The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-15
sE>AroRisL CONVENTION
To Wee, To-day or Not q" "ce''
That H. the Question.

The place OF meeting OF the senatorial
| convention, iut tie purpose ~ hoillhH'-
| ING n Il tie senator tul nj. district com
| nnsel of the counties OF FAILS. MclGnnau
| and Limestone, ia at Waco. The tIuIc ipr
| the meeting ui said convention u tn-'iay
| or I, not to-day, according 10 the Jug
mcnt aud taste VI the respective readers
| who may scan the exp malon Ot the
muddle and complication vi TINE eel. ior'h
! in the cxplansiiun oi the situation this ar
| ticlc u tctnpts Ia eve.
! TO tl, rhuirmrn Of the county dcmo-
| cratitaN,cuuyy comm tt"os ni thc counties
| belongs the duty Oi liAing time ard place
/ for holding senator al convention. The
| place surins TO have been agreed upon, tue
| time /, misunderstood While Dr. w II.
Wilkes was chairman of the democratic
executive committee at tli- county II" re-
e. wed u communication from Nj. y. X,
Dickinson OF Marlin. Chairman OF the
dumuCiatc executive committee oi fhllS
county, or from hi pied, ccssu', rs su, II
chairman. IN winch communication TIE
time Tor the meeting oi thc -cuHtpi hl con
ventiuu WAS suggested I- hr l1ih ol thl-
month. To- day. ~ Wiikrs, owing To ih"
fact that uut county convention wa 10
meet @ soon dii NOT answer the letter
but preferred in wait uu b ihu county con
| ycnlion met. This failure =" answer thc
Itiltf -tr ili- 10 IINNi lll 'l| l''' ill
at a favorable Icep"n-r to his icttrr Oh
I MIR. Dickinson. and iu Marlin the time of
/ the NEE iug wns taken Ton granted
~ the 18TH. II Wa So
understood In one county
convention or At least II wns spoken OF ~
| the time amt was unconiialici'd ana
| ycnc.al impression prevailed TINT the
| senatorial convention wa Z" meet her" ON
the 10th oi july. n IA, Austl"and con
/ fusion Of the convention nothing definite
WIS snid about the time NJ m,oiluR and
/ the very indefinite i"H OF the 10Th &c.
| mnin,d. II seems that when Or. Wilkes
turned over TO ti. successor the chair.
mannhip of the executive committee OF
this county to Mr.. Il. \ Mchunney, hls
successor to that office, he turned over
Mao as u part al IT, rights AMI Hppultcn-
| AnCrg the unanswered rolumunl hllnn
of Mir Dickinson and the unsettled time
OF the convention, with suggestions Ia
correspond with Mr.. Dickinson in respect
to the uns tiled matter. Nj Mchc1ucy,
| IL seems did not an. wer the original l"'-
| ter until Thursday OF this week, or the
| letter was delayed and the letter must
l not have reached Marlin unit yesterday
| Meanwhile gentlemen nom FAILS county,
delegate wr presume, reached thn city
| ycsterlAy to attend the convention. sup
posed OF assume / to be- to-day. ester
day DIR. wilkes tclcgraphcd Mr.. Dickinson
10 the oil, ~ TINT nm lmprr- sion seemed to
prevail that the senatorial convention was
To- be held here on saturday and deny ny
that any such understanding existed, 81 Al
least that there was SOM mistake about
the matter To thlt telegram the follow
ing reply Nns received.
MALLS, July Il, l~N2.
Dr. w. Ii. wilkes
Our delegate viii be- ut Waco to-mor-
row and expect to nominate scmtpt.
lSignrdl j. T. Di.hINsoN.
On receipt OF the above telegram III.
wilkes nj once tclcgup'd the following
rcspousr'
WACO July 10. I,,2.
Mr.. i. H. Dickinson
Tomorrow never ngi,ci upog mot un-
drrstooI; our delegate will not hu here
>ignchI W. II Nnhts.
And their the matter rests. whether
the convention Is 10 De- held to-day 81 MOI
Is unsettled. Whether It ought TO hc held
today under the oircum -tlrccs l. IA moo
ed question which every unc must settle
in lis own mind. II the delegate from
Falls county arrive to-day Nnd Our drIr-
gates are not present It may hu 70 difficult
matter to Aljust the complication salts
inCtOrily and Justly For the delegate Of
Falls county to incur ihc Expense 81 Il
second trip would hardly be igir. for our
county to bu unrrpr,oontCd would be
! equally uulair