The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-18
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r.. Ys.,n pi.,r,e, Republicans.

San Antonio, Sept. lO'-.Special' J.
The Republican convention for tho
Tenth district was called 10 order
to-day at II IN. In tho pavilion, George
Paschal WAS made temporary Chairman.
Tho Committee an Credentials was
appointed and the convention ADJOURNED
to = u. III. ON rc-nsscmbling, tho COIn-
mitteo ON Credentials reported. The
! hrst alteration arose over tho seating
pr Jamos SewcOmlh, the Ssn Antonio
Postmaster, who attended - alternate.
was largely voted down, but
ally seated M proxy FOR
Il absent member. Tho Committee on
Permanent Organization was appointed.
Col. Dsuross had been appointed on this
committee aud declined u serve. The
Chairman asked: DO you refuse to
serve ON this committce?' and he re-
piled: IL do"
Tho committee on Permanent Organi-
zatioh thon presented tho following re-
port, which WAS Adupted;
Permanent Chairman, Wesley ogden,
of Bexar; vice-prlsident, III. b. Han.
cock, OF travis; II. Z. Chamberlain, OF
Williamson, and +. Fry, Of Kendall,
Secretarys; l.. w. Madarasz and c. II.
Clifford, OF Bexar, u otto Heileg, OF
Medina. Tho permanent chairman,
Judge ". Ogden, returned thanks Tor
the honor conferred on him and said II
Ill ElNN W. lfAAthNAAA ~ 49, 49,
functions of presiding over so much IN
%teliigencc. As | know You all arc lie
pubiicans, | can only say the spirit OF
RepublicanisIn is growing In TINS
State and will soon command respect
throughout the whole United States. the
party used To he called the black-hnd-
wbile or mulatto party, and this stain
was thrown on il by thuse who sneered
at those Republicans who were r 10
their party. II has been dangerous, ana
oven In some places IL IL dangerous now,
10 be a Republican. We Republicans
can shape tho course of the political NJ
fairs of this State IL VIC arc reunited:
We should forget our differences, .
when wa do unite the day will not be far
distant when We will control this State.
On motion OF w. II. Holland, the Chair
Amounted the committee OF seven, on
platform and resolutions. Col. Degrees,
who was on the committee appointed,
declined again servinH,and Judge Fos-
ter also declined, when Col. Degrees re-
considered the matter and concluded to
serve. Another recess OF half An hour
was taken.
On reassembling, the Committee on
Platform made he following report,
which was ndopted: ,
Your Committee on Pla\ 'rm and
Resolution, recommend the fouowinR:
First-That we heartily endorse tho
National Republican platform and re-
commend its protection and labor
planks to the deliberate judgment OF
tho people OF this district, and ask them
10 aid us TO give the electoral vote to
Blaine and Logan.
S~ocond-That wo favor q tarih for row
snue to defrsy the necessary expenses
Of the Government, and discriminating
with special reference to protection OF
domestic labor, home Industries and
home production, aud especially de-
mand a restoration of the wool tariff Of
1867.
Third-We believe the educational bill
now before Congress, commonly known
rs the "Blair bill, is constitutional in all
of its provisions and We believe 1t to be
10 the interests Of the people ofthis State
that members of Congress from Texas
should heartily support the same, and III
this connection we condemn the action
eaof Senators Coke and Maxey in voting
against the bill while before the Senate;
Fourth-We declare ourselves opposed
to all sumptuary laws and all lsws in
ringing upon the personal liberties and
rights of the people,.
Fifth-We demand of tho Legislature
Of Texas the enactment n ENFORCE
ment of an equitable lien law by which
the wages of labor may DO secured TO
the labOrer.
IN SuSlA Nv S'eS
next business in order was the nomina-
ton Of candidate for Congress. III. l..
Gosling was put in nomination rs was
Judge Rector, of Austin, who was
warmly seconded by n negro delegate.
Costing was withdrawn and made a
speech endorsing Rector rs a straight
out Republican. Rector was then unan-
imously nominated.
The executive committee for the dis
trict was nominated, and the conven
lion adjourned.
Immediately after adjournment Han
cock, a burly negro delegate from Aus
tin, remarked to Degrees, a leading
: white Republican of the same city:
"You took an unfair advantage of me
in substituting your name for mine on
the county congressional committee.
You played me a low, dirty
trick, and I don't propose to stand it.
I will. beat hell out of YOU" He caught
Degrees by the throat and choked him.
Degrees hammered him with a gold
headed cane. They were arrested by a
constable. The nesting broke up amid
great excitement. 1t was a contest be-
tween Degrees and the machine.