The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-29
WARD MEETINGS. "
RESULT OF THOSE HELD YESTERDAY
She Election of Delegates Nominn'
lions, RESOLUTIONS, Eic' Al The
Wards Well Attended by
Representative Wen,

were Of two,lold object, First for each
ward, psa subdivision Of tho city, N send
delegates to tho city convention, on tho Olhy
of March, md, ut tho same time TO nominate
n candidate for alderman, TO rerrcscnt itself
In tho City Council. Secondly, for each
ward, MS m election precinct of tho county,
10 send Ia delegates 10 the County convention,
to assemble on the 9th day Of March, whose
duty II will be to send delegates for Dallas
county TO tho Democratic State convention
at Galveston, which convention Is charged
with the sole duty Of sending sixteen dele
gates to the National Democratic convention,
10 assemble nj Cincinnati June -, for the
nomination OF Democratic candidates for
President and Nico'President of those United
States,
FIRST WARD MEETING.
The voters Of the First wnrd met ycster.
day according to call II, Cmddock's OpoW.
house, Mp stairs over his saloon At the cor
ner Of Main and Austin streets.
On motion Of Mr.. Dick Flanagan, Mr.
John W. Lime was made chairman,
On motion of Mr. Frank Coclrcll Mr., y,
| ]. Brown was made secretary,
Al tho request OF the meeting Mr., Frank
Cochrel stated tho object of the meeting,
The following gentlemen were elected del
egates TO the city convention TO meet next
Saturday 5 VI Lcftwich Frank Cockre',
n $ Eryay, g NJ Terry, Alr zimmerman,
Richard Flanagan, & l. Mnrtin, DR. j W
Davenport, DR. Crowds Y j Brown, w II
McNlurray, Minor Scruggs, Paul Jamiaon and
j $ Daughcrty. As nllernNtes, In case
the delegates, or any part of them, were not
present, the following gentlemen were
elected d. 4. Williams, Thomas Fields,
George Dexter and n. &, Terry.
On motion of g. l.. Martin Colonel II. S.
Ervay was nominated by hcclimation for Nl-
dcrmAn on the Democratic ticket for the
First ward, On motion of q. l.. Martin tho
delegate, to the City convention were elected
to the County contention.
The convention then adjourned sine die,
SECOND WARD,
The HERALD reporter detailed for this
ward made his way through the mud to tho
appointed place, nj two o'clock, an hour that
was commonly taken Ia be the appointed
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official call. An olectorput in an appearance
Coon after, followed closely by n candidate.
lialf a dozen more men next arrived IN safety,
although their steps were attended with the
risk OF broken ankles or bruised shins in gain
ing access to the dihpdated old rool,cry in
which Second wardcrs nrc forced to hold their
primaries. At fifteen minutes after o'clock
there were fully n dozen men present within
the cherries and chilly confines of tho old
broom factory and it was proposed TO 90
ahead.
Mr.. w. j. Clark called the meeting to
order and nominated w. w. Ross for Chair
man; seconded, put and carried, MIR. L, Z.
Aunspaugh was elected Secretary
During the organization eight moro cleo
tors came in. 1t WAS asked by one, and
then several, Just what the meeting was held
for. Mr.. Barnett Gibbs was called on TO
state, and informed the chair and gen
tlcmen that they We're in session 10
elect eleven delegates to cast the
vote of the Second ward in the
Democratic city convention, and also eleven
delegates for the same purpose at the County
convention.
The gentleman WAS asked il II was not also
An object of the meeting to nominate candi-
date for Alderman. Mr.. Gibbs stated tAat
the meeting might do so, whcreupon dis
cussion arose MS to whether the nomination OF
All Alderman should be made or not. The
question was not brought before the meeting
for action either way.
Mr.. Aunspaugh moved that an election of
delegates behad Mr.. Gibbs suggested that
it would be better to wait until 2;SO before
any important business was tran
sacted. Mr.. w. b. CIR enlaw moved
that the Chair appoint a committe of
there to select the delegates. No action being
taken, Mr.. Aunspsugh offered n similar mo-
ton. which Mr.. Gibbs moved to amend as
follows: That the nomination of each del
egate be made in open meeting, and put to
vote separately. Seconded and carried.
Mr. Fee objected. He stated to the meet
ing that he was opposed to the election of
the entire number Of delegates by only the
few present. 1t had been charged before, he
said, that the primaries in their ward were
cut-and-dried affairs, engineered by few
men for their own purposes. He
was opposed to any such action as
wrong, and as calculated to bring
discredit on the Democracy of the ward
Colonel Obenchain took issue with Mr.. Fee
and thought the latter gentleman greatly mis-
taken in the motives of those present, whC
were on hand ut the proper hour, and for the
proper purpose. He favored theselection Of
delegates to represent each neighhorhood OF
the ward, and thought their selection should
be made without further delay. Mr.. Gibh!
expressed similar views, and saw no reason
why a fair election could not be had, ever
by the few who had brnved the weather at
the call of their party.
with the election of delegates to the city con
venton. Seconded and carried.
Mr.. Gibbs nominated Mr.. Fee, who OBJ
iected again and said that he would not con
sent to serve Mr.. Fee thereupon left tn
meeting, which took its first ballot at 2:35
according to the chronometer of the chair
man.
The following gentlemen were nominate,
and elected, in turn, as delegates 20 the Cit
convention:
| w. NJ. C. Hill, X. p. Aunspaugh, ].
Starke, w. w. Ross, a. 7. Obenchain, w.
Sickles, w. b. Greenlaw, ). A. Stewart
James Frazier, Robert Cockreil, A. w. Col
Inns.
Mr. Clark moved that an election @
eleven delegates to the County convention
had. Seconded and carried.
The following gentlemen were nominate
and elected, in turn, as delegates to tn
County convention:
B w Gibbs, w J Shone w L Best. Johl
Bookhout, w NJ Edwards, + NJ Clover
NJ d Darlington, w NJ G Hill, w & Randall
r w Goldthwaite, w II Lennon.
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