The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-31
TERRELL AHEAD.
A HARMONIOUS CONVENTION.
Flfeen Senatorial Delegates of the TWEEN
iy-sccond Dlstrict-1hese ara Tue
lily Instructed Tor Terrell
Proxy Questions, Etc.


Senatorial di,trht, aud delegates to tn,
Congressional convention convened II
the district room Of the courthouse yes
terdny morning at Ia o'clock. Tn,
meeting WAS called Ia order 10y Mr., g.
Nc, Cole, Chairman of the County EN
tcuiiYO committee, who In
faw brief remarks, wei
Islt, declared the convention open iul
I've transaction Of business.
Mr.. w, Is. Groonluw was unanimously
elected Secretary, Tho roll ut the Pre-
elncs was called by the Chair. When
TriL,.y Millswas reached John u. Ston,
Ou a protest against that Precinct be-
ms represented, on The grounds that thl
/ Primary WIS held on Friday instead uI
Saturday, rs per the cali OF the Chair
pian. lie also iilcd like protests against
..NiInrkberry, Sryenc, Slu.t2 schoOl-houSC
snd llaught's store.
Mr.. Field gave uut'rc that I'm due time
protests would DO lilul against tho dele
gates of the First anal see ~. wards, and
the f,ur Grounds.
Mr.. AunspauEh prcsoNi.. 3D. ll1'I.1
endorsing Hon, Olin Nu....H, tu. 70
was ruled out of order HUa a' .u' "a,
time withdrew 10.
Mr.. J. .. Stone put In nomination for
permanent Chairman Hon. II. $. Guy,
Tho Chair ruled that u committee on
credentials WAS first i'm order.
MIR. !. II. Taylor moved that two from
Precinct No. | and one delegate from
each precinct in the county he app
pointed Il Committee on Credentials.
Stone moved, rs II substitute, that a
committee of five be appointed on ere
dcntinlS, and named the following: :.
Robertson, John West, W. j. Keller,
Charles BussCy and ;. j. Waters.
4 motion was made TO lay the substi-
tute on the table, and on Il vote being
taken resulted in the same being lost By
Il vote OF II to 70.
j. y. simpson stated that the motion
of Mr.. Taylor would give the city two
and the county seven ON the committee.
lie wished to ask the Chair, the Conven-
ton and the gentlemen who favored Mr..
Taylor's motion II that was fair repre-
ScnlatiOn for the city!
Mr.. Rugcl, OF Mesquite, argued that
the precedent had boon established, and
hence the correctness oil Tie thing.
Tho question of the city having n
more equal representation was discussed
at length. The city demanded fair
representation.
j. Il. Stone offered the following:
Resolved, That one representative
from each voting precinct, in which an
election was held under t.ic call of the
County Executive committee, be ap-
pointed committee on Credentials TO
be selected by each delegation.
4 motion was made TO table the reso-
Nilysn, anu MI. EDtput II.
Mr.. j. u. Simpson moved to amend
by giving precinct No. ! three on the
Committee of Credentials. He did not
thing that even fair ratio, yet the city
delegation would be satisfied with it.
The amendment was ignored and the
original substitute of Mr.. Stone was put
and carried by a vote of ID to Al.
There was II squabble over John Raw
Inns, who, Mr.. Sam Klein said was not Il
legal delegate or proxy, and had no
] right to voice i'll the convention. lie
demanded that Rawlns produce his
credentials as Il delegate. At this junct-
ure there was perfect uproar, the coun-
try delegates claiming that the cOnven-
ton had no right to pass upon Rawlins'
credentials but that it was for the COM
mttee to decide.
The Chair asked Rawlns if he had a
yH9xy. He asked the Chair what it
meant by proxy. The Chair asked
him if he was authorized to east a vote
in the convention, and he said he was.
Mr.. G. T.. Tucker asked that Mr.. Raw
Inns be made to produce his proxy. The
Chair said that he would not question
blr. Rawllns' right to vote iii the con-
VentiOn,
on motion of Stone the name of j. II.
Taylor was substituted on The Commit
tee of Credentials, instead OF that OF w.
j. Keller.
A motion to table Stones motion
called for Il vote, and when the Chair
called lIutchins which both BuSscy and
Rawlns claimed to representative latter
by proXy--BuSsey voted two votes i'll
favor of the motion, and Rawlins two
as linst it.
rhis sprung the proxy question again,
and in II fiji Of desperation the Chair de-
handed Of Mr.. John RawlinS his
lroXy, who was forced to admit
with much chagrin to his adherents that
he had no proxy.
The Chair decided that he was not en-
titled to vote which was greeted with
vociferous applause.
The vote " = u4I,n announced, and the
motion to able vas lest by Y)Ue Oh 10
TO A.
The vote as to whether o. not pre-
vious question should bept was arried
BY u vote of 40 to "a.
The orr n u motion Of Jno. b: Stone
that IA COZ mittee Of ave ON credentials,
composed Of ). Kobe t>on, John West,
j. Ii. Taylor, Chas. Bu3s'y, and :. j..
Waters be appointed, was Voted II aId
was carried by Il vote Ct 10 to II.
Mr.. Strong, a Nash delegate, then
made a proposition to the convention,
which he stated he was prompted in
doing by love Of harmony. He had
watched the proceedings of the conVen-
ton closely and had discerned chat
there was likely to be a bitter feeling
engendered among the ranks OF the
party. Therefore he would propose
that the convention turn Nash and
Terrell loose and let them make q goa =
yoll-please race before the people. The
proposition was seconded by Mr.. Charles
Fired Tucker, but was Kissed down.
ON motion the Committee on CredGn
tials was also made Committee on Per
manenu Organization. The convention
then took Il recess until . p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Durinp the interem for dinner there
was deal of wire-working. The cooler
heads on both sides cndeavored to bring
about harmony between the two fac
tions, but each adhered to its candidate.
! The Terrell delegation having gained
2 majority, naturally enough declined the
proposition on the part of Mr.. Nash's
supporters to turn them loose before the
people without nomination. Harmony
was talked of, but il was no go.
On the recQnvening of the convention,
the Committee on Credentials reported
as follows:
10 the Honorable Dallas County Democratic
Convention assembled at Dallas, July %,
Your Committee on Credentials beg
leave to report that we find the follow
ing precincts properly represented by
the delegates respectively named be-
low:
First Ward-Represented by g. M.
Terry, N. G. Turney, Paul Jannison.
Alex Cockrell and Dave Bryan; such of
them as are present, having the right to
east the vote of the ward, unless proxies
are hereafter presented. This applies to
all.
Second Ward-Represented by A. F.
Ohenchain, w. B. Greenlaw, o.. p. S.
Fee, s. d. Cuthbreath, by Wade Hill
proxy, by +. A. johnson and =. Auns-