San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-29
TIE MASS CONVENTION.
The Administration Carries the
Fixed Programme Through.
THROW OUT A FEW CRUMBS TO
THE LILIES MAKE A
FEW SPEECHES.,
Rush Through the List of Dele
gates, But Forgot TO Pass
Resolutions Endorsing
Harrison-Notes. Etc.

Harrison-Notes. Etc.
Between five and six hundred people
attended the republican mass meeting
last Saturday night, held at Rische's
theatre for the purpose Of selecting dele
gates to the state convention, to be held
at Austin, March Sth. The program had
been so we'll and completely arranged by
the manipulators for the administration,
there was little chance for opposition and
harmony prevailed. The convention was
very dark, outn umbering the lilies
about three to one. The re-
publican League club, and many other
prominent republicans in the city had
previously decided to take no hand in the
convention, and many who did attend
were only lockers on. The result of the
first ballot for chairman settled all hopes
of the little opposition present, and 1t was
plainly to be seen that even Marshal
Fricke. who had pulled the strings for
years in Washington county, was not In
it, in BeXar county.
Mr.. Henry Terrell called the meeting to
order at $50, by reading the published
call, by announcing the first thing in
order was the selection of chairman.
District Attorney George Paschal was
nominated and elected with a rush and
whoop.
In taking the chair Mr.. Paschal stated
| that he hoped for unity, and impressed
upon his hearers that in that meeting
| the majority should decide who shall be
| the delegates to the state convention.
| mo matter who will be the Minneapolis
| candidate" he said, "Blaine, the great
| commoner, Harrison or Mckinley, l hope
| that there will be no such split in the
Il ~ L. haS ahar tor iyoH
/ the Democracy with whom, as in New
damed of you don't. ~ He urged har-
| mony in the meeting and the selection OF
l a good set of delegates to the convention
| II. II. Richardson and Walter Ii. Grigg
| were chosen as secretaries.
Henry Terrell moved that committee
| of thirteen be appointed TO draft list OF
| sixteen delegates and as many
alternatives to go as delegates
| to the state an congressional
| convention and report to this meeting.
| The motion was carried and Judge
/, Paschal announced the committee as
| follows: John Ii. Walters, j. q. StarneS
| (colored), DIR. Hertzberg, j K. Davis
| (colored), VIM. Hoefling, Sr., II. l.. Deg
| ener, w. s. Messmer, r. w Wallace tcol-
oredj, w s. Anderson, Sam M. johnson:
Dave Williams (colored), Thad G. Bell
and Henry Terrell.
| Charles w. Ogden was selected as vice
| president. Upon assuming the position
he made rousing. speech, saying, 10
| amuse the crowd: 81 hope for unity" he
said, "and that this meeting may pass off
| as tremendously as it has done so lar.
| Just so tremendously may the Minneapo-
| lis convention pass off and give Benjamin
| Harrison solid nomination"
| Then he launched a eulogy of President
| Ha rrison. Last campaign we had
Il a. 4 sl,,N h 10 ~ N
rison will have a mighty small'Hill to
| climb"
w. II. Ellis, from Mexico, was up from
Galveston, looking after the interests OF
Mr.. Cuney, made red hot speech.
Parson Brooks wanted to put in
good word for Grover Cleveland,
but his colored VI brethren ell rem hoo %
tee was out speech makers were called
for. j. =. Newcomb responded to the
call of his name. He said that IL was
usually the Republican manner of doing
business to hold primaries except in cases
of emergency. The primaries are the
better way, but the state chairman has
seen fit to call the mass convention. He
| urged effective county Organization, and
then spoke on national politics.
THE Republican party" he said, has
more men than Benjamin Harrison to
| lean upon. Let us not pin our faith to
one man simply because he is president,
Harrison's administration is clean and
pure and one of which the Republicans
can be Justly proud. But Blaine is the
great man who has done much to make
the present administration what 1t is.
"Blaine," he held, SIS not necessarily
out of the race AS Blaine man l can
see nothing in the letter OF decl inatioh
that he won not accept the nomination
il offered him. He then spoke on the
matter of national patronage, deprecating
the practice of the federal officials using
their power, and appointments to run the
conventions of the party.
II. III. Richardson, spoke a few words,
endorsing President Harrison.
Judge A. p. Tugwell then followed and
told why he was republican and taking
for his text Bob Lincoln" came near
getting up an old fashioned campmeetlng
revival among the colored delegates, ana
the white folks were also getting ready 70
shout when the committee came In Win
the following report:
Your committee respectfully reports
the following list of delegates and alter,
mates to attend the conventions, state ana
congressional TO be held at Austin, Texas,
March 9, 1892, to elect delegates 10 the
national conventions: w. ii. Mitchell,
Henry Terrell. VIM. HOetiing, ST., ;; M.
Johnson, r. w. Wallace, (colored), w. ).
Messmer, J. G. Starnes, (colored), ii l..
Depener, John B. Walters, Thad. Z. Bell
David Williams, (colored), c. w. Ogden,
Paul Fricke. R. M. Moore, George W.
Carter, (colored), II. Il. Richardson, (col-
ored). The alternateS are A. 7. Tugwell,