The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-27
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.
Detailed Report of the Proceedings of
the Fort Worth Convention.


While the convention was slated to
meet ut 8 o'clock the delegates were slow
in assembling and it was 10 O'Clock
when Chairman Johnson raped for
order.
The credentials committee made their
report, reporting no contests and proVld-
ing for written proxies where not pro-
hibited by counties interested.
The permanent organization commit
tee reported, recommending Coon Potter
for permanent chairman, A. NJ. Kennedy
for permanent secretary and the usual
order of nominations. Both reports
| adopted.
Mr.. Potter assumed the chair and
made lengthy speech, touching on every
| issue that has been raked over in this
| financial campaign. Most of his speech
was q repetition of camapign literature,
| but he took occasion to touch on the fact
| that if there was a ring managing the
| partys interests, as had been charged by
unfriendly factions, that the party would
clear itself of the ''ring" without their
| assistance, He said that they could
clear any disruption in the party by call
| ing on Reagan. Culberson, Lanham,
| Hogg, Bailey and Mills Each name was
| greeted with cheers, but when Hogs
| name was mentioned the crowd yelled
| for two minutes at the top of their voice
and were quoted with difficulty.
| The platform committee not being
ready to report, Joe Bailey was called
on for speech and delivered himself on
| the subject of the silver issue, saying
| that he had prophesied the success OF
the issue at the Austin convention, ana
now the enemies of silver could not
count six states in the United States
| that were theirs, and even these were
| doubtful His speech was delivered in
| n very solemn and impressive manner
| and excited one old delegate so much
| that he wept and prayed to God that he
! would help the cause of silver MIR.
| Bailey put himself on record as favoring
| doing missionary work among populists
| to get democrats out of their fold, but
| did not want any but democrats who had
wandered into that fold. lie sad there
| were some republicans and some popu-
| lists in the democratic ranks. He want
| ed to swap them over to the populists
| and republicans for democrats they are
holding in bondage.
| He was about to conclude when some
| body yelled out, "HOw about BryanE'
| Bailey turned and with n flash of the eye
and frightening of color hurled forth
| that anybody who said he was not sup
| porting the democratic ticket was. a
| liar" that for thirty days past he had
pech MolhiiS IN In aau ne ~ ~" hon,6orat;c
allu monty III ,hc dnmau y, ,me snool,;ng
Iichct WHiif i;,,' md trrirg to cues
uloull! 'iliili tns nh H. 81" hor,nnr,t;c nartv
| The crowd cheered him rOundly and
| yelled that they were with him.
| Il. NJ. johnson moved to hear from
| Roger O. Mills. The vote was put and
ouant;Ua, Nv, In zinc half Tho convention
slte'S ~. i ii'' hin, ~, +bo orounds
,o'c usai,'S. ',ras,nd i tbnt bn was
t u.s. So.''t o iI;r,l, into +bn silver hand
| us W
| "n ;,si o,uo1 M >r;us T., +ho s+ond
h inG ori'i h,t nv bn y,a1, NOT in tbo boli
SoMeEel, uu. "S nc muo "o On III on nj, adj
! ,lu'aa th" aomynnt;nn in a chorocter-
aItsSeu 'me ront t;o unonoh =" '''''
''t Tbo ,'n nI, tf"n, cnmmitton baino still out
another attempt to get Mills was made,
but the crowd Eclleu Tor Al'1rhey Yen,
eral crane ana Ill reSpohse ne liaue
speech. X. I. Degraiiehrleu also spoke
| by request: ,.r
| The platform COMMITTEES sun pelns OUT
| at noon, the regular 0ruer Oh business IS
nIntfnrm tirst was SUSPENDED, and nomi-
nations for state officers were declared
| in order.
Pending any nominations. the resolu-
| ton was adopted inviting Bryan and
| Sewall to visit Dallas in October during
| the fair and do some missionary work.
Some members of the convention OBJ
! icctcd TO any nominations before the
odoption of the platform and pressed for
| time. resulting in throwing the conven-
tion in thr widest confusion for ten
| minutes or more. and the band finally
| had TO plny TO get any order.
In the confusion the motion was put
and the chair declared the convention
nd iourned until / 70 n. m.
;Tbe convention was rc-conycned Mt .
o'clock and the uniform committee made
its renort
rrbe nl,tform will hc found in full in
another coIumn
tThn rlotfor,, v.,. odontoJ without do
boto and u,itbant onnosition
SMITH NOMINATES CULBERSON.
Nominations for state officers being
next in order. Sneaker Tom Smith of Hill
county mounted the stand and placed
Chos A. Culbcrson's name before fine
convention for the coycrnorshp. sneak
ing rs foIl0ws.
TON SMITHS 81 E,,. NOM
ING CULBERSON.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventional becomes my pleasure now
to place before you the gentleman whom
the people of Texas will elect as their