San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-16
TRAVIS POPULISTS.
STATE ADMINISTRATION EMPHAT-
ICALLY DENOUNCED.
Decision as To Fusion Not Settled, But
1t Looks That Way-Partial
County Ticket Nominal
ed For Election.
By Special Wire to Sunday Light.

UuSIlu, aug. lO.-At ll.4O O'CLOCK
this morning Mr.. e. f. Numbers
called the county Populist convention
to order and stated that inasmuch as
the county chairman had resigned it
was in order to select a temporary
chairman.
Mr.. L. +. Numbers was elected tenn
porary chairman and G. NJ. Robinson
was elected secretary.
A committee of five on credentials
and a committee of five on permanent
organization were appointed.
A committee on platform was Sc
lected.
The committee on credentials made
their report showing no contests and
seating all delegations. The report
was adopted.
The committee on permanent organ
ization and order of business reported
recommending G.. Ii. Sullivan for per-
manent chairman and Il. f. Numbers
permanent secretary.
The order of business was set forth
as follows:
Adoption of the platform; to deter
mine as to whether or not a combina-
ton ticket will be put out in this eoun-
ty; nomination of officers; rules for
vote on first ballot "a vote necessa-
ry for election, % on second ballot
and majority on third ballot; no
speeches longer than five minutes.
The report was adopted.
Permanent Chairman Sullivan took
the chair and thanked the convention
for the honor conferred
TIE committee ON platform made
their report endorsing the Omaha
platform and the action of the Calves
ton conventioRs also condemned the
present county and state administra-
ton and demanded to, see the books Of
the county administration
The next matter being the consider
alton of whether or not the convention
should get out fusion ticket or, not,
call for a report from the commit
tee appointed by the executive COM
mittee to consider the matter was
asked for and Mr.. Numbers, one of
the members of the committee, report
ed that the committee had not been
able to do much inasmuch as they
could not get any favorable PROPOSE
ton, but that possibly he favored a
combination ticket, thinking it to the
best interest of the Populists to, get
out a fusion ticket. However, moth
ing had been done officially by the
committee.
Some of the crowd wanted to hear
something further about the matter.
Mr.. Numbers said that there was alb
solutely nothing to report.
Mr. Andy Houston, one of the COM
mittee, made a statement about the
action of the committee saying that
they had done nothing for the simple
reason that the other fellows wanted
to get Z or of the latest offices OBJ
tainable and wanted to fix things so
that the Populists would have nothing
to say in the matter of who got these
offices and therefore no agreement
could be arrived at.
This raised a rucus and a negro
delegate secured the floor and began
speaking on every subject conceiv-
able.
Charley Mclaughlin interrupted him
at frequent intervals with cries of
"set down."
To settle matters Marion Williams
moved to fusion with anybody and
everybody who would fuse.
Geo. Smith moved to table this mo-
ton of Williams, and it prevailed
overwhelmingly.
The next order of business being the
nomination of county ticket, the
matter of nominating candidate for
the judgeship of the SD judicial dis
trict was on motion passed without
action.
The matter of selecting two repre-
sentatives being next in order DR..
Use and Tom Houston, were nomina-
ted.
Andy Houston was nominated for
county judge.
County attorney was passed.
John @. Gildart was nominated for
county clerk.
For sheriff, D. w. Weaver was cho-
sen.
The executive committee was given
plenary powers to complete the ticket.
G. H. Sullivan was elected county
chairman for the next two years.
A judicial convention to select a
candidate for district judge and at