The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30

rule to govern party councils, after the
question had been submitted to the
Democrats of Texas at their primaries
| and conventions, the majority rule shall
be adopted by this convention.
J. b. ROGERS,
MILTON MORRIS,
L. A. PETIT,
ED KAUFMAN,
J. NJ. HORNSBY,
r. g. BURLESON.
The minority amendment was adopted
by a call of precincts by vote of 90 IL
to Al IL, and the majority report, as
amended, was adopted unanimously.
On taking the chair Hon. Il. r. Moore,
who is free silver man, addressed the
convention in the same strain as Mr..
Gregory had done in the morning. He
said that it made no difference to him
how a candidate stood on the financial
question. All he wanted to know was
that he was the nominee of the conven-
ton. Then he would support him with
all his heart, and work with might and
main for his election. Such was the duty
of every true Democrat, as he understood
it, and he hoped that there were none
there who thought otherwise. He, for
one, proposed to support the nominees
of the national, state and county con-
ventions regardless of their views on the
financial question.
Joe Rogers offered resolution that
the chair appoint a committee of nine to
whom all resolutions shall be referred
without reading.
Adopted, and the following were ap-
pointed:
Joseph B. Rogers, w. B. Durham,
Tom Sneed, Il. b. Cochran, Il. I. Kelt-
ner, Ed Burleson, e. w. Holler, Francis
Fisher, Ed Kaufman.
The next business in order was the
election of delegates to the convention to
be held at Fort Worth on August Is,
1896, to nominate associate justices of
the supreme court and of the court of
criminal appeals.
Hon. Ed Kaufman moved that the fol-
lowing delegates be elected, and the mo-
ton carried unanimously:
A. s: Walker, ST., Thos; q; Sneed,
Thos. B. Cochran, r. II. Ward, ID. III.
Hewitt, 7. w. Gregory, Franz Fiset,
G. III. Miller, Geo. w. Allen, ID. w.
Doom, S. H. Hill, w. w. Moore. Jos.
w. Cloud. n. A. Rector, Chas. Fisher,
A. ]. Gibson, H. e. Shelley, j. ]. Faux,
s. r, Fisher, John Dowell, .. 7. Moore Moore
Brooks, Geo. e. Shelley, Jeff Johnson,
JAS p. Hart, John A. Hill, A. S. James,
J. III. Caldwell, Geo. f. Pendexter, A.
s. Walker, Jr., George Calhoun and
Hugh Davis.
On motion, delegates were instructed
to vote for Justice Denman of the SUI
preme court and Justice Davidson of
the court of criminal appeals.
The following delegates were elected to
attend the convention to be held to NOM
mate candidate for associate justice
of the court of civil appeals of the Third
supreme judicial district, instructed for
w. M. Key:
Jas. HI. Robertson, Il. B. Cochran, s.
R. Fisher, John G. TONNES, D. w.
Doom, I. W.. Gregory, JnO. L. Peeler,
Jno. W. Brady, Geo: F. Pendexter, A.
$. BuT 4 Mn \: A. re Rector, J; w, Max
Dowell, e. T. Moore, A. $. Walker, ST.,
Victor Brooks, Geo. Shelley, X. G.
Walker, w. d. Hart, w. B. Durham,
d. A. McFall. G. w. Allen, J. B. Rog
ers, Jeff Johnson, Jno. o. johnson, j.
J. Faux, Franz Fiset, G. H. Miller, A.
S. James, Alf Waechter, G. A. Anderson,
w. III. Poole. Aug. Weilbacher, ST., ia
cob Lesser, Tom b. Sneed r. G. West,
Hugh Davis, w. r. Davis ]. Woods
Smith, Col. G. r. Beatty, Stark Wash
ingtOn, j. A. Patton, Gus CezeauX, w.
-. lulHS anu IL. IL. DOICS.
The delegates selected to attend the
convention to nominate associate justices
of the supreme court and court of Grim
inal appeals were also chosen with the
addition of s. B. Lane and ]. Woods
Smith to go to the Twenty-sixth district
judicial convention and were instructed
to vote for r. e. Brooks for district
judge and A. s. Burleson for district at
torney.
The following county candidates were
then nominated by acclamation:
Judge of the Fifty-thrd Judicial Dis
trict-F. G. Morris.
District Clerk. p. Hart.
County Judge-A. S. Walker, Sr.
County Clerk-John w. Hornsby.
Sheriff.. Il. White.
Ireasurer-A. j. Jernigan.
Tax Collector-W. B. Thrasher.
Tax Assessor-H. M. Metz.
County Superintendent of Public In
e. Shelton.
County Surveyor-John Il. Wallace.
For Members of the Legislature-L. d.
Hill and r. III. Ward.
ID. NJ. Boyle was placed in nomination
for the legislature by n. A. Dawson, but
he withdrew from the race before the
vote was taken.
mt CoHuilltee Oh TeSOlutlOHS TepOTteu
as follows:
Austin, April %.
To the Hon. e. r.. Moore, Chairman
Democratic County Convention of Trav-
is County, Texas:
Your committee on platform and reso-
utions, to whom was referred certain
have given due consideration
thereto, and submit the following, which |
We recommend as pertinent declarations |
lpon matters falling within the province
If this convention, viz:
We, the representatives of the sover-
,ign Democracy of Travis county, in con.
'ention assembled, believing in absolute |
in the will of the majority.
he vital principle of republics, declare |
'ur unalterable purpose to acquiesce in the |
principles and policies to be announced in |
he platform of the national Democratic |
to assemble in Chicago on |
July Z, 1896, and the platform of the state
Democratic convention which has been |
.alled to assemble in Fort Worth on Au-
gust Is, 1896, and here now pledge our
support and the support of the nominees