The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

Two o'clock was the hour of adjourn
convention was reconvened, pending the
arrival of the committee on credentials
with their report.
The committee handed in its report
through its chairman. DR.. Maxwell, rec
Ommending the time-honOred number of
votes for each voting box in the county.
1t also recommended II. w. Reilly as
permanent chairman. l.. A. Petit per-
manent secretary and Jim Davis perma-
nent sergcant-at-arms. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. William Brown then introduced
the written motion that he had tried to
get in at the morning session, to wit:
Eirst-The appointment of Il commit
tee on platform and resolutions consist
ing of one more from each voting pre-
cinct to be selected by the various dele
cations.
Second-The appointment of commit
tee consisting of one member from each
voting precinct to select delegates to the
various conventions.
Both motions We're carried.
The committee on platform and reso-
lutions was selected rs follows:
Oatmanville, H. II. Lourene: Wash
ington II Costleys store, II. Il. Wash
ington Eanes school house. Wilson Nc
Ncill; Pecan Spring, NJ. Nj. Meacham;
Del Vale, e. o. Stubs; Bluff Springs,
NJ. c. Knucklcs: Sprinkle, William Boise
Phueggerville, +. Hickman; Webbervillc.
J. Il. Manor; Hornsby, j. NJ. HOrnsby;
Manor. Il. r. Kcllner; Anderson's gin.
DR.. Gillespie Govalle, w. S. Mollin
Mcrrilltown, ID. w. Parker; Summit, j.
c. Giles; Bull Creek A. Il. Glenn Carl,
X. II. Barr: Roberts school house, II.
NJ. Tooley; Fairview school house. $. j..
James, st. Elmo, Il. w. Sowery; First
ward, A. S. Burlcson; Second ward, II.
NJ. Swcaringcn; Third ward. ]. Il. Lau-
renee; Fourth ward, f.. NJ. House; Fifth
ward, X. l.. Bats; Sixth ward, NJ. j..
Dole; Seventh ward, W. NJ. Brown;
Eighth ward; Chas. NJ; Roberts; Ninth
ward, T.. II. Mclean: Tenth ward, John
burst; East Eleventh ward and West
Eleventh ward. Henry Moore; Creed
moor, c. l.. Hughes; Manchaca, John
Patterson; Anderson mill. j. NJ. King.
The committee to select delegates To
the various conventions was selected as
follows:
Oatmanvilc. J. A. Patton: Washing
ton X Costley's store, j. Nj. l.. Nirklin;
Eanes' school house. II. b. Marshall;
Pecan Springs, J. \. Hamilton; Del
Vale, A. b. Moore; Bluff Springs n. c..
Nucklcs; Sprinkle, w. NJ Burgess;
Phueggcryille, Sam II. Hill; Webbeer-
vile, Neal McEachern; Hornsby, J. NJ.
Hornsby; Manor, j. d. Fields; Ander-
sons gin: DR. Gillespie; Govallc, w. 5.
Matthews; Walnut Creek church, r. f..
Teasdale: Merrlltown. VIM. Bratton
Summit. =. G. Barnes: Bull Creek, a.
Il. Glenn Carl X. ii. Barr: Roberts
school house, \. \. Dawson; Fairview
school house. \. S. James; st. elmo, A.
$. Wilsch; First ward. ]. w. Maxwell;
Second ward, w. =. Hardeman; Third
ward. r. W. Gregory; Fourth ward. r.
NJ. Thomson; Fifth ward, =. Won Boeck-
mann; Sixth ward, ]. r. Curl; Seventh
Johnson, Ninth ward, J. =. White:
Tenth ward, Jno. II. Caldwell; East
Eleventh ward, r. Il. Petteway; West
Eleventh ward. L. A. Anderson; Creed
moor, II. Ii. Davis: Manchaca, A. b.
Chappcll: Anderson's mill, J. NJ. King.
On motion of Mr.. William Brown the
following committee on order of business
was appointed:
Frank Maddox. Il. r. Moore. J. ID.
Fields. j. h. Rogers and f.. i. Norwood.
All the committees repaired for work
and the convention took Il recess for
one hour.
1t was 4:4j o'clock. however, before
the committees were ready to report. and
at that hour the chair raped the con-
vention to order.
The committee on order of business re-
ported first. recommending that the
order of business be as follows:
First-Election of delegates to the two
state conventions.
Second-Election of delegates to the
congressional convention.
rehabilitation pf delegates 10 the
state senatorial convention.
Fourth-lnstructions to delegates and
consideration of resolutions.
Fifth-Election of chairman of eXecu-
tive committee of Travis county for the
ensuing two years.
The report was adopted.
The committee on delegates still being
out, another recess was taken.
The committee came in at 900 O'Clock
and made their report recommending
the following delegates:
Delegates to the two state conventions
John +. White, T.. II. Mclean. l.. 4
Petit. II. o. Maxwell. Henry Moore, T.
Taylor Moore. Professor II. w. Lowry
r. W. Gregory. w X. Handy. y. \
Dawson A. b. Chappell. Ashby s. james
w. Il. Brown. Monroe Sawyer. Joe Il
Rogers. T.. Nj. House. II. s. Cartwright
+. NJ. Maddox. X. NJ. Swearingen. j. NJ
Hornsby. Harry Haynes. Jeff Johnson
II. w. Riley. =. w. Powell, J. w. Max
well. w. f.. Gillespie. +. NJ. Rector. ,Jr.
Jeff McLemore. w. b. Walker, J. II
Laurence, Roscoe Burt, ]. ]. Faux. J
!. Terrell. c. NJ. Roberts. w. w. Wood
+ L, Sbalton I n, Fields L G. Harris