The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-19
the cry CONVENTION.
MEETS AND DOTS ITS work.
~. >. w. Cfowdus Nominated for Mayor
aud the city Executive Committee
Chosen 80 The Proceedings
aud How Conducted.

nnd How Conducted,
Pursuant n the call a. W. II. Prather
chairman OF tho Domocfatlo executive
committee OF the city ~ Dallas, the
delegates elected a, the wari primaries,
held Wednesday night, convened IN
convention yesterday at y, m, In the
county court room nc tho courthouse,
for the purpose OF nominating a candl
S SaiS Candidates. tST for ana municipal sGS1
Office as tho convention should deem
proper. Some timO before tho convon-
| ton assembled tho room was thr0nged
with delegates and visitors, number
OF Republicans were present and APP
peared 10 take great deal Of interest In
tbo proceedings. lt was manifest before
the "bal" opened that lively times were
ahead.
There was deal Of wire pulling go-
ing on, but harmony prevailed.
Tho meeting WAS called 20 order by
the chairman, who stated tho object Of
the same.
on motion Of Ford House, seconded
by j. b. Stone, Maj II. +, Ewing was
made chairman of the convention, He
begged To be excused. H. II. Bennett
put In nomination DR.. j. W. Crowdus.
Tho Craftsmanship was forced upon
Mai. Ewing, who took HIS seat,
w. II, Grecnlaw WAS unanimously
elected secretary of the meeting. ThOro
wero 30 delegates present. The socra-
tary read the list OF delegates from the
dlilorOnt wards,
The following woro appointed by tho
chair y committee on credentials: First
ward, Or. j. W CrDwdus; Second ward,
YRd0 HI; Third ward, G, y. ,artGr;
Fourth ward, Ford House; Fiuh ward,
d. G. Mitchell; Sixth wdga, john 3.
Stone,
Tho committee on credentials -cpor,.
ell the following Is delegates;
First Ward-T. j. Brown, .. NJ. Terry,
S. T.. Morris, J. w. Cr0wdus, 4, T.. Woz-
oncrift, ID. 4. Williams.
Second Ward-W. I. Strange, Charles
Fee, Waid Hill, a. 4. .Obenchain, W. h.
Greenlaw, George Scott, Ike Cox, John
| Conway, X. p. Aunspaugh.
Third Ward-John Bookhout, ID. l..
Stewart, G. L, Carter, ii. c. Hoskins, II.
b. Rawlins, $, Philip.
Fourth Ward-J. Il. House.. sydney
Smith, A. @. Daniels, Maj. III. +. Ewing,
z. W. Linskic, A. G. Audrey, f. ID.
Fifth ward-E. II. Bennett, J. Z.
Metcalf, w. W. Baysee, ID. Z. Mitchell.
Sixth Ward-John b. Stone, W. Il.
Hawkins, G. Il. Sanderson, A. A. john
son. w. IL. Fisher, II. 9. Stevenson, j.
j. Carnes, d. q. McCord, $. III. Me-
Bride.
We, your committee on credentials,
find, from tho Sixth ward, representa-
ton If nine delegates. We recommend
that tho niHe be seated, with a repre-
sentatiOn of seven votes. We also find
that one delegate from the Second ward
has t.o proxies, and we would recon-
| mend that no delegate be allowed to
vote any proxy, and that the votes OF
the absent delegates be cast by tho ma
| iority of tho delegation from that ward.
We recommend that the temporary
officers be the permanent officers of this
convention.
j. w. CRowDUs, Chairman.
| J. Il. HOUSE, Secretary.
Mr.. Lynn, an outsider, challenged the
right OF Dr.. A. A. Johnson as a delegate
| from the sixth ward. DR.. Johnson sta
ted he lived in the ward aud was law
| tut delegate. Lynn subsidized and apollo
gized for his brashuess.
on motion of Il. ii. Bennett the re-
port of the committee was adopted.
The two-thirds rule was adopted.
The chairman OF each ward was au-
thorized to cast the vote of their respec-
tive wards az given by delegates.
| 1t was voted that the members of the
convention bind themselves to support
tho nominee, and the nominee to abide
by the action Of the convention.
The chairl announced that nomina-
deep silent lull, which was broken by
J. b. Stone, who placed DR.. j. w. Crow
dus in nomination.
DR.. Crowdus placed i'll nomination j.
l.. Williams. He said he had been in
business with him; that he was true
and tried Democrat. The second, third,
fourth and fifth wards asked TO be
was called, j. B. Stone said they de-
sired to consult. After consulting, he
placed in nomination, pretacing his re-
marks by long speech, the name OF j.
w. Crowdus., He said that DR.. Crowdus,
as mayor before, had lifted the city out
of debt. He was a true and tried Dem
ocrat, and the time had arrived when
head of its government.
DR.. j. w. Crowdus declined in brief
C. +. Carter, L. II. Bennett, d. G.
Mitchell and D. a. Williams seconded
the nomination.
DR.. Crowdus stated that he
had been in manner the
means of bringing J. L. Williams
out as candidate. He was good
man, an able man and he did not see
how he could accept the nomination.
Mr.. j. L. Williams then addressed the
meeting and asked that his name be
withdrawn, as DR.. Crowdus ap-
peared to be the choice OF
the convention he would withdraw and
heartily support him.
Mr.. Woozencratt placed in nomina.
ton the name OF Col. ID. A. Williams.
Col. Williams declined and stated that
under no circumstances would he be-
come candidate tor the office as he IA
yored the nomination of DR.. Crowdus.
The nomination of Col. Williams was
insisted upon, but he as stubbornly de-
clined and favored in a stirring speech
the nomination of DR.. Crowdus. The
Crowdus was unanimously nominated
amidrounds of applause.
DR. Crowdus being called upon said:
sit is very gratifying to me to see the
confidence the people of Dallas place i'll
me, but while feel proud OF the honor
and also grateful, yet l am sorry for it.
I do not want the office, and it seems l
have been the means Of defeating one
of my best friends whom l called out.
However, when candidate for Office
proposes to ride into Office over the
Democracy, I am willing, under the
circumstances, to sacritic my wishes
under such circumstances.
On motion made by w. Il. Strange
that each ward select three members to
serve on the executive committee for
the ensuing year, the following were
chosen, viz:
First Ward-T, J. Brown, TT. White,
Ii, S. Ervay.
Second Ward-P. T. Obenchain, w. It.
Strange, r. p. Aunspaugh.
Third Ward-J. V. Childers, ID. l..
Stuart, n. D. Rawlings.
Fourth Verdi. Il. House, A. c. Au-
dry, Z. w. l. lskie.