Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-31
SUSTAINED
Committee Supports the
T. Chairman.
RErunLr, <;sa STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMIT IL HOLDS A MEET
ING AT DALLAS.
EnOWIM To MNMHn
AUSTIN is NAMED.
STATE CONVENTION TO DE HELD
AT THE CAPITAL.
Protest Against Appointments OF
Approval of the Committee.

Dallas. Tex, Jan. 80 Especially 1.-The
state committee of the Republican party
met In the auditorium of the city hall
this afternoon at 2 o'clock and trans
acted the business for which the meet
ing was called.
Chairman John Grant called the COM
mittee together.
Secretary w. f. Easton OF San An
tonic called the roll. The following
committeeman were present: Second
district, Il. a. Caldwell, Leesburg; third
district, c. NJ. Ferguson, Paris. fourth
district, C. A. Lyon. Sherman; ffth dis
trict, Thomas Andrews, Mckinney; sew
enth district, j. w. Butler. Tyler; eighth
district, J NJ Hickey, Henderson,; ninth
district, w. NJ. Mcdonald. Forney:
tenth district. $. M. c. Davis. Hills
boro; eleventh district, w. II. Craw-
ford, Cameron; Fourteenth district, w.
w. Frazier, Jasper. fifteenth district,
NJ. w. Lawson. Willis; seventeenth dis
trlct. d. w. Wilson, Galveston; eigh-
teenth district, j, G. Shermack. La
Grange; nineteenth district. John q
Cain, BRENNAN; twentieth district,
Hugh 3. Hancock. Austin; twenty-first
district. A. l.. Maynard, Lockhart;
twenty second district, G. r. Town
send, Victoria; twenty-fourth district,
Il. II. Terrell, San Antonio; twenty
sixth district, NJ. Mullins, brentwood;
twenty-ninth district, d. C. Kolp. Iowa
Park; thirty-first district, George "A.
Knight, Belcherville.
Proxies We're held by the following
gentlemen, which were. on motion, &C
cepted: w. f. Singleton, Jr., first;
NJ Mccormick, sixth; N. w. Quincy,
twelfth; w. j. WATSON, thirteenth; j.
S. Tibbett, sixteenth; r. b. Rentfro,
twenty-third; S. Lapowski. twenty-ffth;
N b. Moore. twenty-seventh; Is u.
Kenyon, twenty-eighth; f. II. Il.
Green, thrtieth.
The basis of representation was flrst
taken up which was adopted as followe'
That each judicial county shall be nj
lowed one vote; that each county Or
ganization be allowed one vote and
that for 200 or the major fraction
thereof of the vote polled for President
Harrison in 1892 be allowed one vote.
There was some bitter opposition to
this by different members.
1t was decided to hold the state con-
vention March "a, 1896
The choosing of the place at which It
Is to be held was next taken up, ana
Austin decided on. Dallas. Austin, Fort
Worth, Houston and san Antonio We're
placed In nomination.
The first vote resulted: Dallas, 81;
Austin, 5; Fort Worth, o; Houston, 3;
San Antonio, Z.
Second vote--Dallas. Z; Austin, 8;
San Antonio IA.
Third vote-Austin. 16; San Antonio
10. The selection of Austin was then
made unanimous
r. b. Rentfro, holding a proxy
from the Twenty-third district, pre-
scented two memorials from Starr ana
Hidalgo counties appealing from the
action of Chairman Grant In appoint
ing chairmen for the county executive
| committees of those two counties; urg-
ing that the men appointed were IN
| competent and should not have the
| positions. In presenting the matter
| Mr.. Rentfro said that he only did so
that the committee might decide
whether the senatorial chairmen. whose
! right he thought II was to make such
| appointments, were to have any au-
! thority or were Just to come 70 meet,
ing Of the executive committee and
vote occasionally like the chairman :
| minions on dress-parade He moved
! that the memorials be adopted. -,
! Chairman Grant answered TINS ",
kind, stating that Mr. Rentfro had
written him telling him that these Two
men in Starr and Hidalgo counties
were Reed men and might hurt Mt.
MoKinley's chances. personally,
snid the chairman, II am in favor OF
! William Mckinley for the next presl-
/ dent, hut when It comes to anything
| that will sap at the party principles
OF the Republican party l 90 NOT ie.
Mr.. ResS Ajr., Mckinley or any other
! - ~, .,s discharge OF my