El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-12
THE SPLIT AT WACO
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committee assuring them that they
could have the building to conduct
their proceedings after the Ferguson
ties were through.
Congressman Hawley refused to
participate in the Ferguson meeting,
claiming that he could not believe that
Chairman Green would announce the
election of Mcdonald as chairman
without Mcdonald had received the
the Ferguson meeting that he did not
| approve of two conventions being held
by the republicans OF Texas, and asked
them to de-ist from holding a conven-
tion. They went ahead with the meet
Ing, claiming that although Hswley
expressed his confidence in Chairman
Green, yet they believed that Mr..
Green's followers had conducted the
proceedings in the executive commit
tee and got Mr.. Green to announce the
election of Mcdonald on q minority
vote for the purpose OF giving Mr..
Hawley the worst of it, and that they
could not be persuaded, even by Mr..
Hawley, to allow Mr.. Ferguson's
ma jority turned into minority by the
act of the chairman.
THE meeting the McDonaldites in
the evening was a very harmonious one
and the long interval of waiting from
the night before gave them time to ar
range all their matters so that all the
business WAS done, including the cleo
ton of delegates, alternates and cleo
tors. in the resolutions brought out by
the committee on platform of which
Hon. Moses Dillon was q mem Der They,
like the Ferguson people, elected Con-
gresham Hawley and Chairman Green
SIS two of the delegates at large, and
for the other two named NJ. M. Rogers
who had been elected as an alternate
by the Ferguson people and temporary
chairman Mcdonald. For alternates
they named George Moore, of
Cameron county, Otis T.
Bacon, of Wichita county, M.
Mosely, OF Grayson counry, and A. L.
May nard, of Wharton county. E. 81.
Terrell OF Bexar county and w. 81.
Love of Collin county were resoluted
for electors at large. A uumb Der of ad-
dresses were made before the meeting
and Congressman Hawley:was one ofthe
speakers. In his address he said that he
deprecated the holding of two conven
tions in the city that day, but said that
be recognized that those who had at
tended the Ferguson meeting were his
friends, and that he had no unkind
words to say of them. He made an
earnest plea for unity in the party and
stated that not only all the republicans
of Texas, but all others who were in
terested in good government should
join their forces to make a concentrat-
ed attack upon the democratic ad-
ministration of affairs in Texas. which
was so inimical to the best interests of
the state.
WELL CONDUCTED.
Both conventions were very
creditable in their general conduct
When the roll was being called upon
the temporary craftsmanship, the
trouble in Washington county coca
stoned such an uproar that 1t looked
for come time as though an ADJOURN
ment would have to be had, but Con-
gresham iHawley was called to the
platform aud with his request that the
delegates should RENE mber that it was
republican convention and not a dem
ocratic meeting that they were at
tending, the conventions were sbated
and the roll call proceeded with.
The hospitality of Waco was most
generous and everything was done by
the committee for the entertaining OF
their guests. Their rooming accom-
modations at the leading hotels are
not equal to the handling OF so large a
crowd and many who would like to
have had rooms at the hotels were
forced to go outside for rooming &C
Communications. After the Mcdonald
convention was over, the delegates
from the different parts of the coun-
try met each other in the lobby of the
State Hotel and talked over their diff
ferencies 10 social manner, If there
were any enmities left through the
dividing of the party, they did not
show up among the white delegates.
The two meetings were very evenly
divided as between the white and
colored delegates.
"Senator Waller Burns, of Harris
county, was the permanent chairman
of the Ferguson convention, while
Hon. James Lowden of A bilene, who is
connected with the Lowden National
bank here, was the permanent chair
man of the Mcdonald meeting.