San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-13

ers' fold. The truth of Cages posi-.
ton is that the chairman of the reg
ular" party finds himself good deal
of nonentity. He has been entirely
ignored by the Howell faction and
buffeted about by his own crowd.
Perhaps Cage is now going to get
even.
At 1:45 Mr.. w. E. Howell, chairman
of the state committee, called the
meeting to order in the ladies' ordi-
nary, and nominated State Senator
Watts as temporary chairman. Mr..
Watts assumed the chair on motion
of Captain ]. b. Donnelly; Mr.. III. e.
Denne was selected as temporary Sec
rotary; Mr.. w. J. Carruthers, of the
First ward of New Orleans, was pro-
posed as temporary secretary, but his
name was withdrawn. Mr.. Denne
called the roll and a quorum was
found present.
The committee then went into per-
manent organic alton. Mr.. Augustus
May, of the Thirteenth ward of New
Orleans, placed Mr.. Howelrs name
before the meeting and that gentle
man was unanimously elected. Mr..
Howell pledged his untiring energies
to forward the interests of the state
Republican party.
State Senator Watts, of Vermillion,
proposed that a committee of seven
be appointed to confer with the Cage
faction, but Mr.. Watts never said
Cage once in his address, using the
name of Mr.. Herwig. The speaker
said he didn't want the Howell peO-
pie to take the niger in its arms"
but to do something to try and secure
some united action in the forthcoming
election.
Mr. Howell asked, "what committee
is Mr.. Herwig a chairman OFF, Mr..
Watts gave the required information,
and moved his motion as an amend
ment to Capt. Donnelly's proposition.
General Behan opposed the motion in
vigorous terms. Mr.. George also
| spoke against any effort being made
| to meet ''the Wimberly crowd" Sem
ator Watts said somebody had to
make some advance, and right now
was the time for the Howell people
to make the move. He pledged his
honor that the Herwig-Cage faction
were ready to meet the Howell fol-
lowing. Mr.. Watts declared that such
an opportunity as that offered now
would never come round again, and If
union was not now secured the Re
publicans would surely be beaten.
Captain Donnehy theoretically, but
quietly, opposed the amendment Of
Senator Watts on the ground that the
Herwig faction had not made any
overtures towards harmony, and there
was no security held out that Mr.. Her
wig had any disposition to meet for
harmony,
Governor Warmoth was opposed
not only to union with the Cage peo-
pie, but to any comforting with them.
He charged that Cage and his fol-
lowers so far as seeking to elect
Captain Pharr, in the April cam
paign, had helped to elect Governor
Foster. Governor Warmoth's speech
was full of ginger, and he was enthu-
siastically applauded.
He waxed eloquent and denounced
the regulars as internal bOodlers."
The meeting went fairly wild over the
governors speech and his recital of
ancient history was electrical, and he
declared that he never would be a
party to a conference with Cage,
Leonard and Wilson, but preferred
to go to the people who would tri-
umphantly support the Republican
ticket next November.
Senator Watts, in reply to Governor
Warmoth alluded in sarcastic terms to
the past experience of Governor
Warmoth in state Republican af-
fairs" but still argued in favor of his
substitute.
George George said that if Mr.. Her
wig would kill Tom Cage "off," he
would bury him for nothing, and this
sally was met with uproars of laugh
ter.
Governor Warmoth proposed that
the chairman be empowered to select