The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-04


| dav night March "a
Tho o,.eo,,tt,'a a.,..
'"e e~ecuV'e committee. aiter Becohd
meeting for the consideration Of that ques-
| ttonsbas snot,o,
p,,rs,,.,,,,
Reichardi ~ ~ a. CSl o. Cavtaln +, a,
nmiitae, iia IN M ~ ol Wy Cl'S eNecuISe
ortrani1atiorA Sne uethocrasiu paarty, tid :
last nirht IRE y, - h 80 ~
luence No enrds ~ ,U 80 vi ~
speeches ,rh VI q! 80 ~. ny pin.ia u
Tee were .uic, sS,, Va '"J ot,'' NM,
The only Sxnr.seing, ,,t" w LIZ p'i.i''
tract attention wns Ivh"r rii1,hor ~
spectators ieff tbo ro,,,, ~ ~ 49,
had been taken on The Question az davligbf
primaries ' 80 so
Chairman Reicbardt c,,iad ,ba ,,,oo,;,,
to ordar a, s.oa 1T, - ~, -
n. - GOV oOrONh' WIN ~ Teoi Sc
W. Larehuon, secretary, at the desk. There
were present: First ward w. Never. Sec
ond ward Geo,.,o W t.,.,,,,,,. - W,
-. r,, SO W i-ai r''uo" c'"s w ar
T ISSne' Ihid ward, Joseph e. Meyer,
JIS yt,'' ST e,lilnasen' fourth ward, +: a.
Af,,ttut, IiidIies Helm; ruth ward. NJ.
a i'' - snai, r. X. Parker Sixth ward. h.
O. 1910, JoHh tohnNtf. Absent. y. Il.
Sha'i,, ro'n !, Siie Fifst ward,
| ,o. 80 man hlIchArut stated that the pur-
n, ,b VI sniins tle committee to meet was
To,isfo on I s,fi " u nuinPer OF cluzens OF
t,rjna,{m,s seey,lig thc nsht selected i9r tie
A. Io,'r, o,i' ~ "a! -"dS ROY suttaDl" on
vorIs ma 81 ~, ~ ETH many being forced TO
chnu,,e ~ ~ w NoI'iIl.lee was requested 10
r','d ~, ' 90, -, tbPtalH i.elcHdrut then
n,ciinn Mi t ,tons "H9itei az me mass
Wrereas m, G',,, ~ 80, a. iUiloMs
mite. ~ AZ, VIt'o. I'.y cNcrutNr Spiu-
uc6nle fnr H.. ri, ~ tut noPes pl inc
aates shonld he for1it,d G'0,t N'i ti
above suspicion or n0"aii"r,. uS n'NtAo"S
Whereas E,Wo ~, q 49,, az -. 49,,
iustiro renuires ~, W. "a ~ l,o'i,1,s "l, I
others there shoI,ld he In ~" ~, a.,
citizens ana tavn.tlars s,,el, o.. -, W. , ott
" III secure nm Gn,Ssi ,f -, : va W. 90
ana Il fair CONT Of rvci,,. ito ~ Fi'''''' 10
Resolved That as dnmocrafic voters r,a
/. Tint the executive cor,,,t,too ,,o,,.
the necessary nroyisi5n fN,, INV MINI re
until $50 D. m, at which The several en-
ddatcs shall be nIIo.yod reurn.snt in,, "
- That certain gentlemen members Of
said executive committce' Who nrn candi.
dates for city offices. he reancsIed to re-
tign from said committee. me tommjtten
should work in The interest OF the party
and our city and not for the rood Of M rti;
ular candidates.
g. That COPY Of these resolutions he
furnished the chairman of the executive
committee, with the request that he call an
early meeting of said committees to con-
sder these questions.
lie said he had been handed that rcsolu-
tlon by Captain Ashc chairman of the
mass meeting. but mat ne had decided
upon the call for the meeting prior to re-
ceiNlhE the resolution.
ne then stated that he had been handed
~ peutlon, addressed o the committee. 10
when was appended, he had been inform
taahSc Ia the previous orders of the com
niitee and which he would read The
Inll text OF the petition Is as follows:
/ 10 We CITY Democratic Executive Com
/ mHicc;
contemporaries. the undersigned citi-
/ 2, ns ana uualiilcd voters of the city Of
( houston, respectfully suggest to your COM
iniiteo that the date fixed by your action
| tor the holding OF the democratic pri-
/ m4r!es for the city of Houston for the
/ selection of delegates to the city demo.
| cratic convention IS unpropulous, ana VII!
/ result in dctcrrlng many good citiGens and
/ qualified voters from attending the said
! primaries, for the following reasons:
| /. The merchants and laboring classes
| generally viii be unable to attend the mi
marics on Saturday night, as the business
| of that day Is never closed until after The
| primaries would he over: the resprctalIe
! working classes, aud especially tbose of
! them who live in the suburbs ana spnrselv
| settled sections of the city. would moi he
content to leave their families alone ana
| exposed TO tho roWdy element which in
fest these portions on Saturday night.
! . We believe that an All DAY urin1nrv
| at which the p1lls could he onnnnd NJ +,
| O'clock ina tho Jnv limo ana rlo.od nt \
| o'clock at night. would meet win tho an
| proVal of All gnoI citizcus who nr,.' sc,,x-
| ing 10 better our local condition oud rn-
| form our local s~Ivrrnmrut ''''