Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-14
Of City Democrats Meets and
Does Part of Its Work.
THE UNoPPOSED NOMINATIONS
The Reports Of The Various Committees Are
Given in Full.
The Details Of The Proceedings, with tho
Scenes and Incidents Of the Convention
From us Beginning 10 lis Dead
lock on TIE klornoyshIp.

Promptly at II O'Clock Dr. Price
called the convention TO order aud
| stated the object of the meeting.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Thurp Andrews nominated Drew
! Fruit Cor temporary chairman aud lac
| was elected 10y acclOmauom
MIR ll1nu took the election M n com.
| plmeni, not 20 himself but TO the
! young Democracy OF which he WIS nm
! humble member lie called attention to
] the iuvt Chat theU wa, o well-urgunXed
| political adversary 20 meet Ia the coming
| contest.
For temporary sccWtry Ed Hollis
! Wg elected 10y reclamation.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
Mr. BYRON moved thc chair appoint
committees on credentials, permanent
orguNthuun aud order cot business aud
on platform aud resolutions
The clmir appointed uc following ~
| members of the Committees
! Credentials First ward, W. III. Fighcr:
| Second ward, j. H. Nivks; Third ward.
| H. H.. Maddox Fourth ward John Alur.
tmi Filth ward, Luther 3onE. Sixth
! ward, John A. Thornton. seventh ward,
| Wilson tr'gg, Eighth ward NJ. Is. llar-
! rsi Ninth ward W X. Byron.
ON organization First ward, Stuart
! Harrison; Second wurd Martin Casey;
! lhrd ward, \ la Croiy Fourth wurd,
! W ~ Bailey; litth ward, William Barr.
! sixth ward. lvlre Ruuchc. seventh ward,
| Il. H. Armstrong, Eighth ward. Horny
Ahston. Ninth ward, Thop Audrows
! ON platform and resolutions First
| ward. Dr J. h. Price. Second wnrd.
! llcmchrl SMITH Third ward, H. Mat
! Kin, Fourth ward, ben Mccullough.
! ltitth ward. %, $. Kennedy; Sixth ward:
! NJ. j. lcWis Seventh ward, W. H..
! Williams Eighth ward. NJ. a Spoouu;
Wulim iurr of mr' Fifth not be,p,,
| present John ~ White was appointed Ia
| his stead uu the committee of urguniln-
| ton aud order of business
SOME SPEECHES
William Lnhcy got the laugh Of tho
convention 10y moving tlmt the convention
| hear from Simon Guhpu ON the true
principles ul Democracy. Gubort snid
hc would DO the best as he could for all
Of thcm
William Lahry was called for aud he
was loaded with u speech that he de-
lyurcd with an inimitahlr Irish brOguo
aud AN enthusiasm that disrcgnrdcd the
Interruptions of The npplnunc, But little
could hc hcnrd but that the democracy
of jefferson siill lived aud II wnH tho
blessing alike OF the poor aud rich In this
country
Many calls were made for other
speakers.
One delegate. for some csotcrlc rcason,
wanted a sergeant alarms, aud Jerry
Deems was appointed.
Ihnrp Andrews mentioned the pres
cnCU Of the sou of the gifted yice-presi-
dcnt-rlcct, Adlni Stevenson (npplAusD
hnd the speaker paid high and highly
appreciated compliment tO General Stey-
cnsou. lie asked that the Hon. Robert
Mozart Introduce Mr. Stevenson
Colonel McCnrt came forward with MIR.
Stevenson aud Huid be- had the distlu-
guiHhod honor of introducing a. the con-
Nution the HOn of q distinguished man.
w hen the Democrats nc Chicago So
lrrtrd us the hcud of the ticket, one of
the greatest men the country has ever
known, 10 east about for true and
tried Democrat o Democrat by every
instinct from center Ia circumference.
uud thut they found in A1ni Steven.
SON of Illinois llp had great pleasure in
presenting Mr. LrwH g. Stevenson, tho
NON Of the man Who would be- the next
ucepTAdout OF the United States.
ulcnrty npplauscD
Mr. stevenson highly appreciated tho
courtesy done him. but he war not "A pub
lie speaker, he was only q hoy aud would
not dare sprnk 10 an audience Of the cnltur
cd intelligence NO did not doubt the ope
stantially The statements embodied la
his Interview In yesterdays Gazette and
said he loved rexns for ~ 10000 major.
ity aud for the " pounds Of flesh and
Rroht feeling Of health aud
strength IT lnd dyo9 him; 10
was walking mud WOnld be
a talking advertisement for Texas.
Mayor Paddock, AFTER repeated calls
came forward Hnd ninde some jocular
Illusions to some of the previous sppnL-
cra aud chen proceeded 90 Mn the brief
lime Of waiting for the credentials CONF
mittcr report yery pleasantly His inter-
est in the deliberations of the
convention was larger than any
othor citizen, for as chief executive
ho had 10 depend much on tho aid OF
those who would hc nominated today,
in the administration of the city nnnira.
lated on the result OF th primaries. as
10 the aldrrmunic nominations Tor with
the huld.oYer aldermen " would consh.
tuto the best council the city has ever
had llr was confident the convention
would nct for the best interest Of tho
city but the eight was not then over
for tho Issue of the election would be
warmly contested az the polls
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE RE.
PORT
The credentials committee made this
report.
10 the Chairman:
We lnd the following entitled 10 seats
IN the convention as delegates from the
several wards
Ilirl Wutflt W votes iyfltFhitHt W.
T. Maddox, w II. Ward. H. W Chiles,
! H. Price, Stuart Harrison, Dick llock-
a. A. J. Hayes lGd Otto, b. II. Dunn.
q - Reynolds, &. O. Lawson, w. H.
Fisher, r. o. MillicNn w. j, Jordan
Simon CADET w ~ Lotchwonh.
Second ward rs yote8-I. 9. Ross,
w A. Darter. u r. Nicka, III. r. Smith,
A. S. Dngec, Frank Kaiser, j q. Celia,
Ien ID. Fields H. II. Lacy w. -. Far
u.s. William Lshey, w. Hendricks, r.
sparrow, Martin Casey, J n. Wilks,
William Ragand, j r King.
Third ward, ~ votes Delegates, r.
q Maddox. NJ Phoenix, - H. Wallis,
ANDREW Chambers. Jr ~ LaCroia. 4.
? Rldgoway Joe Jamls0n, Jerry Deems,
& MntAin Joe Nance. A. Canto Fred
smith. W y. Wnllass, James Kelly,
frank summers, WIN. Sexton, James
stewart
Fourth ward, II votes Delegates w.
. Bailey. W. A. Stewnrt. Jno. Martin,
I'm sutton, Bon Mccullough, o. ".
'eachOut Jerry ORrien. Bob Welch
be X Winston, y. zclichowsh, Ed
Mammalian
Aiternates r. L. cnrlock, s 4 Bib.
I. Harding q y. Saninoo, ,. -, Tom
Teton, John y. Andrews u ] Carroll,
q. Harrison II NJ Mullins y. r.
amp. g. VI Dny.
Fifth ward. ] votes Delegates, D. ~
ienudy William Barr lcd Stffley l..
Boaz. w. AZ. sanner, ", H. Ham