The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27
FORT WORTH
Texas Republicans Decline to
Put Out a State Ticket
This Time.
Colonel DeGress, of Austin, and
Brady, of Houston, Promi-
nent Leaders.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Fort WORTH, September 21.-The re-
publican state convention was called to
order this morning at 1920 o'clock. The
order was maintained by excluding all
except delegates from the main floor of
the hall. On calling the convention to
order Chairman Brady apologized for the
disorder at last nights session.
The committee on credentials was an
nounced as ready to report.
Mr.. Rosenthal called for the reading of
the credentials on which the report was
based. He was ordered to read them, but
Mr.. Richard Allen, of Houston, objected
to it.
Colonel DeGress said that credentials
from johnson county had been sent
that the reason of this was
that they had been formed by
DR.. Arch Cochran and he Colonel De-
Gress) had detected it. 1t might be that
other credentials were bogus. Hence the
desire to have them read.
Dr. Cochran did not deny the charge
made by Mr.. DeGress, and the reading of
the credentials was ordered to be con-
tinued by the chairman.
The report of the committee was
adopted. The committee on platform
and resolutions then reported the follow
ing:
We, your committee on platform and
resolutions, beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
THE PLATFORM.
We cordially ratify the nomination of
that eminent statesman and tried soldier,
Benjamin Harrison, for president, and
that able financier and philanthropic
citizen, Levi P. Morton, for vice-presi-
dent, and do hereby pledge them our
hearty support.
We heartily declare that we are in
thorough accord with the platform pro-
m 1lgated by the late national con-
vention at Chicago, and with
the principles of the national re-
publican party as enumerated, explained
and interpreted in the recent letter OF
BENJAMIN Harrison, accepting the nomi-
nation of the republican party for presl-
dent
We demand such national legislation as
will give adequate protection to wool,
hides and all Texas products and in
dustries, as citizens of this great state, the
material welfare of which is to US para
mount to every partisan consideration.
We deplore the existence of the out
RACES which have been recently committed
in Fort Bend and Washington counties.
We believe that the growth, development
and prosperity of this great state should
not be retarded nor imperilled by the
lawIess acts of certain parties in these
counties. We denounce these outrages,
and demand that their perpetrators be
punished, according to the law of the land,
without regard to party atiilatlon.
In view of the fact that the republicans
of Texas have already placed full cleo
toral ticket in the field, and the further
fact that there is no reasonable proba-
bility of electing state repub-
licans ticket, we hereby express
our conviction that it would be
unwiss and inex pedient under these
and other existing circumstances
for the republicans of Texas to place IN
the field any candidate or candidates for
state offices. After long wrangle over
the committee report, Colonel DeGress
was called to the stage, and spoke IN OPP
position to the last clause of the report,
and took occasion to rake Cochran over
the Goals for the affair of the johnson
county credentials. This brought Doctor
Cochran and several others to their feet,
and there was fine prospect for another
row.
Doctor Cochran waved his hand and
got off an amount of gymnastics, and
protested loudly against the language OF
Colonel DEGREES.
"Order! order! order, 1 say" yelled the
chairman, who was getting excited again;
stake your seats, all of you" Advancing
to the front of the stage, he shook his
stick at the convention, and said:
'If any body else uses such language
here will have them put out OF the con-
vention."
"You might find that more than one
could play at that game" said Colonel
DeGress, and cruel smile played around
his mouth.
Ex-Mayor DeGress apologized to the
convention, however, and, after speaking
in favor of straight ticket, left the stage.
DR.. Cochran came next against ticket
and gave his usual gymnastic exhibition.
The debate was continued until the tount
of eloquence was exhausted, and then a
vote on the adoption or rejection of the
report of the committee was ordered. The
report was adopted by an overwhelming
majority, and the question of the repub-
licans putting out a state ticket was de-
cided in the negative.
1t may be mentioned that Hon. John L
Brady and ex-Mayor DeGress, OF Austin
appeared to be the strongest and most
popular leaders of the party in Texas, and
had the nomination for governor been
made it might have fallen to one or the
other, both being gentlemen of recognized
ability.
The convention adjourned sine die.