, 1896-03-27
A HOT TIME IN TEXAS.
Allison and Reed Get the
Delegates.
T CONVENTION.
Sore Heads Worn BY . Number of
of Those who Engaged In the
M~eiee-Stood or With
q Big Revolver.

Austin. Tex, March 26.-The repub-
lican convention which has been in
session in this city since Tuesday ad-
journed sine die this afternoon after
having enjoyed the distinction Of lar
rowly avoiding a funeral and had not
the unusual thing, nowadays in Texas,
of a split convention. The situation
looked threatening from the very start
this morning. The Mckinley men
worked all night among the negroes
and succeeded in bringing yer quite a
number Of them, 50 that, this morning.
when the hour for c%onvening arrived,
1t was found that the McKinleyites,
with an organized force. were occupy
ing the center Of the hall, with very de-
termined looks On their faces and an
air of fightsurrounding them. Couney,
the chairman Of the convention, when
he mounted the rostrum at 10 o'clock,
took in the situation at a glance and
seeing the five Mckinley men were as
Stunning formidable strength immedi.
ately sent emissaries out for his forces
and pending their return did not turn
a die in the matter of opening the con.
vention, putting forth the excuse that
the committee on credentials was not
ready to D o
He finally got his forces together
about l O'Clock and the committee on
credentials putting in an appearance
about the same time, the convention
was called to order. The first work of
the convention was the receiving and
adoption of the credentials committee
report. Its introduction Immediately
%precipitated a row and in which the
Mckinley factor made a determined
fight to get some show. Cuney. with
his arbitrary rulings, shut them out
entirely and organized a convention
with the Reed-Alfison men in exclusive
charge. The convention .adopted a
platform along regular lines and the
currency plank reads as follows: I'VE
reafirm the historic adherence of the
republican party to sound finances de-
sirable for every class alike. The larx-
est issue of gold, silver and paper COM
patible with security and the reouire-
ments of trade, and all OF equal value.
interchangeable n for the other.
every dollar resting on gold as the
money of final redemption.
The republicans of Texas declare
this to be in their liberal Judgment
the only basis of a large n liberal
circulation of money and for the main
tenance of universal confidence"
The convention then elected the fol.
lowing delegates to the St, Louis con-
vention: N. w. Quincy. Galveston. an
Allison man: w. r. Makeson. George,
town, a Reed man: e. H.. Terrell, San
Antoio, an Allison man: c. H. Ferpu.
son, Richmond. a Reed man. Alter,
Mates: w. F. Gross, D. C. Kolp. ]. G.
Cain and R. c. Smith. Electors: Geo
C. CLIFFORD, San Antonio and Eusena
Marshall, Dallas.
Hardly had the vote on the ~a,ect,or
been announced when the long antic,-
pated row was in force. Al tho chair
declared the men elected a wild wboon
from the very center NJ tho McKin,on
delegation proclaimed that the troub,e
had begun. One burlv negro came
through the lam pushing the men in
front of him as char and in b,s v.La
came half a hundred followers wild
with excitement. The snectators and
crowd on the stand made frantic o.
forts to get out at their NAV b,,+ 70 M
Thew were on the stand In an
instant and their crowd WAS c~on,ront-
ed by Quincy and his faithfn, followers
who received them with a hearty vel.
come. far warmer than thew antic,,.t-
ed. The Cuney men had M time IN or
eanaxe their forces before tho onnos,r,
,cru,,d v.s on them. This mattered
httsS however. "a each man ,nstantlv,
resolved histself into a John l. suri.
van and combatted every inch NJ
the ground. The nrst negro tn reach
the stage made a lunee at Cunev,s
head with his fast. While he VIVA ou,ck
one Cuney's followers Va. ouicker. A.
he struck at Quincy he found b,msas
confronted by a big revolver in the