The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-06-09
THE CONVENTION.
AN UNUSUALLY QUIET AND HARMoNI.
GUS GATHERING.
The little Warwick" Judge Key and
Joe saysrs, and Rogers, Mccall and
Workman Indorsed-Some
Ringing Resolutions.

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}, mapped out two weeks ago Travi
q county yesterday did herself prou
: and instructed her delegates to Hou:
= ton to vote and work for the Wac
= statesman - Hon. George CLARK
All during the morning tn
= streets were crowded with the dele
gates, forming themselves in knot
on the street corners eagerly discuss
ing the political outlook in the state
Y the victory at the primaries having
q taken all the uncertainty out of tn
result in this county. Promptly at
!. O'clock the convention was called t.
q order by Capt. s. G. Sneed, the chair
, man of the county Democratic execu
tive committee, who stated that tn,
object of the meeting was to cleo
delegates to four conventions: TIT
Houston and Lampasas conventions
the judicial convention to select three
judges of the new court Of civil ap
peals and the congressional conven
zion. Capt. Sneed said he was pleased
to address convention of such marked
intelligence, and also noted with
, marked pleasure the enthusiasm
which prevailed among the delegates
He hoped that the delegates would
exercise only calm and deliberate
Judgment, and not allow themselves
to be carried away in the heat and ex.
element of the moment, and that the
minority would submissively bow to
the will of the majority. He closed
his remarks by declaring that nomi-
nations for temporary chairman were
in order:
Mr.. l.. B. Giles Of Manor, in few
neat and appropriate remarks placed
the name of Mr.. A. H. Graham in
nomination, and there being no other
nomination, on motion of Mr. Fred
Carleton he was declared elected by
reclamation.
On motion of Mr.. j l.. Peeler, Mr.. E.
M. Bacon was made temporary secre-
tary by reclamation.
On motion of Mr.. G. E. Anderson
Mr.. Sam Platt was made temporary
sergeant at arms.
UP to this time the delegates were
scattered all over the room, but as it
was desirable to vote by precincts the
sergeant at arms was directed to seat
the delegates by voting boxes,
and the work of rearrange-
ment was hard job, but by
dent of considerable labor in the
course of an hour the delegates were
all properly seated and the work of
the convention was resumed.
On motion of Mr.. A. M. Jackson,
Jr., it was decided that the committee
on credentials and basis of representa-
ton should be composed of one rep
resentative from each voting box, and
the roll being called the committee
was made up as follows:
Joe Cavilleer, Webberville; NJ M
Hornsby, Hornby's Bend; ]. E.
Wildbahn, Manor; Henry Bohls,
Pheuggerville; Oscar Westling, And.
erson's Gin; r w Riley,
Govalle; A Laser. Seiders' store; Capt
Cave; John Campbell, Oatmanville;
j G Wilson, Roberts school house;
R Morgan, Cedar Valley; G R Beatty,
Manchaca; TIP Washington, Nos
sick's store; J T Norwood, Given's
store; w S Wilson, Rock church; M C|
Nuckles, Bluff Springs; John M Alden,
Greedmoor; Julius Kunez, old Wallace
place; d Stephens, Fairview; G F.
Maynard, Travis Peak; g A Miller,
Paggi's store; Chas Fl Powell, Grooms;
J M Smith, Scott's store; Geo p War
ner, Fillmore; VIM Boyce, Sprinkle; c
w Dye, Carl; Chas Evans, First ward;
f M Maddox, Second ward; Fred
Carleton, Third ward; Rhodes Fisher,
Fourth ward; A M Jackson, jr, Fifth
ward; j L Hume, Sixth ward; w B
Durham, Seventh ward; A Robbins,
Eighth ward; l. Peeler, Ninth ward
and Randolph Lawrence, Tenth ward.
On motion of Mr.. G. E. Anderson
it was ordered that a committee on
permanent organization and order of
business be selected in the same way
as above, which resulted as follows:
Pleasant Lee, WebbervilIe; David
Jones, Hornsby; H E Lancaster,
Manor; Sam Hill, Pfueggerville; q
w Anderson; f " Holler,
Pecan Springs; Thad A Thorn
son, Govalle; Henry Seekatz
Seider's Store; A G Kemp, Duval; A
o Gerstman, Bee Cave; T l. Tumey,
Oatmanville; John Bargsley, Rock
Church; J R Morgan, Cedar Valley;
Paul Won Rosenberg, Manchaca; H L
Campbell, Nossick's Store; S V Lane,
Owens; w H Cullen, Rock Church;
] B Addison, Bluff Springs; S X
Hume, Joe Kuntz, Old Wallace place;
b Stevens, Fairview; G F Maynard,
Travis Peak; A Won Rosenberg
Paggi's; E G .Stolley, ..Groom's; w S
sherwood, Scott's Store; Henry Will
son, FILLMORE; VIM Boyce, Sprinkle;
Jas Neatly. Carl; j P Schneider
First ward; G E Anderson, Sec.
ond ward; Henry Utter, Third ward
DIR A N Denton, Fourth ward; VIM
vonRosenberg, ST., Fifth ward; J X
Holland, Sixth ward; w Nj Brown
Seventh ward; 1 V Davis, Eighth
ward; E r Mclean, Ninth ward and
s l. Walton, Tenth ward.
The convention then took recess:
until o'clock in order to give the
committee tune to formulate their re
port.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Promptly at the appointed houl
Chairman Graham's gavel fell, bu
the committees still being at work s
recess of 80 minutes, al