San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-03
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
ONLY TEMPORARY ORGANIZA-
TION EFFECTED.
Hon. Wright Quincy Makes a Speech
r.. B. Hawley is Chairman
The Sentiment of the Con
vention is for Peace
and Harmony.

this body opened its doors at Conven-
ton hall on Houston and Flores
streets promptly at 10 O'Clock. The
mayor of the great city of San An
tonic was not present to welcome the
delegates to the city, but they have
taken this for granted, and the local
republicans who constitute the bulk
of our population, have assured them
| the freedom of the city and done all
in their power to make all feel at
| home, both white and colOred. A bu-
| reau Of information has been opened
| at Smiths confectionery on Houston
| street, and ali who have reported
| thither have been given badges,
and assigned to accommodations,
| the colored brother being sent to the
| Alamo pavilion, where they have
| been taken in charge by those of their
| own color, and the whites were as
signed to their various hotels and
| boarding houses. This has worked
| tremendously. Yesterday the dele
| gates came in by every train, and last
night the southbound international
train was particularly heavily loaded
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been put on. Passengers not only
could not get seats, but could scarce
lv procure standing room. Those
who were fortunate in arriving
in the city before nightfall i'm
| proved the shining hour by getting
| acquainted with the town and it's
| narrow streets and its broad-gauge
| people, and were taken in hand and
given admission to the caucuses that
| were held. One of these was held al
Mission Garden pavilion, attended
| mostly by the whites. Its object was
| to prime the guns before the battle,
| or endeavor to fix upon some n for
| temporary chairman. After several
| names were brought up and speeches
| made, in which several recalcltrant
members of the party were severely
arraigned. 1t was decided to make
| no selection.
Another was held at the Menger
| hotel, in one of the rooms, which vas
| also well attended, but developed
nothing.
Arrangements were completed last
| night by the local arrangements COM
| mittee for the grand torchlight pro-
| cession which will be held tonight,
| beginning at s o'clock. This body
will organize at Turner hall and pro-
| coed, headed by a band of music, to
| Acequia street, thence to Main plaza,
| to Commerce street, to Alamo street,
| to Mission Garden, where after enter
ing the garden and pavilion, speeches
will be made by several orators,
| among whom are Hon. Webb Flanni-
gan, Wren, of Austin, and others.
A banquet will be given at Mission
garden tomorrow night.
This morning the delegates were
| up early, and after taking their
morning cocktails Of pure ozone of
| the Alamo city, were able to get
| down such a breakfast as they bad
| not eaten since leaving their homes.
Private button-holing caucuses
! were held until IL o'clock, although
| the executive committee convened at
| 10 at convention hall in secret ses-
| sion.
This morning at IL was the hour
set for converting, but at ll:30 the
| chairman of the State Executive COM
mittee had not as yet raped to or
| der, although the hall was crowded
| with delegates, both white and color
| ed. On the stand the newspaper men
were soon congregated. They found
| that insufficient accommodations
were provided, but 500 righted that
by carrying in their own tables and
| chairs.
In the hall all seemed to wait upon
the executive committee. This adj
journed early, after deciding to have
sergeant-at-arms appointed right
away, and fixing on the names of j.
L. Fare, of Camp county; Ed. Sitter
lee, of Victoria; NJ. Nj. Cone, of
Grimes, and Joseph Scott, of Calves
ton, as candidates. For tempo
rary chairman, they had three IAN
didates before them, Hawley, of
Galveston: Cochran, of Dallas, and
Wright. of Paris. The secretary of the
executive committee, 5. c. Mccoy, OF Cal
weston, who is Cuney'S lieutenant, acted
as secretary pending the temporary Or
ganiZatiOn.
At 1905 o'clock Chairman, DeGress
called the meeting to order. and appoint
ed Mr.. II. KOlp, of Wichita, as acting
secretary, and he read the call:
Soon as this was rea half a dozen were
on the floor at once asking as to the cor
T~ectneSS of the appOrtiOnment OF the
vote. The chairman stated that TINS
would all be righted when the vote for
chairman came up.
Judge ROSenthai arose to a point of or
der. that this should all come before he
temporary chairman. Well taken.
DEGREES then said: 1t should afford
any man pleasure to call a Republican
convention together in Texas, composed
as it is without regard to color. LCheerSI
We do not know color. When you go to
heaven you will find the colored man, the
Chinaman. the Turk and every other
color there. The race question has