The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-17
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Sims are ne rospectiye( ohalrnen Of said
two committees; and,
Whereas iho committee of which w. A,
Sims Ia chairman has sgcn 90 issne coll
for q county convention; and,
Whereas, there are large numbers-nnd
We believe u msjorlty-of the democrats Of
Dallas county who do not recognize the au-
thohty of said committee 10 issue said call,
and who will not feel bound to support the
nominees Of q convention so called; and,
Whereas, The democratic state and sixth
congressional conventions have declined TO
| positively decide upon the merits of the
controversy out of which the existence of
the said two conyentionsCO OF July LIST
arose; and,
Whereas, There is now no impartial
tribunal to whom the merits Of this contro-
versy can be referred for decision, and no
practical method Of obtaining an authorita-
tive expression of opinion from the indi-
vidual democrats of Dallas county; and,
| Whereas 1t is extremely Improbable
that there will ever exist again state Of
affairs similar to those which gave rise to
said controversy; and,
Whereas, The continued discussion of
this controversy by the democrats Of our
county and the continued existence of the
said two executive committees can resalt in
no good 70 our party, and
will produce orly discord and dissens:on in
JIG uclHOCluLlC isshhej tIlu,
Whereas, 1t seems to be the opinion of
our fellow democrats all through the state
that there ought to be-and we believe
there is-enough good sense patriotism
and love party among the democrats of
Dallas county to enable them to settle their
amicably and honorably and devote their
united energies henceforth to fighting not
each other, but the common enemies Of our
party; and,
Whereas, While believe that our COM
mittee is the only regularly constituted
democratic executive committee of Dallas
county,. nevertheless we do not expect or
desire that the committee, of which Mr..
Sims is chairman, shall acknowledge
that it is in the wrong and
surrender into our hanos the authority
which it now assumes to exercise. But
we do desire, and have the right to expect
that they, claiming to be democrats, and
whom we believe are as honestly as we are
With the safe keeping Of the
interests of the democratic party
in this county, will unite with us and ali
other democrats in all honorable efforts to
secure the peace and harmony and contin-
ued prosperity of our party therefore,
be it
Resolved, That before we proceed to the
exercise of any other power or the dis
charge of any other duty intrusted to us
by the democratic party of our county, we
first use all honorable means in our power
to remove all causes of discord among us,
and to harmonize all portions of our
party.
Resolved, further, That it is the sense of
this committee that the best plan for har-
monizing the party in this county is as
follows
Let John w. Daniel and w. A. Sims,
representing the two committees unite in
a Joint call made by the two committees
for holding democratic county conven-
ton for the purpose of selecting an execu-
tive committee for the county in the place
of the two committees now claiming TO be
the executive committee, and for such
other purposes as may be specified in the
call.
Resolved, further, That the chairman of
our committee is hereby instructed to sub
mitto Mr.. w. A. Sims q copy of these res
olutions and confer with him at once in
refetcnce to getting the assent of his COM
mittee to the plan above proposed, and re-
port the result of said conference TO meet
ing Of our com mittee, 10 be held at 2
O'Clock p. m.
ADDRESS.
To The Democracy Of Dallas County;
The democratic executive committee Of
Dallas county, of which the undersigned is
chairman, believing that they are the right
full representatives OF the democracy OF the
county, yet desiring to prevent any further.
breach in the party, have, in the inter est of
harmony, made every reasonable PROPOSE
ton OF settlement to the Crawford oXecu-
tive committee, all Of which have been re-
iocted, even the proposition To- refer the
question back to the people.
We propose to s2criiica point OF politi-
eel etiquette rather than sacrifice the panty
or It's principles, end whilst we recognize
IN the chairmau aud some of the other
members Of the other committee good and
true democrats, yet find that there are some
Of them who arc democrats oay for the
purpose 0i disorganiaing, and these we de-
Sire shall have no excuse for their coUTse.
The highest authority in the democratic
party of Texas has recognized both COM
miltecs, and tsc Crawford committee refuse
20 recognize their ratings or 90 back to the
people for a settlement Of the trouble.
In view Of all the facts, and that il may
rot be said thsvwo have Distracted orga-
niEation or sacrificed the party TO personal
pride we make the following requests of
The true democrats Of Dallas county: That
they recognize the call OF Mr, SIMS, and
meet in their precincts on the 9th day of
September, and county convention on the
10Th Of September. We suggest that the
people In those primary meetings declare
in favor Of q new committee, the members
Of which shall have more regard for the.
prosperity of TIE party than for that OF
any individual.
JouN W. DANIEL
Chairman Executive Committee.
IT..
Mr.. W. II. Merton, ofoswego, New York,