San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.

and carried TO adjourn until 3 a. m, Sep
TENDER 4.
II CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
Arriving at the federal court building
about 6 O'clock, Rosenthal took off his
coat in evident expectation of lively
work. He began proceeding by reading
the roll of the committee. and as called
they were directed TO take seats within
the rail. After the roll call the chairman
suggested that to expedite matters they
would elect a secretary and CaSS was Sc
lected for that position.
RoSenthal then called for suggestions
as to the best manner of getting to the
business on hand and as to whether the
meeting be public or private. A membero Of
the committee arose with a motion
that the meeting be strictly private, and
that all but members of the committee
and those interested be present. He also
called attention to the presence of two
reporters of the LIGHT and Express, and
moved that they be excluded. This was
objected TO by a member, but the major
ity prevailed, the maker of the motion
remarking that as there was a great
quantity of dirty linen to be washed, ii
should be done in secret. The chairman
OF the executive committee was appealed
to against this unjust measure, but
he was as dumb as an oyster.
and the reporters departed. What
passed during the committee DELHI
eratiOns is therefore not known. The
Harris county muss was first taken up
and the regulars were seated after a long
session at which considerable dirty linen
was washed. The BeXar county case was
not reached until this morning but from
the way the cat jumped in the Harris case
1t was freely predicted that those :who
created the splits would be heavily sat
down upon.
The republicans have been, throughout
the convention unjust to the news
paper men. With the democrats
there was nothing that was not open and
above-board, but in this gathering every
thing but the bare proceedings of the con-
vention is as a sealed book; executive
committee, caucuSeS, etc, n much that
the people would like and should know,
is kept secret, which is not very credit
able to say the least.
TODAY's SESSION.
1t was nearly 10 o'clock when the EN-
pOrary chairman n secretaries mounted
the stand. The hall was not half filled,
but the delegates began TO file in and take
their seats. The delay was all on ac-
count of the lengthy session of the com-
mittee on credentials which was wrang-
ling with the conteSting delegations. 1t
had become known hat the committee
We're emphatically sitting down on the
~OriginatorS of the splits, which caused
much gossip.
AT 1918 the chair announced that the
committee on credentials had asked for
further time in which to complete their
work, promising to report at - o'clock,
and adjourned the convention until that
time.
In the interim a caucus of the delegates
of the Seventh congressional district was
called, but it was a secret meeting.
At 1920 the gavel of the chairman came
down hard and the convention was re-
opened. The committee On credentials
asked for further time and a recess till 3
O'Clock was taken.
Calls for DR.. Archie Cochran were
made and he mounted the stand, but the
left drowned his voice with hOOdlum yells
until the doctor said: Hold on and go
to h-ll, you lOud-mouthed mOb!' He
then declined to speak, as the convention
had adjourned.