The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-20
THE PEOPLES PARTY:
TN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT DALLAS
THEY GO TO REsoLUTING.
The Negro Delegates Claim Recognition,
hut only after Considerable Difficulty
Were Their Claims Adjusted
Gov. Hofg to be shelved,
snocial to The Statesman.

r DALLAS, Aug. 1.-THE first state
convention of the Peoples Party con
vened here today, in response to cal
issued by Chairman w. r. Lamb
Col. Lamb called the convention tc
order.
About 200 people were present. Mr.
Thomas Cafes, editor Of the Com
anche Pioneer Exponent, was named
by Col. Lamb for temporary secretary
and accepted by the convention. Col
Lamb then announced committees on
permanent organizations, on platform
and on resolutions. The negro was
told he could have an equal SHOW
with the white man in the new party
and the committees retired. j. 5.
Bradley of Jack county, was elected
secretary of the convention. The
committee on speakers re-
ported recommending that DR..
MacCune be invited to address
the convention this afternoon, and
that DR.. E. l.. Dohoney and others
speak tonight. The report was adopt
ed and the convention adjourned till
o'clock this afternoon. The COM
mittee on permanent organization re-
ported recommending Stump Ashley
for chairman and an executive COM
mittee of one man from each congress
sional district. The report was adopt
ed. A motion was adopted instruct
ING the chairman to appoint COM
mittee on Peoples party literature.
Mr.. w. l.. Robinson of Fort Worth
introduced a resolution casting a slur
upon the press of the state, alleging
partial reports of the debates, record
ing that no discussions would be held
with the opposition because they can
not get fair prospects. Samuel John
son thought the resolution impolitic.
1t could be taken as an acknowledge
ment that the Third party is afraid
to meet it's foe. A resolution was in
troduced endorsing the alien land
law, passed by the last legislature.
An executive committee was select
ed, one from each congressional dis
trict. A telegram was read in the
convention from j. f. Elliott
that one hundred voters at Bowie
were too poor to attend the
convention, but their best wishes for
it's success were with the convention.
While selecting the members of the
executive committee Delegate Hayes,
colored, seeing that no pie was coming
over his way, took occasion to tell the
convention that the name of the Peo-
ple's party would be Dennis with
out the negro vote, and if they
gothic negro vote they must take the
negro hand in hand. If they failed
to recognize the negro, why Quincy
would say, eyes, there was few mig
gers in that convention, failing after
dem white folks and dey didn't get
straw and dey served dem
right" Ashby suggested that
in the southern portion of
the state each county have colored
chairman as well as white chair
man. Sam Johnson offered resolu-
ton authorizing the chairman in each
district to appoint colored chair
man to cooperate with him. rms
was not satisfactory to the colored
wing of the convention and Hayes
told them plainly that he didn't thank
the convention for the second hand
loaf. He desired recognition direct
by the convention. He told them: |
"You will lose in spite of the devil
and high water if you don't treat the
negroes square,"
Capt. Evans, seeing a way out OF
the difficulty, said that Hayes be APP
pointed by the convention from the
state at large. He thought this was all
the negro could claim, owing to
small number of negro delegates pres
ent. He put this in the shape OF a
motion; it was amended to add TWO
negroes and adopted. r. H. Hayes
aud H. J. Jennings were then select,
ed. Jennings lives at Mckinney, ana
it was stated that in that precinct he
defeated Gov. Hogg for representa-
tive. This was entirely satisfactory to
the negroes. Mr.. Haynes, of Fort
Worth, said so. The central COM
mittee of three suggested by Chair
man Lamb was selected from the eX-
ecutive committee as follows: W. o.
Milligan, w. r. Lamb and ). M.
Perdue. The meeting then adjourned.
Tonight speeches were made by
DR.. Macune and others. Capt Sam
Evans of Fort Worth, in an interview,
said Governor HOgg would be
shelved. A. w. Terrell of Austin will
be brought out as the Third party
people,s choice for senator. L can't
say who is gubernatorial possibility
on our ticket. My own individual
opinion is that Marion Martin would
make good leader.