El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
GREENS
METHODS
Again ExempIified In the
Bexar County Con-
vention.
OUTRAGEOUS ACTS
Will Be Given the Treatment
They Deserve As Soon As
the Whole Party Has a
Chance To Sit.

Special Correspondence OF the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. What is
true of the publican county conven-
tion at Austin, is also true of the Bexar
county convention held in this city lass
Saturday. The HERALD'S account OF
the former, as published Tuesday. with
the names Of the principals changed, +,
would accurately hit the latter.
Here DR.. G. G. Clifford. the post
master, and DR.. Fred Terrell. deputy
United States internal revenue col
lector, were the convent tiOn. They
rented Beethoven hall and when the
hour for opening the convention arrived.
Policemen McCauahan Scott, Bonnett,
Thompson and RAffee, Detective B j.
Crowther and Special Policeman Buck
Hice Qate of Ell Psso) behind them.
Ooly those delegates whose precinct
chairmen were Green men were admit
ted and the Hawley men were stood of.
After all the Green men ta1 entered
the hall, il WAS then announced that
the Hawley men coul1 enter the ga.
lery ''ss spectators" by way of an OUT
side stair and policemen were then
sta ioned at the foot Of the balcony
stairs inside the hall to prevent any of
the SPECTATORS coming down o5to the
floor.
This latter precausion was not nec.s-
sary, however, rs the Hawleyi.es did
not desire to "spectate" aud after
waiting for awhile they went away aud
held . convention OF their own. Be-
fore they left, however, one Of their
number, little negro, named Boone.
tried to force his way into the hall and
received a resounding crack over the
head from Detective Cro~ther's billy.
Inside the hall everything was
serene. Doctors Clifford and Terrell.
Col E. b. Terrell, uncle of the latter,
and ChHs W. Ogden were cit" They
had everything their way and their
Col. Terrell had the resolutions in his
pocket. DR.. Clifford had the list of
state delegates ready.
The state convention will be run this
way, If local political prognosticators
are not away off in their prediction.
The supposed program is that MIR.
Green and his executive committee.
now all Green men. will meet here this
week and seat all the Green delegs.
tions and when the time for opening
she big chow rolls around the gates
will be shut on all except thoss wear.
ing the Green tag.
Some of the Hswley ties favor secur.
ing a batterinR ram and entering
anyhow, but the more conservative
favor holding another ccnvepticn.
B Beethoven hall, as teleeraohei the
HERALD Monday, has been secured for
this purpose and there will witnout
doubt be two state conventions wish
the result that two state ct airmen will
be put out.
The Green people expect this move
but declare that they can furnish
Hanna with the most campaigu money
aud win out but the Hawley people are
confident that they will be at once
recog nized by the national committee.
The Green people want to see the
natiooal committee hold sloof from the
fight until the next nationAl couveu-
tion, leaving the two factions alone to
fight 1t, but "if they do this," ssid q
Green lieutenant to q HERALD man.
"wha. we will do to the Hawley people
in that time will be plenty. We have
the dough aud money talks -