El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-16
counties and push the

believe it is q good thing for this local
| ity of the west and I'm in favor of it.
There is no use of US going before that
convention where few of us are entitled
to seats and wasting talk. We must
act "
The chair in fervid speech said
that the caucus should act. and do all
that was possible under the circum-
stances Notwithstanding the fact that
the cards had been stacked against
those present.
"W;; j. Fewel was moved to talk
some himself.
"He charged openly and above board
that Magoffin had deliberately made
his appointments to defeat the state
| hood scheme, which those present
| were furthering.
81 make the charge boldly" said
he, ''and without fear of contradic-
| ton"
Leigh Clark said by those present at
| tending the convention they would
make joke of themselves.
On motion of M. w. Stanton the con-
vention went into secret executive ses-
sion. All persons not fsvOring the
| statehood scheme we're requested to
withdraw. DIR. Yandell and several
others complied.
The motion of Judge Crosby to at
tend the convention at the court house
was tabled as soon as the executive
session ended.
On motion a com mittee of three, con.
sisting of w. j. Fewel, 0. l.. Nichols
and NJ. w. Stanton was appointed 10
select an executive committee.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The names of the executive commit
mitteemen follows:
: w. w. Gstewood, II. II. Fitzpatrick,
Il af-<
P. Dieter. ). }. Freudenthal, Robert
Campbell, Don Kedzie, A. K. Albers,
Richard Hudson, Felix Martinez, J. a.
Mahoney, j. w. Fleming, A. q. Fall,
A. Krakauer, A. j. Eagan. M. w.
Stanton. ---J
On motion of Major Fewel the ex-
ecutive committee was authorized IT, Sc
lect eight other names from other coun-
ties and add them to the list. They
were empowered to issue an address to
call a mass convention when they zee
the necessity for the same and push the
new statehood scheme.
A resolution was presented by w. w.
GatewOod and unanimously adopted
that the call by the Times for the con-
Vention to meet at the court house at
2:5O o'clock this afternoon was not su-
thorized by the majority of the signers
of the original call and therefore in
valid,
A number of new statehood delegates
and spectators Assem- bled at the district
court room this afternoon and held q
Judge Crosby was elected chairman
called the gathering TO order at 2.30,
o'clock, and after doing 30 made g
speech similar tc the one delivered
before the new statehood convention at
the custom house this morning.
COURT HOUSE MEETING.
The meeting at the court house, held
by the sppointees, who it is charged
were selected because they opposed
the new state scheme was q complete
farce in every sense OF the word.
Park w. Pitman was elected secre-
tsry. The roll was called by counties
but there were no answers received
until Ell Paso was called when there
we're few responses. Charley Patter-
son had the proxy OF one Rev. Adams
OF Preside county in his inside pocket
and presented it.
The committee on credentials report
ed a portion of the Ell Paso city and
county delegation present; that one man
from Presidio county be accorded one
vote each and it was so ordered
The report follows:
Ell PASo. Texas, March Is, '99.
To the Hon. j. F. Crosby, Texas
Chairman.
Sir: Your committee on credentials
and basis of representatives respect
fully represent that we find the follow
ing delegates presen: from the city of
Ell Paso:
J. F. Crosby, F.. B. Sexton, DR.. F.
w. Gallagher, Chas. Davis, T. A. Fal-
81. Burgess. From Ell Paso county, w.
M. Coldwell, Park w. Pitmsn, W.
Kemp.
We also find Preside Co. Tex re.
presented by Chas. B. Patterson who
holds q proxy from said county and
We recommend he be recognized as
such.
We recommend that Ell Paso city de-
legation be accorded one vote. Ell PasO
county delegation one vote and Presi-
dio county delegation one vote. We
have received no credentials from any
delegation from auy other county in
Texas or any county in Arizona or New
Mexico.
Respectfully submitted.
VIM. III. burgess,
T. A. FALvEY,
p. +. EDWARDS.
The mayor invited those present to
bassadOr in special train to the site
of the new dam. The deviation was
accepted.
RESOLUTION.
Judge COldwell offered the following
resolution which was adopted after dis
cussior.
Be it resolved that it is neither
practicable, expedient nor desirable
to state a new state or territory out OF
territory detached from Texas New
Mexico and Arizona, and that as there
is not full representation from the
counties invited to send delegates that
this meeting adjourn sine die.
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