El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS

As stated in Cd address to you, issued
by US ON August 9th, 1900, the purposes
for which this committee was organized
were to prevent, If possible, the evil
dent intent of E. n. r. Green and his
followers to disrupt hi party, N /
elect as state chairman q man whose
endeavors would be directed te~arcs
the upauilding OF the party Ard fur
thering its interests.
The un warranted and unjust action
OF the executive committee at San An
tonic in deposinR seven bers of the
committee for no other reason than
tnas they we're not In accord with Mr..
Green indicated shat at the coming
state convention to be held on Septem-
Der 18Th, representation would only be
granted to those who would follow
blindly the wishes Of the Green-Mc-
Donald ~people-aud refused to those
opposed to them without regard to
right or justice.
by the executive committee to issue
his call for q state con vention to meet
1t San Antonio on September 18th,
1900. Under the rules governing our
party this call should have been Issued
not less than thirty days before the
date set for n meeting OF the coz
vention. This has not been done, %
the call issued by Chairman Green,
while bearing date of August 9th, as q
matter of public nctoriety. was not
published until August 21st, only
twenty eight days before the date of
he convention. In the call 90 Issued
tho Unauthorized by the executive
committee, there are provisions that
all county conventions.called pursuant
to said call must rave been held after
not less than ten days notice of the
holding of such
conventions and not lees than fifteen
days before the meeting of she state
convention on September 18th. 1t
does not take q mathematical mind to
ascertain that it is Q physical impossi-
bility for those conventions to be held
in many counties in the state after
receipt of the notice or coll Irum LAe
Grsnde and in the a Handle will
not receive copies OF this call for W
eral days aud If the provisions of the
call are enforced strictly by the execu-
tive committee the republican party in
these portions of the state will be en-
tirely without representation.
Copies of this call bad been placed in
the hands of some Of Green's friends
prior to its publication and issue, and
conventions have been called In q num-
Der of counties before this calls was
iesued.
It is our suggestion that notwithstau-
ding these provisions in the call limit
Ing the time within which these c0un-
ty' conventions can be held, and not
with standing the unwarranted delay In
the issuance OF said call, 1t Is proper
that conventions should be held as
nearly as possible complying with the
terms Of the call.
AS outlined in our previous address
to you We believe 1t to be the purpose
of the Green people to AXE advantage
of every technicality in refusing re
presentation to deleR ations opposed to
them, and we deem is proper to advise
the county organizations throughout
the state to conform as nearly as
practicable to the provisions of the all.
For reasons that are no doubt we'll
known to the republicans of Texas, Is
is In our opinion most expedient that
all county conventions throughout the
state should be held IN or about the
snme day, and under no oiroumstan-
ces should they be held later than
September Sra.
The state ebairna al In his call in
effect insists that credentials should
De sent to him at Terrell, Texas, by
stating that all contests must be filed
with him not later than September
llth. We recommend to officials of
all county convention that creden-
tials be made out In triplicate, one
copy being sent to the state chairman
AS instructed, aud the others retained
so that when the state convention
meets there q be no mistak e made by
reason OF the loss of the original
credentials.
1t is our desire to do only those
things which will correct the evils
which at present affect our party, to
bring about harmony and to advance
Its interests.
The Hawley campaign committee,
HENRY TERRELL chairman.
w T. BURNS.
HENRY G. FERGUSON,
G. A. BOYNTON,
Q. A. LYON,
Committee.
San Antonio, Aug. 25th, 1900.