The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-08
OF THE HoGG EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE ON THE HoUs-
TON SPLIT.
A DARLING SILVER PLANK.
1t Comes in for Loud Common dalton
But Nothing is Said About the Dis
reimbursement of all Those
Counties at Houston.

To the Democracy of the State of Texas:
. For the first time in the history
: our party in this state an open rul
, ture has occurred and a portion
those who supported Judge Clark i
the late campaign, bolted from tn
convention held in Houston on tn
10th of August, held separate cor
vention and nominated full stat
ticket. The convention appointed tn
undersigned committee to prepar
an address setting forth the tru
facts attending this uncalled for &C
tion of the minority.
Before the meeting of the conyen
ton it had become evident that ther
was fixed purpose on the part O
Judge Clark and many of his support
ers to bring about bolt upon SOM
cause, real or pretended.
Desiring, if possible, to avoid an,
division in the ranks OF the Demo
cratic party of this state, the support
ers of Governor Hogg determined tina
there should be no real and Just cause
for any such acUion, but that in al
things the convention should be hello
and the nominations made according
to Democratic usages and precedents
ACTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BADGES, ETC.
1t was well known that many of the
delegates, both supporters of Cover
nor Hogg and Judge Clark, were
composed of large numbers of dele.
gates and that it was especially SO
with several delegations which were
supporting Judge Clark, among them
his home county, McLennan, which
sent about 300 delegates to the con-
vention.
The city of Houston provided COM
modious hall for the convention.
which furnished seating capacity for
about 1000 persons. The state execu-
tive committee ascertained the num-
Der of delegates that could be
seated. and seeing that it was
impossible to seat all the members of
the different delegations, determined
to admit two delegates for each vote
to which each county was entitled.
making 1894 delegates to be seated
In cases of contesting delegations the
badges were equally divided between
them.
In order to secure equality and JUS
tice they caused badges to be printed
and proposed to distribute to the
chairman of each delegation the
badges according to the number of
delegates to which it was entitled I'M
der this arrangement. There was a
vast number of people in attendance
upon the convention who were not
delegates, and it was necessary to
adopt the system of badges in order
to protect the delegates in the possess
sion and enjoyment of their seats
against the intrusion of those who
were not entitled. The badges were
prepared and furnished by the local
committee of the citizens of Houston
and had printed upon them these
words delegate State Democratic
Convention, Houston, Texas, 1892"
When the badges were ready for
distribution they were rendered alike
to all delegates without discrimina.
ton, but those delegations which
were supporting Judge Clark, by
agreement in their caucus, refused to
receive the badges or to be restricted
in the number of delegates to be ad-
mltted as prescribed by the rules
adopted by the executive committee.
On the morning that the convention
was to assemble and before the local
committee had turned over the hall |
to the executive committee, JUDGE
Clark, with others who were not del
egates, took possession of the hall and
thereby excluded therefrom MANY
delegates who were entitled to seats
and who wore badges according to
the direction of the committee,
1t has been the universal custom of
national and state Democratic conven.
lions for delegates to wear badges.
and 1t is necessary in order to distin.
guish them from others in being adj
mitted to seats. This is the first time
that delegates have refused to comply
with such reasonable regulation.
The state executive committee of
the Democratic party met at Houston
On Monday, the day preceding that
liked for the meeting of the conyen-
ton, and adopted certain rules to
govern in the temporary organization
Of the convention, which were pub
!lshed in the newspapers that morn.
ing and were as follows:
"Be 1T resolved by the Democratic
State Executive committee, of the
state of Texas, that the following Or
Ter of business and rules shall Obtain
and be enforced in the temporary or.
of the State Democratic
convention of Texas, to be held in the
,ity of Houston, beginning on the 10th
If August, 1892:
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
First-The Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive committee shall
'all the convention to order.
Second-The convention shall elect
is temporary chairman, and temno.
AIRY secretaries.
Third-The convention shall an
ooint such committees and in such
manner as it may deem proper.
RULES.
First-Ail counties represented
hall be permitted'to participate in the
temporary organization of the conyen.
ion, except as herein otherwise pro.
'ided, and shall be entitled to one
'ote for each three hundred votes cast
n said county for the Democratic
lominee for governor at the general
lection, and one vote for each addi.
ional fraction of one hundred and