The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-11
POLITICAL POINTS.
The Presidential Contest Promises 10
be Many.Sided.
"A LONG LIST OF CONVENTIONS
Details From Maino-Hlnts From the Pro.
hibitioniSts- Democratic and Re-
publican state Nomination.
Fusion not Successful.
The renth pl,trIct RenuhlIe,n..

The Tenth District Republicans.
SAN ANToNIo, Sept. 10 Special. r.
The Republican convention for the
Tenth district was called to order
to-day at u m. in the pavilion. George
raschal was made temporary Chairman.
Ihe Committee on Credentials was
appointed and the convention adjourned
To y. IN. On re-assembling, the Com.
mltteo on Credentials reported. The
hrst alteration arose over the seating
of James Newcomb, the San Antonio
postmaster, who attended as alternate,
He was largely voted down, bul
finally seated as proxy for
an absent member. The Committee ON
Permanent Organization was appointed.
Col. DeGress had been appointed on this
committee and declined to serve. The
Chairman asked: "Do you refuse 10
serve on this committee?n and he re-
piled: 81 do"
The committee on Permanent Organi-
zation then presented tho following 70.
port, which was adopted;
Permanent Chairman, Wesley Ogden.
OF BeNar; Vice-Prisidont, III. B. Han.
cock, of Travis; III. Il. Chamberlain, OF
Williamson, and +. Fry, of Kendall,
Secretarys; l.. w. Madaras2 and g. III
Clifford, OF BeXar, and Otto Heileg. Oh
Medina. The permanent chairman.
Judge w. Ogden, returned thanks for
the honor conferred on him and said II
would give him pleasure to perform the
functions presiding over 50 much in
telllgence. AS know you all are Re
pubiicans, ! can only say the spirit OF
Republicanism is growing in this
state and will soon command respect
throughout the whole United States. Tie
party used to be called the black-And-
white or mulatto party, and this stain
was thrown on II by those who sneered
at those Republicans who were true 10
their party. 1t has been dangerous, and
even in some places 1t is dangerous now.
to be Republican. We Republicans
IAN shape the course Of the political af.
fairs of this State II we arc reunited
We should forget our difference, and
when we do unite the day will not be far
distant when we will control this state
Cheers.
On motion Of w. II. Holland the Chair
appointed the committee of seven, on
platform and resolutions. Col. Degrpss
who was on the committee appointed
declined again serving,and Judge Fos-
ter also declined, when Col. Degrees 70
considered the matter and concluded H.
serve. Another recess of half an hour
was taken.
On reassembling, the Committee on
Platform made tho following report
which was adopted:
Your Committee on Platform and
Resolution, recommend the following;
First-That we heartily endorse Tho
National Republican platform aud re-.
commend its protection and labor
planks To the deliberate Judgment of
the people of this district, and ask tfn.l
to aid us to give the electoral vote
Blaine and l0gln.
Second-Thi6see fnv0r tariff for roy
enue TO defray ihe necessary expense.
of the Government, and discriminating
with special reference to protection Gi
domestic labor, home industries and
nome production, and especially de.
mahd restoration OF the wool tariff o.
1867.
Third-We believe the educational bill
now before Congress, commonly known
as the "Blair bill, Is constitutional i'm nil
of its provisions and we believe il To he
TO the interests Of the people ofthis STATE
That members of Congress from Texa,
should heartily support the same, and H.
THIS connection wo condemn the action
of Senators Coke and Maxey in votinp
against the bill while before the Senate
Fourth-We declare ourselves opposed
TO all sumpluary laws and all | ws in
ringing upon the personal liberties ami
rights Of the people.
Fifth-We demand OF the I,egislatur,
ol IcNas the enactment aud cuforrn
ment of an equitable lien law by whirl
tho wages of labor may he secured Ia
the laborcr.
lhe chair then announced that IN,
next business in order was the nomiu,
tlon of n candidate Tor Congress, II. l.
Hosling was put In nomination M VA.
Judge Rector, of Austin, who wa.
warmly seconded bya negro delepntn
iosliug was withdrawn and made Il
speech endorsing Rector as "A strniyh,
out Republican. Rector was then unan
imously nominated.
The executive committee for tho dis.
trict was nominated, and tho conven
tiou adjourned.
Immediately after adjournment Han.
cock, n burlv negro delegate from An.
tin, remarked to Degrees, n leadini
white Republican of the Same city.
lyon took an unfair advantage of m,
in substituting your name for minr n,I
the county congressional committee
You played me low, dirt,
trick, and | don't propose TO stand h
! VIII beat he'll out of yOum He cnuyLi
Degrees 10y the throat and chukod him
Degrees hammered him with rnid
headed canc. They were arrested l,y n
Tho meeting broke up amid
great excitement. IL was a contest II.
tween Degrees and tho machine.