Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-22
REPRESENTATIVE coloRED MEN.

Call for the State Convention to be Held in the
City of Waco, McLsnnan County, Texas,
Tuesday, August 90, 1889
Under the protection of Almighty God =,
and with an eye single to his glory and
the perpetuation of the bonds of frater-
nifty, progress and peace among all
classes of people, and with hope for the
betterment of the moral, intellectual and
industrial condition OF the American ne
gro, another session of the C0lored men $
state convention is inevitably expedient
As race, we are on trial before the
nations of the earth. Ever since the
surrender Of the noble Gen. Lee to the
hero Gen. Z. S. Grant, yes, for over
twenty-five years, the negro has been
without mercy criticised for being imper-
feet. By our sobTlety and docility we
have been made the exposure of much
public ridIcule, abuse aud imposition by
those who ought to be our friends.
There are many things that must have
our immediate attention and considera-
ton as relates to our condition as Ameri-
can citizens, to that end we hereby
through power and authority in us vested
as the executive committee of the Col
ored Men S convention Of Texas, call
convention of the representative leading
colored men of Texas to assemble at the
courthouse in the city of Waco, McLen-
nan county, Texas, on Tuesday, August
20, 1889, at y O CLOCK m. under the fol-
lowing basis OF presentation, to-wit:
The cOlOred men s state convention of
Texas shall be composed of the same
ratio of delegates upon which was based
the membership OF the last Republican
state convention, held at Fort Worth,
Texas.
Each delegate will come prepared to
fully represent the wants, deprivations,
etc., of his constituency. So that at
this session we may present to the people
of this commonwealth of Texas clear
exhibition of those things that pertain to
our welfare as an unfortunate race, and
that we may obtain that recognition in
the courts of justice, on the common car
riers and to the public affairs of life, to
which all citizens are entitled.
Each county chairman shall on the 4th
of August, 1889, call a county convention
at their respective county seats, COM
posed Of delegates from the various cleo
ton precincts OF their respective eoun-
ties, and elect such delegates as the
county is entitled to under this call.
Each delegate will come clothed with
credentials signed by proper officers.
Members of the executive committee
are ex-officio members of this state con-
ventlon. The county chairman for Nc
Lehman county, and committee on ar
engagements, will receive all delegates
and appOrtion to them homes during the
session of this convention. By order,
B. W. ROBERTS, Chairman.
j HARVEY JONES, Secretary.
g. H. NEvILLs, Treasurer.
First district, Milton Baker. Houston;
John S. Tibbitte, Beaumont Second
district, J. N. Gillett, Hearne; William
Swanson, Palestine. Third district,
David Abner, Marshall; John N. Ander-
son, Tyler. Fourth district, W. T.
Worsham, Jefferson; w. II. Logan,
Marshall. Fifth district, J. W. McKin-
ley, Sherman; Burren Lockett, Sherman;
Sixth district, j. e. Wiley, Dallas;
D. A. Black, Fort Worth. Seventh
district, N. w. Quincy, Galveston;
Pierce Young, Wharton. Eighth dis
trlct, A. L. Maynard, Locl1hart; G.. W.
Buchanan, Kyle. Ninth district, A. G.
Scott, Chappell Hill; A. J. Moore,
Waco Tenth district, R. A. Kerr,
Bastrop; w. Edgar Easton, Austin.
Eleventh district. George 8. jackson,
San Angelo; Thomas Grigsby, FL Paso.