San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-25
THE DODGE FAILED.
HOW CERTAIN CANDIDATES GOT UP
THEIR OWN CONVENTION,
But Were Deity Euchred Out of Nomi-
nation BY Other Artful Schemers

But Were Deity Euchred Out of Nomi-
nation BY Other Artful Schemers.
The meeting at Krisch hall on Saturday
evening was circus rivaling in fun and &C.
CCntricities one of the stormy pile driving
NEE things of the city council, and the clown
ing WIS excellent in a marked degree. II was
ali lin and drIed' so beautifully, but the pro-
mOtcrs were badly euchred out of the game.
Wuuld-b s-tire-engineer Willis called the
meeting to order, but IL came to disorder. ID.
l. Weed aud }. q. Crawford were nominated
for chairmen. Then came the storm, but no
election could be made. Then a compromise
was made by the election of II. Is. Salliway.
George Lester was also elected secretary.
Mr.. John II. Copeland spoke TO the
meeting until crowd entered and
stopped the speechifying. Then three
keep order, but Copeland would not shut up.
He went on again and amused the people
by II sensible-paU-you-on-the-b of a
talk.
Then w. II. Huston, candidate for county
judge, gave clever discourse on lgbOr and
its duties, which was well received.
justice Crawford mounted the rOstrum
minus his coat and spoke iE support of the
labor cause.
He was followed by Oscar Bergstrom, who
made sensible talk on the labor question and
gave the lie to his t. aduccrs.
Mr.. jackson, Il labOring man, then fired of u
labor speech which was forcble, logical and
generally admired
Doyle wanted to be a committee of one to
clear out the disturbers but he was jerked in
To his seat AN subsidized.
George 1t ster wanted to catch the chair
mans eye. He did so at last, but 1t did him no
good for the chairman ordered him to sit
down. George was very emphatic, but he also
subsidized
The chairman called attention to the objects
of the meeting to place genuine labor (O
ticket in the field and George Paschal was
nominated amid cheers for Oscar Bergstrom.
The chairman said he would have order or
resign, when he was invited TO come dOwn,but
he didn't.
Alderman Gallagher, amid cronical cries of
Let her 90 Gallagher seconded Paschal's
nomination, when John Lyons said that Gal
laRher had got left on the democratic ticket
Gallagher Indignantly denied that he was LETT.
There was considerable disturbance, and the
sergeants-at arms were busy in getting any
thing like order.
Lyons wanted more sergeants-Bt-arms. MY
god" said the chairman, "we'vegot six of EN-
already"
There was a considerable interval for dis
order and refreshments, when Gallagher
again mounted the rOstrum amid cries of
Come OF, =" Turn him out" Let her go Gala
CHER" but he couldn't get a hearing.
After some time Gallagher's persistency
was rewarded. He got hearing and poured
forth considerable taffy that tickled the boys,
but he gave considerable hades to the ring.
Glen Bee called Gallagher to point of or
der, that Timothy Winebrniser was wandering
from the question. Glenn was right, bnt Gal
iagher was sustained, and he, too, subsidized
amid cries of Put him OUT Let her go, Gal
lagher." Gallagher resumed his speech,
showed that he was the wOrkingman, and re-
seconded Paschal's nomination.
John Lyons climbed the stage to speak
when Gallagher moved to adjourn. jackson
shouted wildly for order, but II didn't GOMEZ
Dickson urged that the meeting wasn't
called to make nominations, when the chair
man tersely lntimated that he didn't know
what he was talking about. This caused
much laughter, and more uprOar, but event
ually the motion TO adjourn was put and de-
clared lost.
But it wasn't in reality, for some one
whOOped, and several persons made for the
bar. The crowd were evidently under the i'm
preston that free drinks were being served
there and they followed, while the
chairman gazed at them in blank
establishment. While he was thusly
fixed, Krisch came round quietly and
put out the lights. Then, and only then, did
the chairman vacate his seat and seek conso-
lation in spiritual sustenance. And he need
ed it.
Oh! 1t was grand convention. There was
all the uprOar. and talk of the democratic con
ventiOn, but this stands ahead, for after all it
did nothing.
But there is considerable mad" existing
this morning on the part of frustrated candi-
dates and deluded delegates, who proposed to
carry the convention in their own way and
couldn't. It's hard on them, but they can only
grin and abide.