Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
PRESSED LILIES.
No White Contesting Delegation
Admitted at San Antonio.
5. j. Wright of Lamar County is Chosen
Permanent Chairman Over
ROSenthal and DeGress.
D. c. Kolp of Wichita County Made Permanent
Secretary-Committees Appointed
Gubernatorial Stock.
A NOISY DAY.

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 4.-The
Republican state convention was raped
to order this morning promptly at Il
o'clock by Temporary Chairman HaW
ley. There were not more than
half the delegates present and
those who were there had red eyes
and a tired look. They had been
wrangling in committee with closed
doors nearly all night and scores of them
have had no sleep. Every man closed
up like clam when questioned as to the
details of the committee proceedings
further than to announce with joyful
glibness that the oily whites' had been
sat upon aud mashed fiat. This was
the work of the committee on oreden-
tials. Every white contesting delega-
ton was
FORBIDDEN SEATS IN THE CONVENTION
Quincy and his blacks are here for
harmony, and they swear they will
have it at any cost; or, to put it in the
language of an ebon statesman
from the canebreaks of the Brazos
bottom, ''Dis yer am fife
between de Hogg and de coon dis sea-
son, and de coon from Galveston done
got de enemy in the water whar be want
him.
When the convention met at 10 o'clock
the committee on credentials was not
ready to report At their request a
recess was taken until noon. On re-
assembling after the recess the committee
on permanent organization shocked the
unanimated by reporting in favor of s.
j. Wright of Lamar county for chair
man. Even Quincy was surprised, and
he mounted chair aud demanded that
before vote be taken on Wright that
that gentleman take the stand and define
himself
Wright made short speech. He said he
was Republican, and if elected chair
man he would discharge the duties I'M
partially, nor would he appoint commit
tees from his vest pocket. Neither would
he accept the dictum of any one man or
faction. This seemed TO satisfy
Quincy and he lapsed into repose
for short time. Wright ia the man
who on Yesterday was put up as
THE LILLY WHITE CANDIDATE
for temporary chairman and was so un-
mercifully slaughtered by Quincy 8 man,
Hawley. His rivals for the place in
committee were Judge Rosenthal of Fay
cite and Col. DEGREES of Travis. He
beat them two to one.
D. c. Kolp of Wichita was chosen per-
manent secretary with S. c. Mccoy of
Galveston and j. H. Stuart of Robertson
as assistants. Superintendent Mccoy is
mulatto and one of Cuney's main
henchmen in the Galveston custom house.
1t is not known what influence brought
about Wright's selection unless it was
intended as soap to the sore and bleeding
lily whites. 1t may also indicate very
conservative course with reference to the
force bill, as, of course, Chairman
Wright can constitute the committee on
resolutions to suit his sentiments.
The gubernatorial stock of the Hon.
Webster Flanagan took big jump to-
day. 1t Is however, generally conceded
that Judge Bell can have the nomination
if he wants It, but bis friends say he will
not accept it. Flanagan very openly
and bluntly declares himself an
aspirant. He says he is extremely
anxious to secure the nomination even at
great personal sacrifice in order to meet
Hogg on the stump all over Texas.
Osterhout of Bell is also still quite popu-
lar, while Rector of Travis has large
following.
The proceedings on the whole to-day
were truitless excent for much noise.
ALONG WAIT.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Sept. 4.-The
convention had not assembled at the ap-
pointed hour, 9 o'clock. Very few dele
gates were in the hall at that time. A
couple of reporters at the tables on the
stand and fifty or sixty of the colored
delegates looking woody and sleepy sat
about reading the Express or trying to
brace up over the late watches of the
previous evening.
AT 10 a. m. Chairman Hawley and
Secretaries Kolp and Stewart arrived,
but not half the delegates were on hand.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton was in session IN the little room out
in the yard, while the committee on Gre
dentials was still in the bosom of its de-
liberations. The delegates who were
present had tired and lsnguid air, with
none of the ardour and rebounding en-
of the previous day. Many
eyes blinked laZily, while
there was tendency to fill their chairs.
Not so many patrons of the bar were
noticed as during
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,
AT 1906 Chairman Hawley raped or
der to say that the convention would
take recess until u O'Clock, at which
time the committee on credentials would
be ready 70 report.
At the noon hour, when the recess had
expired and the delegates were
the chairman waited
half an hour until he could
messenger hear what delayed
the committee on credentials. Chairman
Rosenthal sent q message to ask until 8 |
p. IN. to make the report. Chairman
HawleY then called the convention to or
der and announced further recess till |
p. m. to accommodate
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
Mr.. Cochran of Dallas county then |
the platform and attempted to
speak, but WAS howled down.
Rev. Il. Watts of Houston took a
turn, and as he had voice like a buzz |
saw, he brought back the crowd, which |
was dispensing, and delivered a speech, |
n which he said that it was predicted by |
he Democrats that the convention |
would break up in mob, but he wanted |
he convention TO disprove it. He was a |
slave, he said. aud when he packed his |