The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-21

1921 - whole party in the State.
1 s commAttee consists OF one member |
, raon eacn senatorial district, and that
memDer ID. according to party law anil
usage, the man who IL elected nv the
peopie a. the chairman Of the senatorial |
executive committee. He y elected IN |
no oy the people Of his districs a. sena : |
toaa! chairman and by virtue OF such Of |
nce becomes member Of the state ex- |
sou''se committee, and a. there are thirty |
v1 senatorial districts, the State COM |
m ,,s consists Of thirty-one ruembcrs.
LnaL committee in session constitutes the |
cOurt 81 last resorts for the State Marty
ne nignest power is vested In that COM |
mrtee. The presiding oficar, or chairman
ol mat committee, IL elected at the State |
convenuon every two years, and his POWERS |
are fixed and limited. II will be known |
That the power IL solely vested In the com
httee and not In the chairman. He 10 |
simply the presiding OFFICER OF that body |
ana US such executes its will, and not |
his own
The members Of the committee are not
elected at the same time nor place the |
otate chairman Is, and are absolutely free |
from his domination or control. Tho execu-
tive committee in session can entertain |
and receive charges against any officer
OF the party and for cause can remove any
onicer OF the State organization, but not
without. The chairman il not member
OF the executive committee having no vote
except In case Of tie. majority Of that
committee can remove ore Of its own mem.
bers, but the State chairman can not even
for cause. A majority Of the State COM
nflftee can depose or remove the State
chairman. but the State chairman can not
remove or modest any Of them. Nor can
the State chairman remove or modest any
other officer Of the party, either high or
low. The State committee can remove.
after charges are preferred and the ac-
cused given hearing, but not before. |
Contests that may arise over the election
OF members OF the State committee must
be settled by the uncontested members
of the State committee while in session,
but can not be decided by the State chair |
man.
The State chairman has nothing to say
as to who constitutes the executive COM
| mittee, as that committee shall consist
Of those men who are elected in their own
senatorial districts. as the chairman Of
that district. II the State chairman had
the right to depose one Of the mombers
of the State committee, he would by that
act disorganize the senatorial district from
which the member came, and would leave
| the senatorial executive committee without
chairman. No such power is nor ever
| has been vested in the State chairman. and
the assumption OF such power or right is
without authority and can not and will
usage. If the State chairman had the
| right, of his own vOlition or motion, to
| Unfortunately remove party officers, then
| indeed, State chairman could remove
| all his enemies and supplant them with
his friends, and thus control the organiza-
| ton, thereby perpetuating himself IN
power indefinitely. Again, II the people
elect and he has the right to remove their
choice, then they really have at last no
| voice in the matter. Or II State chair
| man was for Reed and there were a ma
| tority of the party officers for Mckinley,
| he could remove all the Mckinley mon
| and supplant them with Reed men, and
thereby completely subvert the will Of the
people and set up his own instead there
| by changing the entire complexion Of the
organization, Hence 1t will be seen II
that power was granted State chairman,
| it would be useless to elect any officer
| but him. as indeed, the other officers would
be subject to his will, AMI he might there
fore as we'll appoint those who suited
| him at first.
The senatorial executive committee is
| formed by the election Of one member
| from each county in the district and the
chairman from the district at large. The
| district is under the control OF that COM
| mittee, and not the chairman. The county
committees are composed by the election
of one member from each precinct and the
! chairman of the county at large The coun-
| ty committee Aas control OF affairs In the
[ county the senatorial committee has con-
troll Of affairs pertaining to the election
| of senators in that district and the con-
gressional committee has charge OF affairs
over the election of congressman. ETC.
Each has it's specific rights and powers
| under it's own Jurisdiction and can not be
| interfered with. so long as they act con-
sistently and do their duty. In none or
| the committees mentioned had the chair
man the right or power to remove mem
| hers thereof but all the committees have
that power. Hence it will be seen that
the chairmcn of all the commit ees are
but the presiding officers and that the
power of creating vacancies rests and re-
mains in the committees, and not IN the
chairmen. With that explanation we VIII
now proceed to take up anu uiseS' lho
Dallas meeting.
For a considerable time, reaching back
10 and during last campaign, the then state
chairman. E. H. r. Green, has induiged
in the apparent pastime OF removing con-
Qressional, senatorial and county chairmeh.
During the last campaign such @stioh on
his par. created undue disturbance IN thc
lseyerai localities, costing us perhaps thou-
sands -; votes, Since that time 1t has
continued at intervals and as 81 result
MANY of our counties have had two VINO
claim To he the chairman; enc elected py
the people and one designated by MT.
Green. The same Is SO In one or more
congressional districts and the late meet
inc at Dallas disclosed the attempted re-
moyal by Mr.. Green OF seven OF the mem
beers of the State executive COMMITTEES
and In their stead others were placed:
Prior to the election OF Mr.. Green last
fan all the county, senatorial and con-
eressional chairmen had been elected at
The same conventions at which the dele
gates we're selected who created MIN. He
was therefore the official product OF the
same people who created the other chair-
men After his election. the names Oh the
various senatorial, congressional and coun-
ty charmen were sent into the state cam
n.ien headquarters at Dallas. and official
Lists we're made Of all the various classes
~ chairmen These were issued 10 the
various bureaus conducting the campaign
by him. The men on those lists We're then
L -. ainna rpCnRnlXSn as INC