The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-09

| but for others" placed there before the
Ctlored nigh school commencement, said
Mr., Chairman. the Dallas county delegates
evidently don't know tie sentiment Of their
ewn people Let them read that motto and
then change their way Of voting" The
whole convention broke into cheering and
much good humOred fun was mdulged ia
a Mr.. Wooten's expense. Exactly 1860 bal,
lots had been taken at u o'clock when
Captain w. a. Fields OF Hill with u twin
kle 10 his eyes. moved that the convention
adjourn till o'clock. Sin order to give the
Dallas county delegation an opportunity
to caucus An amendment was offered
bling be made ESQ p, m. This was yelled
down and the convention adjourned to
meet again at o'clock. one hundred and
siXty-three ballots had been taken without
tile slightest change. hverybodys lines
We're still intact.
ON the lS2lst ballot this afternoon Hos
que's six votes were east for NJ. NJ. Crane,
This was the hrst time single vote had
been cast for any man not an aVowed can
didate and II created great interest Moth
ing came Of It, however. aud after several
ballots BosQue returned to Odail
II. $. billiard Of BosQuo the district
chairman, moved that all the candidates
be made the nominees OF the convention
and that they run In a free.for-all race.
Tho motion 70 table was carried with
only Bosque dissenting but Dillord had
succeeded In his attempt TO put some GIN
ger Into the proceedings.
II was then the l3i9th ballot aud MIR,
billiard moved that after twenty more hal.
lots, the hindmoSt man be dropped This
was more exciting than ever and delegates
stood M all over the hall to confer with
each other.
Colquiti Of Kaufman made the point az
order that billiards. motion was out Of
order and the chair sustained him. AID
dicks Of Bosque, appealed from the ruling
Of the chair aud Secretary Baltic called
the roll OF counties. AS before, Bosqde
vote alone
Mr. Addcks made speech declaring
the party interests above those OF any
candidate or set Of candidates and said ali
the counties should quit their way OF do
Ing things and help Bosque nominate some
body.
sixteen hundred ballots had been taken
when Major Grinnau OF Perrell moved
that committee Of one from each dele
cation be selected to make q compromise
In order that somebody might he noml-
mated. Before the motion could be put Il
delegation OF Highbinders thar had been
sent for Barnett Gibbs returned with the
Mud Slller." and presented him. He WIS
given an ovation and made character
istic speech.
After this Major Grinuan's motion was
put and carried The committee selected
Bosque, w, NJ knight; Dallas. W. {.
Mckinney; Fills T. u Williams; Hill w.
c. Morrow; Johnson, w r. Ramsay, kaur-
man, Jed c, Adams; Navarro, j w Edcns
Captain Edens was made chairman of the
committee and a whole lot Of talk was in
dulged In Mr. knight proposed that Hin
Johnson Bosque and Navarro counties
vote for Wear twenty times then Johnson
and odelI Ike number in case no nomi
nation was made before thus giving
Kaufman an opportunity 70 end the dead-
lock. In the meantime tho convention
passed to the l7Ojth ballot and adjourned
TIL $50 tonight, when halloting was re-
sumed and kept up until midnight without
result.