The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-27
Tnn uuPUBLIOANs.

RICHARD MORGAN,
oiDtl" County.
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THE REPUBLICANS.
The republican rity convention met les
I uignt at the Cty halt. Il h,illsld chair
ninn OF lhe city eK,cuuyr com IN ttCe, called
I the meeting to order. A'.lOilon Was made
/ s4i carried loaf secretary ne gitc,ed. MIR,
George W. Hynson and Mr.. a. Mann wee
! pu. IN nomination. Toe Chairman Ignored
tbe domination OF Mr.. Manu- entirely and
arbitrarily put the vote that all who WEI o
/ In favor OF Mr., Hynsnn say aye. As
near as our reporter could estimate
thcra we're about 100 ayes, while
/ on the negative there WAS, according
10 his estimate al lesst 400 nay az. The
chairman, however, declared MIR. Hynson
elac ed secretary, never putting the name
OF Mr.. Mana IN nomination at AL.
! This seeming one sidsdneys raised q rumpus
among tho friends OF Mr.. Mann ard an sp.
pea, wss token from the decision Il the
chair. Tns chair refused TO hear or listen
to the appeai tom sis decision, and declaf-
ed Mr. HynsUu elected secretary. Con.
| fusion most oonioundsd enaned, ami for
bell an hour halt a dozen men were trSIng
10 speak, while thy crowd hooled, yelled
and tquailed .nt'l 10 was M, Ike
were no notes to take during all this
confusion, aud If the,o had been, seven.
teen reporters could not have gotten line.
! | WAS disgrace'ui, IL was !orty times worse
than corn Sucking; crimicatious aud re-
Ic-,migstiOns were banded forth, and about
/ tho miljeet ann most decent expression
I asard Wa: "IOu nrs liSf!' The Gro Nd
.urgtt forth and back white men and col
ored oil vociiergting at the top of their
voices
A resolution, that the republicans Of toe
I city b silent and put no ticket IN the field
J Tor ctlicers DO eleCtcd at the ensuing
mupicipel T. ection, then prevailed.
Tue election OF delegates for the county
convention 60 meet April l2ih, which ID 10
elect delegates 10 the STATE convention, viii
be chosen 10.
The oiher wing of the party, presided
over by D. Sheffield. appointed the follow
ing committee on
cREDEHTiSLs:
DR.. Mckay, DIR, A. NJ. Cochran, Mr.. Su5h-
! erland, John Jackson, ], l.. Boyd and @. S.
| Slower, each delegate being from the ward
In which he lived, coming 10 rotation. The
committee in q little while reported and
the report wss adopted.
The election OF the city executive com
mittee then followed, B. sSef-
fold being chosen chairman,
aud Gsoree w. Hynson, secretary, with
| wards: FIRST ward, DR.. Mckay and VIM.
Derrett; Second ward, DR.. A. NJ. Cochran
aud Steve Mcdonald; Third ward, r ID. Q.
McCulIoch and Fred Cullen; Fonrth ward,
John Stone aud John Jackson; Fifth ward,
George W. Hawkins A. Hall; Sixth ward,
Jerry Taylor, and John Slower.
A more tumultuous. bolsterous, oostre-
porous meeting was never seen In Dallas or
anywhere else. IL was d disgrace to the
c ~ and to the repu olicsn party.
SPEECH MAKING.
After the ''ins" a0d finished their bust
ness and dispersed, the "Cuts' began to
give vent 20 their Oratorical power, and
b nj bhstic speech making was kept up
untl isie hour DR., Cochran jamped
the stend and broke forth IN . h9rrah
fuurth-1i-July speech, and fanted and
snoriet at Il fearful rate He was followed
by Captain, Ge,rgs Hawkins, (colorsd) OF
the deunct C1choTsn Greys who was
more Moderate o, speech, bnt chuck iull OF
enthusiasm.
Melvin Wade, the colored Demosthenes.
thea took the s,pnd and made one of bis
ch Aracisri;t speeches, full of his odo,
humorous asPings, which brought the
houre down He Sas not, he said, opposed
20 the post-otliGs or to Mr.. Garrison, the
pos master, but vas simply dead Ia love
With repuhliosnism.
Other speakers followed, among them
DR.. Mckay, who read string OF commune
istic res lutions against the present in
adopted. When the reporter left the hall,
which was at a late hour. the turbulent
outs wer. still soidg it at Il lively rate.
Colonel Georg. w. HyAson WAS The cool
est man in the. entire crowd excepting the
reporters.
"REGULAn' RESOLUTIONS.
The folio Wing is The text OF the resolu-
Liops adopted by the regulars:
Whereas: the present mectiug OF the
Republics party Of the city OF d -llas, now
met in INV antiop, is sn auspicous ocas-
ion to Express our convictions in yeierepce
10 the conduct of Republican affairs, 40
we'll Of the nation as of our city; theretore,
Resolved, That II is the aenss OF THIS con-
vention, thst the eYisting administration of
the ational government, by the republic
can party, meet fully the views OF the party
10 this section, and deserves appreciation at
our handF.
Resolved, That in our opinion, it is not
for she best interests Of our party, TO make
nominations tor the city offices. to b. ii led
at the approaching municipal election.
Resolved, That the present management
81 our postoffice is entirely satisfactory to
us, both as citizens and as republicans here
In convention assembled.
Resolved, That the rec Mt primary meet
ings in our city hiss deeply impressed us
that there has for number OF years existed
an alarning.apathy among the republicans
OF Dallas, ana we sueeply reRreD THIS WANT
OF interest manifested by the great bulk of
our party, and we recognize that there has
been but too much cause for ii in the way
the parry has been handled by the carb un-
cles and sores that have been testered on
the BODY Of the party and that We now
ear nestly coniure and appeal to all republi-
cans to take an active intesest in he
meetings and conventions OF the
party, and resCus IL from the
clutches Of the vampires who have fattened
on its blood. and place the grand old party
OF liberty and progress on an active.
healthy basis for the approaching state and
national canvass, and We assure republi..
cans that il such action is .sken and
warmly supported, that an immense ad-
vance can be made in our number and IT,
fiuence in elections.
TIKI" oUTs."
The gist Of the resolutions offered by the
"outs" Is to the effect that Garrison had
paid $500 to procure the aid OF party in
securing the office and had obligated him.
self to make room in the Office for other
| parties; that he was acting both in the
| canaritv Of postmaster aud scent 81 the
Pacific Express company, and that he had
| not appointed single colored man to a
position in the post office.
! A HERALD reporter essayed to get copy
Of the resolution referred TO, but owing to
the chicanery of q jim-crow "out'' be was
unable to get IL.
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