The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11
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4 lliuNtu reporter bound fur Nl'n
RADIO a. attend the COugrcs-inuu couNrn
ton at tli, the ri IA district, found the
Kaufman aud Dallas delegation aboard
lion. DIN n rilhoru, the present repre-
sentative was among lhcli.
ride uf forty miles through u rirh ana
beautiful country brought the. purity 20
destination. The Sparks Hotel WITS the
h~cnduuartrr. for delegates, and during
the morning Hon, DIN Wcllhurn was
kent bus, receiving numerous callers
from the delegation u the country
folks, who had com" In To attend the
convention, The sixth district l. com
posed uG the counties of Ia las, kaui.
man, Ellis, lIill, Busquc, johnson ana
Tarrant,
Al 1880 o'clock the convention was
called to order 10y Col. +. y. SAMSON, 81
johnson county, In the absence of col
NJ. q. Oats, the Chairman, who was
unable 10 be- present on account oil sick
ness,
Or. A.. NJ. Douglass, of llill county,
was elected Temporary Chairman, and
Nj. \. 4. Ncurlurk, secretary, with w.
{. Fahn rs assistant.
Mr.. Wclllorn, OF INN county, moved
the appointment of committee OF one
from each county to compose the COM
mitlce uu Credentials
MIR. ramsey, of Johnson moved TO
substitute ia like manner three COM
mittCos by appointing on crcdcn-
tials, II on platforms ani resolutions
and one on permanent organizations
The substitute carried ana me "rte-
cations reported tho following ON the
committees: 10,
pnllas-On Credentials, ID. 4. VIII
lians; Platform and Resolutions, j. Il.
Store; Permanent Organization, j.. u,
Simpson.
III. Oliver.
Johnson-W. \. Hauchin, w. G. Me
Farland, T.. Il. Putnam.
Bosque-A. Il. Barry.
Tarrant-Julien Fields, I. I. ID. An
drcws, II. Andrews.
iiIll-O. N. Wcllborn, y. NJ. Douglass,
j.. O.. Call.
Kautman-I. p. league, James Orr,
II. l.. Franks.
After hair an hours recess the COM
mittees reported.
COMMITIEa On ENrlAIS,
through lis chairman, Col. d.. \. Will
liamS, reported rs follows:
Mr.. President aud Gentlemen Of the eon-
ventiOn:
The committee on credentials respect
fully beg leave To submit the following
report of delegates present and entitled
to seats in the conventions:
Tarrant B~ounty-Julian fioeld and I.
II. b.. Andrews.
J%ohnson-J. n. English, proxy for W.
+. Sparks, w. Il. Ramsey, proxy for NJ.
l.. Kinnard, J. y. llar John D.. Mitchell,
j. w. Brown, w. {. Mcfarland, A.
Scurlock, J.. w. Smith, ;. \. SAMSON, j.
NJ, Hill, j. NJ. Stout, William Jack. w.
II. Bounds, j. u. Griffin, w. a. Houchin,
p. l.. Pitman, j. q. Woodson, j. Metze,
j. NJ. owen.
Hiil-E. NJ. wenborn, a. NJ, Douglass,
proxy for w. u. Pardue: W. q. Beaver,
L. o. Gail, proxy for W NJ Ewell and Il.
fendietol.
Ellis-M. II. Oliver, for self and proxy
for j. CI Loggims, Mark Latimer, W. ii.
Fears: (. NJ. White proxy for o.. IL. Dun
lap and Il. +. Yearger
Kauiman-James Orr, Il. l.. Franks
and II. =. league.
Dallas-John b; stone W. Keller; >.
b. Simpson, G. $. Mitchell, proxy for
X. S. Guy: NJ. NJ. Newsoin, proxy
for G. NJ. Lyon; NJ. r. Fee, proxy for l..
III. Fitzgerald; Il. Morgan, proxy for A.
=. White; j. II. Smith, proxy for W.
Sebastian; Charles +. Tucker, proxy for
s. }. Adams; D.. a. Williams, proxy for
$. j. Walters; ID. l.. Stuart, proxy for II.
X. Brotherton.
The committee further recommend
that the basis of representation be that
adopted at the Democratic State con-
vention held at Houston ON the 18th Of
August last-that i to say:
Tarrant county 10 votes; johnson
Kaufman IL Dallas Is.
We further recommend that the dele
gates present be authorized To cast the
entire vote of their respective couftles
ON EHANENT uR IANIZh TIoN.
Col. j. b. Simpson, chairman OF tho
committee on permanent organization,
reported as follows: Mr.. President and
ynnttnn,nn nf fhn nynntlDn-Ne. NOlr
committee beg leave to submit the fol
lowing: We recommend as permanent
chairman Mr.. A. II. Barry of Bosque
county; secretary, a. q. Scurlock OF
Johnson; assistant secretaries, MessrS.
g. c. Fahn OF Johnson and Smith OF
Dallas. Your committee recommends
further the adoption of The tWo-thlrdS
rule.
u. o. Call presented the following mi
nority repOri:
REPORT.
/, as % delegate to this convention,
hereby protest against the adoption or
s@ustenance of thG'two-thirds rule in this
convention in nominating Il Congress
man from this district for the following
reasons:
First-The sa,se was not originally
sdonte,, at Baltimore by Il Democratic
conventioil.
Second-That Il majority of the true
DGllDtIhtS VI III u -
that said rule should prevail.
Third That said rule has a tendency
to disrupt the Democratlc
party and has been fruitful
in causing parties to be
nominated in conventions VINO are not
favorable to the people of the State, ana
has caused parties who otherwise would
he and have been Democrats to vote FOR
Independent calculates.
~Fourth-Ihat the majority rule is the
rule of the Democracy, and has been ana
should be adhered TO as a Democratic
Fifth hat during the days of Jeffcr-
son and our fOretatiiers who were the
fathers of Democratic doctrines,
which have been Incorporated IN
State, the rule that the majority Shal
rule has been and is the proper doc
trine. 8.
Sixth-That Democratic doctrine is
that a majority shall rule and not a two
thirds vote shall rule. This rule OBJ
tains in popular elections, and there rs
no reason why a two-thirds rule should
obtain in a nominating conventions.
The convention sat down on the mi
nority report with n vengeance. The
motion to table it was carried by a vote
of so to IL.
The vote on the majority report was
then called for and il was adopted.
ON ATFoRM AND RESOLUTIONS.
The committee OH Platform and Reso-
lutions, through its chairman,. W.. Z.
Mcfarland. reported the following,
which was adopted: Resolved, That
fully recognizing the brilliant and able
services or the Hon. DIN Welborn as
onr representative in the Congress OF the