The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-13
MAKING A JUDGE.
The Proceedings of the judicial
convention Yesterday.
Threatened Holt of a Pau oi
the Falls Counts Delegation
Parsou Davis Wakes
speech.

house Yesterday morning.
The body WHe called to urucr ABOUT
~ o'clock b, Hon. seth Mills. Mr.. !.
II. Pcnrs acting IL temporary sccrc-
iarN o.,
\ motion to appointa committee OF
three from each county on permanent
was carried, and also II
motion To appoint two delegates from
each county. a. Il committee on ere
The committees were APP
pointed n rollOw>:
ON permanent organization Me-
.cnnan county +. VI. Cadcnhoad, +.
NJ Makrig
FALL county-Il. f. Rogers. \. Pcy-
ton and T. l.. Battle
ON crcdcntia, McLrnnan county
John ~ johnson, W. Il. Carpenter
Fails rounty-N. Wharton and j. j.
Davis
The convention then took II recess
of twenty minutes. until the reports
of the committees were prepared.
There seemed to be q feeling that the
Fail, county delegation would make
thing. lively, and speculation was rife
a. to how the matter would result.
The opposition TO Judge Rhine,
used every effort To- defeat hi- nonina-
ton. McIcnnan county delegates
had already been instructed tor Jude"
Hines. When the convention rcas-
scnblcd, the committee on urganlhh-
tion handed in "A report and u lnihor-
/ ity report was rendered by the com
/ lnittcc on credentials, butJ j. DAVIS,
| of the Falls county delegation, stated
/ that be wished to submit minority
report. and cravcd the indulgence OF
the convention until he could prepare
IT, The convention then adjourned
until $50 When the body was again
called to order Mr.. Davis handed III ms
minority report The majority report
was iirstrrad show ing TINT the commit
tee ON credentials iOunu the follow my
delegates entitled to seats. and rrc"li-
urndcd that lhcy hr seated ANA also
that all REGULAR! appointed proxies
be- allowed TO iii a, delegates Me
Lehman county: j. -. johnson, l.. {.
AlcNandrrT &. Tibbs. W II. I Obj, y.
T. Owens. f. VI. Makeig, j. W. inns
ley. -. NJ jameson. T. VI. tadcnhrad,
Richard Miles, W. f. Carpenter, >. T.
Mills. | Tadlock, j. &. \Nyl"r and L.
l.. Ntnndricr Fall, county: l. f.
Battle. j. y. Wharton, j. j. baNio
". NJ. skipper, \. pcyton, II. T.
Rogers. W. il. Mcar,. 7. :. BRYANT, +
VI. NtnIlworth. - Hngg- j.. w
Gnmi,on. J. ". Watcr-, DR.. Atkins
b --- Barlow and \. T.. Watson.
j. j Davis then submitted the fol-
lowing minority report which was
read and motion made by MakciR Ia
adopt in 50 tara- il related 10 proxies
. The report reads n follows:
| 40 the IIonoublc Chairman" al 'hi, convention
Your committee on credentials altel
7 having surrendered I" YOU their re-
port. beg leave also to present T." YOU
the follow ing minority report:
l,t That no proxy be- allowed to
take n seat or in ANY WAY utlicintc a. Il
delegate To thi, convention.
Cur reasons for dissenting from the
minority in this instance may be sum
med up a. follows:
ISt. because We Ito NOT believe tha
the powers delegated by the propl" &
any man. 10 represent them in any dc
Lucrative body j.. or ever can br the
subject of transfer, if the pcopl,
wanted the proxy to represent them
they would Say 50 in the first instance
ana pFoNldt Il means Tor MN 10 p'
come delegate. by selecting him a.
an alternate.
because the people of Falls county
in their convention selected two dele
gates from each precinct III the county
and the delegate, f. w. ~iali>worth,
has conferred hi- proxy ON e.. y. King
r.. who reside, in precinct No. !, aud
the aid + W. ~talsWurth resides IN
precinct No. 3 thus giving precinct
NO. three delegates against one for
precinct No, 3, which viii evidently
iru>trat" the plain VII! "t the people
a. expressed in their convention.
because, Is We are informed, ami he
lcNo, j. Il. pickcr>un ha>thr proxy
for y. T. Watson. and our objections
To that are ~ follows
\. +. Watson was chairman of the
3 J convention in Fails county. and after