Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-26
CUNEY STILL LEADS
EXPECTS ALLISON DELEGATES TO
HE CHOSEN.
Convention Assemblies Early Hut no
session Held Undi Afternoon
and Adjourn Until Today.

Austin, March 25.-(Specinl)
Quincy convention was not called 10 or
der at 10 O'Clock this morning. he-
cording To adjournment. on the con-
trary, when the clock IN the steeple
struck eleven the temporary secreutIS
announced that the temporary chhlr
man had found 1t impossible to ret
ready to call The convention 70 order
before / o'clock In the afternoon. I'M
medlatcly there were calls Tor 'Flnhhd-
gan" nut Flanagan failed TO appear
He was at the moment cloaeted win
Chairman Quincy and lending his ala
10 that astutc leader Ia the selection
OF his committees
K. A. Caldwell OF Brazos came for
ward, however aud uttered small
plant that hte delegates should be de-
Lldncd here day aftpr DAY At ErcAt OK
pcnse when they should hive COM
pieted their work and returned to their
homes.
Then followed several speakers,
u1nong whom was DR.. Storsm of san
Antonio. who paid n splendid tribute
10 Rcpublicausim Hg represented by
the man from home. He 10 an affective
speaker, understood his audience thor
Dughly ana was chGcred to the echo. IL
Il were not that Terrell, the Reed lead
er OF West Texas, lives az the Alamo
City, this man would be selected MS n
delegate to tho national convention,
and he may be one ut any rate.
The speakers and the audience all
showed plainly enough that Nc KInlcy
Is the choice Of an overwhelming ma
Jority OF the convention.
Yet, when Bil Mcdonald paid one OF
his lusty -throated tributes 10 Thomas
II. Reed there were yclls Of applause
For moment II seemed that Reed had
captured the crowd but the Mckinley
cohorts rallied In an instant and for
ten minutes there was raging bcdlam.
The yells for Reed were Overt1pped by
the surging swell nf voices FOR NC
Kinley," ana ''sot DOWN shut upr'
Talk about Mckinney and such Ike.
Mcdonald however was not tho man
90 cried down. He Is black as the ace
or sades, IL ;hc possessor OF splendid
voice and never for one moment yielded
10 his opponents
Temporary Chairman Quincy called
the convention to order nj o'clock and
named the three committees authorized
last night and adjourned the convon.
tinn until 6 o'clock
Tho most Important Of course IA tina,
on credentials, dhlCh M aa fulloup. W
VI. Mcdonald chairman: John Parish
II. Gray. n @. Hendricks. !. A.
hickey d. NJ. LoRthers Marion NIullins
g. w Burkett, James Fore. H. a Nev.
ers, a. j. Johnson, O.. O. clifford and
~ T. Bacon. The chairman Is the me-
gfo leader of the Reed forces, and
clifford Is the head OF the Reed deiega.
lion from san Antonio.
The chairman OF the committee on
permanent organization is NJ. W Law
son negro mcmhcr or tho executive
S"tnmlttee from the Fifteenth aenator.
Ia district, and Reed mIn.
Wen Flonnagan and pr Dayiq nj
fort Worth are ruling spirits on tn,
rs the committee had not completed
men REPORT and as the crcdentiai com.
~ was Mt last decided not TO hold n sps
son this evening hut 10 meet brlrht
aud early In the morning when tho nm
VII begin and the fur fly. Temporar,
CHAIRMAN Quincy VIII call tho oonyon,
non to order promptly at 10 o'clock to.
morrow morning, ~