The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-27

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| and all propositions.
At 11:30 o'clock the debate and excite
ment was ut its height. T.. l.. Foster
finally moved to refer the whole matter
to the executive committee and instruct
:, them to prepare an answer dealing with
the matter.
A motion to table being had the "ayes"
won. and it was so declared.
Debate was then had on Gossett's reso-
luton, some arguing that its wording
meant that if Tracey and Williams
would vote for Bryan everything would
be all right. The point was raised by
Dudley that yesterday they only asked
for vice presidential electors and now
they were asking for presidential cleo
tors. A longer debate was kept up,
but none but conservative speakers were
recognized, and they all spoke along the
line of treating the communication with
marked respect. Calls were made for
Joe Bailey, but the crowd yelled mo, we
don't want to hear him
BY this time the handful of delegates
were all standing around the platform
and the excitement was gathering mo-
mentum at a lively rate Speakers tried
to avoid the issue by saying that they
did not know whether Williams and
Tracey spoke with authority, but it was
shown that the preamble to the platform
recognized that there was such II popu-
list committee and that the matter could
not be overlooked.
Jones of Tyler finally made n motion
that the proposition of Williams and
Tracey be respectfully declined and that
the executive committee be instructed
to write them letter notifying them of
the action of the convention.
| have interviewed representative
from each of the following wholesale job
bers and merchants, residents in the city
Of Fort Worth:
The Martin Brown company; the Wap-
les-Platter Grocery company; The Car
ter-Battle Grocery company; McCord-
Collins Commerce company; Fakes q
Co.; Darlington 4 Montgomery; VIM.
Henry Il Co.: Handley- Cowan & Co.:
Cameron Mill and Elevator company.
They each assure me that they are
! heartily in favor of the enactment of an
assignment law, prohibiting preferred
; defeated before the last session of the
legislature.
. They assure me that it would be a
! strong card for the platform to have such
n demand or plank in 1t.
. A committee composed of the following
gentlemen: j. G. nelan of The Martin
Brown company. Paul NAPLES Of The
i Waples-Platter Grocery company, G. =,
Battle of The Carter-Battle company,
u. NJ. Scheneker of The McCord- Collins
Commerce company and Ii. w. Williams
of III. w. Williams Il Co., representing
the entire jobbing interest of the city of
Fort Worth. asked permission to go be-
) fore the platform committee to urge it to
recommend the passage of just and
equitable ASSIGNMENT law at the next
legislature The committee wanted to
, say that the recommendation of such a
law would meet with the universal APP
! proval of both the jobbers and retailers
, throughout the state and that such rec
, ommendation would bring support to the
. ticket of those whose monetary views at
present rendered them lnkewarm in the
1 support of the ticket. Since the opposi-
ton to the bill in the last legislature all
of the jobbers have come to the conclu-
sion that it was an error. and now re-
quest that n just aud equitable assign
, men law be enacted !
COL. MGAUGHEY WILL RUN
AGAIN.
Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 19.-(Special.)
l-EX-Land Commissioner McGaughey is
here looking on the convention proceed
: ings, but is taking no dish in the pie
grabbing. The eX-land commissioners
gave me piece of information today,
however, that will prove interesting, to
! the effect that two years hence he. will
be in the race for land commissioners
early and will stay in it late. The colo
mel will run on his past excellent record
! and personal popularity, and with these
ms his signal flags he says he does not
] fear the result Of m election. 4
THEY APPRECIATED JOHNSTON.
Fort Worth. Tex, Aug. 10.-(Special)
The election of X. NJ. Johnston of the
Houston Post by the convention yester-
day as temporary chairman was an hon
or deeply appreciated by Mr.. Johnston
and most deserving in every respect. AS
the members of the executive committee
put it, Mr.. Johnston has done them num-
berless favors in the way Of backing up
the administration ana helping out the
cause Of silver, and they throw this hon
or at him as value received" as 1t
were. The press of the state contend
that Mr.. Johnston should have more
than an empty honor at the hands of the
silver democrats. He is one of the
ablest editors in the state, and inasmuch
as he has joined forces with the silver
administration gang they should reward
him with something more than a mere
Craftsmanship. Yet this seems to be the
way with the silver fellows. When the
state convention to elect delegates to
the national convention met in Austin
last spring the announcement was made
in the convention that the Fort Worth
Gazette the administration organ, had
gone up the spout. and Bill Shaw want
ed to make up a subscription for them
to get on their feet again, but no sub
Scflptl0n was lO.tncOUlnR. ne con-
vention condoled with Senter and SHE'D
the empty honor of Chicago delegate
position at him, which would cost 5000
to excurt on, and that was an end Of it.
When the Gazette management wanted
financial bread the silver crowd and the
administration gave it nothing but
stone. Such was the pay received by
the Gazette management for bursting
the bank in advocacy of the silver fall
lacy and the state administration.
Thus again. while conditions are en-
tirely different, inasmuch as Mr.. John
stOn neither needs nor asks assistance
for himself or paper, the same silver
crowd and silver convention, as reward
for his time, money and influence. shy
an empty honor at him as "testimo-
NAL" Verify the silver gang and the
administration are being weighted to the
earth under their load of appreciation.
| ADMINISTRATIONS WEAKENED u
And Abruptly Stopped Fighting Land
Commissioner Baker.
Fort Worth. Tex, Aug. 19.-(Special)