Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-08
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Right of the Unorganized Counties to
Representation in the August
Convention.
HENRIETTA, TEX, April :, 1890.

HENRIETTA, Tex, April Z, 1891.
Editor Gazette.
1 see in your issue of the 9Th
a condensed report of the meet
ing of the State Democratic ex-
ecutive committee, of which l am q
member, from this senatorial district.
In this report it is stated that myself and
Messrs. Pressler of Comanche, and
Sayers of Bastrop, made earnest opposi-
ton to the resolution in regard to the
representation to be all lowed each unOr-
ganized county in the next state conven-
ton, etc. Now, literally speaking, this
is true, and yet the report condensed as
it is, is calculated TO place Messrs.
Pressler and Savers and myself in the
false positlon-of opposing the represen-
tation of unorganized counties in the
next convention, whereas, the very re-
verse is true. If I remember rightly
the first resolution offered IN the
committee IN regard to the I'M
organized counties was offered by
Mr.. Watkins of Henderson county.
This resolution provided that each unor-
ganized county should be entitled
to one vote in the next
state convention, provided the
delegate who proposed to represent such
county was duly elected by a bona fide
Democratic convention, regularly called
and held in such unorganlZed county
An amendment TO this resolution was Of
fered by Mr.. Leasing of Waco, providing
that as many as fifty bona fide Demo-
Gratis had participated in such county
convention, and list of their names
was duly certified to the state conven-
m "a jD
form that Messrs. Pressler and Saryers
aud myself as well as several other
members offered our earnest opposition,
and we succeeded in defeating both the
resolution and the amendment thereto.
Mr.. Leasing then returned to the charge
and offered another resolution substanti-
ally the same as the one which had been
defeated, except that it provided that as
many as twenty Democratic voters par
ticlpated in the county convention, and
their names were sent up, etc. This
resolution was offered orally, and while
il was being reduced to writing, Of
fered the following resolution, viz: Re-
solved, that in effecting the temporary
organization of the next Democratic state
convention to be held in this state each
unorganized county thereof shall be en-
titled to at least one vote; and second,
That we hereby recommend that each of
such counties hold within their respec-
tive limits Democratic convention or
mass-meeting, at which the delegates of
such county shall be duly elected or ap-
pointed to such state convention, and
that such election or appointment be
properly certified to the proper authori-
ties in accordance with the usages of the
party. This resolution, an amend
ment, was offered so as to
make it read as stated in the re-
port This amendment was adopted
by a vote of eleven to
fourteen, and the resolution as
thus amended was then adopted by
the same vote, Messrs. Pressler, Sayers
and myself voting in the negative each
time. The opposition to the amendment
and the resolution as amended was based
on the ground that in effeeting the tenn
pJrary organization of the convention
each delegate was entitled to his. vote,
and that until a committee on creden-
tials was appointed the. right of such
delegate to vote could not be questioned.
Now, the report as published in your
issue OF yesterday, without in
tending to do so, places Messrs Pressler,
Savers and myself IN the position
of having opposed the right of morgan
lASu SOdu1lOS W pe'A LASipoh0-lb tbS vi gam
ization of the next state convention at
all, and therefore trust that you will i'll
justice to us give this explanation space
IN your next issue. In conclusion 1
would like through your columns to call
the attention of the unorganized counties
to the resolution as adopted by the COM
mittee on this subject, and l would re-
spectfullY request the press of West and
Northwest Texas to call the attention Of
their respective sections to said resolu-
ton, and thus avoid any question of the
right of the uuorganized counties to rep
resenta ton in the said convention. Re-
speotfully submitted,
j, A. TEMPLEToN,
Member State Democratic Executive
Committee Nineteenth Senatorial Dis
trict.