The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-27

Were Badly Defeated in the Regular Meet
ing-Try to Take Possession of Platform
By Force-Failing in That Met and Or
ganized BY Themselves-Reed and ALI
son Delegates Chosen.
Austin, Texas, March 26.-The Repu b.
lican convention did not meet yesterday
till one O'Clock, when the committee were
announced and adjournment was had un-
til seven O'Clock.
At that hour the committee on creden-
tials not being ready to report, the con-
vention adjourned until this morning.
Chairman Quincy in selecting the COM
mittee wholly ignored the Mckinley men
and placed William II. Mcdowell, state
manager for Reed, at the head of the
committee on credentials. His action has
given new life to the Reed element and
in the afternoon the Quincy combine made
up the following slate as delegates to the
national convention, D. B. Ferguson,
Wright Quincy, William M. Makemson
and A. L. Terrell. The two latter are
white and both originally Reed men. EThe
two first are oolored and are for Allison.
had been willing to accede to the election
of Chairman Grant of the state executive
committee, a Mckinley man, but a
caucus of Mckinley men called, it is
said, to discuss the advisability of cutting
loose from the black and ian wing and
holding an exclusive white convention,
determined the fate of Grant and he was
dropped from the list of delegates and the
McKinleyites, who Tuesday morning.
believed they would carry the convention
with whoop, are entirely left out.
The convention reaSsembled at ten this
morning. The credentials committee not
being ready to report, tho convention ad-
journed until 1. 10. When the convention
reassembled at /. 30, the committee on
credentials reported the throwing out of
Mckinley proxies in forty or fifty
Both delegations from Grayson county
were seated, each given half vote. The
minority report of the Mckinley faction
was ruled out of order by Chairman
Quincy, because it was not prepared in
the committee room. Webster Flanagan,
amid a terrific uproar offered substitute
for the minority report. He was ruled
in great confusion over the previous
question on the adoption of a majority
report.
Finally amid great confusion the ma
jority report was agreed to, but the elec-
tion of delegates to the ST. Louis conven-
tion was proceeded with. Chairman
Quincy announced himself and Ferguson.
colored, Allison men, and Makeson and
Terrell, white. Reed men, was elected
The announcement caused the widest
exoitement. The Mckinley men at
tempted to capture the platform. A row
followed, in which Webb Flanagan was
struck on the head and knocked down.
The row was finally quelled without
further serious results.
The regular convention was, amid great
uproar, declared adjourned size die.
The McKinleyites then took possession
Of the hall, They organized with 612
delegates of whom over one-third were
colored. A negro was elected chairman,
and the meeting was harmonious. A
sound money and protection platform
was adopted. The following Mckinley
delegates to the National convention were
elected: Frank Hamlin and R. f. Smith
(colored), DIR. ". Davis and Chairman
John Grant of the state executive com
mittee. The convention adjourned sine
die. Each convention selected two
electors at large.