The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-05
TENTH DISTRICT PoPs.

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! Galveston. Texas. August THE Tenth
district congressional convention Of pop
uIists Was called to order at 5 p. m, at
ccnvontton hall by Dlstric; Chairman j.
i. Gay, and Mr.. Gay was excited tenn
ponay chairman and q. Is. i.ans tenn
porary secretary, and the tcmpOl iry or
sau.zatson was made permanent.
> The cSmmittee on credentials reported
no contests and approved credeatlals lCs
Mre ty-two delegates.
Inc comm tuee on platform reported res
o.ItioHs approving the action OF the Ma
lIoNA popul4st convention. recommending
dInaniments to the nGcistute commerce
commission act So as to prevent railroad
companies FROM changing mere tcr hauling
!relsht IN che d.recuiun Than dretpet, dnL
10 prevent Them from discriminating IN
iascr Of one point against aupihar; rec
oNHehus the prohibhlon uf paupcg imlni-
grafton and declaring against the practice
" ctctInS state. county or MUNICIPAL
oiic.dis as delegates no conventions
W iH'l II came to adopting .nis report
several brethren. rising 20 points OF In
( tci mauon wanted to know how far the
indpfselncnt of the National Convention
record As beng in favor Of The inuorsc-
inrnt OF the nomination Of any democrat.
4 inns caused more talk. wharcupuu sew
.'h mrnipers "t the mmLtai lOi, who
| Nee delegates to this CONVENTION, ex-
lia'ncd Wat Bryan had not yet accepted
! IN - puilst nomination and THAI ~ IN
! uofSement of the National convention
! could at this time be construed as "a in
l3isement of Bryan They did not APP
4 prove OF everything that lad been doha
/ AZ -, Louis. bIt they had been outyuted,
/ ana mat settled it with them.
MOTION was made to table the In
defeated. ''''
The middle of the readers then wanted
| !, POS poIe further action until after ths
( STATE convention had acted and thev
! SPOKE and charged that the Western pops
/ d%r.d r ,l SraHS over SILVER and slirlen-
| port was tabled and thu conyeutIon al
| lourned until $50 u. IN.
II was nearly 10 O'Clock whom the con-
/ Won't IN reassembled. the belafed lelepates
/ having arrived. but tho total nttcn,L,nce
! was but thir.y-six drlcra 49,. IN iii
| t"enty-five of'whom We're from Galveston
scented, ""' "'' ''P'e-
John Dryer Of Galveston suggested that
| ,no n",infm be returned 20 the commit
u" and revised delegate who had
| tl"n accordingly and 1t carried This yyas
1 ~ buFSntnc" with an Arrangement mnIp
/ Hm'ng ne r'Ness That opposl on 10 Noah
/ Allen, who favored the Iudorseluenf Of H.,
/ acts nt The s.. Louis convention. womb h'
/ MihIraWn providing The platform should
hl'T riy indorse the st. Louis Platform
, a., M m hpprove he acts of tho CONVEX
non. u ne REVISED report Of the platform
| committee was tho same az the orjri,ni
.N,ePt mat the words and action Of re'
| IInuE 10 mo =. LOUIS convention, were
"a now resolution was presented demand
/ InE NC Improvement of the coast country
e rr us n"rhors. The amendment of Sec
! rNhry Long, kuockins OUT the mani,
/ against Officers participating in ,o,,,,',.
| ,"ts was adopted. Long said The n'anj<
r,.u 10 business in congressional MAJ
20 Ne report as amended carried.
| N; Nhllcrs Of Gonzales offered
| ,solul-on, which had hosn turned down
! ~ ~ committee. Stating that While In,
| i n ~ opi'f,d % protective larlT THAI
I "a = 81
| 70 upp'y on raw materinl as well as mann
r URN; 50 hat Tho farmers and stool,
INK protected. /, went on the
'are by vote of is to l6 ''o
b Ming Of Austin presented tho nav,
o. Noah Alien Of Galveston for conprasn'
nf f''N"s'l 81 hta2orin presented tho name
| ~ ~ Aum If Fayctte county n,l
- ''t't' ~ t1oraio made the first srefcn
Cho,r,r,,,rN Hnlng' presenting ihe name Of
Nav ',''r ng n, y, r.; Gay Of Colorado L. ..
INK GAYS p ,s' rH,,r made speech second,
| s"N lnE ne conld not accept the nom inat}onn'
NM ~ ui' ,hiln1usly ,'nhared. H., had b,S,n
KIN" requested TO run Cor office. but DE-
c c,il 'r'och &C Fort Bcnd county Soc
V'iMa iNe nomination of Noah Aifnn N,
,Ni'st N, ana he was followed hy g. X
Nallers of Nonz0l,-s, who had been hiI"J
/ . stoond Noah Aliens ronination H..
", MH9se pINgnmmc was knocked out ,h.,ht
10y mint 1rmod Delegates from o;hnr
,vuiil'" ua'|ng srt'urg the name alraa,I,.
NJ. W,",,',S waved quite eloquent, Grlvine
NO sa.ueh and Nuc'cnt mstcrv comm, inr
tNH Anon To David. Mciteon Of .1.a. =,
bis county. TraIcisco + Galveston n9l"a ,sa
a running brook speech secondfnr MN
NimnS nomination. '''"''
u9Von ~ the DIVISION in MS deler,ttn.
re teipred 10 the npposstton to- Nam
Ni,n T. cousc he &c Northern man an5
sue inc 81. Louis CONVENTION Ind scttl'd
It mat there was no North. no south WV"
Iie Said tho worst thing tho ko,sa,
am -f IEii,ns, Nilsn was th't be was a.
s|! an! the convention applauded tn
= M1 bride, Of nrasorla made a hot talk
~ ltuN'rIl Allen. VIII IN he said had hoo,
n Texas for;y-nvc years and Womb mat
Hnrse>s, II nominated. hard to catch Mn-
ntiur, viii be remembered. was tho
poIuIst can,Nlatc for congress rwn years
ago shortly after he came to Texas from
the Sunhowcr State.
MI Gosch said he glorled in the "a
s sng' ~, ne was Eraz'rta flrniar ! tc RAJ
eNprWsci NJ the afternoon session that
,he popalists would support WATSON and
a., = i.nEeN incidentally getting In Il
dig on Noah Allen.
Johnny DwNer arose TO a question Of
peraonnl privilege, saying Mr.. Allen was
norm IN Missouri and. was therefore not
i hnnS.e' whersupon Gosch denied that
ne Nom, t. rcncH upon the Galveston
ENniirman. Noah Allen 90 II IN mated o.
the irst ballot. tho vo,o' bcing, Noah Al
! lch 'e'n J. u. Allen 23h =. A. Thomas 81
re nomination was made unanimous,
IN his speech of acceptance Alien sitd
he was going 10 work 10 overthrow The
world, the flesh and the devil, including
ueinocracN end repuhlicnn!sm, 20 make
TINS cousry what II would have l-asn
MY Tor the nlutocracy, tho internal cuss-
edness OF the money pownrs. lie TX
pressed determination - make tho cau-
pon el piers hrn, abe soup houses, lie said
he was IN favor OF fighting cvcrv ono no.
lndoising the -. Louis platform Tn
popuhsts had not been captured by the
"enncracy any other way.
j. X Allen was chosen for the candidate
Tor presidential eector In accepting he
thankcd the convention for not nominate
lhE him for congress