El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-15

II, 1897, at 5 o'clock p. m, in tn
waiting room of the Oriental hotel, i
the city of Dallas, Tex. to answer Gel
tain charges of impeachment as fol
lows, tC-wit:
That without precedent or authorit
you have attemntad to remove frOr
their official positions members of tn
state executive committee, namely
! Geo. w. johnson, ninth senatorial dis
| trict: John G.. Claim. nineteenth sena
| tOrial district: G. w. Smith, twenty
! first senatorial district; A. NJ. Morri
son, tenth senatorial district: w. F
Carter, fourteenth nenatorial district
G. Emanuel, thirteenth senatorial dis
trict.
That said attempted removals by yor
are contrary and in opposition to the
| laws and rules of the said state eXecu-
tive committee, and said attempted re-
mOVals on your part are in opposition
to party precedent and to the rules
and regulations controlling our nation
al re ublican organization precedents.
Your are hereby summoned to appear
before the committee as aforesaid and
show cause why you should not be i'm
tiOn as chairman of the state republi-
can executive committee of Texas.
FERGUSON,
WATSON,
Committee on Citations.
At 455 D. m. Chairman Lyon called
his committee to order aud related
what b ad transpired during the recess
hour. chairman Green has been Civ
en- until ) o'clock to present himself
here and offer defense. He declined
to accept an invitation to come and
preside and he paid no attention to our
citation. - AT SOB p. m. it was announc-
ed that the time had come for work.
Mr.. WATSON offered the following:
Whereas, E. II. r. Green, having
been regularly elected by the requbli
can party in convention Assem- bled at
Fort Worth, Texas, On Sept. 8, 1896,
thereby making him the legal head of
the republican organization of the state
OF Texas: and it therefore being his
duty to protect, maintain ard promote
the welfare of the republican organiza
ton of the state of Texas in its detail
and entirety as created by the people;
and ::
Whereas, I'VE having almost constant
ly since his election shown the DISPOSE
ton to, and by his acts of wholesale
removal of party officers during the
late campaign as we'll as since; said re-
movals consisting of chairmen of the
congressional executive committees,
mem bers of state executive committee
and county chairmen of the various
counties that were regularly elected by
the people; and
Whereas, the said Z. b. r. Green,
hav ng evinced the desire to tear down
rather than build up: to destroy rather
than create: to weaken rather than
stren CITIZEN the organization and con-
sequently the party, and by such acts
stamping himself at once as dislOyal to
the republican organization of the state
of Texas aud the nation, and therefore
being guilty of reasonable acts to the
party and high crimes and Offenses:
and
Whereas. the said E. H. r. Green.
as state chairman, having called a
meeting of the state executive commit
tee to be held at Dallas, Tex. on Oct.
y, 1897, and in obedience thereto the
members of the state executive COM
mittee having assembled al the time
and place designated in the call and
many of them presented themselves
for admission to the floor of the COM
mittee room and having been denied
on the ground that they were not
regular mem bers of the committee,
and that men who were never elected
by the people and had no legitimate
right to a seat on the floor were put in
their places willfully and arbitrarily
by E II. r. Green, contrary to Justice,
equity and party usage, thereby silenc-
ing the voice of the people and prohi-
biting many members of the executive
committee from participating in the
councils of the party: now, therefore,
be it
Resolved. that the said E. H. r.
Green be not sustained in these acts
and that he be condemned therein, and
lastly that it be the sense of this COM
mittee that he be unworthy of filling
the position Of state chairman, aud he
is therefore removed as state chairman
by the act of the state executive COM
mittee, and that the executive commit
tee declare E. II. r. Green i'm
peached as state chairman of the
executive committee of the repu blican
party of Texas, and that the position of
state chairman be declared vacant.
The roll was called and eighteen
votes were recorded in the ffirmative
on the adoption of the resolution.
Mr.. G. Emanuel nomina,e led Hon.
John Grant to fill the uneXpired term
Of chairman caused by the removal of
Hon. E. II. r. Green. This was the
81 gnal for a demonstration in favor of
DIR. Grant. The partisans of that
gentleman cheered Justify. He was
elected without opposition. receiving
Ell ghteen votes, according to the an
nouncement of the ballot by the Sec
Mr.. WATSON again secured recogn;-
tion and offered the following:
Resolved, that in our newly elected
chairman of the republican state ex-
ecutive committee, Hon. John Grant,
we have secured for the republican
party of Texas the official services of a
man who has heretofore sacrificed his
time and means to the up-building of
strong and vigorous party organization
in Texas, and who will in the future
with all the honesty and courage and
for which he is poted use
his utmost endeavors to make the
republican party of Texas an honor to
our national party, the pride of the
OF Texas and the fear of all
other political parties and isms. We
give him heartfelt fealty and promise
to uphold and sustain him in this
patriotic work. We give to the repub-
licans of Texas the mao who has al
ways stood close to their hearts, the
beloved leader, Hon. John Grant.
This was also adopted without dis
senting vote.
On motion a committee WAS anDoint-