The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-30
Proceedings Of the Greenbackers, In
Convention Assembled at Fort
Worth Weaver Addresses
the Convention.
A Lively Time had Organizing Hon.
q. W. Jones Endorsed for
Governor.
prisoners at Eastland Make Bold
Break for Liberty but are
F0iled.
Judge Hancock and the Democracy
Galveston Items.
Discovery of Mineral Well Near
Henrietta.
Other Interesting State News.
Fort Worth

Fort Worth.
Special to the Herald.
Fort Worm, June @,-The greenback
state convention met this morning at the
picnic grounds, two miles west of town.
The convention is composed of about 40
delegates, representing majority Of the
congressional districts in the state.
In temporary organization, Mr.. Ward
Taylor, of Marion county, editor of the
Jimplecutc, was elected chairman, and ID
b. Withers of Tyler, editor of the Green.
hacker, elected secretary.
Before committees We're appointed look.
ingto permanent organization, General ].
Il. Weaver made his appearance, and the
convention suspended operations TO hear
him speak. lie spoke for two hours the
speech being about the same as made at
Dallas. He declared in extenso that
the old parties had no one test of
membership and must go to pieces for
want of fixed purpose, while the green
hackers were anti-monopoly and for the
rights of labor-:this was their test. The
most noticeable feature Of the speech wa, an
endorsement OF Jones as the man for govern
or. II was learend from delegates that Gene
raj Weaver is privately opposed to any nom
ination OF state ticket and favors the inde-
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 improprieiy of the
nomination OF state ticket.
After General Weaver's speech the conven.
tion adjourned to meet at the courthouse
at 3p. m. People from all over Tarrant
county were present at the picnic grounds.
men, women and children. The crowd was
variously estimated at from 800 TO 1000
probably 200 or 800 were in attendance
and manifested ordinary party enthusiasm,
Among Dallasites present were Jerome
kearby, J. w. Payne, DIR. Bell, DR.. Carl
Murray, W, IL. Littell, s. A. Clark, and
W, IL. Harris. The whole number of dele
gates present represented only thirty.cne
counties in northern and central Tex,s.
the other portions OF the state being unrep
resented.
In the, afternoon permanent organi-
zation was affected by the
election of DIR. Rankin, of
Mcl4ennan county, as chairman. and Mr.
Withers as permanent secretary.
For some time after the meeting in the af.
ternoon things continued to ret 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.
tam motions 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
the smaller ones objected, until basis of
| representation came near being the rock on
which the convention was about 10 sniff
and II 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 conius.
ion, and pleaded for harmony and silence
IL was at last determined to allow each
county one vote for each delegate present,
no county to have more than ten,
Nice-presidents were appointed from
each congressional district represented i'm
the convention, and also committee ON
platform in the same manner.
motion 10 instruct the committee not
to report more than four planks in the plat.
form was tabled.
The first second, seventh and
eighth districts were not represented in The
convention at all.
A motion to appoint committee of ten
TO canvass and report on the adyisabilty
OF nominating n state ticket was tabled.
Fowler, of Denton, offered the following
resolution:
That We, the representatives of the ma.
lnonal greenback party, Of the state of
Texas do hereby endorse q. w.
Jones FOR governor Of the state, ana request
every good citizen OF Texas to earnc nv adj
yocate his election, aud that we proceed 10
nominate q straight ticket for other safe
offices. Received with cheers, but tempora.
rily postponed and laid over till morning
The same gentleman also read lot Of
Rreenback poetry which was cheered lus.
tily. '''
Adjourned to s y. m.
Just before the rcasscmbling of the con.
veniion after supper a street parade and
torchlight procession took place in which
some Su0 or 100 men and boys, CARRYING
about 10 torches, participated. Jesse
dress the crowd but failed TO oppcnr.
The procession formed on the sauare
and marched down Houston street 10 the
depot, t,across to Main and back TO the court.
house, makinga very crcditable display.
A band headed the procession.
The convention met at 0 o'clock %. m.
The committee on platform reported res.
olution substantially rs follows: Endorsed
the grccnback platform Of Chicago of 1850,
with a modification OF the clause
relating TO bonds the report
ueclhTes tnat no ponds should be refunded
but paid at maturity with any lawful mon
ey on hand; arraigned the democratic p,-ty
for not righting. TIE wrongs perpetra,ed
against the people In creating debt and
granting subsidies 10 railroads. I'll q dem.
ocratic party has doubled Tho
debt. exempted the international lands
from taxation and exempted said roads
irom the requirements Of the constitution
for locating alternate sections for the benefit
OF the common school fund; has issued land
certificates TO irrieating companies and
canal companies, millions OF acres In
excess oi. the public domain: has robbed
the, people by granting 1000 900 acres TO
TO four capitalists 10 build a capiial. in.
augurated class legislation by refusing 10
scll the public domain In tracts Of less than
GAO acres, thus depriving the poor Of the on.
portunity 70 buy Il; has sold state bonds A
- cents, and bought Them
back at 14o has refused 10
exercise state control over RAILWAYS. has
Withdrawn over 81 800, ,0V from circulstion' n
and piled up useless cash balance. hss re'
FUSED 70 make constitutional appropriation