The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-11
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
Court House
City Of Brownsville. Texas,
August Z, 1896.


: Jas. b. Wells, chairman of the demo
cratic executive committee of Cam.
eron county, Texas, published in Tn
: DAILY HERALD, the Democrats Of
Cameron county assembled in Con.
vention in the City of Brownsville
Texas, at the Court House, for the
purpose of selecting and nominating
delegates to the State Convention to
be held on the 18th. day of August
1896 at Forth Worth, Texas, and
delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention and to the District, Legisla-
tive, and Judicial Conventions, also
for the purpose of nominating cam
didates for the different county Off
GERS of this county, and also for the
purpose OF electing chairman for
the Democratic Executive Commit
tee of this county for the ensuing two
years, and such other business as
might properly come before it.
Whereupon the Hon. Jas B. Wells,
chairman of the Democratic -Execu-
tive Committee of Cameron county.
called the convention to order, and
announcing the purpose of the call
of the same.
Whereupon. on motion of Charles
A. Forsythe, duly seconded, Hon.
Thomas Carson was elected perma
nent chairman of the convention.
On motion of the Hon. John I.
Kleiber, Louis kowalski, and Emilio
G. Forto were elected permanent
Secretaries of the convention.
On motion of the Hon. James p.
Wells duly seconded and carried,
committee of ten was appointed b.
the chairman for the purpose of
selecting and nominating delegates
to the State Convention and to the
Congressional, Legislative and Ju-
dioial Conventions, also for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for
the various county officers, and also
TO nominate a permanent chairman
OF the democratic executive commit
tee of tins county.
Whereupon the chairman appoint
ed the following gentlemen, TO wit
James p. Wells. G. NJ. Raphael, &.
4. Forsythe, VIM. j. Russell, NJ.
Alfonso, Jose Garcia Anorga, II. Rey- !
es, Jose Manzano jr., Juan CARA,
and Jose Lopez.
The committee then retired to
consider upon the discharge of their
duties, during the retirement OF the |
committee, the following gentlemen !
addressed the convention on the pol |
itical issues now before the people. |
Mesrrs. Ferguson. Barbour Seabury, |
Champion, Kleiber and Torres.
In due time, the committee au-
neunced as ready to report, and sub
mitted the following as the result OF
their labors:
To the Hon. Thomas carson,
Chairman of the Convention. !
Your committee appointed to Sc
lect democratic county ticket for |
the ensuing election. and to name |
delegates to the different Conven-
tons, State, Congressional, Legisla-
tive and Judicial, to be held, beg to
report as follows.
We suggest the names OF the fol-
lowing gentlemen as Democratic
for the different county |
to wit.
Hon. Thos Carson, for County Judge |
Emilio G. Forto - Sheriff
James A. Browne , Collector
Cara y County Tres
urer
Louis Kowalski ;. District Clerk
Joseph Webb ;, County Clerk
George Champion > Assessor
Casimiro Tamayo ;, Inspector Of
Hides 81 Animals
Celaya ;, County Attorney
Martin Hanson ;, Surveyor
f. II. Goodrich ;, Superintendent
of County schools
George w. Miller ., Justice of the
Peace of Prect
No. ?.
Felipe Cobb for Constable of
Precint No. 2
5. w. Brooks for County Com
missioner Of Pre-
clint No. ,.
For delegates 10 the different con-
ventiOns the committee suggested
the following gentlemen to at
END each and all iof said conv9n- ,
lions, any delegate or delegates
attending any OF said conventions to
cast the entire vote of this county, I
md on all question TO vote as a unit, F.;
o be determined by a majority of
he delegates actually present to
Wit,
James B Wells, VIM. Kelly. G. NJ.
Raphael, NJ. q. Kingsbury, Jno. L. ;
Kleiber, l.. q. Schultz. EN-. House, Of /
Austin, Manned Alonzo, DR.. =. S.
Wolff.
For Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee for the ensu- {
ny two years, James b. Wells, with
power to name the members of the s
Executive Committee. h
Jas. 3. Wells, q. NJ. Raphael, e. a. {
VIM. J. Russell, NJ. Alon- i
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