The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-23

whether or no, II would he hes, 20 Lex
| dis',tcSs scsssS their own dSssasss re-
eNiNil.ss OF their views, or send only free
| silver d-iers;cs
HN, John. l.. sheppard Was then made
s sssy s Snsr"n S sos NJ s II no shaw
| placed 81 nomination Hon. ". +. Ram
sly M in'ri.arary chairman o. semnr
| sAkND Mr.. Ramsey MAS dccisrc. the
| chooe 81 ne caucus Hon. ~. 4 Fields
| was named rs tcry~nSsry seN'rv;sry
COLONEL jake Hodges MAYED 10 decide
I whether there shctlt Nc fcur or eieht
| telceaicS to the Chicago convention a.
| delegates $, large THIS pre- Vi'sse5 quite
] Nitie rev. bat oil was poured on the
| troubled waters hy Governor Hogs. VINO
1 explained more fully the object Of the
| caucus. Tho caucus" he sud does
! delegate. We arr MOI hers 10 fcrcstall
| the convention. tnt only 10 exchange ideas
| that Nc NAV tho better understand zach
o,her and WORK in harmony We know
| not what srnss may Ne ~ ,hr way, NNt
| believe 80 win have harmony and l know
~ VII hAN.' caucus III caucus is
oi'sn - all and al can participate who
form
a, tho conclusion OF the governors talk
so'rS one moved TO s...et ~ permanent
chairman rot tho convention tomorrow.
bat ihe motion Mss Nci.i soNr. IL naing
considered nr>t - leave that matter 10
;he 'or'n''inc on pfrriiRran' organisation
Tho motion MS then nm 10 Ia lend
the Nhlcasc convention
Hon. George renl.eion moved as a sub
.innis ti'ai four it'esaies an,; four al
itf,iaf.s he son.
Thi> pr~'iPitA'.i ,snafhsr ,tt.e row. and
seotes" '''' " ''s' ''''''" was quite
Won. George rcnAlc'cn sroke, to his
SUBSTITUTE. saving there We're only four
seals IN Tho convention for tt" TEXAS
celebrates ~ lsrre and no Thought /.
"ouf - had pol,v 10 hrenk mn Old cs-
ID q. III
wanted Only four dn'.ea'es sen, aud he
wanted ,hon1 10 10 sound Is - men
H. WIS followed ~ Hon Ham Ward.
who ais, believed 4, hest Ia send oni,
four ri-..-'-s -.,-. As tho democracy ~ Texas
had sivass done "Ani ,sh.-s,cr .sev 10
Tree sllVo' mon or esd man" on,iniipi
Nr War. "h, tNsm above an thing. be-
Some ono yelled out that Mir Ward
No m1ti@r what am" roarad Nj
or Any other man THIS money question
Is ore Of opinion. and l'yc good =,
believe IN ss,ti'ng marty differences
WITHIN tha paftN. sud Il tho chicago plat
form declares fcr fra silver At ratio
i,at. ", We shcrlG only sand four
d-deeaic:' and four aiternaies to f'hicaso.
tni ~ more"
o, 70 him whFther there wers -four dali.
gates or eight hti- "a only a small pro
portion oi the deleg.tio from his dis |
f11c' had arrived n the city he thought |
et would b.. t'as. II he took no part in the |
caucus.
Coilr.l Jake Hodges tho pad river
s;s.,,=,man. opposed sigh' Delegates We |
have i~en having only four" he said |
and "" nod NO more. W aare got 10
make mare PLACES or favor statesm~n. |
and I'm IN favor of cutting down The
81 atesn,en. II we've got to break old demo- |
cratic rules f.,at tlsey may exist. some |
gentlemen host h,ie.i don; want place. |
don, want one iuNse The road "a sue
,.esz iies IN Standing nv democratic pro
oeeiires. and for that reason I'm opposed ,
- eight delegates
Governor Hogg spoke in favor of send
~ st'ig Improper IN II. Counties. he said.
often Increase .helr delegation. and II
state hes the right - do the same. I'VE
want all tho good slv.~ me-, AZ r'hicaas,
drs D. instead OF eight continued the big |
tx governor II was asked several ques-
tons. and answered hem satrSfs c'orily. az
least "a = majority Of the crowd. who ap-
lnare W W .Gs,cwocd also favored
sending SIGHT delegates 70 chicagn. ana
he made strong speech to that end
Colonel Hodges then got the floor aud
Fsd " the calicis was binding tina, T..
wanted 81 sstirrtfy' Understood tha. ho
Was NJ lcre'r = re.'icinan'. He vaS fti-
lived by Mr. pendia-on who rleadai for
Crly four delegates, hut III vain fnr when
a vote was taken On his Substitute it WIS
snrT..i' under
The motio, ~ send eight Delegates was
then mi hy tho chairman ard carried
and considerable confDsi-n
Tho rsevi business WIS tho proposition
submitted by Chairman Piake. hut this
Was fu' short by molten to adjourn |
which was smos. unanlinovslv carried.
A f;ROI-<DJ GTOpy