San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-08
FUSIONIST'S MEETING.
A SURPRISE PARTY HELD AT SCHOLz
HALL LAST EVENING.
And the Promoters Take Action in Order
That a County Ticket May be
Put in the Field.

| There was a vague rumOr In the city yester
| day that certain republicans Of this city who
| are strongly in favor Of fusion, intended e
| hold meeting for political purposes. The ru
| NOR was true and the meeting was held IN
SChOlZ hall last night. II was IN no sense of the
word a meeting of the republican party for
| only those VINO are pliaOle or known to be fu
| slOHists were invited to the meeting and the
| proceedings were quite contrary to the pro
| tcssCd state platform of Waco.
MIR. James Z. NCwCOmb called the meeting
| to order. when Mr. John II. Bolton was elect
| ed chairman, ana Mr.. Charles Rungc was made
secretary.
meeting was called in order to form cam
paign con mittcc, aud TO make arrangements
Tor the reception OF the republican gubcrna'
tOrial candidate, DIR. Cochran, when hc visits
this city on the 18th inst.
Mr. NCwCOmb wanted u committee of 80 APP
pointed as a campaign committee. He admit
ted that the meeting was not u party one. II
was II peoples meeting, but he omitted
to say that only chosen few Of them
knew that the meeting was TO bC held. He
wanted organization in order that they might
fuse with democrats and put out county
ticket. lie didn't want Il mass meeting, for
that meant Confusion He concluded, 10y
making motion tor the election of the
chosen 90 NCWCOmb- motion was adopted.
Upon motion committees Of two citizens
from various precincts were appointed to Sc
lcct the committee. The following were
Precinct No. !. Guilcmcttc and Wander.
HOCvCn.
No. >. BOnncr and T. G.. Anderson.
No. g. James DignOwity and n l.. DegCnCr
No. 1. Emil kuchn and 5. W. McAllistcr.
No. q. Henry Terrell.
No. b. J. ". Light
No. ~. Walter SUOtt and otto SOlms.
No. p. James Z. NcwCOmb and Chas. SauCr.
No y. wedenfcld and LiCck.
No. - c. II. Miller and otto Starcl.
The committee were allowed IA recess, and
then they brought in the following names for
said committee.
No /. J. b. Guilcmcttc, J. Wander Hoeven
j Evans, G.. Griffin, A. PCrsCh, W. Williams,
+. Beckmann, J. Kinahan, J. Glover, A.
Schmidt
No. z. A. RelknaE, Charles Ogden, Zach
Irwin, d. Weller, W; Fletcher; c NJ Aiken W.
n, 3. Z. II. Terrell DR.. Terrell, DR.. Lindncr.
a. }. Fry, l.. HUH, Il. W. Wallace, }. V. DignO
witty, A. schoIz, James Martin.
No. I. +. Groos, l. { Hrothaus, Chas. Runge'
John SCmliugCr, T.. l.. WarburtOn, Shed POr-
ter, Emil kuchn, T. Schneider, J. Dob oval
30. 9. Jacob GolI, Phillip Prince, A. L.
Benckc, Matthias Uhr, Henry Terrell, Charles
No. -. George Brcnnack. Ned Slcdgc, J. W.
Texas EdmundsOn, Wade Brahan, John Wick
land, Isaac Collins.
Precinct ~, Walter Scott. otto SOlms Henry
Coleman, Louis Wolf, c. Rummel, Louis Rum
mel, WIN. ZeglCr, VIM. Simmang.
Precinct y, Chas. Sauer, A. Santlchen, John
Hcitgen, James Webber, Jr, John K. Shook.
James p. NcwcOmb, Dir. Thee. HertZberg, Jas.
B. Warren. Chas. IOllcr, G. q. ATtZt, A. l.. Lu-
cas-, - reynolds, DO hhOuluS.
Precinct y, J. II. Bolton, W. II. Huston,
Tom ManiCOn, VIM HUefing, Jr., Adam
Schmidt Julius Licck, NJ. Drcyfus, Emil Vie
denled, Peter SChifiCrs, Alex. GTenage.
Precinct ~. Chas. GrOOs, Eug. Stailel, VIM.
Ruppc!tsberg. August HUH, Otto Staticl, {.
II. Clifford. DR.. Fuvrc II. G. Miller, w.
Riley, II. & Schmidt.
AdiSCuSsiOn then CnSucd rs to the admission
of cOlOred men Eventually It was decided
that all names of COlOrcu men should be struck
of the list and that Il COlOTCd committee be
received as body at their next meeting
MIR. T.. II. Terrell was Lamcd for several posi-
lions but declined to run.
The meeting adjourned until saturday,
when ii will assemble again in the Knights OF
PhythiUs hall. In the mean tine il was de
Cidrd to send invitations to oil organizations,
political and otherwise, inviting them to send
delegates to that meeting, the purpose OF
winch is uvOwcdly to place u fusion ticket hi
the field