The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-13

~ 'NNIo with republicans aud
Ert N"'1n FOR ilio seleo.
II vas fopied, on behalf u I' wv.
ford phrty, that evmy man elaine
Ing 10 be delegate should DO al
lowed TO vote In the election
OF temporary chairman; that ~ soon as
Temporary chairman was elected, no
would appoint committee on credentials
TO whom these protests would be referred,
and that when that committee reported,
would be the time to determine tho quos-
ton In regard to the delegates objected to-.
| ~ was then asked whether the persons
objected to would be permitted to vote
upon that question.
| II was replied on behalf Of the Crawford
party that they would most assuredly be
allowed to vote on that and all other ques-
tons until the convention about to be or
ganized had decided against their right so
10 do; that they held certificates OF election,
and that the convention could not go be-
| hind those certificates.
To this IL was replied by the Wellborn
man that if the democratic delegates pres:
ent would first agree to purge the meeting of
republicans and greenbackers, he was will
ing then to assist in organizing democrat
ic convention, and whoever might
vention, he would cheerfuly and heartily
support, but he would not 20 into an or
ganization, temporary or otherwise, with
any but democrats.
| 10 this the Crawford men would not
agree, and the widest scene of confusion
ensued
Finally the chairman of the executive
committee announced, thas he could not
proceed with the work OF organizing the
convention unless order was maintained,
and as it seemed utterly impossible to
maintain order among the crowd present, he
invited all delegates who desired to organ
| ize an orderly democratic convention to as
semble in the county court room.
| The Crawford men, instead of accedingto
this request, Immediately raised the cry
of "a bolt, bolt" and proclaimed their
intention of remaining where they were and
organizing convention of their own.
| The dread Of being called "bolters" has,
perhaps, more than any one thing else
caused men time and time again to quietly
submit to the greatest political outrages.
| Abuse and Misrepresentation have been,
all through this campaign, the chief re-
| lance of the men who raised the cry OF
'bolters,'' and it is not therefore to be won
dered at that they resorted to their favorite
tactics on this occasion.
| But this IS the first time in the history of
political parties that any man or set Of men
who simply refused to join with them in Or
| ganizing convention.
In order to be boilers there must
be some organized body to bolt from. But
when this cry was raised no organization
had been effected.
The men who call us boilers refused, be-
| fore there was any organization, TO do what
any democrat ought to have done. and
what they would have done if they had not
| been carried away by political excitement
refused to agree to our request to exclude
| from the convention about to be organized
| all who were not democrats.
All our propositions on this point were
all descriptions from their portion OF the
crowd then present
| And when finally the chairman of the
| executive committee-unable to obtain or
preserve order-invited all democratic dele
gates present who desired to organize an
orderly democratic convention to assemble
! in the county court room-.they responded
to his invitation with cries of '.Bolters ~
"boltersn' LET them go!" "We will Or
ganize convention without them"
The voice of an organized democracy
speaks only through its duly accredited
servants
The only man in Dallas county duly and
Dallas county to declare democratic con-
vention duly organized was the chairman
| of the democratic executive committee,
and by him, the meeting known as the
Crawford meeting-the meeting which
styles itself a democratic convention, but
which refused to exclude greenbackers and
republicans--neyer has been declared organ
| lied as the democratic convention of Dallas
county.
Those delegates who assembled in the
| county court room were there called to
order by the chairman Of the executive
committee, and proceeded to complete the
organization of the democratic county con-
/ ola ntnA rftnn
nent chairman, Mr.. Porter secretary; IL
delegates were elected to represent this
county in the state convention called to
meet at Galveston on July Is, 1882 like
number of delegates were also elected to
attend the congressional, senatorial and
| floating representative conventions; an
executive committee for the county was
appointed, of which John W, Daniels is
chairman, and other proceedings were had
which it is perhaps unnecessary to mention
| here.
This convention was composed OF 80
| delegates representing country precincts
which poll nearly, If not quite, one-half of
the democratic vote of Dallas county. And
| il the voice of the democrats OF the other
precincts in this county could have been
heard, if greenbackers and republicans had
not selected their delegates for them, If
such Of those delegates as are democrats
had not been blinded by their zeal for their
congressional candidate, there would have
been no necessity for this address.
But we and the democrats whom we rep
resent, as well as those from other pre-
cincts, are determined that tie green
hackers and republicans of the city OF Dali
las shall not dictate to the democrats of
Dallas county who shall be the nominoes Of
the democratic party.
Upon this principle we have acted; for
this cause we have battled, not in the in
terest of any individual, but for the MAIN
tenance of democratic principles and the
preservation Of the democratic party. And
we appeal to every true democrat in Texas
to sustain us in our cause.
The greenbacKers and republicans who
have contributed TO the present state OF af-
fairs in this county have not abandoned their
political convictions or parties. They are
simply following the advice of Il. j. Davis
and his superiors at Washington. They
are advocating the cause of the man whose
nomination as democratic candidate will,
for some reason or other, best suit their
political purposes.
When we charged 1t upon them that
greeenbackcrs and republicans had con-
trolled the electins in the city of Dallas,
and that greenbackers and republicans bad
/, been sent as delegates, we were told that
we could not raise this question; that we
could not 90 behind the returns.
Six years ago upon this same doctrine,
Hayes stole the presidency from the demo-
cratic party.
FeIlow-democrats of Texas, do you APP
GBoEeE r. FEARx,
JOIN w. DANIELS,
ID. A. WILLIAMS,
w. w. SEBASTIAN,