and Mr., Fletcher wm appointed
Secretary,
Judge FeOm moved that the meeting pro-
coed 10 elect twelve delegates 10 tho couyen'
ton, which conyenes nj Crndducks Opera
hou'e on the 9th Of March.
Major Brown Mld that ho trusted that
delegates elected would be equally distributed
over the ward 30 M not 10 have two In the
sumo ncghborhoOd,
The following were nominated
Dr. A. A, johnson, John 4. Carter, Dr..
Cornelius, A. w. Nowln, Silas Chambers, ".
w. Stuart, j. w. Allen, John j. Good, W
NJ, Moon, j, Il, Elliott l., N, Martin, Mike
Rowe, d, ID. Il chnor, John T0olN H. j..
Duncan, Judge A, II, Field,
The following declined Judge John j,
Good, Professor Tooly, John H. Carter md
w, NJ. Moon,
On motion Of Judge Good the nominations
were coullrmod,
Judge Fcarn moved that the convention
proceed TO elect six delegates 10 the county
convention, which conyencs March 9Th, and
the following were nomin ted and elected IN
like manner;
Major John Henry Brown, Judge
Fearnr, Professor John II, Tooly,
Col. Willard W. G. Sterrctt, James 4.
Carey, A. II, Field, Judge John &, Good,
A, w, Nowin,
The following declined To act, Major
Brown, w, &. Slcrrctt, A. II. Field,
On N ton, the remaining six were chosen
rs delegates By ucclulaatnn.
Judge Good moved that they nominate an
Alderman for the Third ward.
Judge Field put the char, Judge Hunt, in
nomination, which was followed by great
applause,
Judge Hunt begged to decline the nomi-
nation, but the meeting was persistent, and
the motion was put and carried unanimously
the convention fairly thrusting tho office
upon him. There WIS great app auso all
this time, accompanied by calls fora speech
from the chuir.
Judge Hunt said in substance that he had
been Democrat all his life, and that he had
ever voted that ticket and that the first vote
he ever cast was in the " Lone Star State. y
lie did not wish the office, but innsmuch us
they had So insisted ho would accept, but he
wished them to understand that he would
not 20 around and button.holc and hobnob
with ills aud that voter in order to get elect
ed. He did not like that style. If clc ted
he would represent them to tho best Of his
ability.
These remarks were followed BY anothc I
burst of applause.
Mr.. V. W. Cleveland, who has heretofore
been mentioned ms candidate for that Office
from that ward said that tho convention
knew that he was candidate
for that position, and that the
only motive he had in running was to pre-
vent Republican candidate being brought cut
for that office. But as the convention had
nominated Judge Hunt he would most cheer.
fully put his shoulder to the wheel and dc
all in his power to elect him. His remarks
were loundly applauded.
On motion of Major Brown n committee OF
five persons from the Third ward were APP
pointed as an executive Democratic commit
tee.
On motion of himself, Major Browns
name was withdrawn and that Of Mike Roe
was substituted, leaving the appointment!
as follows: Judge Field, Judge Fearn, v
w. Cleveland, j. j. Good and Mike Roe
Judge Good moved that the delegates
from the Third ward be instructed to coop.
crate with delegates from otner wards in the
city convention in the organization o
the Democratic party in this city.
The meeting then adjourned.
FOURTH WARD.
The primary in the Fourth ward WAS
model meeting in every particular. The at
tendance was unusually large; the partlci
pants representative men, all business trans
acted in the most harmonious and satiSiac
tory manner. Ioung'S school house hat
been heated by the accommodating Parsor
Young and at $50 the meeting was called t
order, and organized by the election o
Judge Nat NJ, Burford as President and j
| &. Leigh MS Secretary.
A committee of seven was appointed to
report to the convention eleven delegates Ia
represent the ward in the County convention
To be held March 6. The committee reported
and the following delegates were appointed
J d kerfoot, N NJ Burford, A II Benners
w c Linn, G A Gill, G NJ pullman, }
Meredith, } A Work, VIC Conner, 7
Phares and 9 McNealus.
The convention adopted motion tina
eleven delegates to the City co invention
which also meets March 9Th
be put in nomination in open convention in
stead Of being reported by committee, an,
the following gentlemen were chosen on
name being voted for at time: L G Me
Lure, w G Conner, w Q Young, V \
Eiland, j B Simpson, II A Phares, r
Tompkins, Il II West w A Steele, + :
Moore and w j Allen.
The delegates to the County convention
were instructed to support as delegates t.
represent Dallas county in the State conven
ton to be held in Galveston on April 2Otl
men who favor either Seymour or Bayar
as their first choice Cor President.