The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-24
Iee, en- credentgsis. stated the facts wh,ch
had prompted the committee 70 rer,,rs y.

Judge .Walling of San Antono ,h.,
oh e, nas % ne s .,rSst Of hsrons
cn was not entertained beca,ise The he t mro
yoas ques.on had been ordered .rbposs
msndcd the so mo tH one scs 'sv iS; sss
ldelsga,ion was Withdrawn and the renor,
Was adopted almos, Unanimously n,, ae I ",
Mr.; lakc Hodges was then recognized
Z, rrscM the report OF the eom,ni,,s
on permanent organization. The renor,
g. Robertson and the f"iiowingr, a vrr NH
1enls: First. II. Il. Rice; second ,I'es q.
ll ,1l'M a. a. H. th nn;er Gof2T fss y wYSrS
I9nis sislth. ]. NJ pre salln r nn Il Nj Il,
ecv SiTer b. 'eg MeSe f'TsT rporM ccOrS,sE
S'srlcs Schrclror; thirteenth, +. Il NJ,
for or d nsrgm1ncns secretary the report rec
s ss,is =. ,r L. ,Eobipson j j. Bnii: SER
The cehc.' lnportafn section ,,,, of ,bc re.
rert was section 4. which prov,,lnI for
hs ceci2n Of delegates at large from from , tS
motion was made by sill Shaw n
:s,,tke out the word "aliernaies" i in SEQ 20
"sn ana insert eight delegates.
Mr.. McCaughcy of Hood county onnoso,
,h motion TO insert eight delegates in
| the blank space. bitt Further die s,s s,, ~,
Was Was Gu, short, short by point of order which
adopted. ia" peeh
,Mc,Gaushey. however, was again rccor-
nized and opposed tho motion 10 sena
eigh, delegates He was urn, .llins To- mako
s'ich an innovation for the purpose of
honoring few men.
moved to strike out the word a nlisrns,os'
leaving blank space for the mumEor Of
Then a delegate from Travis county
ha
The vote was then taken and on a viva
voce vote. was declared lost, though the
volume OF sound was nlmos, equal
y motion to double the number OF AL
t@natcs was overwhelmingly voted down
The r,spor, of the committee was then
adopted unanimously.
t,ie rhaii. Befhe reiinIuishing tine gael
the retiring temporary chairman thanked
me convention and retired.
thr retiring chairman
Judge Reagan. cha .rman of the commit
tee on resolutions, then stepped on TO the
piattorm and presented the report of the
committee OH resolutions. He handed 1t to
secretary Rountrce, who read it, The
reading of the report was uninterrupted
until the decla ion for free cognag. was
OF applause. The section approving Dud-
iey's course was also applauisd
Jonathan Lane then presented a minor
Final action not being taken on the re-
ports they will not be given out until to-
morrow.
Mr.. Boone moved the adoption of the
majority report.
Hon. Jonathan Lane asked for n few
minutes to explain his views. and spoke
as follows:
1t has been my misfortune to be In the
minority for the last six years | tell |
You believe 1t is right to be with the |
minority rs long as you believe the mi |
nority Is right But whenever the ma
N th,n
Wrong.' It is right TO nCquiesce in the |
VII of the majority. (Applnuse.) ] have |
beer with the minority for six years. 1t
is mighty cold some times. U.aughter) 1t |
has become cold that have learned |
even 10 Ike ice water in the summer time
AS you have doubtless discovered I am
sun with the minority come before
Nou 10 make a minority report, when sX-
presses my honest conviction upon the
financial issue. ] don't know. nor would
undertake 10 tell you. what the icmo-
nope all of them. and there are a great
many Of them. will support the nominees
from constable up to president. zap
but never ye y Par may iya be t Mr0aS
mighty God IN his wisdom possessed me
Of all the bra ms of this country. naugh-
ter and applause) ! simply use the mind
upon II, ana it tells mo you are wrong
about IT: But II the majority sayy | am
wrong, / w,ll SAY, that possibly may be,
me for saying 1t. hut believe OAR presi-
lent Is an honest m.n. Some don't he
,eve II. do I would say so even
hough the heavens should fall. Ana I
1ore You won't be angry with me when
say that believe Carlisle ,s an honest
nan and n true democrat. II may h., that
artist, and Cleveland hive made mis-
axes Show me nnn who says he has
rot aud III show you the biggest liar
m earth. We have one Of the worst
isf.'s ahead of us in TEXAS tho demo
hns J. /.
lever have done as much work for tho
'art;' as propose to do In the battle that
$ coming.
on morton of John NJ. Duncan. the mi
'ortty report. with the exception or that {
eNlon of Ut indorsing the State admins .
Nj Duncan moved TO amend tho finan- ]
ial plank of the majority repori hv :n- !
lon of other Napions''
Judge Reagan didn't see any harm IN !
ne amendment, but saw no necessity for !
!, as the plank was sufficiently explicit !
Mr.. Duncan Withdrew hts amendment TO !
I've Governor liosg chance 20 miro !
avor.
j.. q. chonowth Piled Governor Hogg }
'inn questions while he was making his !,
NIX, ana hJLlmated that his substitute, >
ld not cover the ground.
Jake Hodges defended the report and J.
az ~ 1t was ,straisht democracy. i
Governor logg Thought that there was v
DO much vorbiaga IN the committee plank V
na that from tho anxiety manifested by
lembcrs of SAID committee 20 explain II
l,f 1t must reed explaining. :
JAKE Hodges rotorted. Get out of the
'ay and gvn MS n CHARGE
Judge Reagan said: Lot us discuss
iaTncr." "
rhemowifh objected that Hogs sub Il
i,nie nowhere proposed silver standii
'oney. whcrenpon HoEe said he would
IN thot IN and amend Vt according to A
blows A
We demand tho unlimited free coinage G,
'2fh silver and gold at the raiio CT ii ID
by she Unsted States government as | IL
undni'd money and legal tender for all %
.b'H public and private. without. O.
"tstng the action Of other Nations" ia
Governor llogg having left the PLATFORM X
ldge Reagan came forward in der.uss o Nj
=, i. ,nfnmittee plank He sal Hogg's sub "
ituie COY sred tho beginning of The aues- NJ
on; that he was only slsinising The sub n,
~. why" said he. 'he d.d not even NJ