The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-02
POLITICAL NEWS.
1--WE Texas Republicans Nominate q
state Ticket.
.soulNT.EYsD BUTLER SPEAKS.
The Ola sinner sponting D~emagogism-
Hon. sam Ianham and Attorney
General Tenp!r.0n at Col
orado - Free Grass.
Texas ~siraightoui..

met Yesterday morning pursuant To All
lournment, and was called To order by
lMr. l., Mechanics, the Chairman. Sew
L-al members arrived IN Tuesday night
.tosterday morning. train, which
oI'ased somewhat the representation
Yrosont. Tho ticket, a. predicted in
Yesterdays HERALD, was, with the cE-
ceptlon of comptIol'rr, nominated, r..
'Clngyes, of Cook comfy, was mont
for that olico, hut after
biokeTing the name of
Miner, of Paris, was substituted.
TIuKIT.
p following Is the ticket nominated:
Y. Leader, of Austin, placed in
ination for Governor Judge a. Is.
ON, Of Dallas. Seconded 10y n. q.
he, OF Terrell. The nomination was
eted by loud and prolonged cheering,
was uuau' mOuslY carried,
red Cullen, Of Dallas, placed In nomi-
hlon Tor lieutcpant-,iovornor Col.
Ohm l.. Haynes, of Laredo. Seconded
by w. &. phillips, of Iravis.
w. Y. Leader, of Travis, placed in
nomination the narnc of i. W. Minor, of
Paris, for Comptroller, Seconded by ".
NJ. Norton, of Dallas.
DIR. Phillips, of BeNar, placed in noml-
nation Tor Treasurer, sam NJ, Johnson,
of San Antonio; seconded by w. \.
Leader, of Travis.
". \ LoNutI, ul lElNlN, put III HDlll-
nation for Attorney-G encral, l.. {.
Grothaus, of san Antonio; seconded by
~. Redwood, of BeNar.
4. l.. Wrenn, OF TrayiS, placed in nom
nation for Superintendent O Public In
struction, VI. i. Kinney, Of Travis;
seconded by j.. w. Roberts, Of Dallas.
W. Y. Leader, OF Travis, put in noml-
nation for Commissioner OF Land Office,
r.. j. Evans, of Grimes; seconded by G..
w. Hynson, of Dallas.
IL was moved and seconded that the
nominations be made by acclamation,
(which was unanimously carried.
Fired Cullen offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That we request tho Rerub-
licans in each congressional district to
: call congressional conventions and NOM
nate candidates for Congress, rs soon
rs practicable.
MIR. Cullen stated that he would not
support Mr.. Bigger, lndependentcandi-
date from this district for Congress, in
asmuch as Bigger did not favor n
straightout ticket. The convention was
unanimously with Cullen.
". Y. Leader offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the con-
vention be rendered to the press of Dali
las and correspondents OF papers of this
city for their reports of our proceedings,
and especially to the Dallas HERALD,
for its full and generally correct report.
The following resolution offered by 4.
G. Byrne of Terrell, was adopted:
Resolved, That We, Republicans Of
Texas, in convention assembled, do eN-
tend TO and commend to the lovers OF
public free school, free speech, free bal
OF and an honest count of colored votes
Of our national government in the
strong Democratic states to come out on
~ veInber /, 1881, and show by your
r.hat you are in favor of true Re-
!Dlicanism, which does now, and ever
rs been in favor OF civil liberty n
kht against slavery and wrong of any
Aeyery kind. Show this then we
(ppn you by voting only for State
Ian who are ayowed supporters
Iational ticket Blaine and. Logan
kinst menwho do by their actions
brds vilify and condemn before the
of Texas our national leader,
n. G. Byrne, of Terrell, offered the
ing, which was adopted:
(olved, That there be appointed a
lblican Campaign conimittee, con-
lhg OF a chairman and secretary n
from each Congressional district in
State, who shall be authorized to act
" q committee for the supervision Of
the affairs of the Republican party, look
ing to it's unity and integrity in Texas,
and that said committee confer with
Judge Buckley, chairman of the State
Executive committee, and the Adj
visory committeeman in each Senatorial
district, aud its functions to end with
this campaign.
II. l.. Wren, of Austin, offered the fol-
lowing, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of nine
persons be appointed to prepare an adj
dress to the Republican voters and the
people of Texas in favor OF the organiza-
ton of Blaine and Logan clubs. n to
the bringing out of the full vote of the
party in support Of a s~traiShtout Repub-
blican ticket.
JUDGE NORTON SPEARS.
Jude a, u. Norton, the noinine for
G%overnor, was then called for, and taxi
ing the stand amidst loud cheering, adj
,ressed the meeting. lie thanked the
IA ferred upon him, but he doubted whether
" he ought to. be thankful for such a re-
.lSsponsible position. He would serve the
Lbparty as he had always done, to the best
OF his ability. He had been a Republi-
can and a Jealous laborer in the Repub-
can ranks in Texas in times
when it, was not very popular
o be of that ilk, to say the least of it;
Reviewing the course of the party and
the good service he alleged it had done
the country at large, he stated that he
had been sfandered by parties who
charged that he had m~aligned the peo-
pie OF Texas. He had made speeches in
The North, Republican speeches in sup
port of that party, but had never uttered
n word concerning Texas or her people
that he would be ashamed to repeat be-
fore a Democratic audience III Texas.
1T had been charged tnat he
waved the bloody shirt. 1t was not
true. He loved the people of Texas.
Several years agohe was poisoned by
.an oak vine and it had come to pass
k1i,at when no went North in search of
lealtls slanderous reports were cireula-
led ofthjnl. That he had gone North
gaulaland was making bloody shirt
etc. lie had his political
n~ciigies among the Democracy
but personally they We're his
friends and he was theirs.
Ne touched upon the issues at stake,
Hwipg them from q Republican stand
Referring 10 State police he said
yvays was and was still opposed to
hing of that kind. Growing fsceti-
he said that when he was elected
intended making all his
tporters Notaries of public.
at the State under his admins
ation would grow fat with prosperity.
q closed by exhor1ing them to labor
5r the party ard stick to the straight
fclSet, and see what they could do in No
kember.
The Chair appointed n committee of
Austin, Taylor, of Grimes, and Fred
Cullen. of Dallas, to notify h nominees
IF their nomination.
A vote of thanks was rendered G.. w.
Hynson, for decorating the hall, and
also to J. Royalifor taking care of it.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
CONVENTION NOTES.
And Judge Norton accepted the nomi-
.ofsAr for l1arrnrnAr