The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-30
HOT TIME IN TEXAS.
PFpURIICANS ENGAGE IN A FREE
FOR ALL FIGHT.
paaAI1ison Mem secure Control of
the Convention, WhereupOn Nc
KinIey Men Start a Fight-Pol1ce-
men Finally QueII the Riot-The
uoKin1ex Men Aftervvard Hold
Convention and Elect Delegates.

Austin. Tex. March 2S.-The Repub-
lican convention which has been IN
session in this city three days ad-
iourned sine die this afternoon aIter
having enjoyed the distinction or mar
rowly avoiding a funeral and having
the not unusual thing nowadays III
Texas, Of split convention.
The situation looked threatening
from the very start this morning. The
Mckinley men worked all night among
the negroes and succeeded IN bringing
over quite a number OF them so that
this morning when the hour for con-
yening arrived it found the Mckinley
men occupying the center of the hall
with Z very determined look on their
faces and on air Of fight prevailed, but
the Allison and Reed men gained ex-
elusive charge. The convention
adopted a platform one plank of which
reads as follows:
eve reailirm the historic adherence
Of the Republican party to sound
finance We demand an honest dol
lar of greatest purchasing power for
every class alike; the largest issue of
gold, silver and paper compatible with
security and the requirements of trade,
all of equal value, interchangeable,
one for the other, every dollar resting
on gold as money of financial redemp-
ton The Republicans of Texas de-
clare this to be in their deliberate judg-
ment the only basis for a large and
liberal circulation of money and for
the maintenance Of universal conf
dence."
The Fun Begins.
The convention then elected two
Reed and two Allison delegates.
Hardly had the vote on the election
of electors been announced than the
long anticipated row was on. AS the
chairman declared the men elected q
wild whoop from the center of the Nc
Kinley delegation proclaimed that the
trouble had begun. One brrly negro
came blowing through the jam, push
ing men in front Of him as if they
were mere chaff and in his wake came
half a hundred followers, wild with
excitement. They gave every evidence
that they intended to capture the
grand stand. The spectators and the
crowd on the stand made frantic efforts
to get out of their way but all to no
purpose. They were on the stand in
an instant and there they were CON
fronted by Quincy and his following
warmer than they anticipated. The
Quincy men had no time to organize
their forces before the opposition
crowd was on them. This mattered
little, however, as each man instantly
resolved himself into a John l.. Sui
Ivan and cOnlbatted every inch of the
ground.
The first negro to reach the stage
made q lunge at Cuney's head with
his fist. While he was quick, one of
CEney's followers was quicker. AS he
struck at Quincy he found himself con
frOnted by a big revolver in the hands
Of a negro who while not SO large de-
monstrated that he could hold his own
against all corners. The two men eyed
each other for few seconds when they
both went down before the bowling
crowd that was surging around about
them. In an instant, the platform
was q scene of wild chaos. Excited
negroes swayed to and fro in battle
for twenty minutes before an armed
force of policemen could quen the riot.
1t was then discovered that no one was
dangerously hurt although several
were bruised considerably. AS soon
as order could be restored, the con-
vantion after diSposing OF a few minor
matters, ADJOURNED SINE Gle WltnCut
issuing any instructions TO the dele
gates to ST. Louis.
Immediately thereafter the conven-
ton adjourned, the Mckinley faction
took charge of the hall ard organizing
their convention in due form elected
the delegates to ST. Louis This con-
vention DID not consider platform.
but adopted resolutions indorsing Nc
KipInv for I,rQCidnrt opd iOStrlpfiY1r
the delegation TO vote FOR him As long
as his name was before the cOnVcn-
ton.