The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-11

porters were at the table on the stand and
fifty or sixty of the colored delegates, look
ing woolly and sleepy, sat about reading
the Express or trying to brace up over the
late watches of the previous evening.
AT 10 am. Chairman Hawley and Sec
retaries Kolb> and Stewart arrived,
but not half of the delegates
were on hand. The committee
on permanent organization were in the
little room over in the yard, while the
committee on credentials was still in the
bosom of its deliberations. The delegates
who were present had tired and languid
air, with none of the ardor and rebounding
enthusiasm of the previous day. Many
bloodshot eyes blinked laZily while there
were evidently not so many patrons OF the
bar as during the Democratic convention.
At 10:05 Chairman Hawley raped to
oruer to say the convention would take
recess till II o'clock, at which time the
committee on credentials would be ready to
report.
At the noon hour when the recess had
expired and the delegates were reassembled
the chairman waited half anhour until he
could hear through messenger what de-
layed the committee on credentials.
Chairman Rosenthal sent messenger to
ask until O'Clock to make a report.
Chairman Hawley then called the con-
ventin to order and announced recess until
p. m. to accommodate the committee.
Mr.. Cochran of Dallas then mounted the
platform to speak, but was howled down.
Rev. n. Watts of Houston took his turn
and as he had voice like a sam mill he
brought back the crowd which was dlspers-
ing and delivered speech in which he said
That it was predicted by the Democrats
that the convention would break up in a
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prove it. He had been a slave ne
said and when he BACKED his young mas
ters boots he was taught manners and so
he took the Democrats to have manners
and to treat the Republican convention
properly. He wanted the Democrats to
know what the Republicans were coming
out of bondage it was like the
rabbit and the coon. 1.-THE coon
used to go down to the well every morning
got there first, but he fell in the we'll.
There were two buckets. One went up and
one down. The coon came along and said
"Why, Brer Rabbit, how did you get
down2'
"Never mind how l got down, Brer
Coon" replied the rabbit. "Get IN the
bucket and come down."
The coon did so, and when the two
buckets met the rabbit said:
but Pm coming up" and he jumped
out and escaped. So it is with the Repub-
| lcan party in Texas. 1t is coming out.
| The speaker jumped on the Republicans
who tried to draw color line, saying that
they were like the preacher who had a
hornets nest in his pants, who said he had
the gospel in his mouth but hell in his
| breeches.
| The lily white has the devil in his pants.
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ity, to eat at the white mans table and to
sleep in his bed He wanted political
equality and white men to leave the
negroes wives alone. When this conven-
ton is over every lily white this side oil
Africa will be as black as Afrlca's blacklist
sons.
The success of Brother Watts brought
out Cochran of Dallas, who then made q
| general political speech, arraigning the
Democrats and calling on the colored men
to stick to the Republican party.
| The chairman called the meeting to order
at 3 80 p. m.
| Mr.. Rosenthal, chairman of the commit
tee on credentials, appeared on the stand
ready to report. Before he reported the
clerk read the names of the following ser
geants-atarms ]. L. Fornie, M. Mccain
James Scott, James Dolan, Henry Green,
and the chair ordered the aisles cleared.
The chairman stated that the appoint
ment of @. Cipher as member of the COM
mittee on permanent organization was
a mistake, as Mr.. Smoote had been regu-
larly chosen by the district from which nt
was delegate.
9. G. Claiborne made some protest abou
not being recognized by the committee tC
which he had been appointed, but it wen
no further.
Mr.. Rosenthal then rose and said: "Tht
committee on credentials have completed
their report and beg leave to report. A
| first we gropoSe to present the names OF tn,
uncontested counties and their votes.
objections are raised they will be presented
after the names of the delegates from con
tested delegations. The secretary is asked
to read the report on county votes.
Mr.. O'Nell, secretary of the convention
read as follows:
To the Chairman of the Republican con-
vention in San Antonio:
| We your committee on credentials bel
leave tU report that we find the following
counties represented by uncontested dele
gates who are entitled to seats. For tn
names of delegates entitled to vote we
beg leave to refer to the original creden
report. Then followed a list o
i iSS and 1911 votes s Mr.. Rentfro "
OF Brownsville made protest against tn,
lapportionment of Starr county of three
saying it was entitled to four votes. Thi
protest was granted. Mr.. Rentfro then pro
tested against the apportionment of Hi
dalgo county of three votes, saying that th,
Republican county officers had been driver
into Mexico by the State troops. The pro
test was also granted and Hldalgo county
given four votes
On motion, this Fart of the report of the
committee on credentials was accepted.
Mr.. Rosenthal then read the report O.
cont ested delegates, saying that the com
mittee had decided as II did with only on,
view, and that was the good of the Repub
lican party.
The committee on permanent organiza
ton shocked the unan1mated by reporting
in favor of S. ]. Wright of Lamar county
for chairman. Even Quincy was surprised
and he mounted chair and demanded tina
before vote be taken on Wright that the
gentleman take the stand and defend him
self.
Wright made short speech. He sale
he was a Republican, and If elected
chairman he would discharge the duties
Eimpartially, bor would he appoint commit
tees from his vest pocket, neither would ht
accept the dictation of any one man OF
| faction.
This seemed to satisfy Quincy and he
lapsed into repose for short time. Wrigh
is the man who on yesterday was put uT
as the lily white candidate for temporary
chairman and was so numerically slaugh-
tered by Cuney's man Hawley. His rivals