The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-03
The Two Republican Factions Get Together
Long Enough
10 NOMINATE ". 7. BURNS FOR SENATOR
tive, Then the ola Fight Crops
out in Selecting Chairman.

room at the court house.
This convention was called jointly by
II. C. Ferguson OF Fort Bend and j. X.
Hogan, OF Austin county, each claiming
to be chairman of the district. Ferguson
by election and Hogan by appointment
oi State Chairman Green, but IA the IN
tertst of harmony both agreed tnat tnere
should be no contest and Doth further
-greed that A. Q. Tompklns Of Wallet
snouh call the convention TO order and
preside and in obedience to this agree-
ment a. {. lompkins was made Iempors
AIRY chairman NJ II. A. Smiley of fort
hend temporas secretary, aud on mo
ZION the temporary officers were made
permanent.
Henry Ferguson insisted that he was
chairman OF the Sixteenth senatorial DIS
Irict. and Hogan SAID that ne was
equally certain tnat he was chairman
OF the district. and IN order 10 cement all
diierences tney mad agreed To join in
the call tor this convention. He did not
want the fight now on in the party to
extend to this torial district in or
der TO defeat one of the fsw successful
republican candidates in the State.
hogan, ne said, was present and could
say whether he would agree to the propo-
siticn or not but he asked the delegates
present If they would abide the result
OF the convention, whether Hogan Goa.
scented or not. But" continued Fereu-
son, III Hogan won't agree to be with us.
we W II simply have to ride over him rou h
snod and elect our man" He said he d
Tot think that Hogan would oppose the
acton OF this convention and that there
Was no feeling whatever between him ald
Hogan. He said that all he wanted was
harmony in nominating a senator ana a
gF n 4 uN c., h.
cerned he had no particular desire 10 be
reelected chairman of the district ard
would sacrifice that position for harmony
in nominating successful Candida o. He
wanted to show the National committee
That the colored people of this senatorial
district and this representative district
could nominate candidates whom they
would elect as a matter of principle a1d
not by the use Of money, and thus contro-
vert the assertion of Mr. Green. that he
negro was of no value in republican poll
ties in Texas, unless he was bought
Hogan said that he was perfectly will ng
10 pick UP the gauntlet thrown down by
Ferguson and would meet him half way
in the interest of harmony for the purpose
Of nominating Waller T. Burns for the
senate. and he would do all he could 10
secure his nomination and election.
On motion the chairman appointed the
following committees:
ON Credentials.-H F. MacGregor. r.
c. Chapman. H L. Jones, A. NJ Purdle.
Permanent Organization 49, George o.
Marshall, A. A. Travis, j. A. Mosley,
William Davis
Platform and Resolutions. r. Peck,
S. p. Collins, l.. S. Fawcett, f. =. Cum
ming.
a recess was taken for thirty minutes,
during which the convention for the Forty
first representative district was held UNI
der A call issued by j. o, McDade OF
Hampstead The Forty-hrst representa-
tive district embraces Waller and Fort
Bend counties.
J. o. McDade presided over the con
ventlon.
~ A. Smiley nominated for representa- =
tive A. C, Tompklns Of Waller, whose
nomination was made by reclamation
E. A. Travis of Fort Bend was, on mo-
ton. elected cha rman OF the district for
the next two years and S. F.. Collins OF
| Waller was elected secretary.
! Mr.. Tompkins thanked the convention
for the confidence reposed in him in re-
nominating him for the legislature where
luPcn the representative convention adj
5ourned.
On reassembling the committee on Gre
dentials OF the senatorial convention re-
ported delegates from each of the couli-
ties in the district. namely-Austin, Fort
Bend, Waller and Harris, with no contest
ing DELEGATIONS.
1t was moved and carried that each
county in the district have the same rep
resontation as was given them in the
State convention.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported recommending that the
temporary officers be made permanent
Adopted.
The committee on platform and resolu.
tions reported as follows:
Your committee on resolutions begs
leave to report as follows.
Whereas. There is presented to our
party at this time the anomaly of two
factions, thereby lessening the strengt b
Of the party. and source of regret: ana
Whereas. The delegates to this conven-
tion composing both factions OF the par
IS desire to unite in presenting a solid
front. and but one candidate for sena-
torial honors as an example to the bal
ance OF the party in the State. and
Whereas, That while both OF the recent
State conventions OF the party adopted
most excellent resolutions on platform,
we deem II best to practically ignore the
resolutions of both factions above referred
To. and as evidence OF our Astounding
faith in our party. we adopt as our po-
litical tenets and faith the republican
platform as adopted by the National con
vention at Philadelphia, and in its en-
tirety
Respectfully submitted.
Chas. b Peck.
S. 5, Fawcett
S, II. Collins,
f. p. Cunning Sr.,
Committee
On motion OF Bill Davis Of Harris the
report OF the committee on platform and
resolutions waseunanimously adopted
: The chairman then announced the next
thing in order to be the nomination of a
candidate for State senator. whereupon
s. b. Strong OF Harris offered the fol-
lowing, which was unanimously adopted,
Resolved That Senator Waller II.
Burns be, and he is hereby declared 10
be. the nominee OF this convention nv
unanimous vote for state senator from
this. the Sixteenth. senatorial district
The following resolution was offered nv
w, Reedy OF Harris
Resolved That we, the republicans ~
the sixteenth senatorial district 81 TEXAS
In convention assembled, indorse the az.
tion az cur senator, Hon. w. T BURNS In
the Twenty-hfth and Twenty -six,h Ieeiv-
latures of the state OF Texas ana ursn,