Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
PRESSED LILIES.
No White Contrasting Delegation
Admitted at San Antonio.
S. J. Wright OF Lamar County is Chosen
Permanent Chairman Over
Rosenthal and DeGreSS.
D. C. KOIp of Wichita County Made Permanent
ecretary-Committees Appointed.
Gubernatorial Stock.
A NOISY DAY.


Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Sept. 4.-Th
Republican state convention was raped
to order this morning promptly at ~
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 ''lily whites had been
sat upon aud mashed fiat. This was
the work of the committee on creden
tials. Every white contesting delega-
ton was
FORBIDDEN SEATS IN TIRE 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 al ebon statesman
from the canebreaks OF the BraZos
bottom, "Dis yer am fife
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
recess was taken until noon. On re-
assembling after the recess the committee
on permanent organization shocked the
ant, Tod lNryr in &c Of
j. Wright of Lamar county for chair
man. Even Quincy was surprised, and
he mounted g chair and 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 diotum of any one man or
faction. This seemed to satisfy
Quincy and he lapsed into repose
for short time. Wright 10 the man
who on Yesterday was put up as
THE LILLY WHITE CANDIDATE
for temporary chairman and was so IN
mercifully slaughtered by Quincy 8 man,
Hawley. His rivals for the place in
committee were Judge Rosenthal of Fay
cite and Col. DeGress 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 ] II. Stuart of Robertson
as assistants. Superintendent Mccoy is
a 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 d 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 1t, but his 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 ut
great personal sacrifice Ia order to meet
Hogg on the stump all over Texas.
Osterhout of Bell is also still quite popu-
lar, while Rector of Travis has q large
following.
The proceedings on the whole to-day
were truitless except for much noise.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Sept. 4.-The
convention reassembled tonight at
o CLOCK. The only business trans
acted was the appointment of
the committee on platform and
resolutions, composed of one member
from each senatorial district. Hon. r.
b. Rentfro, collector of customs at
Brownsville, is chairman OF the commit
tee. Cunev is not on it.