The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-04
MINORITY REPORT
OF the Credentials Committee of the Con-
gressionai Convention at Cleburne.

Eiessiohu CONVENTION at CieDurne.
The undersigned members of your CON-
mittee on credentials desire to submit the
following report and statement of the facts
and testimony submitted by the two con-
testing delegations from Dallas county, to-
wit; The gentlemen, delegates from what
we conceive to be { INA tide and only
county convention Oh county, or in
other words the Crawi5Ha, delegates, first
gave their testimony and documentary evil
dence to the committee they proved
beyond doubt, to our minds, first, that the
Dallas county convention met at the time
specified in the call of the executive COM
mittee; that it. was called to- order by the
chairman Of the executive committee and
declared by said chairman to be open and
ready for business; that amotion was made
TO elect temporary chairman, but that be-
ing opposed by motion as a substitute
that the roll of voting precincts be called,
to ascertain II a quorum quorum was vas, pres pres,
said roll be called; that during
the call Of the roll protests were
FLED by gentlemen lavoring Mr.. Wellborn
against the admission of the delegates from
the First and Fourth wards of Dallas city and
against Trinity Mills, Eagle Ford, and
blackberry Creek precincts in the county;
the protests against the two wards in Dial
las city being based upon a charge that the
first ward had elected republicans and a
greenbacker as delegates, and that republ-
cans had voted in both wards. They
proved that in each ward in the city judges
had been selected, an equal number from
the friends of Mr.. Wellborn and Mr.. Craw-
ford, whose duty it was to pass upon the
qualifications of all voters aud to register
the names of those who voted; that the test
adopted as the qualifications of voter was
that he was 4 qualified eector under
the law, and that if he was
not n democrat that he pledged
himself to support the nominees of The
various conventions to which the county
convention was to elect delegates. They
proved that number of prominent repub-
licans in Dallas were ardent supporters of
Mr.. Wellborn, and Jealous, partizan work
ers during the CANVASS and at the primary
filed with the committee the ailidavits of
the gentlemen who were charged as being
republican and greenback delegates from
the first ward of Dallas city, that they were
democrats, had never in their lives voted
any but the democratic ticket in state and
national elections, and Mr.. Austin, in his
affidavit, also stated that he was delegate
sent by the democratic convention of Dial
las county to the congressional convention
in 1e78, and there voted for MIR. Wellborns
nomination from the first to the last ballot.
AS to Trinity mills precinct, they proved
that the primary there was postponed from
the day named In the call the 9th of June
to the Both of June by mutual consent of
that precinct who met together on the day
specified in the call They proved that only
one republican vote was cast there, and lie
was allowed to vote on the suggestion and
ut the request of a Wellborn man, because
for years past he had acted with the demo.
Gratis taken part in their primaries and
voted with them in state and county cleo
tions, and they filed the written statements
of this republican that he had supported
and voted for Mr.. Wellborn ut the last con-
gressional election. They proved that in
the fourth ward of Dallas city there were
and that no man voted with.
out the consent of the
majority. They also proved that at the
fourth ward number OF railroad hands
were voted by the Wellborn men, some of
them by common report living as far down
the Central railroad as Corsicana. They
also proved that at this ward two Germans,
both omen and ayoWed republicans, voted
ten German employees of one of the two
said Germans. Tor Mr. Wcllborn. They
proved that in the county convention. alter
the roll call had been nearly or quite fin.
ished. and il was ascertained that n quorum
was present. that the chairman of HE exec
utiye COMMITTEES presiding. refused TO pre-
side any longer, and, although urgently re-
uuested to remain until a temporary chair
man could be elected. he would not do
so, and that leaders on the Well
born side. Mr.. ID. A. Williams
and Mr.. j. w. Daniels, both declared they
would not remain in the convention unless
il was purged of the greenbarkers and re-
publicans they alleged were delegates and
If the delegations protested against were
permitted to take part in the temporary
proved that MS soon as the chairman Of The
executive committee vacated his seat and
refused longer to preside that n Temporary
chairman and secretary were elected with
ont a dissenting voice. and that during the
election of these Temporary officers Mr. ID,
A. Williams was making a speech to the
Wellborn men. and calling on them To- fol-
low him. they left the room. but after A
Temporary chairman anu secretary
had been elected. They proved that
only twenty.nine delegates with.
drew from The convention represent.
inc fonr precincts in mari and
four in fiil. while there remained iiity three
delegates renresentinp twcntv.two yotinn
precincts in full and four partially. and OF
these fiftv.three delegates six wero Well.
horn men They nroyed that the vote was