The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-27
is DISGRACEFUL.
Texas Negro Republicans All
But Kill One Another.
A Wild Negro Mob Fight and
Howl.
SWARM OVER STAGE.
Mckinley, Reed and Allison Fac
tionS Clash,
SWARM OVER STAGE.
Two Conventions and Two Sets
of Delegates Elected.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27.-The Re-
publican convention, which had been
in session in this city since Tuesday,
adjourned sine die yesterday after
noon, after having enjoyed the dis
tinction of narrowly avoiding D funer-
al and having the not unusual thing
nowadays in Texas of q split conven-
ton.
The situation looked threatening
from the very start. The Mckinley
men worked all night among the ne
groes and succeeded in bringing over
quite a number of them, so that when
the hour for converting arrived, it found
the Mckinley men with an organized
force occupying the center of the
hall with very determined look on
their faces and an air of fight sur
rounding them Quincy, the chairman
of the convention, when he mounted
the rostrum at 10 o'clock took in the
situation at a glance, and, seeing that
the Mckinley men were assuming for
mida BILE strength, Immediately sent
his emissaries out for his forces, and,
pending their return, he did not turn
die in the matter of opening the
convention, putting forth the excuse
that the committee on credent ials
was not ready to report.
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 20 order. The first work
of the convention was the receiving
and adoption of the credentials COM
mittee report. Its introduction i'm
mediately precipitated row; and
while the Mckinley faction made a
determined fight, the Reed and Allison
men were in the majority and organ
lied the convention.
The convention elected the follow
ing delega ties to the st. Louis conven-
ton: n. w. Quincy, of Galveston, an
Allison man; w. R. Makemson, of
Georgetown, Reed man; E. H. Ter
rell, of San Antonio, an Allison man;
c. II. FuTguson, of Richmond, a Reed
man. Alternates, w. F. Gross, D. c.
Electors, George c. Clifford, of San
Antonio, and Eugene Marshall, of
Dallas.
Hardly had the vote on the selection
of electors been announced when the
long anticipated row was in force.
As the chair declared the men elected,
a wild whoop from the very center of
the Mckinley delegation proclaimed
that the trouble had begun. One
burly negro came blowing through
the jam, pushing men in front of him
as if they were SO much chaff, and in
his wake came half hundred excited
followers, wild with excitement.
The Quincy men had no time to or
ganize their forces before the oppos-
ing crowd was on them. This mattered
little, however, as each man instantly
resolved himself into a John L. Sulli-
van and com batted every inch of the
ground. The first negro to reach the
stage made lunge at CuneY's head
with his fist. While he was quick,
one of Cuney's followers was quicker.
AS he struck at Quincy, he found him
self confronted by a big revolver in
the hands of a negro who, while not
SO large, demonstrated that he could
hold his own against all corners. The
two men eyed each other for ten sec
onds, proba bly,, when they both went
down before the bowling crowd that
was swaying around and about them.
In an instant the platform was a
scene of wild confusion. Excited ne
groes swayed to and fro in battle for
twenty minutes before an armed force
of poi icemen could quell the riot. It
was then discovered that no one was
dang erously hurt, although one or two
of the white delegates, as well as
negro or two, were bruised consider
ably. AS soon as order could be OBJ
tanned, the convention, after disposing
of a few minor matters, adjourned
sine die, without issuing any instruc-
tons to delegates to st. Louis.
Immediately after the regular con-
vention adjourned the Mckinley fac
ton took charge of the hall and, or
ganizing their convention in due form,
elected the following delegates to st.
Louis: John Grant, of Sherman;
Frank Hamilton, of Austin; S. L.
Smith. of Colorado; w. E. Davis, of
Fort Worth. Alternates, Ed Ander-
son, w. H. Love, R. G. Collins and
Richard Allen. Electors, E. P. Hunt
and A. 81. Caldwell
This convention did not consider a
platform, but adopted resolution in
dorsing Mckinley for President and
instructing the delegation sent from
here to vote for him as long as his
name was before the convention.