The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-29

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Ar sEA
As 10 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
They Won't Tut Oat ~ Ticket. hut
They Desire 10 Hars,onise
Discordnnt Elements,


present were Judge Lock Mcdaniel Major
c. u. Peck. Elliott Tracy, Seth Il. s,roas.
l.. $, Fawcett and Others Richard Allen
J. s. Tibbett, Bill Davis, w. H. Shaw, Van
Mckinney, G. n, Love and other leaders
among the colored wing of the party were
also present
juuge Lock MCDANIEL called the meeting
to order and stated the object 10 be 10 or
gantxe for future action He referred TO
the fact that the.demucratic primaries had
practically disenfranchised the republican
voters and stifled their roics In the choice
for candidates FOR municipal Offices He
said that as the primaries were tautamount
to an election, u simply meant that the re-
publicans OF Houston had absolutely no
voice In the selection of city officers. He
referred to the fact that the factioual
fights in the republican party locally had
practically destroyed Its strength. and the
thing TO do now was to reorganize,
He then read the following cali:
Houston Texas, March l5-SWe. the un-7
dersigned republicans OF the city OF HoGs-
ton. believing that the present is a favor
able time for the organization of the repub-
lican party in this city, hereby call on AZ
loyal republicans. without regard to their
past fractional affiliations. To join with us
in organizing our party In Houston, through
the action OF a mass convention TO be held
ut Market hall, Monday, March IS. at s
o'clock p. M, by ciecting an executive com
mittee OF the republican party In said city.
and II chairman and secretary OF said conn
mittee.
All persons now c,aiming TO constitute
such committee and to be the chairman and
secretary of said committee are requested
to mlinquish all such claims and Join IN
this call, and on said day, at said conven-
ton, participate In It's deliberations there
by contributing to the proper organization
o; and placing our party In this city prop
erly before the world.
Let us each and all lay aside our personal
ambitions and interest. and subordinate the
same to the common good. Respectfully.
Lock Mcdaniel
Elected Chairman City Executive Commit
tee in 1896
Charles w. wilson
Elected Chairman City Executive Repuh-
lican Committee in 1895
J. s. Tibbitt.
President Central COMMITTEES City Associap
ton, and about fifty others.
On motion S. n. Tracy was selected
chairman of the meeting and escorted to.
the chair by Major Peck and Mr.. Tibbitt
In introducing Mr., Tracy Judge Mcdaniel
took occasion TO say that thirty years ago
the name OF Elliot Iracys father would
have been hailed with such applause as to
shake the rafters of the building. Coloael
j. G. Tracy was republican in Houston
at time when 1t tried mems souls to In
'
worthy son OF worthy sire.
Mr.. Tracy very gracefully thanked tho
meeting for the compliment
Or. Dibble was selected tecretary.
j. S. Tibbitt moved that the chair appoint
a committee OF five or seven TO recommend
names for an executive committee for the
city, with representation from the different
wards.
Richard Allen favored selecting such u
committee to recommend chairman aud
secretary for the executive committee. Dut
he thought In the interest OF harmony II
would be best to let each ward select Is
own members He offered this suggestion
as an amendment to Mr. lihbitts' motion.
s. A. Solomon favored harmonlzing tte
party by whatever method would prove the
most feasible. He thought Richard Al
lens plan a good one.
Judge Mcdaniel said this was the first
time In thirty years he had ever been
where there was no regularly organized
republican party and where 1t had 10 be |
built up from the ground. He wanted TO
know by what authority the committee WAS
to be selected by wards and what was the |
precedent for II. This was not n eonyen- I
ton but simply mass meeting. II the [
WIS to he selected by wards
then how many from each ward, etc.2
Van Mckinney said there were already !
two or three chalrmen In each ward, and |
when conventions were called there were
as many contcstlng delegations from each |
ward.
Mr.. Shaw said there was already Oh.
republican executive committee selected 1
about two weeks ago, and he wanted to |
know how matters were TO be reconcled.
c. n. Love wanted to know how this
meeting was TO do away with the executive
committee that was selected al meeting
In this hall some two weeks ago. This
was stll in existence and he did |
not know how the situation WAS to no I
reconciled.
Solomon said he knew what he wanted.
He wanted to obliterato all factional lines, |
He wanted no more lilly whiteg" no more I
black and tans," but a general reorgsni~ |
,ation OF the republican party. embracing /
III factions and all classes. white and black. I
rhe local party was now sailing Without
rudder with dozen or more pilots at /
10 direct Its course 10 subserve /
their own ends. He referred to the recent
ii Indignation OF the party and went on TO /
recite his experience at the Fort Worth I
convention at some length, TIL he was (
called down by Or. Max Urwtz. who called /
attention to the fact that II WAS getting
late and that there were no lights or street /
ears and the meeting had no time to listen |
10 long ssrmons. DIR. urwitz moved as
substitute that the chairman appoint at ]
his leisure committee OF siA TO take steps
10 reor2anize the party
Judge Mcdaniel said he understood that |
there was already county organization
nut that there was no city organization |
and had not been one for years.
Bill Davis said he thought this meeting |
was for the purpose Of christening a new
republican baby and marching on to VIC
tory.
Chairman Tracy asked the indulgence OF I
The meeting to say that in his opinion thes
,nly way 10 achieve success was through |
harmony, and that the only way 10 secure
harmony was TO get the different leaders
together and get them to relegate their po-
sitions back to the people aud start at the |
bottom.
Major Peck offered as a substitute that |
This meeting select chairman and secrc.
iary al once.
The substitute motion OF Dr. Urwitz was
carried
Richard Allen said II had been rumored |
that one of the objects OF this meeting was |
% put out a city ticket, hut he thought II 1
was too late for thls. aud he thought that I
IN hat could be done was TO organize and I
go fishing on election day He favored |