The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-14
TEXAS REPUBLICANS.
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE AT FORT WORTH.
Dallas Selected as Place for Holding the
State Convention and August
18th the Date-Color Line
Causes Trouble.
special TO The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
FORT WORTH, June 12.-The exec
Itive committee OF the Republican
party of the state OF Texas met in the
council chamber of the city hall this
morning at II o'clock with Judge n
B Moore in the chair. The following
members of the committee and prox-
les were present representing the dis
tricts in the order named: First, E
B Meek, Fort Worth, proxy; second,
w A Hobert jr., proxy; third, G M
Ferguson; fourth, John Grant, Sher.
man, proxy; fifth, w H Love, Me-
Kinney; sixth, r j Grover; Dallas;
seventh, j w Butler, Tyler; eighth,
Webb Flanagan, Henderson, proxy;
ninth, NJ M Mcdonald, Forney; tenth,
NJ Durham, sborOugh;e eleventh,
Nathan Patton Waco; twelfth, Jas r.
Wiese, Mexia; thirteenth, E Eman-
uel, jacksonville, proxy; fifteenth,
Lock Mcdaniel, Houston; sixteenth,
II q Ferguson, Stafford; eighteenth,
G. Schermack; nineteenth, not present;
twentieth, Ii b Hancock, Austin;
twenty-first, C. McCOy, proxy; TWEEN
ty-second, n w Quincy, GalV eston,
proxy; twenty.third, w NJ Linton,
Point Isabel; twent y.fourth, w =
Mesmer, San Antonio; twenty. fifth, J
A Smith, Ell Paso; twentyrsixth, Wal
ter Burns, Houston, proxy; twenty
seventh, g ) Dou bleday, Hico; twenty
eighth, w M McManu, Baird; twenty
ninth, d G Kolp, Iowa Park; thirtieth,
T w Burbridge, Fort Worth; thirty
first, w w Barbour, Decatur.
The meeting was opened by the
chairman announcing the object of
the meeting, which he said was to fix
the time and place OF the next Repub-
lican state convention and to fix the
basis of representation and to deter
mine as to how many delegates each
county is entitled. Mr.. Patton moved
that the meeting go at once into the
| selection of time fOl holding the con-
vention and the motion prevailed.
Mr.. Mesner then moved that the
first Tuesday in September be select
ed as the day. Mr.. Ferguson, how
ever, moved that the 2Sth day of Au-
gust be fixed, and urged that
| this earlier date was made necessary
| by the fact that the other parties in
the state had named earlier dates for
their conventions and that the Re.
pu olicans should also he in the field
at all early date to meet their oppo-
nents, especially the Populists.
MIR. Mesner believd that the
| convention should not follow too soon
on the heels of the other conventions
and thought time should be taken to
find good men to nominate before the
Z convention met.
: After considerable more discussion
a vote was taken on the substitute date
and the result showed % ayes and
only nays for the substitute and
August % was accordingly fixed as
the day for the convention.
Mr.. f. b. Meek of Fort Worth then
moved that the question of selecting
place % holding the convention be
taken up and that Dallas be named.
Mr.. Patton of Waco objected on the
ground thst it was a double barreled
motion. The question, however, hav-
ing been taken up Mr.. Patton put
Waco in nomination. A vote was
called for. The roll was called and
the ballot stood 80 for Dallas and for
Waco Dallas was therefore named
as the place of holding the convention
CUNEY HAS A SCRAP.
FORT WORTH, June 12.-At the
meeting of the Repu blican league to-
day Wright Quincy, the negro poiiti-
cian had scrap with J. Gillis,
Lily White, and the league adjourned
without transacting the business fol
which it assembled. The color line
bids fair to cause as much trouble this
year as it has in past campaigns.