San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-09
REPUBLICANS AT DALLAS.
Executive Committee of the League
Clubs and Reform Republicans
Meet.

in the chair and w. 7. Atwell as secre-
tary. The following delegates were
selected to attend the National League
meeting to be held at Milwaukee,
Wis, on August %:
EX-officio: ChaS. II. Beck, Houston;
Whit Dryden, Fort Worth; d. A. Rob
inson, Dallas; VIM. III. Atwell, Dallas;
At large: Sam l.. Hahn, James NJ,
Steere, w. b. Slosson, d. G. Klop, Ed.
Davis, E. H. r. Green, Sam c. Warner
and Arthur Springer.
First district: Waller 7. Burns, ID.
NJ. Angle, NJ. Bailey, G. N. Love, II. f.
McGregor, VIM. E. Peacock, J. II. Nor
ton and Sam 7. Swinford. It
Second district: j. NJ. NJ. Linbocher,
A. B. Doucette, d. w. Holiday, George
Adams, J. p. Armstrong, J.R. Vincent,
II. J. Lutcher and w. c. Averill.
Third district: John ellis, w. L.
Roach, H. Wagner, Thomas Breene,
NJ. d. l.. Greene and U. G. Roach.
Fourth district: G. o. Greiner, Ray
mond Herr, ]. o. Esterbrook, f. L.
Monday, w. f. Braggins, E. P. Scott,
D. w. Sanders and d. L. Carson.
Fifth district: w. S. Nevins, c. Il.
Ramsdell, w. o. Kertzinger, d. Good
win, ]. ]. Fairbanks, Jessie 7. Atchi.
son, w. L. Boyd and E. w. Mortin.
Sixth district: A. Metzler, w. f
Cottman, ]. w. Maxwell, A. J. Hous,
ton, G. w. Mccormick, Ed. S. Heller,
b. d. Atwell and w. n. Norton.
| Seventh district: DR.. s. Nj. Jones
w. III. Harvey, John T. Horsfull, Dan.
ivl Wise, Louis Stcrnlrrb and IL. X.
Davis.
Eighth district: ". a. Forbes. J. c.
Pennington, L. C. Cook, Geo. S. Barn.
hart, J. X. Fernderick, G. A. Tomlin
son, John l.. Word and L. NJ. Barley,
Ninth district: Carl f. Drake, San
De Cordova, ]. L. Woodward, Thomas
H. Dryer, DR.. w. p. Fleming, w. X
Makemson, Ira III. Evans and T. l.
| Wren.
Tenth district: j. L. Dunmars, f.
Caldwell, r. p. Sergeant, f. e. Lee
son, L. e. Deger, G. G. Vogle, ]. G.
Shermack and ]. Pendergrass.
Eleventh district: J. f. MCGEE, Otto
Buchel, Mayor Sheldon, S. Fritz, NJ.
Beyers, E. Mullen, George Moore, and
| John Burke.
Twelfth district: George Ames,
| Col. Clarkson, A. A. Mcdonald, d. B.
Hornbeck, ]. j. Stevens, G. II. Weiss,
H. NJ. Handsling, o. L. Nichols and j.
p. Newcomb.
Thirteenth district: r. f. Camp
bell, G. X. Mcdonald, L. T. Miller, p.
B. Hunt, w. S. McCutchcon, Z. j.
Soule, T. NJ. Mcconnell, J. NJ. Kind
red, ]. Z. Lutz and s. Loposki.
By motion carried September 9th,
and Fort Worth was selected as the
time and place for holding the state
convention for election of officers and
transacting other important business
| to be presented. The meeting then
adjourned.
At the conclusion of the League
meeting II. f MacGregor, chairman
of the Republican State executive
committee, called his committee to
order, and the regular secretary, Jas.
p. Newcomb, not being present, T. b.
johnson acted as secretary. Chair
man MacGregor stated the objects of
the meeting and said that as the meet
ing had been called in the nature of a
conference of the Republicans, invit-
ed all Republicans present (some of
them black and tam to participate in
the discussions.
Some objection was raised as to al
lowing outsiders to take hand, but
| the proposition of the chair was sus-
tanned
Some of the members of the COM
mittee, as well as the invited Republi-
cans present, objected to having re-
porters at the meeting, but MIN Nor
ton, of Dallas, and I. B. Johnson, of
San Antonio, favored the reporters,
saying that the Republicans should be
not opposed to giving publicity to their
proceedings, and the newspaper boys
were invited by large majority to
stay and hear and publish everything
they saw fit
A. j. Houston then made a motion,
which was intended as bomb, for
the purpose of breaking up the organi-
cation, to appoint committee of five,
with plenary Pop. ideO power to
make and receive propositions from
the different office-hunting factions in
the state
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