Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-18

scramble and pandemoninm regned. |
Lowry got lost in tho throng and Ma |
son could be seen at one end of the |
platform surrounded by q struggling. |
seething mass OF coloreG faces. ON the /
other end King was hoisted 10 the |
shoulders OF his enthusiastic admirers
and was vainly crying for order Fin
ally Mason succeeded In reaching the
Chairman's desk, and commenced to rap
for order with his cane An over-zeai-
GUS friend OF King overturned the desk
then began free night, In the midst
of which the police arrived. Even the
appearance OF the blue-uoated repre-
sentatlvcs of the law, however. did not
seem to have any eject ON the excited
negroes. who wedgcd themselves In the
crowd and continued to push. strike.
scramble and yell like demons incur-
nate. After about fifteen minutes. how
ever. officer Durham managed to get
elevated TO the top OF n table, and an
nounced that he had the floor and sug-
gested that each faction take diftcrent
ends OF the hull and proceed with their
work. This was done after long and
mnuful struggle on the part OF the
officers and leaders.
In the north end OF the hall the Reed
clans gathered about their leader King,
and proceeded to elect him temporary
chairman and j. IL. Holsey secretary.
on motion the following committees
were appointed by the chair ,,
Committee on Revolutionary william
Bean. DIR. a. r. GrirEs, J 7. Pardee
Bon Ford X. T. Taylor and a. j. Me
/ CNuley.
Committee on delegation-J, II. Hol-
/ Soy. G. T. Smith. C. Cornelius. G, Liv-
| ingston. J. NJ. Mccormick, J. r. Cooper.
! The committees retired for dolibcrn-
ton. and during their absence the at
tention OF the noisy crowd was retained
! by one or two inilnmmatory speeches.
The committee on resolutions made
its report rcatlirming their allegiance To
the Republican party and conforming
I the Democracy, which was adopted.
Committee on delegates reported the
| following as delegates and alternotes to
the state conventions;
pclegates-w. n. King a. j. McCnu-
ley, c. n. Smith, u. NJ. Jones e, liN-
ingston. j. w. Ray. l., A Brown j. Y,
Pardce. j II. Hulsey. II. Morahall, X.
Payne. William Beall
Elternntes-M. c. Mccullough, +.
I.arkcy, David Johnson. William Hutch
Ingtnn, y. l.. Ford. 4. j. Ferguson n.
r. Taylor. Doc Collins, Y. T. thompson
j. X. Cooper.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and tins END OF lhe
convention adjourned.
In the meantime the Mcklnlcyitcs
were also transacting business up AT
the other end OF the hall After Chair
man Mason had pounded out sem.
blnncc OF order q motion was mace anu
carried that he appoint three commit
tpos. one on permanent organization
ono ON resolutions and one 10 select
tho delegates. The chair appointed the
following: ,r,.,t,
Permanent organization j. h Nyue
NJ. RAY. Charles Burney, julius grimm
u. II. Chambers and j. % boyle ,
Committee on rcsolntionh- ~
! NJ
Never. c. X. Stokes and w d. lHaaes
committee on delegation--J. NJ NC
coruick Johnson, Rutherford, spikes
Slmms and Taylor. ,.... -.
In "A few minutes the committee or
resolutions submitted It's report MhieI
was adopted The report irn'l' W. "a
hslicf i'm the Republican doctrine :"
nrotcction and that the money pl th'
country should be currency every mn mn
octer Of which should equal m puIcnhh
ing mower the American goid doilur !"
the standard weight ana hneh1sh'
, Mckinley was indorscd anu 'nu ,,t
, yntes chosen were instructed 70 Moli
} ~ S,,nev and Grant as delegates a
= large, .-...,,o,,o,t orpnn
,otion submitted their report hlaNln,
e The temporary organization p'Fhia"u"'
Adopted. ,.,,,a. epbmIltn,
the following Names WIN" w.
'neisaates--J. NJ. Mccormick is WI
, u,ar. stanley Crabb. d. Meyer. EngHn
NI,rsbnl q. w. Guild, IL. 5. HhrLl ..''i
Lindsey M H N. +. Kern, p. a, Brownie ,I,,r
r. j. Grover, ana Charles IL: Led ~
Q Altcrnates.s' vi io6 an N.Y. x raylo
g Kut Jn ~ Nisancs. ID NJ. Mason, J. }
$ n M Sam Miller \. II, Gha i,asr
r. p 2 'MeRay and J. IL simms ao,ou,.p.
= ~; The mckinley wing then ad]ourhe
: sine die.