San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS
ABBREVIATED.
The Wrangling of the Credentials
Committee Over the Contests
Delays Matters Seriously
Notes and Pick-ups,
Personal, Etc.
AFTERNOON FIRST DAY.

full attendance and everybody sober.
The greater part of the afternoon was
taken up by most of the delegates in look
ing over the city but among the colored
delegates there We're observed a few scat
tered caucuSeS of their leaders. at one of
which a leading darkey was overheard to
say that while the colored brother did
not want all the good things incident to
and bearing on the convention and party
they would demand a whack-up
and most likely get it, and it
was the purpose of these little
caucuSeS to get together in pursuing their
claims. A few uneasy ones among the
white men were CONTINUOUSLY predicting a
ruffiing of the calm that had prevailed
when first the convention sat. The crowd
was well behaved, and no one seemed to
have any surplus breath TO waste in Gre
ating any noise just for the sake of hear
ing himself. in striking contrast to the
democratic gathering, which was one
everlasting howl from beginning to end,
and where every delegate seemed to have
no higher ambition than to make himself
and the convention singularily and col
lectiVely a nuisance.
Before the convention convened the
secretaries were at their posts fixing up
the lists for the various committees, and
while this was going on the platform was
crowded with delegates. Considerable
lack of harmony prevailed through rival
ries of the white and black fac
which arose from allowing each dis
trict to select it's own committeeman.
The temporary chairman called the
convention to Orner with an admOnition
to keep good order. He stated hat all
the congressional districts had sent in
their nominees for the committee on ere
dentials except the 9th, and called for
that district to send a lame for h a COM
mittee, for which purpose the delegates
of that district withdrew from the hall TO
make their selection.
kilograms and mail for various del
egateS were announced by the secretary.
The chair then announced the commit
tee on credentials, which was read by the
secretary. The chair stated that if any
man thought that the committeeman
from his district had not received a ma
jority of votes TO protest. The committee
was read as follows:
LIST. l.. j. Stark and c. A. Porter.
End. j. s.. Stewart and A. Asberry.
3rd. JAS. l.. Fore and E. ID. Buchanan.
4th. A. II. O'Neill, and S. Il. Virgins.
5th. Otis T. Bacon and C. c. Marshall.
9th. s. L. Garrison and Z. NJ. johnson.
18th. Ed Kerr and E. Davis.
Sth. IL. A. ROSenthal and II. Green.
9th. A. II. MCGEE and III. ID. CasS.
10th. Judge Ellige and w. G. Robinson.
18th. w. S. Garrison and r. Campbell.
A. III. RoSenthal, chairman.
A kick was made from the Eighth that
the majority had not been consulted in
the selection of their committeeman.
The chair referred the question TO the
district chairman.
A kick arose from the Sixth district
and some other chickering's were imminent
when MI. RentfrO interrupted by a point
of order that the house had invested the
chairman with powers to appoint that
committee and thought that pickering
could be prevented by the chair doing so.
The point of order was well taken and
the chair directed the Sixth district to go
out and select some n instead of Mr..
Simms, over whom the kick arose.
Mr.. ROsenthal arose to a question of
privilege and requested the local commit
tee of arrangements to procure a room
where the committee of credentials could
retire.
The various differences in the Sixth
and Eighth districts were at length
patched up and the list of committee was
read.
A kick on the same line arose from the
Seventh district, but the complainant.
who was moved to kick because he was
not consulted as to his districts
chair, was silenced by some vigorous
language from the chair, who announced
that the committee would stand as read,
which was greeted with cheers of ap-
prevail from the entire house. Judge
R%oSenthal, the chairman of the commit
tee on credentials, then arose with the
announcement that the committee would
meet him at once in the federal court
building, where all contestants would be
present so that the controversies between
the various delegates could be arranged.
After the departure of the committee
on credentials, Webb Flanagan answer
ed the continuous calls for a speech. He
complimented the gathering, compli-
mented the present administration for
turning out so many democratic raScals.
He said that Harrison may have made
mistakes in the quality of his appoint
ments but not in the quantity. He spoke
of numerous other things, and was appre-
ciated by the audience, retiring amid
cheers.
After a few moments the secretary an
nounced the following committee on per-
manent organization:
First district P. Larkin; 2nd, D. !.
Wallace; Bird, p. Brown; 4th, w. W.
SWi Walker 9Th 7tb H. 7 f. David %5nH 9Th a 3t /,
.. W.. Landy; 9th, David Will
liam; 10th, Nathan Halter; 18th,
F.. f. Conway; 18th, j. J. Dickinson;
18th, A. J. Campbell; 18th, l.. L. Camp
bell; 18th, b. A. Jackson; 10th, A. J.
Houston; 18th, H. NJ. Spalding; 18th,
w. b. Stickney; Goth, J. l.. Mccall; 21st,
A. NJ. Armstrong; 22nd, r. j. Willis;
23rd, r. l.. Hutchinson; oath, w. ?.
Fleming; 25th, Hermann Seele; Goth,
d. d. Claiborne: 9th; c.. C. Pearce; Goth,
c. o. Harris; Both, G.. n. Arnold; 31st,
II. S. Sanderson. Nathan Halter, as
chairman. Mr.. James p. NewcOmb was