San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26

mass or delegate convention and OBJ
|. jected to men not delegates inter
rupting the business of the cOnven'
| ton.
The part of the executive commit
tee report regarding nominations
produced considerable discussion,
This was objected to by c. III. Cliff
ford, c. X. Breneman and Nj. Lind
ner. l.. C. Grothaus moved that a
recess be taken for the credentials
committee to report.
The motion to reject that part of the
report was carried.
DR.. Robinson moved that Mr.. New
comb address the convention on Bexar
county politics, past and present.
This was carried.
Col. Newcomb, while a recess was
being taken, addressed the meeting.
The address will appear in Sundays
Light.
The credentials committee reported
and recommended the following basis
of representation: One delegate for
every % votes cast for NOOnan in
last election and one for every frac-
ton over %, giving Precinct No. 1, 4;
.. Z; 3, 3; 4, 3; 81; 6, 20; Z, 10; 8, s: 8,
-; 10, 9; II, s; u, IS; Is, Z; IA, s; 10,
II; 16, 8; II, l: IS. 1; 10, 4; 20, 1: 81,
2; %, 2; %, A: "a, 3; %, 3; 26, 2; %, 2:
2S, 2; %, 3; 80, 2; 81, 2; 80, 2; 33. g.:
"a, .; So, L; SO, 2; 81, 1; SO, 2; 80, l;
40, /; A.. 4; AZ, 2; 43, 3, Al, 1. 45, 1;
46. l; AZ, 2; As, 4; 40. /; 80, 2: 81, l.
Delegates from Wards 3, 6 and Z,
sent by the colored clubs, also to be
seated.
The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported, to-wit:
Recommending that a permanent
chairman, secretary and assistant
secretary be chosen. Also the fol-
lowing order of business:
Report of committees nominations
of officers as follows: Judge
of 37th and 45th judicial districts;
district attorney, district clerk, cOun-
ty judge, sheriff, county attorney,
county clerk, county treasurer, cOun-
ty collector, county surveyor, inspec-
tor of hides and animals, four cOun-
ty commissioners, members of the
legislature, two justices of the peace
Precinct No. /, constable Precinct No.
Z, justices of the peace and constables
for the remaining precincts, selection
of n county executive committee, Sc
LEGION of a campaign committee of
seven members.
The report was adopted.
Y DR.. NJ. Lindner nominated Z. B.
johnson for permanent chairman and
he was elected unanimously. VIM.
PaysOn was elected secretary and
Geo. Heuermann assistant secretary.
A recess of ten minutes was then
taken to allow the resolutions COM
mittee to retire and report.
Precinct No. 30, Calaveras school
house, presented the following dele
gates who were given seats in the
house:
III. EchterhOff, A. n. Conway, r.
Huebner Z. S. Studenberg. A. u.
w. Bdrkmeier, H. Dor
mop, Chas. Neemann, G. L. COneway,
]. L. Gembler.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
we IepuDllCdIlS VI beAdE county,
assembled in convention composed of
delegates from the several election pre-
cincts of the county, for the purpose of
making an effort to rescue our county
government from under the corrupting
influences of personal politics. We be-
!ieve this can only be accomplished by
a return to party conventions, and par
ty nominations.
We are convinced, that the people re-
CARELESS of party utilization, desire a
change in our local political methods
that will break down the ticket making
combinations that have ruled and all
but ruined our county and city govern
ments.
Under the deceptive guise of "Citi-
Zens' Ticket" Reform Ticket" "Peo-
pies Ticket" and Business Ticket"
our community has been for the past
16 years, repeating, year after year,
the farce of putting in office profession
al office-seekers and professional office
holders.
We are convinced that the efforts of
the Republican party in 1882 and 1886,
to eliminate party politics from local
elections was made in the interest of
reform" and desire to meet half
way other good citizens of different po-
litical affiliations in a mutual effort to
secure relief from the tyranny of an
office holders trust.
We are convinced that in the course
of time this abandonment of party &C
ton has demoralized our people, cor
rupted our elections, and engendered
hate and distrust between large bodies
of our citizens, as we'll as creating in
dividual personal animosites.
We are convinced that the extrav-
agance which has piled up a heavy
bonded Indebtedness, for which not on
ly the present but the generations to
come must sweat and work, was born
of the corruption of non-partisan poll
tics, Our new court house was an