The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
Delegates Favoring Them Elected
by the Leaders Of the
Element in Control.
FURY OF THE OPPOSITION.
They Charged Upon the Platform and
Then Held a Convention of
Their Own.

AUSTIN, TEX, March 26.-The Repub-
lican State Convention to elect delegates
to the National convention met again this
morning at 10 o'clock and Immediately ad
journed until l o'clock, as the committee
on credentials was not ready to report.
This was ominous for the Mckinley men
and foreshadowed that their delegation
from contested counties would not be
seated.
In caucus last night, however, they had
captured many of Chairman Cuney's col
ored voters and had formed a perfect or
ganization for to-day's contest, and they
were ready for any emergency. 1t came
at 1 O'Clock, when Cuney called the con-
vention to order and announced that the
committee on credentials was ready to re-
port. The committees report recon-
mended that the votes of eighteen coun-
ties represented by proxies favoring Nc
Kinley be thrown out. There were con-
tested delegations from eighteen coup ties,
and the committee in some instances rec
commended the throwing out of the Nc
Kinley delegation and in the others seated
both contesting delegations, giving each
half vote. They threw out the McKin-
ley UeieSdtIOu 1IOlu bIdy SUI NOuHty
headed by Chairman Grant of the State
executive committee and McKinley's s
State leader.
At the conclusion of the reading OF the
report minority report was sent up, but
Chairman Cuney promptly ruled it out of
order for the reason, he stated, that it had
not been prepared and signed in the COM
mittee-room. Yells and applause fol-
lowed his ruling and the widest confusion
prevailed, pending which an effort was
made to gag the McKinleyites with the
previous question on a motion to adopt
the majority report. The previous ques-
ton was withdrawn, and Webb Flanna-
gan offered substitute for the majority
report, but Cuney ruled it out of order
and for an hour the whole convention was
in tumultous excitement, pending which
motion to adopt the majority report was
made and declared carried.
The report of the committee on resolu-
tons favoring sound money, protection
and tariff on sugar, lumber, cattle, wool
and hides was read and declared adopted.
Cuney, Ferguson, Makemeson and Ter
rell slated last night, were declared elected
delegates to the National Convention, the
two first being Allison men and the latter
for Reed. Amid great confusion Chair
man Cuney declared the convention ad-
journed sine die.
The McKinleyites at once made rush
for the platform and were met by Cuney's
followers. A rough-and-tumble fight en-
sued. One negro delegate drew six
shooter. but police officers, who were on
the platform anticipating trouble,
promptly gathered him in. Webb Flan-
nagan and Chairman Grant, of the execu-
tive committee, were knocked down. The
officers soon quieted the excitement.
Cuney's followers left the hall and the
Mckinley faction proceeded to organize
convention with 621 delegates, of whom
over one-third were colored. A negro was
elected chairman and the meeting was
harmonious. A sound-money and protec-
tion platform was adopted and the follow
ing Mckinley delegates to the National
convention elected: Frank Hamilton of
Austin, R. F. smith (colored) of Colorado
County. DR.. w. Davis of Forth Worth and
Chairman John Grant of the State execu-
tive committee. The convention then ad-
journed sine die.
Both conventions elected two electors
from the State at large.