The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-12

smashed one or two fellows, but. for
tunately, brought no blood. The bolt
front of Cain kept Thompson off tn,
stand, however, and he was compelled
to hang out on next TO the top step.
| While Cain was belaboring those neal
him with his stick the negroes that hat
| followed the Statesman reporter up from
| the left hand side were thirsting for bat
tie and began swarming across the mar
row rostrum, hitting at everything il
| sight. The reporter, who had a few mo
, ments before desired to be IN the push
was now sorry of his position. But, sue
! cessfully lodging the many flying fists, he
saw the Thompson crowd routed from
the stand in confusion, while Cain picked
up the mallet and began playing q
rat-a-tat on the table.
In the meantime the mob on the floor
which had been imbued with pugilistiC
ambitions, also began humping one an,
other at lively rate, while yells OF
fight" fight" made few timid
individuals hustle downward as fast as
they could. Down to the right of the
stand Jesse Aldridge and Prof. A. L.
Storms had an encounter that laid all
others in the shade. They made one or
two swipes through the atmosphere at
one another, while those in the immediate
vicinity fairly yelled with delight. While
thNs N'lc III tic llllISl VI l1tlT luIl SUI
geant Montgomery and Sheriff White
dashed through the crowd, scattering it
like chaff before the wind, and grabbing
the contestants by the collar vanked them
out of the hall in short order. Sheriff
White yelled that if there was to be any
lighting there he was going to do it him
self.
This Quoted the fighting feeling, though
it didn't stop the yelling by any means,
and for the next - minutes the room
fairly vibrated with the uncarthly din
that the negroes kept up.
AS soon as anything like order could
be secured around the desk, McGar, be-
fore doing anything else, moved to make
the temporary organization permanent,
which was carried with Il whoOp.
On his motions there was then q com
mittee of three on credentials and also
a committee of nine on resolutions APP
pointed, both committees repairing at
once for work.
While these committees were out Nc
Gar came round on the rostrum and tried
to help preserve order, while Chairman
Gains gavel first, and then his walking
stick, was keeping up perfect rat-tat-
too on the table.
This humping on the desk was kept
up for at least 10 minutes by Cain, while
McGar frequently called on the sergeant
alarms to preserve order and promised
the noisy crowd that if they would keep
still he would tell them something about
their next president. 1t was no use, how
ever. The gang was in a bowling humor,
and like the cur that bays the moon or
the cats that make night hideous while
they commune on back yard fences, this
gang seemed determined to blow their
insides out before they would let up.
In the midst of all this jamboree the
Cain committee of credentials doomed up
at the speakers desk and shouted their
report into his ear to the effect
that they recommended the seating of
all delegations save in the cases of the
counties of Bastrop and Travis, from
which there were contesting delegations.
In these two cases they recommended
the seating of A. j. Campbell's delegation
from Bastrop county and l.. l.. Camp
BELLS from Travis.
The report was adopted unanimously,
though it was out of the question to con
Strue its literal meaning andyseat anybody
as the room was nothing now but a with
ing mass of humanity.
The committee to recommend delegates
TO the st. Louis convention and one elect
II came in ut this moment and made their
'eport, also naming Hugh Hancock and
Paul Frickie as delegates to the st. Louis
and L. l.. Campbell and Will
Dwyer as alternates. They named j. w.
Burke as elector for the Ninth district.
The report was adopted unanimously.
Awaiting the arrival of the committee
N resolutions, Colonel Kincaid concluded |
hat he would do some push" work him
self. Accordingly he braced his shoulder |
ntO the back of Il big, burly negro who |
vas standing on the rostrum near Chair |
nan Cain and sent him hustling into the |
Thompson crowd, which was standing on |
he steps to the right of the rostrum. As |
he 250-pound image of darkness was |
hustled down on this gang it knocked |
hem off the steps like rows of tenpins |
nd occasioned additional confusion.
COLONEL III. l.. Storm was standing on
he top step of the rostrum quietly COM
nuning with himself, and gas jet that |
vas fixed on the top of two-fOot gas |
'ipe on top of the desk and which his arm
vas gently encircling at the time. Storms
mouth had been lovingly closed over the
ct for some time, and as his eyes had
egun to assume Il far off look it was easy
o presume that having blown off all
lis wind in his yelling campaign of few
minutes ago he was now filling up on gas.
As above stated, Storm was passive
,hen Kncaid made his onslaught, but
With the first rush of the enemy, Storms
uick ear caught their advance and his
rm frightened around that gas pipe with
grip of death. He yelled out to the
nemy that he was there to stay and he
efed them About this time there was
rack-the lead pipe gave way and where
vas Storms? Ask of the gang below.
lie made a beautiful rainbow bend from
he top of that stand down through the
Xcited crowd to the floor, some 10 feet
GLOW, landing on his head and alone in
is glory, save for the lead pipe which
,as still clutched in his hand. His rapid
light from the stand had out distanced
is friends by some half minute, but as
Iincaid was still busy on the stand his
riends soon followed. They came down
4 hurry when they once got started
nd reached Storm just as he was about
D rise. Their presence was of no assist
nee to Storm, and his PROSTATE form
,as simply stumbling block to them,
he instantaneous result being that all
;ent down in heap. Storm and the
,ad pipe being under the bottom. Every
ody was soon righted, however, and
torn returned the two feet of gas pipe
, the desk with rather an injured look
II his face.
BY this time the committee on resolu-
ons put in an appearance. but prior to
caring from them the following resolu
on, offered by w. L. MADISON, was