The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-11

The following gentlemen we're appointed
on the
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
by senatorial districts:
First district, G w O'Brien, of Jefferson;
second, Il Mantooth, of Angelina; third, Il
Redwine, of Rusk; fourth, w II Pope, of
Harrison; fifth, j II Henderson, of Oass; sixth,
S M Stewart, of Hopkins; seventh, I w
Dodd, of Smith; eighth, T F Murchison of
Henderson; ninth. A j Nicholson. of
Fannan; tenth, B B Hart, of Wood;
eleventh, w Hudson, of Cook; twelfth, w
n Bush, Of Collin, thirteenth, John L Cheek,
of Ellis; fourteenth, 7 NJ Smith, of navarro;
fifteenth, S Field, Of Robertson; sixteenth,
G L Gilbert, of Grimes; seventeenth, Il
Halves, Of Wharton; eighteenth, G Stat
ford, of Harris; nineteenth, w + Smith, Of
Brazoria twentieth, Haggerty, of Austin;
twonty-frst, w w Oxsheer, of Milan;
twenty A NJ Douglass, of Hill;
twenty-third j Y Hoggsett, of Tarrant;
twenty-fourth, W Veal, Of Stephens; twenty
fifth, A w Terrell, of Travis; twenty-siXth,
T O Cain, of Bastrop; twenty.seventh, S +
Winston, of Gonzales; twenty-eighth, E D
Linn, of Victoria; twenty-ninth, w i Race,
of Uvalde; thirteth, John Walthall, of
Bexar; thrty-frst, l V Hutchins, of Hays;
COMMITTEE on ORGANIZATION.
First district, L Norvell, of Jasper; second,
j Q Wooters, of Houston; third, B NJ Baker,
of Pamela; fourth, 0 Hendrick, of Harrison;
9TH, NJ L Crawford, of Marion; sixth, S l.
Gilbert, of Hopkins; seventh, j Nj Duncan,
of Gregg; eighth j. Y. Gooch, of Anderson;
ninth, w H Trolnger, of Grayson: tenth, j
S Shirell, of Hunt; eleventh, & II Harris. of
Lamar; twelfth, M NJ Slaughter, Of Denton
thirteenth j Bookhout, of Dallas; fourteenth,
B A Philpot,o Freestone; fifteenth Beall
of Brazos; sixteenth, L A Abercrombie, of
Walker; seventeenth, j 7 Griffin,
of Waller; eighteenth, j Z Nc.
Comb, of Montague; nineteenth, j NJ Clai.
borne, of Galveston; twentieth, j w Gordon,
of Burlcson, twenty first; j, ROseborough, of
Bel;twenty- u. R.Shannon Of Johnson;
twenty. third, S. w. 4. Lanshan, of Parker;
twenty fourth, H.Balse,of Hood;twenty-frth,
T. p Hughes, Of Williamson; twenty.siXth,
Il. r. Links, of Lee; twenty-seventh, George
Mccormick, Of Colorado; twenty-eighth, d.
b. Mari, of Atasco,s; twenty-ninth, L. A.
Glover, of Duval; thrtieth, II. NJ. Holmes,
Of Mason; thirty-lrs., S. D. jackson, of
Hayes.
The convention then adjournnod until 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The conyention met again al o'clock pm,
and WAS called to order by the temporary
chairman Hon. Joseph Il, Dwyer
Col. 4. G.. Bower, OF Dallas, moved that
the sergeant-at-arms seat delegates by sena-
torials districts. Mr.. Burgess, Of Guada-
loupe, moved tina. this motion be suspended
until the committee on credentials reported
and this motion prevailed. A number of
motions were then made to adjourn until
various hours, all of which were voted down.
Mr.. Grain, Of Lavaca, moved that COM
miltee Of three be appointed by the chair TO
wait upon Hons. DIN Wellborn, John Ii.
Reagan, S. B. Maxey and W. ii. Burgess,
and invite them to address the
convention, which prevailing, and unsni-
mously, tho chair appointed Messrs. Grain
of Layaca, johnson, of Shelby, and
Moran, Of Parker. The committee on
permanent organization then announced
through Hon. j. L. McComb that it was
ready to report. A motion was made that
the report be received A point OF order
was raised that the report could not be re-
ceived until the committee on credentials
reported, and the chair ruled that the point
Was well taken. The committee on creden-
tials then announced that it would not be
ready with its report until eight o'clock, p.
m, asking for further time. The committee
was granted until o'clock, p. M, in which
to mako its report The oommittee on speak
ers, through Mr.. Grain, announced that Hon.
DIN Wellborn was present, and ready to ad
4 A. sv nholin,na 90 "a
request. The chair then introduced
MR.. wELLBoRN.
Mr.. Wellborn was received with vocifer.
Gus applause. He said it did him good to
hear the Democratic yell. He confined him
self entirely to national issues and, espec-
tally, to the efforts of the Greenback party,
which he characterized as oIly side issue
in the great struggle that was to come to a
tinality in November next. He paid mer-
tied tribute in most eloquent and glowing
language to Hancock, the Democratic NOM
inee for presd Mt He dwelt upon his
devotion to Democratic principles, to constl-
tutional government and to civil law; to his
purity of character. In his illusions to
Weaver, Greenbsck candidate for president,
he said that he had been Republican
and had said publicly that he longed to
see tho days of pure Republicanism
such As tn t of Thad. Stevens, Of Pennsyl-
yania, aeturn, and he had offered q bill 10
congress to appropriate $500, 100000 out Of
the public treasury to pay to union soldiers
during the war, the difference between cur
rency, in which they were Paid for their SER
vices, and standard gold at the time of their
employment with six per cent interest from
the time Of their discharge from the army.
This bill, he declared, would kill Greenback-
ism in the south, for it require of tho south
to help pay thisonormous sum, ColonelWell-
born's speech WAS sublime effort. 1t was bo-
quet of the choicest language, that enthused
and electrified his audience and elected con-
tinued applause throughout its entire delivery.
REAGAN's SPEECH.
Hon. John H. Reagan, congressman from
the first Texas district followed Mr.. Well
born. He thanked God he was spared to
again meet in state Democratic convention,
the real representatives Of the people and Of
right and justice in politics and domestic
affairs. He reviewed the early political
history of the United States, and pointed cut
the different methods of government advo-
Gated by different men and different parties
In the early days, men like
Hamilton and Knox disbelieved in the theory
that man was capable Of self-government.
Others believed to the contrary with Jetter-
son, aud demanded government limited in
its powers, and in favor of local self-govern-
ment and popular liberty and civil rights
Traced the Democratic psrty's history
throuoh tho varioua contests Rpferred to