Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-06

| vested with power to provide a mole
OF settlement Of disputed questio ~, Its
duty being only executive and confined
at this iuncture solely 70 the detnrniin.
alton OF when and where the second
\ convention should be held, having the
Democrats OF each locality assembled
4 IN precintt and county meetings, Tho
determination Of all methods Of lro-
! cedure rs well as the princlnlas by
[. which tho respective delegates shall
ne govorned and further that two con-
Nentlons be ruled by the committee.
committeeman Young wanted the
resolutions amended so as to provide
Tor primary election to be held June
, 9 on the silver question,
wear SAID that the committee had no
authority to order primaries. 1hat
: was matter for the respective county
/ executive committees throughout The
: state
Ho was informed by Chairman Dud-
! ley that he was the very men,nc- Of
me committee who Introduced rcso-
uunns on the primary matter at tie
Dallas meeting OF the committee and
tion. W '"e p''s'
Mr.. Wear replied that he was hearth
~ IN favor OF a primary but he did not
think the state committee wos vested
Win tho mower to order them
Committeeman Dunlap said he arose
~ " tNNeAi1n Va BftEpllhl l1lNlltKp 10
state that the resolutions which were
reported adopted at the Dallas meet
ing were not passed by a quorum, as
he LETT the meeting and broke the quo.
rum. He protested there he said
against the adoption OF such resolutions
and he stlll opposed such procedure
Committeeman Walker presented the
point OF order tina, the resolutions were
out OF order for the reason that the
matter was les adiudicator. having
been acted on by the committee al
inc Dailns meeting, The point was
not sustained by the chair.
| Committeeman Hun submitted a sub
stitute for the Wear resolution, pro-
viding that the committee order two
| conventions, one to meet June "a. to
elect delegates to the national CON
| vention and that n primary election be
held June for selection OF delegates
to the convention under such rules as
/ might be prescribed by the county eN-
/ ecutiVe committees and that the sll-
| Yer question be voted on nj such elec.
| tlon. And further that the state nom
| mailing convention be called to meet
| August Is, ana that delegates to said
convention be chosen at such time
after July as might be fixed by the
various county executive committees.
! The Hun substitute was defeated
yeas II. nnys II.
Committeeman Garden OF Dallas sub
mitted the substitute following for the
Wear resolutions:
LIST. That primary election be held
In each regular voting precinct In the
state on Saturday, the sixth day OF
June 1896, to determine the sentiment
of the Democratic party of Texas upon
tho money question.
I'd. Said election shall be held In con-
| formlty with aud under the state cleo
ton laws Of the state of Texas both
ms applied to regular state elections
and to primary elections. except M
herein otherwise provided.
30. The ballots used AZ Eaid election
shall have printed or written on them
( the following wurtlns' HFus himetal-
ism" that Ia, for the free coinage OF
both gold and silver at the ratio OF l6
to l. Against bimetelliHm," and for
the single gold standard. that IL,
against the free coinage of silver at tho
ratio of 10 to !,
4th. The regular Democratic precinct
chairman shall be the presiding Judge
in each precinct. and he shall select
necessary clerks and four additional
Judges to act with him In holding said
election; two of said Judges shall be In
favor OF the free coinage OF silver and
two In favor OF the single gold stand
ard II practicable to secure Judges Of
such belief, provided that all Judges
and clerks shall be Democrats. said
Judges and clerks shall before opening
the polls he sworn by some officer au-
thorized 10 administer oatha TO hold
said election in accordance with the
laws OF Texas and the rule herein set
forth and declared by this committee.
9Th. Said Judges shall open and close
the polls OF said election At the hours
prescribed for holding regular state
elections and shall count the votes In
conformity with the state laws and
shall make out returns Of said cleo
lions which shall show the total num-
her OF votes cast, the number for BIZ
metalllsm and the number against:
such returns shall be forwarded within
1--WE days TO tho chairman of the county
democratic committee, who shall with
In five days select committee of three
well known Democrats. at least one OF
whom shall be opposed to the free
coinage OF silver, and In tho presence OF
and by the assistance OF this committee
he shall tabulatc the votes from hts
county. After said votes have been
counted he shall make out duplicate
returns and send the original to tho
chairman OF the state Democratic ex- /
ccutive committee, who shall carefully
preserve the returns OF each county
and deliver them TO the state Demo-
cratic convention, which convention Il
shall count the returns and declare
the result OF said primary election,
and when 80 declared VIC recommend
that the result shall be accepted IA
the sentiment Of the Democratic party
IN Texas and settlement OF the silver
issue within the party In this state.
and that the delegates to tile national
Democratic convention shall be in
strucied TO east the vote OF Texas In
accordance with the poll of the ma
jorlty vote as shown by said election.
9Th. At sail election all Democratic
conservative citizens, Irrespective OF (
paat political associations and differ
ences. who viii unite with the party
IN the effort for pure economic and
constitutional government are cor
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