The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-08-12
ed the table in response to calls, and spoke for

He recognized the difficulty of his position but
was there TO see that every man had fair SNOW,
and that he would do. He wanted to see the con.
vention get to work sOberly and conscientously do
| the best it knew how He spoke of the pending
difficulties between the United States and Mexico
He went with and for hs country and his state first
last and all the time He eXpeCted-canfidently
| eXpected-to see the United States troops march.
ing. over the border inside of twenty days The
| United States had plenty of backbone when she
once got started lApplausel
TEMPoRAY OFFICERS
On motion of Senator Terrell, If Kaufman, Will
Lambert, OF Austin, was made temporary secre
tary. coed many nominations for temporary
| sergeant-at-arms were put in nomination.
Committees were in order.
On motion it was decided that three committees
be appointed; one on credentials, perma-
nent organization and order of business, and one
on platform and resolutions. They were to be
composed of one man for each committee from
each senatorial district, such individuals to be
chosen by district delegations, and the names
handed in This was slow, but reasonal l. sure
business until Lamar and Fannin counties were
reached
Those two counties, together with Red river,
form the thirty-trst senatorial district. There
were contesting delegations from this county,
which resulted in seating neither They were thus
left without representation in to-day's meeting.
Fannin county has twelve votes instructed for
Swain, and their endeavor was to select a Swain
man for the committee on credentials. Lamar,
with eleven votes, bitterly opposed this There
was lengthy pow-wow. Half dozen men were
screaming Mr.. Chairman at once. Everybody who
could be heard had something to saw and the black
gavel rose and fell with rhythmic and incessant
regularity. The matter ended in victory for Fan
min, who named men for three committees. The
Red River man, however, will be arbitrated by the
credentials committee. During the row the chair
man put in all the time he could spare from his
Indian club exercise in overruling points Of order,
which were extremely prevalent. The convention
was unwilling to interfere in strictly family muss,
as one man phrased it, "Go into the minutiie of
family guuabblpS - FAnnin and Iama Tins
referred to themselves for settlement of their
troubles. The convention then adjourned to d
m. tomorrow
The vote for temporary chairman to-day was
expected to he a test one. r. NJ. Wynne, of Tar
rant, presided at the Ross caucus last night, and
was candidate of that faction. Thos X. Bonner,
of Tyler, the representative of the opposition
The vote, however, had not progressed very far
when it began to split up, and when the end was
reached the balloting had been by no means a
strict test. 1t was hoped each county would indi
cate its preference for or opposed to Ross, but
they did not do it. For instance, Tarrant county,
which contains many Swain men, voted solid for
Wynne.
COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION.
The committee on organization and order of bus
mess held its meeting to night and finished its
business. There will be but one report, recon-
mending R. NJ Wynne, of Tarrant county, as per
manent chairman, and VIII Lambert as permanent
secretary. The order of business is Nomination
1Or governor, lieutenant governor, attorney gen
eral, supreme judge, comptroller, treasurer, com
missioner of land office and superintendent of pub
lie instruction. This order of busint SO follows of
course, the report of the committee on creden-
tials.
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
Col. Thomas r. Bonner, on assuming the tenn
porary craftsmanship of the convention today
paid magnificent tribute to American institutions
and Texas the future greatest state of the Union
His presence, as by magic allayed contentious and
pOnfuainn which rniuDp0 Whiln
Bryan Barry presided. He said that to the
thoughtful mind it is very evident that the cattle
interests of the state are on the wane, and many
persons regard it as originating from unfriendly
legislation. he confessed that he had not given
the land question that thought that proper
understanding required, and said he
would leave it to the ingenuity of those who were
claiming the suffrages of the people for high office
to unrayel.
Abiding to the deep water harbor, he derided the
arful policy of certain candidates for office who,
through the fear of exciting sectional opposition,
were wary about designating any particular point
at which an attempt should be made to obtain deep
water. Tie announced himself fondly in favor of
Galveston, and met the applause of this city dele
CATION. He thOught it time the state should take
the harbor improvements into its own hands,
asserting that the river and harbor bills
with all of their jobs an5 frauds had never sprung
from democratic brain, and that in the days of
Andrew Jackson such measures as these were
never known to the country.
He said however, were he member of congress
he would take every dollar that his district could
get from the national government, but as matter
Of principle, he believed that the expenditure of
the public money as generally shown in the river
and harbor bills should be abolished.
Abiding to the underlined rumors that
the United States will declare war
against Mexico, he said he
did not care if he got the of it the wires
before the sun goes down. We did not want
Mexico. We had enough country, but we are
tired of the murders depredations and robberies
that have been committed by the MeXcans upon
l,a ntiarf fnr
hoped that Texas, through her convention, would
speak in thunder tones to the president OF the
United States. He admonished the people to rest
assured that Grover Cleveland had the backbone
and regard tor the rights of American citizens
abroad to promptly act when the time comes;
that he should do so and he believed that the
troops of the United States in less than twenty days
will be marching to Ell Paso. Crhis announcement
elected deafening applause and energetic shouts OF
'on to Mexico."1 He called attention of the con-
vention to the fright which had been created in the
minds of the people by the dscourses of certain
prominent candidates in this state upon the great
question of monopolies and corporations, and
said that the sentiment of the country HAD been
public speakers had failed to draw the
distinction between the class legislation
of congress and the state legislation. He had no
war to make upon the railroads, but thought the
laws sufficient to restrict them in the exercise of
their powers to the proper limitation. He attri-
buted the development of the state to the influence
of railroads. and thought the duty of the state of
leNdS 10 encourage TdllTOdu iiO NC
lieved it to be a cardinal duty of every man
who offered himself before the peo.-
pie for public position to mould
public opinion and not follow in its paths.
The great trouble, he said, with too many candi-
dates is that they first asceraned the defect of pop
ular opinion and then follow rather than lead it. lie
denounced, amid thunderous applause, the prac,
tice of bringing in dark horses, and said he mad
never known of convention which had bene-
flied itself by bringing out dark horses instead OF
nobly and boldly expressing themselves to the
people.
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Clint friends seem to be confident that he Will
lead on the first ballot and Will gain strength with
each succeeding ballot. His supporters are very
energetic and hopeful but the opinion that he VIII
be defeated by the lawyers in attendance upon the
convention is asserted by those who claim to know
what they say. .
While much is no doubt being done by candi-
dates and their friends, mention is heard openly
of any other race than that for governor, which
has absorbed all other questions. The result OF
the Ross caucus is not yet known, but the vote for
temporary chairman it is claimed by the Ross
managers, was virtually no test of the lit
tie cavalry mans strength, because while
not so understood by the Ross men, yet
the opposition voted as unit, for Bonner. in ad-
dtion to seventytwo instructed Ross votes, and If
his friends had understood thatthe race was to be
a test one, they claim they would have elected
Wynne by nearly eighty majority. Taking,
thus, the vote as test, Ross
on the first ballot. Ross friends think that when
no hope they will try to concentrate their forces
nth candidate ODnoaad Tn Roac hut at