Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-11

eieclne j. g. WOotiers Of Houston
Seunty as permanent chairman aud y
~ barhcc OF Wharton county as sec
reiafy, aud found a long LIST of delegates
entitled Go seats iu the convention.
The committee on permanent orrani..
A0tloh tuointuotnetgQu ihrdlutaoinaoinin
Aauon reported the following officers
LOT pcrmuacut organization President.
Jho ~ Cochran OF Dallas: vice-presi-
dent. g. Il. Hendricks. McIennau coun-
W. second uceprcsident, 5. j. II. john
Son oi Navarro county; secretary, J.
NJ. Richards Of Parker county. Assist
ant secretary. U. II. ID. Sorroli OF Whar.
ton county sergeantatarms. A. j Har-
nus of Wood county; assistant sergeant
nt-arms, w. h Mckinnou Of Fevrfts
county. Report adopted
y. y Davis Of Falls offered a rngo.
luton which was adopted appoinupr a
committee composed OF One DECORATE
rom e0cb congressional district whose
Uutl l shat he to prepare a resolution
ing
The following committee wns electo5.
First district j. w. Hullcn of Mont.
gomery, Second district. % II. Rovers
Of Anderson: Third district l.. r. Phii.
Ips OF Jpshur: Fourth district. Tom
Henderson of Lamar: Fifth. D. 4. Greer
9i ,ollins; sixth, J. = Dougncrty If
10y fN.NNAlH VI NAMNNNnI OF ANNNA.
Eighth district. Elihu Newton .of Tnrrant.
Ninth, 10 r. Brown of Hayes. Trnth
y. NJ. hlrh of Lavaca. Eleventh. G.. O..
duncan of Wharton: Twelfth. W. II.
AieAnuder OF san Saba: Thirteenth. j.
Is. Wesler Of Jack
Colonel George r. Pickett of Wise
ohereJ resolutions providing that the
ltslalHturc should he memorializVd to 40
amend the statutes as 10 place
farmer ut the head of the department
OF insurance statistics and history.
deal of discussion
Representative Smith OF smith offered
a. resolution detaching agriculture from
me department of Insurance statistics
anu aguculturc aud making IL q new de
Wllment with q separate head
Pickett thought the amendment inn
practicable TO be put into execution.
nrmer shaw opposed both rus0lu-
uou ana amendment ana offered "a sub
sutute calling for The ubolshment of
the department of insurance Statistics
anu history as run at present Ii being
farce
The substitute was tabled
Richards of Parker called the conveu.
ton down stating the convention had not
been called To discuss the qunlihrntl ma
oi any state official cor to dcridr a. OH
any state department but 20 take r
action about planting lyss cotton by tar
farmers of Texas Tie made good
earnest and sensible talk.
On motion thc original resolution aud
all amendments were tabled
a number of resolutions were intro
duccd ON reduction of cotton acreage
some - per cent and some 10 Der cent
and others 20 gain She SENSE of the
convention as To how much each dclpgnte
would reduce his own
ON motion 90 1880 The convention adj
lournrd 60 t'3O Co give the committee
report.
NIGHT SESSION.
Tho convention roursemhled tonight
and listened to q report from the com
mitiee ON resolutions which. In sub
stuurc, udyisrd
That the cotton acreage be- not reduced
during the present year as 1t WIS inn.
practicable owing To contracts, having al
ready been entered into relative 10 the
crop
Secondly the cotton planters of
Texas should take no concerted action
TO reduce the cotton acreage uuloss II
was 10y agreement with nl the cotton
growing nations Of the earth
Third That owing 10 statistics showing
chat The state yearly consumed more
agricultural produces than She produces;
b. 10
Resolved, That patriotic farmers pro.
ducc oll the agricultural products that
they consume.
Fourth-TLat we believe that the true
policy 20 be pursued 10 give permanent
prosperity TO the South Is 10 encourage
manufacturing Industries so that we
may diversity our labor and convert
into the most valuable forms the raw
materials in which she abounds.
Tho first two sections were rejected
and I'm ncu thereof the following Offered
by j. r. Huirstou was adopted;
That we urge an farmers ~ decrease
the acreage of cotton planting during
1893
A resolution was carried 90 appoint one
delegate from each senatorial district 90
be selected 10y tha dolrGies present
ut this convention and also 90 provide for
county judge of cuoh county 90 appoint
two delegates from each county in the
state % attend t,p interstate cotton
convention TO Doe held AZ New Orleans
next month.
After very windy and unsatisfactory
session the convention adjourned until