The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-30

din through which he had to make
hard effort to be heard called upon
every friend of Judge Clark to leave
the hall The Clark delegation then
left in a solid pbalaDx w. G, Berry
mounting chair and making short
address in which be said that Gala.
CHAN and his supporters would have
to take the responsibility for it,
AT BELKNAPs ARMoRY.
1t was amid scene of the widest
excitement that the Clark delegation
filed out of Convention hall to the
street At the door stood G, A. Kel-
Ter and other prominent Democrats
who gave instructions to the throng to
proceed to Rische's theater. 1t was
go discovered, however, that the
place was occupied, and then, through
the courtesy of Captain Robt. Green,
the use Of the large Belknap armory
was rendered. The crowd of Clark
enthusiasts filed the room aud owing
to the excitement over their treatment
and bulldozing methods of the Hogg
men, 1t was sometime before quiet
could be restored sufficient to cali the
convention to order Cries for the
Honorable Columbus Epson to make
talk we're made and in response that
gentleman said:
COLONEL UPsoN's SPEECH.
Fellow Citizens and Freeman-We
have commenced to-day to "Turn
Texas Loose" [Cries of "get on the
table" "Down with the Mexicans,"
and deafening applause Mounting
table the colonel continued: 81 have
been Democrat for half q century,
and in all that time | never before
witnessed such disgraceful scene as
that which We have just left 1t is
the worst display of ty Fanny that ever
came under my observation. Our
fore athers when oppressed by q
tyrannical power struck out like free
men and they won the liberty we en-
Joy to-day. Are we worthy to be
called men to sacrifice that liberty
which should be so dear and priceless
to every true born Amerlcan? The
combination in that convention which
has hagrantly overr;den our liberties
to day must be overcome by the peo-
pie of Bexar county. Great ap-
plause Mark my words, reporters.
The death knell has been sounded and
their action this morning is the COM
mencement OF that political death
which is soon 10 come to them all.
Deafening applause and cries Of
That's right" Thep have dug their
political graves, now let them lie in
them, The intelligent people of
Bexar county are not poems. They
will not stand such despotism as was
attem pied at that convention. We.
went into that convention determined
to act fairly. We wanted nothing
but our rights and these we will have.
[Great applause What did the
machine manipulators do but pull out
of their pockets list of names TO COM
pose the credential committee with
not Clark man on ii. when 70 per
cent of the votes Of this community
are warm supporters of George Clark.
Judge Clark stands today the grand
representative of right, liberty and
justice. Deafe ding applause Hogg is
the emblem of coTruptness and dema-
gogy and has destroyed the prosperity
of Texas which should be the greatest
and most progressive state in the
Union. His war has constantly been
directed against the freedom and
rights of this state. For nearly twelve
years | have taken no part in politics,
but now is not the time for one who
loves his state and has regard for
the liberties of his people to remain
silent. | found our interests involved
and determined to speak out. Now
gentlemen we have something else to
do. We must not only organize and
select delegates to the several conven-
tons but We must here today, elect a
county executive committee. We
must have on that committee the ex.
ponents of the principles of pure Dem
ocracy whose voices speak for the COM
munity ana not for ma
chine. MANY voices; That's
what we want. down the
machine" and uproarious and long
continued applause.
OTHER REMARKS.
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