San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-10
CITIZENS MASS MEETING.
A LARGE AND REPRESENTA-
TIVE GATHERING AT MIS-
SION GARDEN.
Their Deliberations are Quietly
Conclusive and characterized
by Concise Action and Con-
servative Converse.

AT il O'Clock the hall being wei
filled, L. G.. Denman called the meet
ing to order and made very con
sentative address. He recalled tn;
event in the history of San Antonio
of the appointment of the receivers o.
the Arkansas Pass railway and of the
late waterworks election. He drew q
parallel, saying in both there was a
combination that had q good deal OF
political significance. There was
no reason for the combins-
ton. 1t is not proper tor cor
porations to dictate the politics
of the people, and anyhow, to say
who shall be judges of your courts, to
have conferences in secret and put
out tickets. 1 believe it is our duty
to oppose tine com bination. Applause
greeted the speaker as he proceeded.
The purpose of the call Is to oppose
the com bination and all who have
entered into this unholy alliance.
8. G.. Newton was unanimously
elected chairman, and took the stand
He thanked the gentlemen present
for the honor. No one sympathized
with the objects of the meeting
mole than he. There is a
com bination and the facts warrant me
in saying it points to at least one man
holding high judicial position. 1t
applies to all and it is to stifie the
voice of the people. / am opposed to
it, heart and soul and 1 believe in
hewing to the line.
Messrs. G. Runge and II. e. Hide.
brandt were nominated and elected
secretaries. Sergeantat-arms were
dispensed with.
Sulzbacher moved that committee
of three be appointed on order of bust
ness; carried. Messrs. Sulzbacher,
Denman and Beck were appointed
and withdrew.
On reporting, the committee SUBJ
mitted the following
OFFICERS:
District Judge, district clerk, dis
trict attorney, county Judge, county
clerk, sheriff, tax collector, treasurer,
assessor, surveyor, attorney, hide and
animal inspector, superintendent of
public instruction, two justices of the
peace, constable, four county commits
sioners, four public weighers, two
legislators.
Report was adopted.
For District Judge, Mr.. Franklin
Hon. John H. James. The
was seconded in another
glowing speech by Judge Peter
Shields.
L. c. Grothaus also seconded the
of Judge James on be-
half of the late republican conven-
ton.
Leo Tarleton, Esq. took the stage
and seconded the nomination of Judge
James.
The nomination was made unani-
nous by a rising vote.
Denman nominated John B. Wal
ter for District Clerk. He was
seconded by Solms, who moved
that it be made unanimous. Adopt
ed.
Denman nominated Leo Tarleton
for the Office of district attorney.
This created great applause. Hide
brandt seconded the nomination.
Vernon said he had expected to
nominate some one else, but that
someone, T.. s. Robinson, had in
structed him to support the very best
man, and he therefore seconded Mr.
Tarleton's nomination.
Paul Fricke arose and wanted to
know the objects of the meeting.
was it to fill in the blanks on the re-
publican ticket, or what? He was a
Geo. Paschal man, etc. He was
Kissed down, long and loud.
Huston made the point of order
that only those opposed to the
combination ticket were invited. A
good deal of discussion arose, but
Huston insisted on his point of or
der.
The chairman ruled his point well
taken, but said if Mr. Paschal or any
one else would pledge himself to sup
port the nominees of the conven ton,
he had a right to be nominated.
Fricke said he didn't get up to
nominate anybody.
Tarleton's nomination was made
unanimous.
r. B. Minor nominated Mr.. Geo. G..
Altgelt for county judge, and Mr..
Will Smith seconded the nomination.
Mr.. Summerlin also did so. Carried
by reclamation.
The nomination of county clerk was
passed for awhile.
Also that of tax collector.
Frieke again arose and said he was
a citizen and did not want to be
choked down. The chairman said no
one wanted to do 80.
Solms nominated L. w. Menger for
treasurer; seconded by SummerlIn
and adopted unanimously.
Judge Shields put in nomination for
assessor Mr.. Ira Hewitt, seconded by
d. P. Smith and made unanimous.