The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-20

changes as effect the development All,
progress Of the law and administration
Justice.
. Article 3, Section 1.--Each annual meet
Ing of the association shall designnto TN
time and place Of the sucocedinl
: board OF directors shall be filled
, by thc board the concurrence OF q majority
OF whom shall be necessary for a choice.
Article 4, Section 1.-The following com
mittee shall be appointed annually by tn,
! president for the year ensuing and shal
consist Of five members each: On jurispru
dence and law reform, on Judicial admins
) trston and remedial, procedure, on lega
education and admission to the bar, on
commercial law, on publication, on griev-
ances and discipline.
Section "A committee ofthree, ofwhom
the secretary shall always be one, shall be
appointed by the president at each
annual meeting OF the association
whose duty it shall be to report TO
the next meeting the names OF all mem
bers who shall In the interval have died,
4 with such notices of them as in the discre-
ton OF the committee be proper.
Article 4, Section This association
shall have power to impose fines and asses,
fees.
Article 0, Section 1.-All propositions to
alter or add to the constitution shall be
alton and filed with the secretary at least
one month before being acted on, and shall
not be adopted without the concurrence OF
two-thrds of the members present.
Article Dissection Each member of the
association shall pay to the secretary of
the same the sum of two dollars and fifty
cents as annual dues, which, after much
discussion, was adopted.
The committee having failed to report a
set Of by Jaws for the association, they were
empowered to draft bylaws and present.
the same'for adoption at 10 o'clock q. m
Monday.
1t was then moved and seconded that the
association proceed to the election Of per-
manent officers under the provisions OF the
constitution at II o'clock Monday. Lost.
1t was then moved that the association
proceed with the election Of permanent
officers at p. m. This was amended that
an election lie held Monday, at &c a. m. To
this a substitute was offered that the cleo
ton be proceeded with at Sis p. m. After
substitute prevailed that the association
Immediately proceed to the election of per-
manent officers. Hon. Thomas j. Devine,
of San Antonio, was placed in nomination
as permanent president. While the ballot
was being taken, General Waul occupied
the chair. Upon the vote being announced,
it stood: DeVine, 50; Waul, B. McLeary. 2;
Boon, l..
A committee of three were appoint
ed to conduct Judge Devine TO the
chair, when he again thanked the associa-
ton for the honor conferred.
Hon. Silas Hare, of Grayson county;
General T. N. Waul, of Galveston, and
Judge B. N. Bassett, of Brennan, were
placed in nomination for vice-president.
The ballot resulted in Bas5ett receiving 80
votes, Hare 20, Waul %, Spencer 2, Robin
son mo election. The second ballot re-
suited in the election of Judge Bassett, the
vote standing Bassett Al, Waul 20, Hare 20.
Charles S. Morse, John G. Walker, of
Galveston, and Charles S. Todd, were
sulting in the election of Morse
by the following vote Morse
~, Walker 30, Todd II, Grace 2, Pope /.
Marcus A. Mott, of Galveston, was
elected treasurer.
l.. G. Grathaus of Bexar county; II. b.
Saunders of Bell county; w. ?. Ballinger
of GalvestonJ L. j. Simpkins of Navarro
ado county, were elected board of direc-
| tors.
The convention at p. NJ, on motion Of
General Waul, adjourned until a. m.
Monday.
1t is not as fully attended as was ex-
pected, but it is expected the number of
delegates will be largely increased on the
assembling of the association Monday. 1t
is fine body of men, who seemed to be i'm
bued with an intelligent sense of the object
they have in view.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. Weber, wife OF Julius Weber, a
prominent cotton-buyer, died to-day OF
heart disease.
Eight marriages and fifteen deaths have
occurred in the past week.
Cotton closed quiet; middlings, l24; sales,
| 122 receipts, IL; exports, 30 bales.
Hon. Marion l.. Martin, aspirant for
Acknowledgements; w. NJ. Johnson and
W. ]. Swain, for the office of comptroller,
and Messrs. Il. NJ. Wynn, Il. j. Simpkins
general, are already here.
| Politics are at a boiling point and mucn
work is being made by friends of the diff
ferent candidates in quiet ways.
| GALVESTON, July lit was reported
this morning that Roberts has positively
prevailed. Crowds promenaded the streets
| hurrahing for Ireland. Reporters imme-
diately sought the source of information.
| The ground for the rumor was the follow
ing telegram, which is authentic, being
verbatim copy of the original in reply TO
the inquiry as to the truth of the rumor:
~ answer that | have authorized no per-
son TO say that | would, under no circum-
stances, accept the nomination; but have
said 20 all, and also IN my published letter,
that / was not candidate, and wished to
retire from public life.
[Signedl o. NJ. RoBERTs."
A caucus of Ireland's friends was held
Immediately. Roberts friends called a
caucus Ireland being interviewed said
the telegram amounted to nothing.
He would have an open field.
From interviews with the most prominent
men, the opinion prevails among lreland's
friends that it is only a bid TOR the oihcs;
that he desires it and the inquiry was
| but a scheme of his friends. others
consider il positive declination, but init
mate that in case OF deadlock or in the
interest OF party harmony, he will accept.
| His friends consider him the strongest man
| in the state, the only man TO beat Jones.
| Those strongly opposed to Ireland say be
is not considered true democrat. having
fostered the greenback offspring in the Ire
| land Schleicher race, and say some counties
will net vote for him as long as a true dem
ocrat is in the field. Neutral parties CON
slider the telegram unwise, and thinks Rob
erts positively declines and will remain the
pet Of the people. The impression prevails
that Ireland will be elected on the first bal
| lot 1fa dead lock ensues, Cook or White
will be nominated by acclamaiion. Trading
is extensively INDUCED in. The Judiciary
Is chiefafter the goyernorship.
After consultation. Ireland's friends con-
/ cluded to hold no caucus, relying upon
the above telegram and message brought
down By Colonel Blount, sent by Roberts,
IS follows: mo man Is authorized to place
nv name in nomination
Roberts friends had n caucus at
O'Clock. Several very warm speeches were
made, bitterly opposing his name beng
placed before the convention with
out positive sanction. Others spoke
for lin s5lidly. stating that they
had come instructed, and would vote for
him first, last and all the time. a COM
n1ittee was appointed 20 discover Roberts
strength, and II advisable 10 place him in
nomination; while .Irelands. Trends are
over Iubiiaut. and say they have n walk
over Sentiment is now changing. The