The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-04
ms AND OUTS.
THE DEGREES FACTION BADLY
SAT UPON IN THE OONVEN-
TION YESTERDAY.
Delegates to Houston and San
AntOniO-JOnesa and Rec
tor Win the Day.


ar met in convention at the comfy CO
J. house yesterday at noon.
n Judge j. 3. Rector called the &C
g vention to order, and stated tn
Q the object of the meeting "
4 to name eleven delegates a
g eleven alternates to the repu
llcan state convention at HeuStC
} and twenty two delegates to the co
. gressional convention at San Antoni
! he then announced nominations
! chairman of the convention to be
: order.
/ W. II. Holland was placed in nom
nation by what are known as IL
"outs," and Rev Morris, of the Aust
NJ. E. Church, by the Gins" The poiI
, involved in the contest was whetht
or not the manner in which the la!
county convention was manipulate
by the DeGress faction should be il
dorsed. The action of the Sins
IN lndorsing certain independent car
dldateS was not the point, as vas
majority of the convention, with tn
exception of small faction led by D.
Phillips were in favor of this, but, to II
peat, it was whether or not the mean
employed were just and proper. Tn
county had been thoroughly canvasse
and the result was significant. Tn
convention, which perhaps numberet
four hundred, was composed of color
ed men in ratio of ten to one, an;
Mr.. DeGreSS and his postoffice darkie
seemed to have lost their grip, for
HOLLAND WAS ELECTED
by an almost unanimous vote. Bott
men were cOlored.
Frank W. Johnson (colored) wa;
chosen secretary.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Holland
thanked the convention in a few
words, and announced ready for bus.
mess.
The following were appointed
committee of eleven to
recommend delegates to the Houston
and San Antonio conventions:
E. G. Bartholomew, John Taylor,
Alex. Overton, j. G. DeGress, James
Jackson. DR.. Phillips, HI. B. Hancock,
A. w. Walker, Henry Dickerson, Dan
Arnold, J. J. Hamilton.
The committee were out three
hours, and pending their report
speeches were heard from Scipio
Thompson (colored), Ex-Alderman
Schneider and Col. W. Y. Leader.
ThompSon's remarks were temper
ate and sensible, and he was enthusi-
astically applauded.
MIR. SCHNEIDER
denounced Marshal Gosling's candi-
dacy for congress. He said that few
years ago Costing was running an in
paper, and was now clam
orous for a straight nomination in
stead Iof simple endorsement. He
asked why Gosling had not then favor
ed straight ticket. He told the col
ored brothers of the convention that
Costing had said to Rogers, San
Antonio policeman, that he didn't get
his position through the "niggers,"
and didn't give a d-n for them;
that Rogers would swear to the fact
If this statement; he said that Judge
Rector's position was understood and
le was known to the people. Schneider
'aid further that he was opposed to an
running for any position,
md that if Col. DeGress (postmaster)
hould be nominated by convention
or anything while in federal |
he. (Schneider) would bolt |
he convention and vote against it's
lominee, on principle.
He seemed to be opposed to the in
orsing of independent candidates for |
ounty offices and favorable to a
traight republican ticket. He said:
The democratic candidates are good
nough republicans for me, when we
ann0t beat them with straight repub
cans"
He charged Sheriff Hornsby with
laction in the case of Amanda
'eeples, the old colored woman who
vas shot in the leg, accidentally, by
ONE party or parties coming in from
cholz's garden. some time since; he
aid that the subsequent conviction of
Iessrs. Brumby and Hillyer for the
ffense of discharging firearms in the
ity limits, was virtual Indictment
Or theshooting of Amanda Peoples, land
hat the proper county officials Gin
luding Hornsby) had taken no action
7hatever in the premises. He asked
such would have been the case if it
ad been a white woman who was
hot. Instead of doing their duty in
UGH cases, he said, the county officials
eYoted their time to arrestiDg poor
amblers who had made nothing for
he past nine months.
He paid his compliments to the
Dung democracy by saying that
whenever a speech was called for,
tov. Lubbock came to the front; he
7as a young democrat-just come
nto the field; and Tom Sneed he was
n old standby. He said the club had
ad young man fol a president but
g had found himself too young and
esigned, and the club called Tom
need to the front. "Good Godl if,
hese are young ones, I'd like to see
be old ones" He said that the repub-
cans could get away with the young
foods, or kids, but that Sneed, Lub-
ock, Ireland and Terrell were what got
way with them. Mr.. Schneider said,
10 owed his allegiance to no faction OF
be party, and urged the necessity OF
armony upon the convention. He
allied into the spoils system and de-
Jared that the plan of collecting 10 +
ts., 25 cts, so cts, and, so on up to $50,
S well as the "nigger whiskey" scheme
lad played out. He urged the colored
nen TO De guided by principle and to
ccept money from no one.
Returning to Gosling, he said |
Le was too young in the
,arty t. ask for congressional NOM |
nation. If he wanted to do anything
or the grand old party"-the party |
hat was putting bread and butter in
lis mouth-he might stump the state
or Blaine and Logan, or the district
or Judge Rector. He said Judge
Rector intended meeting Joe Sayers
md his free trade policy on the stump,
md that when he got through with
Say ers there would not be much left
If him, his policy, or of the young de-
COL. LEADER,
n response to calls, came to the
front. He said he was a republican
Ill over; that he had been baptized
a republican at the birth of the
party. He devoted most of his
remarks to the denonciation OF
Cleveland and other democratic lead
ers, and to the defense of Blaine from
his "calumniators." He denounced
the independents in most uncompro-
missing and uncomplimentary terms.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
At the conclusion of Col. Leaders
lengthy remarks. the COM
mittee entered the room and through
their chairman, Mr.. E. G. Bartholo-
NEW, made the following report:
Hon. w. Fl. Holland, Chairman Of the Con
yention.
SIR:-Your committee appointed to
recommend IL delegates and IL alter
mates TO the state republican conven-
ton, to be held at Houston on Septem-