The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-06
NEWS ~ SPECIALS.


Fonr Worm, June 20,4-Tbe gaenback
state convention met this morning NJ Tic
picnic grounds, two miles west OF town
The convention Is composed Of about llo
delegates, representing u majority OF the
congressional districts IN the state.
IN temporary organization. Mr. ward
Taylor, OF Marion county, editor OF the
Jimplccuc, was elected chairman, ana d.
Il. WitheIs of Tyler editor OF the Green
hacker, elected secretary.
Before committees were appointed LOOK
ing to permanent organization, General D.
b. Weaver made bis appearance, and the
convention suspended operations to hear
him speak. He spoke for two hours, the
speech being about the same rs made ut
Dallas. He declared in extenso that
the old parties had no one test OF
membership and must 20 to pieces for
want of a fixed purpose, while the green
hackers were antkmonopOly and for the
rights of labor--this was their test, The
most noticeable feature Of the speech was an
endorsement OF Jones rs the man,for govern
or. II was learend from delegates that Gene
raj Weaver is privately opposed to any nom
ination OF a state ticket and favors the indie
pendent coalition, the still hunt policy.
This question is the great one OF the con.
vention and delegates were widely divided
as to the propriety or improperly OF the
nomination Of a state ticket.
After General Weaversspeech the conven-
ton adjourned to meet AT the courthouse
at3p. IN. People from all over Tarrant
county were present at the picnic grounds,
men, women and children. The crowd was
yariously estimated at from 500 to 2,OOO-
probably l,2Oo or 800 were in attendance
and manifested ordinary party enthusiasm.
Among DaIlasites present were Jerome
Kearby, j. w. Payne, DR.. Bell, Dr.. Carl
Murray w. II. Littell, S. A. Clark, and
w. II. Harris. The whole number of dele
gates present represented only thirty one
counties in northern and central Texas,
the other portions OF the state beng unrep-
resented.
In the afternoon q permanent organ-
cation was affected by the
election of DR.. Rankin, of
McLennan county as chairman, and MIR.
Withers as permanent secretary.
For some time after the meeting in the at.
ternoon things continued to get lively on the
question of basis of representation, the mo
ton being to allow each county only one
vote in the convention. The most approved
disorder reigned in the attempts to discuss
this question and the chair refused to enter
tain Ia otions or recognize anybody till Or
der was restored. Amendment after
amendment was offered and the whole mat
ter finally tabled. The populous counties
wanted every delegate to have vote and
representation came near being the rock on
which the convention was about to split
and it had to adjourn awhile to compare
heads and cool off. A delegate declared
upon reconvening that the enemy was
amongst them and glorying IN their confus-
ion, and pleaded for harmony and silence.
1t was at last determined to allow each
county one vote for each delegate present,
no county to have more than ten.
Vice presidents were appointed from
each congressional district represented i'll
the convention, and also committee on
platform in the same manner.
A motion to instruct the committee not
to report more than four planks IN the piat-
form was tabled.
The first second, seventh and
eighth districts were not represented in the
convention atall.
A motion to appoint a committee. of ten
to canvass and report on the advlsabillty
of nominating state ticket was taDled.
Fowler, of Denton, offered the following
resolution:
That we, the representatives of the ma
tional greenback party, of the state OF
Texas, do hereby endorse Il. W..
Jones for governor of the state, ana request
every good citizen OF Texas to earnestly ad.
vocate his election, and that we proceed to
nominate a straight ticket for other state
Offices Received with cheers, but Temporal
rily postponed and laid over till morning.
The same gentleman also read a lot OF
preenback poetry which was cheered lus-
lily.
Adjourned to 8 pm.
Just before the reassembling of the con-
yention after sumner a street parade and
te.nii;abt nrocnssi IN tool Mace in which
some so or 400 men and bows, carrying
ahont 100 torches participated. Jesse
Harper, of Missouri, was expected TO adj
dress the crowd but failed to appear.
The procession formed on the square
and marched down Houston street to the
denot across to Main and back to the court
Mouse making very creditabe display.
A hand headed the procession.
THE convention met at 0 o'clock p. M.
Thn committee on platform reported a res
oIntion SUBSTANTIALLY as follows Endorsed
IL s,rao,hac[ nIetform ~ Chicaeo of 1850,
wi,is modificiiion of the clause
rolat;pc Ia bonds. the report
declares that no bonds should be refunded
~, Ia n, n,aturit,, with ony lawful mon.
ov a. hand. arraioned The democratic party
9r nnt rigbting lie wrongs perpetrated
AGAINST the people in creating debt and
grsntinr subsidies TO railroads. The dem
6cratic party has doubled the
S g t eHep,u and nd exempted said roads
from the requirements of the constitution
e. iaoat;n,, sItarnate sections for the benefit
Z ne,i,e common ,cnool fnnd; has issued land
cartiicates To irripatiuC companies and
canal comnauies millions of acres in
excess of the public domain; has robbed
inc nsonje by ernnting 100000 acres to
~ ny clp,,e nsn,tslitis 10 mild a capital; in
a ~ class ieoislatiou by refusing to
aef 81 r,,,I,1;S ,iorair Inv tracts Of less Than
Gio acres inns deriving the poor of the op-
,,o,,,,n;sy 10 INV HI. has sold state bonds az
csnts and bought them
booL al 1A0. has refused TO
pso aSo;.,, st.,. co,,,rol ovor railways. has
,,,i,i,dro,vn over En- 5oo q n from circulation.
WI ,iiad M, n useless cash balance: mas re-
&c. 10 n,a lie n constitutional anpropriation
Me Schools on Inc niea of want of rev.