Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-18
The Afternoon Session.

The afternoon session was called to order
at o'clock, the committee on permanent
organization being unable to make a report
before that time. Immediately after the
reading of an invitation from the North
Texas normal, asking the presence of the
attorneys at an entertainment to be given
at the University of Fort Worth last even
ing, Chairman Gillespie called for the re-
port of the committee on permanent organ
ization. The report was submitted and
read by the secretary, as follows:
To the Hon. O. w, Gillespie, Chairman of the
Convention and District and County Attor-
neys OF the State Of Texas:
We Your committee on permanent organi-
Zation beg leave 10 report the following:
l. For permanent chairman, c. V. Meyer
of johnson county; for permanent secre-
tary, u. L. Hutchinson of Comanche
county; for assistant secretary, K. Walter
Simpson of Upshur county.
.. We recommend that committee of
three be appointed by the chairman, TO be
known as committee No. !, to whom shall
be referred all proposed changes and amend
mentS to the penal code, and a like commit
tee, TO be known as committee No. ,, TO
whom shall be referred all proposed changes
aud amendments to the code of criminal pro-
cedure, whose duties it shall be to pass
upon such proposed changes and report the
same to this convention, with their recon-
nendatiOns thereon.
&c luEJIlcC tliI Il cDlDDlll-
Tee Of three be appointed by the chair, to be
known as a committee on resolutions, to
whom shall be submitted all resolutions not
coming within the power herein recommen-
ded for the former two committees.
We further recommend that &c 4. m. to-
morrow be set us the time to hear the adj
dress of welcome by the Hon. 7. j. Powell,
aud that j. t. Buie be appointed by the
convention to respond, and that the public
be cordially invited to attend.
1. That we accept the invitation of the
North Texas normal to be present at the
entertainment tonight and attend IN body.
Respectfully submitted,
A. G. GREENWOOD, President.
J. T. BoUIE, Secretary.
The report of the committee was unani-
mously adopted, and on motion a committee
was appointed 10 conduct the permanent of
fcerS 10 their respective stations. Mr..
Myers, the permanent chairman of he con-
vention, is young man of more than or
binary ability, and halls from John
son county. Though considerably younger
than some of his associates he seemed to
have their confidence as to his abili ty to
preside over the important deliberations of
the body. He is over six feet two inches
high, with light hair and complexion and
clean Shaveu face. deliberate in his utter
anccs aud decisive II his rulings.
Upon taking the chair he made
a few remarks il further explaining the
purposes for which the convention was
called.
Gentlemen OF the Convention:
Il thank you for the honor that you have
conferred on me i'll selecting me as Your
chairman.
lit would perhaps be not amiss for me to
state some OF the causes necessitatiug this
convention. There is general impression
among the people that the penal laws of
this state are not enforced us they should
be; that the criminals are escaping
punishment; that justice too often
miscarrieS. and that the courts