Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
THE GAzETTE: FORT WORTH. TEXAS. TnuRspAY. duNE12

10 OAZEIIE. IL
majority this fall, If given enco,ro.a
vens,n S"u 'air treatment by this con.
,. MT; Whitehead of F.nn,u county
:; ne defended the major.
isy report, saying the experience Of
,a arr'soh county was not different
n rroIn mat OF his own and other East
lexas counties. 1t was too late now
70 go back to 1850 and attempt 70
reverse what had been done then. n
Whs not fair or safe precedent and
.ne convention could not afford To de-
pars from the ratio designated by the
majority OF the committee.
non. Horace Chiffon of Smith
county spoke In behalf Of the Harrison
county Democrats. He offered the
ioiiowing resolution as a compromise
which he thought would give Harri.
con her Just ratio:
!, RESOLVED. that In arriving nj the vote or
ws ssrs on couniy the vote OF those precincts
10 the Vote o e' e was held IN ls according
'oweu seven "a votes in this convention.
Hon. TIE. Armistead of Marion
county made an eloquent appeal for
Tue minority report. He said he
ived In the adjoining county to Har.
rison, and knew what his unfortunate
neighbor Democrats had had to under
go. They had been wronged and out
ragged beyond description and should
nave generous and fair treatment.
| Mr. Lovejoy of Galveston county
defended his county from the
charge implied by Mr..
Armistead, that Galvestonians
had been found to make affidavit
against Democrats of Harrison county
Tor casting an honest vote. No Demo-
crat in Galveston had ever done IL.
Leatherman. who, he supposed, was
referred toby Mr.. Armstead, was Re
publican, a federal official and not a
bona tide resident or citizen of Calves.
ton.
Col. Perkins OF Hunt county essay.
ed to defend the minority report,
speaking eloquently in behalf of .Har-
rison county.
Mr.. Whitehead ofXapata county, at.
tempted to explain, as a member of the
committee on credentials andirepresen.
tation, why the report had given Har.
rison county the representation Mr.
Wilson complained Of He said the
committee did not feel empowered
to accord Harrison county anything
more than she was entitled to Ivy tn,
official report of the vote in 1882 TO
John Ireland. To have made an ex
ception in favor Of Harrison woult
have been injustice TO fifty other coun
ties.
Mr.. Chiffon OF Smith county asked
IL Mr.. Whitehead knew of any othe
county In Texas situated as Harrison
county was in 1882 and is now.
Mr.. Whitehead said he though
there was, but there were circum
stances which had transpired in tn
committee room which sealed hi
mouth.
Hon. Tilghman Smith of johnson
D got the floor and moved, amid shout
: and disorder, that Harrison county b
Z. allowed seven votes.
] The vote was then taken on Co
Q ChlltOn's resolution, which provide
e that Harrison shall have seven votes
t Carried, and the convention thel
:. adopted the report as u whole, of tn
y sentaiion.
9 The committee on permanent crgar
e ization and rules then submitted tn
b following report:
. To the Hon Thomas IL. Murray, Temporal
Chairman and Reprepresen tative OF u
s Democratic State National Convention;
d Your committee on permanent organlH
a ton and rules of order beg leave 10 repn
!. that, after meeting and organizing by u
u election OF Bryan Callaghan chairman ana
d L. Elgin secretary, We respectfully recon
N mend for permanent chairman OF this co
:, yentlon Jos ID. Sayers OF Bastrop; for Vic
u presidents, NJ. W. Garrett OF Harris. Col.
,r A. Num- OF Houston, n. w. Finley OF Smlt
n Chas; ID. Grace OF ti,nnin, Goi: y; D, fieK lex.
,r Bates of Brazorl,t Hon. w. i. Upon OF ia
Is cite, Gov. Marion Martin of Navarro, Col.
I j. Breckenridge of Travis, Hon, j; II. Trayi
- of Hood: for secretary, VIII I.amoert
D. Travis and assistants I. w. Griffin OF La
a. pasas, T. W. Wheelcss of Travis; sereeants.i
r arms, A. NJ. Wright OF Marion, Morris COT
g, The committee would further recomme
% as the rules for the government oil II
ia body. - ,.,,
u be elected AT large 10 the hsuohai beh
Of cratic convention.
m . That two delegates ana Two alternates
vi selected from the nominations Oh the g
pressional districts as delegates from ca
I'd district TO that convention. $50.
- 4 That this convention, In the selection
Ae delegates, be governed By the ume-honoi
u twothird> rule. a.,
l. rnies of thu last house OF representatives
uo the state legislature, where special rules
d. (, That speaking on all subjects be limi
as to a term oil ten mlnutes
40 Respectfully submitted,
BnYAN CALLAGnAS, Chairman
ed join Il. ELGIN. Secretary.
When this was being read and
Gov. Sayers' name was hea
cheers rent the air. The allusion
n the retention of the two-thirds r
re- called forth cries of"No no."
Mr.. Tarleton of Hill county n
OIL the following minority report
=, Tn the Chairman OF the Convention;
~ we. a minority OF the committee on
Inc manent organization aua fuies, pgs 70
Wy az senI from Inc report OF the majority IN
oi s seras in desipnaies the two-thiid DIS role;
Ia, Ia. yocommend in It's stead the majority 7
maj "Sion.I d. b. TAnLEToN,
ep "'e" OF hin County, and othci
,ast r. was moved and seeon'
ss az 10 substitute the minol
un. o,ort ms 10 the two-thi
ssd rnie for the myjority report,
ioie Tarleton called for the vote 10y
the comnties, and the secretary procee
lay To 70 call the counties in alphabetical
der. The result was as follows;