The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-12
YESTERDAYS REPUBLICAN CON
GRESSIONAL CONVENTION
HELD IN THIS CITY.
THEREWAS A BIG SPLIT, KS USUAL
The Reed Men Captured the Organiza-
ton, However, and Send Solid Del
egation, While the Others Have
Only Half Loaf
(From Fridays Daily.)


Yesterday was Boss Reeds day, and
it was corker, too. The Ninth congress
sional Republican convention met in the
court house and its converting brought all
the big bugs out to the tow line. There
was Crawford and Mackcmson pulling
for Reed, while Drake and Rcntfro and
some of their following were helping out
Mckinley, TO say nothing Of Quincy, who
yesterday, for once in his life, at least,
was the last bunch of rags on the kites
tail.
The convention was like all others held
in this State this year under Republican
auspices, peaceful for about 10 minutes
and then tumutuous for the balance Of
the time with two conventions trying TO
do everything and doing nothing. From
the very opening yesterday it was evil
dent that the Reed crowd was on top
with flying colors. The McKinlcy-Alli-
son county gang rubbed it in on the Reed
fellows hard in Tuesdays county con
vention, but they got paid back in their
own coin yesterday, and thrice over.
The Reed men had the congressional
chairman with them, and he saw that
everything went to his way of thinking,
fy. lie counted Reed man in as chair
man and thus gave them the organization
undeniably, and those who spoke truly
last night conceded it to the Reed men.
There were two conventions of course.
That seems to be the order of procedure
nowadays. There was much bowling and
many tempestuOus scenes yesterday.
That also seemed to be the order of the
day. There were one or two lively fights,
n md gt,,I ,I.,y in, 4. Il
room by way of adding interest to the
meeting, and the long and short of the
matter is that the man who enjoys lively
time had ii yesterday if he was anywhere
round about the court house.
The situation yesterday, narrowed down
to cold facts, was Il fight between the
Reed and antRced factions, with the
former Oh top and the two latter living
example of II house divided against itself.
The Reed men elected solid dclega-
ton of Hugh Hancock and Paul Frickie
to the st. Louis convention and j. w.
Burke az elcctor.
The anti-Reed men had to be satisfied
with II divided pie They elected w. b.
Brush and 4. J.. Maynard az .heiy dele
gates to St. Louis, and Jno. Traynham as
elector.
Brush will not declare himself but says
he will do whatever Quincy wants him TO
do, while Maynard and Traynham are
both avowed Mckinley men, and thus
the situation stands.
Yesterdays Reed victory was due to
the Efforts of Crawford and Makemson,
and the Mckinley and Allison crowd
were pretty sore ut these two last night.
VI quincy claims any victory out of yes
terday's convention he can only do so by |
acknowledging the charge that has been |
made III the past that the Allison boom i'm |
GI hot, 10 h.
Mckinley circus,
Nat Y. Henderson, who intends running |
for congress in this district, arrived direct |
from Washington yesterday morning and |
was supposed to be here to help Quincy
and the Allison boom while he did some |
pushing for himself incidentally. Last
night, however, he informed Statesman
reporter that he was for Nat q. Hendcr-
son aud Mckinley, and that he proposed
10 stay that way,
just prior to the meeting of yesterdays
Mr.. Traynham handed the fol-
owing self-explanatory communication to
Congressional Chairman McGar, who put
i in his pocket and paid no further attcn-
lion to 1t until after the convention had ad-
lourned last afternoon
The communication reads as follows:
Austin, Texas. March 5, 1896.
hiram McGar, Esq, Chairman Rcpubli-
can Executive Committee, Ninth Con
gressional District of Texas, Austin
Texas:
Dear Strive, the undersigned county
chairmcn of the several counties named
below, and members of your said execu-
live, being n majority of its said mem
Ders present in the city, hereby respect
fully request you to call a meeting of
your said committee in advance of hold
ing your district convention, called for
today, at Austin, to take preliminary
action in executive session as to the tenn
porary organization of said convention
according to the rules laid down for gov
,rning such action by Republican Ma
Iional executive committees, the call
to he to meet in the Fifty-third district
attorneys Office in the Travis county
Texas, court house mt once.
Very respectfully yours,
JOHN III. TRAINIlAM, Chairman Re
publican Executive Committee, Travis
County.
II. Z. THOMPSON, Chairman Republi-
can Executive Committee, Caldwell
County.
A. j. ROBINSON. Chairman Republi-
can Executive Committee, Bureson
County.