The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27
Mckinley Gets None Of the
Delegates From Texas.
UPRoAR IN THE coNvENTlok
Insurreetion by the MeKinleyites
After the Election Is Over,
They Rush Upon the Stage With the
Fury of q Cuban Army Charge and
Name Persons Who VIII Contest
With the Regular Delegates mt Sc.
Louis for seats.

austin. Tex. March e--The Republican
convention which has been in session in
sh4s city since Tuesday. adjourned fhis
afternoon, after having enjoyed the dis
unetion of narrowly averting a funeral.
ana had the not unusual thing nowadays in
Texas of split convention.
The situation looked threatening at the
very start this morning. The Mckinley
men worked all Night among the negroes.
and succeeded in bringing over quite a
number of them. so that this morning
when the hour for convening arrived it
found the Mckinley men with an organic
ed force occupying the center OF the hail.
with very determined look on their faces
and an air Of fight surrounding them.
Quincy. the chairman of the convention,
when he mounted the rossrum at ID o'clock.
Book in the situation at glance, and see
ing that the Mckinley men We're assuming
formidable strength. Immediately sent his
emissaries out for his forces and pending
their return he did nothing in the matter
OF opening the convention, putting forth
the excuse that the committee on creden-
tiais was not ready to report He finally
got his forces together about / o'clock.
and at the same time the convention was
called - order. The first work of the
convention was the receiving and adoption
OF the credentials committee report. Its
Introduction Immediately prec!pitated q
row. and. while the Mckinley faction made
a determined fight to get some showing.
Quincy, with his arbitrary rulings. shut
them out entirely, and organized the con-
vention with the Reed-Allison men in ex-
elusive charge.
The convention adopted platform along
the regular lines, the currency plank of
which reads as follows:
we reaffirm the historic adherence of
the Republican party to sound finances.
We demand an honest dollar Of the great
the largest issue of gold, silver and paper
compatible with security and the require
ments of trade. all of equal value. inter-
changeable one for the other, every dollar
resting on gold as money of final redemp
ton. The Republicans of Texas declare
this to be. In their deliberate Judgment.
the only basis for large and liberal circu-
lation of money and for the maintenance
of universal confidence"
The convention then elected the follow
ing delegates to the ST. Louis convention:
n. w. Quincy. Galveston. an Allison man:
w X. Mackenson. Georgetown. a Reed
man: E H. Terrill San Antonio. an
Allison man: c. II. Ferguson, Richmond.
a Reed man. Alternates: W. F. Gross.
D. C. kolp. ]. C. Cain and r. c. Smith.
Electors: George c. Clifford, of San An
tonic. and Eugene Marshall. OF Dallas.
Hardly had the vote on the selection OF
electors been announced when the long
anticipated row began. As the chairman
declared the men elected. wild whoop
from the very center OF the Mckinley del
esation proclaimed that the trouble had
begun. one burly negro came through the
Jam pushing the men in front of him as
if they were SO much chaf. and in his
wake came hundred followers. wild with
excitement. They gave every evidence
that they intended to capture the grand
stand The spectators and the crowd on
he .,,A fva .fn afYn YnrfS tn pat ,Aff
of their way. but all to no purpose. The
negroes were on the stand in an instant,
and there they were confronted by Quincy
and his faithful followers. who received
them with a hearty welcome, far warmer
than they anticipated. The Quincy men
had no time to organize their forces before
the opposing crowd was on them. This
mattered little. however. as each man in
stantly resolved himself into a John l..
Sullivan and combatted every inch of the
ground.
The first negro to reach the stage made
a hinge At Cuney's head with his fist. While
he was quick. one of Cuneys followers
was quicker While he struck at Quincy he
found himself confronted by big revolver
in the hands Of a negro. who while not so
large. demonstrated that he could hold
his own against all corners. The two men
eyed each other for ten seconds. probably.
when both went down before the bowling
crowd that was swaying around and about
them
In an instant the platform was scene
Of choas. Excited negroes swayed to and
fro in battle for twenty minutes before
armed force of policemen could quell the
riot 1t was then discovered that no one
was dangerously hurt, although one OF two
OF the white delegates. as well as a negro
or two. were bruised considerably. As
soon as order could be obtained the conven-
ton. after d,sposing of few minor matters.
adjourned sine die, without issuing any in
str1ictons 10 the delegates TO ST. Louis.
Immediately after the regular conven-
ton adjourned the Mckinley faction took
charge of the hsll and organized their con-
vention IN due form. electing the following
delegates to ST. Louis: Deiegates-John
Grant. Of sherman: Frank Hamilton. Of
Austin. 5 l.. Smith. Of Colorado city. W.
Z Davis OF Fort Worth slisrnates-
IA Anderson. w. II Love. r. g. Collins
and Rlcharf Allen. ElectoFs-E. +. Hunt
and A H. Caldwell This convention did
not consider a platform but adopted res
olution ind0rsing Mckinley for president
and irstruct.ng the delegates sent from
here 20 vote for him as long as his name
is before the convention