The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-09
lanes Y. LEA NOMINATED.
The Democratic Candidate for Grim
inal Distric Attorney.
CONVENT ION IN HOUSTON YESTERDAY
The Delegates Who Participated In
Brief md TIM n imOus Proceedings.
The Permanent officers.

| The convention to nominate a dem
ocrat.c candidate for criminal district at
| torney for the district created out of Gal
| weston and Harris counties was called tc
order in the city council chamber yester-
day morn o. at II o'clock, when full dee.
| cations from both counties were press nj
and nominated Judge James V. Lea ot thi:
city by a unanimous rising vote. I he pre-
oeedings were as follows
Chairman b. A. Riesner called the con
ing the first business in order would be
| the selection OF a temporary chairman
Judge Sam Il. Perryman nominated iioI.
ii. J. Labatt of Galveston for that pos
ton and there being no Opposition, taat
| sage oil democracy assumed the pesitlOu,
| arasped ths savel anu III Dr!el speech, III
wAIon Io thanked The dciegdies Tor lie
homo. conferred ON him, set a pace VIII h
| Resulted III The work Oh thu convention ue-
Ing concluded IN ABOUT ten lnlnute~. ne
| sal1 temporary secretary Was ~ DC &c.
Iecteu Tor the urSt order UI Dusihess,
whereupon W. h. TURNKEY, also OF Caves
! ton, Was nominated anu unanimously
eiected.
Judge Sam K. Perryman OF Harris county
and James Prendergast OF Gaives,on Mers
appointed as committee OH oredelt.a 3
| ana permanent organization with ms rue
| lions By the chairman TO report in III. ee
minutes.
Judge Perryman read the following
| nameu delegates from Harris county as
entitled to seats in the conventions.
T. u Lubbock, Jack Kennedy, VIM.
llumphreyvlle G. II. Klein, j. S. Stewart
j. G. Matthews, Stafford Smith, Geors
Jones, H. A. kiesner, b. Lloyd Fl. b.
Zine, J. j. Hussey, Thomas Martin. Il. NJ.
Bowers. G. c. Reichardt, Jacob Hllpoid
j. &. Blackburn, VIM Schultz, S. X.
Perryman, Oscar Smell, VIM. Baugh, w. 4.
Coraon and C., NJ. Brown.
James Prendergast read the names of
those entitled to seats from Galveston
county as follows:
Thomas Goggan w. f. TURNKEY, Frei
eiloor, Thomas Burns, Charles Jordan, J
C. Kelso, George f. Horst George E. Coll,
James Walsh, Tom Donely, Ed Huston,
II. j. Labatt, Fort Smith. Mat Coffey Nj.
BLOCK, John Grothgar. j. Harrison, +. X.
Lea, II. Charles Hume, Z. r.. Hiegel, Fl
.. Shaw. d. G. Kelley, Charles j. Stubs.
Joe Matt. y Reagan. August Stauffaeher,
Robert Weber. All Hawkins, 4. Lunny.
VIM A. Saunders, James Prendergast
AS a committee on permanent organi7a-
ton Judge Perryman and James Prtnder-
CAST recommended that the temporary eff
GERS be made permanent. which met with
the unanimous consent OF the convention.
Chairman Labatt thanked the conven-
tion briefly and patriotically referred to
the seeming trend of events pointing to
the Lees OF our country. mentioning the
fact that the gallant Fitzhugh Lee had b: en-
selected by the president of the United
a tet L.,
the armies against Spain in conjunction
with the son of General L. s. Grant and
others and that the democrats Of the dis
trict had agreed on James " Lea as the
man to lead them to victory as a candida
for criminal district attorney, and as there
was no opposition to him he requested tina,
mat gentleman be nominated unanimously
py rising vote. This was done, all rising
with one acco,d
ocratic nominee for criminal district at
'orney Tor Galveston and Harris counties
being loudly called Judge Lisa assembled
me rostrum and said in substance that he
felt almost sure the chairman, and perhaps
some OF the delegates, would be pleased to !
hsten to his talk for few brief hours |
ano wnile ne deplored the disappointment |
10 them he would be brief and simply ex- |
press heartfelt appreciation for the honor |
ana CONFIDENCE conferred and reposed in |
hlm' promising 10 DO his full duty to the
very utmost OF his ability. After ag5in
expressing sincere thanks to the de!eea es !
no said an opportunity would be g.ven all |
10 hear from him on the stump in the In
Ierest OF the democratic ticket.
me brief address received generous an.
pause and the convention procs ede1 tn
,ohciuce its duties by the election of Ban
A. Riesner OF Houston as district chairm,n
md w. +. TURNKEY OF Galveston as di,-
rict secretary.
me convention was declared adjourpei.
ne business having been concluded in Isss
lme than 1t takes to write the pro ,eedlnp.
AFTER the convention the delegates he
anne the guests of Candidate Lea and
we're MADE acquainted with the generors
ma social side of his character.
me nominee. James Vernon Lea was
orn IN Polk. now San Jacint, county
mere he received common school odu,a'
,on' studied law under Judge John ID
',eVeiand at Cold Springs. where he wa,
united 10 The bar in 1874 He served ono
erm IN the legislature from the San Ia.
INTO county district and four wears as die.
10y attorney, which office included in ia
uties the prosecution of criminals He ,lss
erVed quite number Of wears as chair
IAN OF the county democratic eyecu,,r,
''nhii'tee or San Jacnto county. He camo
Houston In 1889. Is A man Of family 80
dS neen nractfring HE -" !