San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-26

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The party had always adhered
to the maxim that honesty was
the best policy, though as a matter
OF fact 1t was not a policy but
principle. 1t had always stood for
honest money; that dollar should
represent 100 cents. The party
had opposed slavery and had
fulfilled Its mission but those in
whose behalf many thousands of
lives were lost and much property
destroyed had assumed to be the
bosses of those who had liberated
them. He thought they ought to
have taken time 80 educate them
selves before undertaking to boss
the party. Instead of that they
dashed the white men Just as the
overseers had done them in old
times. This movment, he said, was
for the benefit Of the colored people.
Though his skin be black his soul
and heart are white. The move
ment, he said, would continue to
grow.
The convention then took five
minutes recess to allow the chair
man to appoint the different COM
mittees. On calling to order the
chairman announced the follow
ing credentials:
Credentials u. p. Newcomb as
chairman of the committee; First
district, S. B. Strong; second dis
trict, A. B. Doucett; third district,
a. Wagner; fourth district, f. Z.
Mundy; fifth district, j. j. Fair
banks; sixth district, H. c. Adler ;
seventh district, s. NJ. Jones ;
eighth district, w. p. Golf; ninth
district, T. l.. Wren tenth district,
+, Z. Leason; eleventh district,
w. J. Schneider; twelfth district,
j. P. Newcomb; thirteenth dis
trict, J. i. Lutz.
Organization and order Of busi-
ness Whit Dryden, Of Fort
Worth, as chairman; First dis
trict, DR.. Max Urwitz; second dis
trict, j. M. Linebacker; third dis
trict, John Gillis; fourth district,
E. Davis; fifth district, j. T. At
kinson; sixth district, d. A. Rob-
inson seventh district, w. H. Har.
vey; eight district, I. l.. Wren;
tenth district, l.. E. Digger; eleventh
district, F. A. Vaughn; twelfth
district, G. NJ. Wilson; thirteenth
district, j. E. Lutz.
On Resolutions w. S. McCutch-
con, of Ell Paso chairman; First dis
trict, Judge Henry Cline; second
district, Geo. F. Poole; third dis
trict, w. Il. Roach; fourth district,
E. p. Scott; fifth district, Z. w.
Norton sixth district, H. A. At
well; seventh district, H. X. Davis;
eight district, j. l.. Ward; ninth
district, T. II. Dwyer; tenth dis
trict, w. r. Kimmons; eleventh
district, F. Fritz twelfth district,
G. w. Standard ; thirteenth district,
w. L. McCutcheon.
The convention then adjourned
to 2:30 p. m.
On reassembling Chairman Jas.
P. Newcomb for the credentisl COM
mittee, reported the following
counties represented and the dele
gates entitled to seats in this con-
vention: Baylor, Bell, Bexar,
Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brszoria,
Brewster, Buchel, Cooke, Dallas,
Denton, Edwards, Ell Paso, Foley,
Guadalupe, Harris, Hill, Hunt, JEFF
Davis, Jefferson, kaufman, Lamar,
Marion, McLennan, Me-
dina, Morris, Orange, Palo Pinto,
Palmer, Pecos, Preside, Robertson,
Smith, San Jacinto, Tarrant, Trav.
is, Trinity, Waller, Wilbarger,
Wise. Eighty other counties were
by proxies, mostly
from the Panhandle country.)
Your committee also recon-
mends the adoption Of the follow
ing resolutions, towit:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention that all counties
in future conventions
by proxies only be entitled to one
half representation as by their
own delegates in person.
The reports were adopted.
w. S. McCutcheon, chairman Of
The committee on resolutions, then .
unlimited the following report, /
which was adopted:
l. We reaffirm our allegiance to 1
he great basic principles of the re- {
publican party, protection, reci-
,rocity and internal improve {
nents, sustained by sound finan- G
ial system. |
2. We favor bimetallism, the use
# gold and silver coin as money of I
Ultimate redemption. t
3. We favor the immediate call i
ng of an International monetary @
nd reciprocity conference for the q
doption Of an international 4
greement, with such reciprocal t
lauses as to trade between coun- o
ries that rstify the action Of the o
difference as will force every u
ountry, through self interest, to t
dept the basis thus established. a
4. We favor the Nicaraguan q