Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-07-10
BURTON PRECINCT CONVENTION.
A Solid HoGg Delegation Elected to the
County Convention.

b. A. watson, the democrats Vi pre-
cinct No. 4 met at Burton last Sat
urday to elect delegates to the coun-
ty convention which meets in this
city on the 18th, and organized by
electing W. W. Hendley to the chair
and G. B. Watt secretary.
The chair appointed VIM. Bauer,
W. H. Derrick, R. NJ. league, Henry
Fuchs and 7. J. Burton committee
on credentials and rules.
While waiting on the report OF
the committee Mr.. Beauregard
BRYAN was called on and addressed
the convention in behalf OF Gen.
Hogg for governor and in favor OF
the railroad commission. The speech
was frequently applauded and well
received.
The committee reported as fol-
lows:
We, your committee, recommend
that all be required to pledge them
selves to support the action OF the
democratic convention.
End. We recommend that one
delegate for each fifty voters and
fraction over 25 votes cast for the
democratic candidate for governor
at the last election be sent to the
county convention, making eight
delegates from this precinct.
3rd. We recommend that dele
gates be elected by ballot.
4th. We recommend for order of
business election of delegates to
county convention, instructions for
county officers and instruction
for governor. The report was
signed by R. NJ. league, chairman.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted.
It was moved and carried that the
majority rule prevail in the meeting
and that the delegates to the county
convention be instructed to vote for
the majority rule.
The following delegates were
elected to the county convention:
W. II. Derrick, W. W. Hendley, I.
ii. Burton, Gus Broesche, DR.. S.
Bowers, Henry Fuchs, DR.. J. NJ
Hons, VIM. Bowers
The following resolution intro
duced by DR.. Hons was adopted
unanimously and with tremendous
applause:
Be it resolved that the delegates
from Burton precinct to the county
convention be instructed to support
General James Hogg for governor
and that they vote for no one as
delegate to our state convention
that will not support Hogg fol-
governor first, last and all the time
DR.. Hons also offered the follow
ing, which was adopted:
Be it resolved that the delegates
from this precinct to the county
convention be instructed to cast then
ballots for the following officers fol-
this county: L. Kirk for county
:, Judge; B. S. Rogers for county at
torney; A. NJ. Krug for district
clerk; S. Schlenker for tax collector
G. Minkwitz for treasurer; H. R
, Won Bieberstein for surveyor, and
, D. E. league for sheriff, unless n
E. Dever submits his name to the
, convention; further. that we, this
, convention, bind ourselves to sup
: port the nominees at Brennan; alsc
at our state convention.
DIR. Hons made short and forci
r BILE speech in favor of his resolutions
: saying it was charged by few tina
2 the democrats of Burton precinc
+; were not true and were made up o
? greenbackers, republicans, etc. Thu
: he branded as false and said he be
, lieved every man in the convention
was democrat and in full sympath,
with the democratic party. TIL
resolution was adopted with ap
plause.
Mr.. Gill Dement, offered the fol
3 lowing special resolution which wa
unanimously adopted with en-
=, thusiasm.
3 Whereas, Burton precinct ha
y stood by and defended to the hes
of their ability for twenty-four year
, the cause of democracy; and, where
a as, we have not at no time in tn
past asked of the democratic part
of Washington county one Office TO
!. any man from precinct No. 4; there
q fore,
: Be it resolved, That We instruc
e our delegates to the county CONVEX
? ton to vote for D. E. league 70
, sheriff first, last and all the time
! unless n. E. Dever submits his nam
S to the convention for sheriff.
DR.. Hons offered the following
which was adopted:
o Be it resolved, That we return
i vote of thanks to Beauregard Brya
: for his address, and that we furthe
e take pleasure in binding ourselve
Y to support him for the Office of diI
e trict attorney.
g The convention then adjourned
:. It was Che most largely attende