Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-13
NIGHT SESSION.
Basis of Representation-Hutch on the
Commission Plank.

Special to the Gazette
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 12.-Temporary
Chairman Tarleton called the convention to
order promptly at O'Clock. The hail was
crowded with delegates and several hundred
ladies were in the gallery. The committeO
on credentials and basis of repre-
sentation reported the names of 130e
delegates to cast sos votes The representation
was fixed on the basis of one vote for every 300
votes cast for Ross for governor. provided that
every county have at least one vote. fhe re-
port was unanimously adopted.
Chairmau Tarleton appointed w. N Suroo-
den Of Cherokee: William j. swain OF clay
and W. : Fly of Gonzales, a committee to es-
cort Permanent Chairman Hutchinson
to the chair. He was received with
tremendous cheers and made ringing speech.
The way his remarks on the commission plank
were rec ived shows that it will be in the plat
form. The speech was grand, and is the great
est feature of the convention thus far.
HUTcHEsoN's SPEECH.
President Hu cheson spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the convention-I thank you for
the honor conferred upon me-. Wnen you pro-
nose to proceed at once to business, feel con-
strained to end my address with my acknowl-
edgments. 1 recognize the fact that you are men
who have business to attend to ct home; that
you have come here to attend strictly to the
business before you. should the refore not
that the committee platform will not
be ready to report before morning.
After you have supped upon the work in hand
your breakfast should be d most royal repast.
IApplause.J What place could be better for the
work of this convention than here
your liberties, where the flag of our defenders
was first oathed in the blood OF patriots seeking
to secure individual rights against tyranny and
was born the child of Texas liberty.
In this Bethlehem our proceedings ahIaggs
body Of men that ever assembled. [Applausel
You are here representing all classes, not the
interest of one class against another. In the
great panorama of states representing the
wounds which they had sustained pictured
some years ago by Henry Watterson, Texas
alone remained complete in the panoply OF
that the Democratic party is to be captured by
AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
recognize that it is the Democracy coming
here from the highways and byways. to do the
S0fk s Hs II its Nv work will purify
have moved upon and there is no man so
| stained politically, but what it is capable OF
healing him. like Sloan. Those who expected
| the party will find thousand Peters with
| swords drawn to smite down the traitors.
Al are traitors s15 to the party Will who Nash s'enq
| hands of this convention" Applause am
| constrained to urge you to stand 10 the courage
| of your convictions and to express them in your
| platform OF principles and not yield mere re-
| quests OF expediency ard cowardice to duty.
| party that is not disposed to declare its prin-
ciples and execute them will fail OF
! THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
| Cant. Hutchinson alluded to the claim that
| the majority should be magnanlnouS 10 tne NIL
| nority, who were proposing to stand till the
last ditch was taken. He commended that the
| fruits of victory should be claimed as trophies,
| but as matter of justice the
| party must be protected from the
effects OF schisnn and class legislation must not
| prevail. He favored and believed even the farm
| ers of the state would favor striking down the
| sub treasury bill.
| In answer to an inquiry as to the Blair bill, he
| said there vas no Blair bill, facitiously adding
| it has been killed by the man who
struck Billy Patterson. Laughter. The
| election force bill he denounced in
| the most bitter terms. He conld hardly believe
that the Republican party was capable OF such
| injustice to the people.
| As to the Australian ballot, he did not know
| much about it, but the defeat of the Republicans
| in the recent election in Chattanooga, Tenn.
| which had been Republican ever since the war
| was an encouraging sign. The speaker con-
cluded with beautiful metaphorical allusion to
| the state and its prosperity.