San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-14

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| those who anticipated a prolonged Strug-
! gle were doomed to disappointment. The
! ballot resulting in 654 votes for Mccall
and $50 votes for Brahan: necessary to
choice SIS votes. Motion was made that
| Mr.. McCall'S nomination be made unani-
| nous. carried.
| Mccall was then vOciferouSly called for
and a motion was made to appoint COM
mittee to escort Mr.. Mccall to the stand
| and he was forthwith brought up. He
| accepted the nomination as ten
dered to one on account of
his qualifications, and promised to
serve the state in the future as in the
past. and trusted that when he at last
turned over his Office that every dollar
and cent in his charge would be properly
accounted for
W. d. Shaw, of the Alliance paper, the
Texas Farmer, then mounted the stand
on question of privilege. He read an
editorial from the Cherokee Herald. char
acteriZing candidate A. ID. Sadler, of Gal
weston, for the treasury, as an migrate
and a man unworthy of trust. lie de-
nOunced the author of the SANDER, Editor
w. NJ. Imboden, and charged the present
treasurer. F. X. Lubbock, with asserting
to it, and both of them of foully wrOnging
a MANNED eX-confederate soldier. This
created a sensation. Loud cries were
made for Imboden and Sadler. A dozen
ueleSdGeS were Ndlnly SlhS W oc IcCoS-
niZed by the chair and every delegate
seemed TO be prompted to howl and add to
the noise. The hubbub finally subsidized
sufficiently to allow Mr.. lmboden to
speak and he began by admitting that he
was the author of the article in question
and proposed to prove the same. He
commenced his argument but his hearers,
seeing the commencement of personal
chickering's, shut him off by raising such
al that nrnwnpH
retired and Mr. Sadler arose. At this
point Judge r. f. Burke, of Dallas,
arose and protested against the
further continuance of this business, the
chair agreeing with him and declaring
the whole proceedings out of order and
called for nominations for the office of
treasurer.
The crowd at this juncture became en-
ceedingly ill-mannered. They threw pa
per wadS at opposition speakers and by
their boots cut short many addresses by
refusing to allow the speakers to be
heard. They crowded upon the platform,
mounted on the tables and chairs of the
newspaper men, driving them from their
places, Obstructing sight and hearing and
struggled TO the very elbow of the chair
man almost Sutfocating that officer and
other rightful occupants of the platform,
the SergeantS- at arms being either power
less or disinclined to keep them away.
The first nomination was by Judge
PaytOn f. Edwards, of Ell PaSo, who
placed before the convention the name of
w II. LOvelady, of Cherokee county.
The next was of General Henry f. Nc
CulIoch, by Hon. George b. Todd, of
Marion. He paid a tribute to the rising
young men of the day but reminded the
convention that the old and battle
SCARED veterans were as much entitled TO
serve in the public harness as they.
His speech was humorous but effective,
and wonderfully tickled the convention.
Col. r. M. Wynn, of Fort Worth, then
arose and put in nomination the name of
VIM. Il. Workman, which was seconded
by Hon. Scott Field, of Robertson county.
Mr.. T. .. Martin then took the speak
er's stand and nominated A. X. Barry. of
Bosque county.
Hon. j. w. Crawford, on behalf of
Hopkins county, seconded the nomination
of W. b. Workman.
Judge Perkins, of Cherokee, seconded
the nomination of Mr.. LOvelady.
Il. +. Nash, of Dallas. seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Sadler.
H. NJ. Matthews, of McCuloch county,
seconded the nomination of Gen. Me-
CullOch.
L. ii. Smith, of Hill county. seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Barry.
l.. j. Story, of Caldwell county second
ed the nomination of Gen. McCulloch.
AT this juncture, a delegate from Dial
las county arose and moved that the
rules be suspended in order that motion
introduced by himself be adopted, tend
ering the present treasurer, +. k. Lubbock
vote of thanks for his life long services
to the state of Texas and for the able
manner i'm which he discharged his duties.
This interruption was the signal for an
other tumult. After some difficulty the
chair was about to put the question when
a delegate with powerful lungs arose and
moved an adjournment until a. m. this
morning. This was amended to p. m.
that same night, which was carried.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
At the time set for the night session the
sounding of j. W. HutchesOn'S gavel was
the signal for the convention to come TO
order.
A gentleman from Tarrant county made
motion that nominations for treasurer
be closed and that balloting be proceeded
with. Carried.
A call was made for w. NJ. ImbOden,
editor of the Cherokee Herald, and one of
the actors in the Sadler ImbOden scene in
the afternoon. He didn't appear. A gen
tleman from Clay county moved for
additional SergeantS-a at arms to keep order
in his part of the house. This was fol-
lowed by others of similar nature. The
chair appointed the assistant sergeants-
alarms suggested by the various gentle
men. Considerable time was taken up in
distribution of mail for various delegates.
The balloting for treasurer was then taken
up The first county called was Ander-
son, which put 3 votes for LOvelady.
From the start Workman showed great
strength, but it was evident that he would
be hard pressed by Gen. McCullOch, Love-
lady. Sadler and Barry showing weak
support. The vote of each county was
greeted by shouts from the partiSanS of