The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-05
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
DELEGATES ALREADY ARRIVING
AT WACO FOR THE MEETING.
Fight for the Chm Is said
TO BE the First Thing ON
the Programme.

Waco. Texas, March 1.-THE delegates
to the republican State convention are
coming in rapidly and there is already
talk OF a lively scramble over the chair
manship of the convention. Chairman
Green arrived today and is located at
the State house. Congressman Hawley
will be here tomorrow. Terrell Ogden
and Clifford of San Antonio. Flanagan
! and Brush of Austin, Drake of Eagle
Pass and Crawford of Cameron are among
the prominent white delegates here. and
W. NJ. Mcdonald OF Terrell. G. NJ. Fer
guson of Paris and Ben Wallace of Cam
| eron and H. c. Ferguson of Houston OF
the colored leaders are on the ground.
Mcdonald and Ferguson are both mem
toned as probable candidates for tenn
| porary chairman. Colonel Webster Elan
agan and WILDER e. Crawford of Cameron
are also mentioned There will be a cau-
Gus tomorrow night to settle the tempo
rary craftsmanship and the caucus, which
will be dominated by the friends OF
Green and Hawiey. will settle the matter.
The executive committee will meet at
IL o'clock tomorrow morning to make
up the temporary roll of delegates but
gates and the convention will be given
something to do These contests, how
ever, are on purely local grounds and
will not affect the convention proper in
the performance OF It's functions. No OPP
position to Green and Hawley as the
white delegates at large has developed.
There will probably be a scramble among
the colored delegates for their two places
with Bill Mcdonald and G. NJ. Ferguson
in the lead.
Dallas, Texas. March 4.-The State re-
publican convention is to meet in Waco
Tuesday, to select thirty delegates to
the National convention to be held at
Philadelphia June 10. Party leaders have
been coming and going from Dallas for
the last two days. State Chairman 4. II.
r. Green was here last night and pro-
ceeded to Waco 10 be on hand tomorrow
to arrange preliminarxs for opening the
convention Tuesday. He said to The Post
correspondent In reply to Inquiries II
am a candidate for National committee
man from Texas to succeed DR.. John
Grant, and, as | seem to have clear
| field as one of the delegates at large To
the Philadelphia convention l expect to
win the place DR.. Grant now holds.
know OF no compromise between my
friends and Dr. Grants friends. | am
at least party to none Cecil A. Lyons
did come TO Dallas last week and ask
me to try to harmonize the factions in
Grayson county, the home of himself and
DR.. Grant, but l told him that / could
not interfere in local affairs; l see the
Grayson county republicans finally split.
I have no idea who will succeed me as
State chairman; that will not be settled
! till the convention that dominates a
State ticket is held, which will probably
be in August; the convention has not yet
been called. have no idea who the re-
| publicans will nominate for governor this
year. l know we will put a full State
ticket in the field. Judge George n.
Aldrdge OF Dallas can have the nomi-
nation for governor II he will take it. The
republican leaders and many sound
money democrats have discussed him as
an available candidate. and II he would
accept the republican nomination, with
sound money democratic and independent
endorsements he would make a great
race"
Eugene Marshall departed for Waco to.
night. He would not discuss the party
affairs further than to say. The same old
big niger question is the first to be
settled at Waco. Our State conventions
seem always to have to determine which
is the biggest niger in the party in
Texas before it can do any other work"
! 1t Is evident from the way things are
drifting the old "Lily- White and
| "Blacl-and- Tan" war is likely to be re-
newed at Waco. There is abundant frlc-
| ton in the factions TO bring about q
split in the State convention and the
sending of rival delegations to the Ma
tional convention at Philadelphia.