The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
JUDGE KEY WAS NOMINATED
THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CONVENTION IN SESSION
YESTERDAY.
WIS No OPPOSITION 70 JUDGE KEY
And He Was Elected by Acclammation
r. A. Johns of Williamson County
Elected District Chairman-The
Executive Committee.

The judicial convention of the Third
supreme judicial district met yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock in the court house
and was called to order by Chairman
James I. Moore, who stated the object
of the meeting to be the nomination of
an associate justice for this district on
the bench of the court of civil appeals.
The chairman gave his hearers to under
stand that no financial lines were to be
drawn in the convention and all such
politics would be eschewed, and that the
convention would get down to business
at once.
On motion Mr.. r. II. Ward of Travis
county was elected temporary chair
man and Mr.. Will L. Vining, also of
Travis, temporary secretary.
Mr.. John Parker of Williamson county
moved the appointment of committee
on credentials and representation, and
also on order of business, both commit
tees to comprise one man from each
county in the district. Mr.. Bats
thought this would make the committee
too unwieldy and suggested one man on
the committee from each senatorial dis
trict
Mr. Parker then amended his original
motion by making the number of each
committee five, which motion prevailed
and the chair appointed the following
| committees:
Credentials Committee-J. w. Parker.
j. L. Moore, j. A. Wayland, T. j. White.
| Jno. c. Townes.
Order of Business and Permanent Or
| ganization-J. Ii. Robertson, j. G. Cook.
K. l.. Penn, w. E. Maynard, James b.
Storey.
After being out about twenty-five min
utes the committee on credentials came
i'll and reported that they had enumer-
ated the twenty-nine counties in the dis
trict and given their respective votes and
reported that there were about 200 dele
gates and no contestants. The report
was adopted.
The committee on permanent organi-
cation and order of business reported.
recommending that the temporary Off
GERS be made permanent and that the
order of business be. first, the nomina-
ton of a candidate for the Third dis
trict to the bench or the court of civi,
appeals; secondly, the election of chair.
man of the executive committee for said
district; thirdly, the election of an eX-
ecutiye committee to be composed of
one member from each senatorial OF
part of each senatorial district embraced
within the Third supreme judicial dis
trict. The report was received, the tenn
porary organization was made perma,
nent. and the next order of business be-
ing the nomination of candidate for
Il position on the bench of civil court of
appeals, the Hon. r. A. Johns of Will
hanson county nominated Judge w. NJ.
Key, which nomination was seconded by
Judge Robertson. There being no other
opposition, Judge Key was nominated by
acclammation and the Hon. James
Moore. r. j. Hill and Judge Townes
were appointed by the chair as COM
mittee to notify him of his nomination.
The next order of business being the
election of IA district chairman for the
next two years, Mr.. Jesse Maxwell NOM
mated Mr.. K. A. Johns of Williamson
county, and as there were no other nomi-
nations he was elected by reclamation
to be chairman for the next two years.
The next order of business being the
election of an executive committee for
the next two years, it was selected by
senatorial districts as follows:
Eleventh.. s. Henderson of Milan.
Twelfth-T. \. Graham of Robertson.
Nineteenth-S. L. Staples of Bastrop
wentieth-James II. Robertson of
Travis.
Twenty-frst-A A. Thomas of Hayes.
Twenty-ffth-W. T. Dalrymple of
Llano.
Twenty-sixth-T. ]. White of Cole
man.
Twenty w. Tyler of
Bell.
There being no further business be-
fore the convention, on motion sine die
nd iOurnmpnt was had