San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13

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state election. and Arkansas Pass con-
tending that the vote should be per-
sonal, each representative present be-
inc entitled to cast his Individual
ballot and no more. When the hour
| for opening the convention, II III. OF
| Tuesday, had arrived, Arkansas Pass
| had come to no conclusion.
| TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS.
This was effected by electing Col.
| Wynne, of Fort Worth, temporary
chairman, and Hurley and Lewis secre-
taries. Mr.. Hurley is secretary of the
Fort Worth Board of Trade and Mr..
Lewis Sec'y. of the Dallas Merchants
exchange. After very forcible and ap-
D ropriate address from the chairman,
the convention selected three commit
tees, each of said committees to consist
of one member from each Senatorial
district in the state, one member from
each city in the state having pOpula-
ton of 20, 900 or over, and one member
from each of the delegations from any
state outside of Texas. The only fea-
lures of this session worth noting were
these: The objection of Senator Hous-
ton, of San Antonio, to appointing a
committee on resolutions until the
committee on credentials had reported;
and, the demand of H. s. BrOiles, o
Fort Worth, for recognition as a repf
resentative of the labor party. Seha-
tor HoustOn's amendment was no.
carried and the committees were co.,
stituted as above. Broiles' demand
led to little broil, the sentiment
being overwhelmingly in favor of non-
political, non-partisan representation.
The persistency of the demand wearied
the convention and, for the sake of
peace, a motion was made and car
ried to grant the labor convention one
member upon each of the committees.
This motion developed very respec-
table minority vote, and the labor ad-
voclte reused 10 accept the privilege
granted his non partisan political as
ISOLATION because the vote was not
unanimous. The committees were then
announced and the convention took
recess until $50 am. Wednesday,.
The names of these COMMITTEES were
given in the correspondence mailed
at Fort Worth Tuesday evening, but
Ilc SdluC las hoV yOp IonShOu Wills
office.
THE WORK IN COMMITTEE ROOM.
The committee on permanent organ
ization had clean sailing. Colorado
was present with a very representa-
tive delegation, and had asked as a
compliment TO their state. and as an
acknowledgment OF us interest in
deep water on the gulf, that the tenn
pOrary craftsmanship of the conven-
ton be given them. Upon consulta-
to accord them the permanent
Craftsmanship of the convention, and
the report of the committee was in &C
cordance with this feeling.
The committee on credentials and
basis of representation soon found
| itself in deep water, and for two hours
there was discussion without result.
The nature of that discussion has
been already outlined. The discus
sion disclosed that a majority favored
a total representation for the state ac-
| cording to it's last vote, other states
having delegates duly accredited in
convention being entitled to represent
tation on the same basis. The minor
| ity accepted the situation, and not
withstanding the attempt to infiame
sectional feeling by an incendiary
document, printed and circulated in
| the interest of Galveston, the effort
failed and the report of the committee
| on represen tatiOn was made as a I'M
animous one.
| The real work of the convention was
done in the committee on resolutions.
| Z. Lott, of the Arkansas Pass road, was
the San Antonio member of that COM
mittee, and it was monkey and a
| parrot business. Galveston had
counted noses and was sure that she
had matters in her own hands. No
one antagOnized her proposition for
| the selection of deep water site by
the government engineers, and there
would have been no dispute had she
not opposed to the death the resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Lott. After no lit
tie disputing the whole matter was
left to a subcommittee of seven who
continued in session until o'clock
| Wednesday morning before agreeing
upon the wording of a resolution, and
this is the resolution they agreed to
report:
Resolved. That it is the sense of this con.
vention that the material interests of the vast
terr tory seeking outlet by the Gulf of
Mexico, will be greatly benefited by encourag-
ing private capital to engage in any legiti-
mate project for the improvements of Aran-
sas Pass aud harbOr The work to be done
under the supervision of the government en-
gineers; and the states and territories repre-
scented in this convention pledge their united
| influence in securing from congress the re-
turn of any money expended by private cor