The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-22
MYRICK.BETTIS CASE
COMES UP BEFORE sue-coMmIT'
Tee TODAY.
BtAuMONTfRS Off FOR HOUSTON
Case is on Appeal by Belts and Con
test on His Part Against NY
risk-only One Nominee.

This morning at Houston the sub
committee at Ohe State EAecn'lN'.
committee of the democratic party, as
appointed by Chairman Andrews VIII
meet 10 hear the arguments IN "a"
contest that Col. Walter ID. Belt'a
OF Orange has raised against Hon W.
A. Myrick. the regular nominee for
representative from this district
The following appeared In the Post
yesterday morning aud Is misleading
IN many respects:
The contest iOr the right ol rec"S
milton n, the democratic nominee lu'
the legislature between Hon, W, y
Nyrick of Beaumont and Col, W, ID
Bcttis of Orange vii be- heard IN o!iis
city tomorrow.
/, will be recalled that both gentle
men claim To have been legally MONT
mated for the place ana by agreement
they consented to abide Such d'''
sion MS might he reached by a SUD
committee Of five, 10 be named 'h
tho uurposo of investigation by Chh,'
man Frank Andrews of the state
democratic executive commitoec'
THAT official thcrcupon deSigha'ei
NIcssrs. Jake =. VOTERS Oh l''
Grange, John NJ logglnS al I'm, -
n "a sony of MadisOnvillc, A. II. MAJ
toreon of BraZOria and X. j. Ai'Nnn
dor or Caldwell TO hear the confess,
leaving the selection Of time AMI
,,Ioco Far euch to those most concern
ed. ,.,o, u,,
After due conference Houston was
selected for the meeting ana ''P'
20 the date. IL, ,,.,u
Information t. that boob sides WIN
no represented in force and thai inc
evidence TO be submitted Is Voinh''
nous. A.. ,,,
Inst how long II will take the com
mittoe In conclude its labors can no.
no forctold. Chairman VOTERS am
otber members of the subcommittee
ore oxpected to arrive in the ciy
either tonight or In the morning.
60 far as can be learned in Beau
mono there Is no way that COZ pc,
tis can claim that he was hoihlna',",
Ito did not receive either n maJoImS
,,oto of the convention nor plurail'F
" q
vote Of the peoplo. On the o'h.'
hand Mr.. Myrick had both ana 1ur'n,
ormore Mr.. Myrick has long sll'''
benn declared the nominee OF Tue
,o,t,, NV the convention and by th'
nn,,i,r,on or the district. The case Is
therefore rather in the nature ., ",'
appeal than an agreement by W."
sides to let the Subcommittee oc','v
II The appeal has been taken ~
Col Bettis and Mr.. MVrick SNIP
agreed that he would leave the III"
tor IN anv fair.min6ed democrat ."
cot or democrats and stated that n'
u,os nerfectly willing to leaV" '''
,,,ottor to the subcommittee ~ SUI"
noetod As the facts appear upon ,n'
n,rr,oo Mr.. Mvrick does contend '"''
no woe nominated while the NOS,
that col Bettis can contend T. 'n''
Mr. Myrick was not numina,o"
thorrh inst how he can do tha' y
hard to see-and Col Belts can u'''
dnr M construction Of the CASE
claim that he was nominated
From Beaumont It is underS'oo,'
,hot Jup n. A. Greer, the temporary
and nermanent chairman of the CON
yontiou Wyche Greer, the chalrrna''
NJ tho district both before ana alI''
tho convention and Mr.. c. w. Rr"oks
the man who led the fight for Myt, &c,
in the convention, will go to Houston
MIR, Myrick himself telegraphed ina,
he could not get there in time an,
nsEed that his Beaumont friends DC
allowed to represent nm IT,.
From Orange It is presumed mar
Col Bcttis and perhaps Judge WIN
gate and Judge Holland VIII a', ,.,.
The Beaumonters sya that they nav,
nronared no brief Of anything of that
kind. that they are simply I'm th'
saddle" and have nothing to say nm
III the Orange people present Sore
reason why Mr.. Myrick should nor
no considered the nominee by an
The case will probably be concluded
sometime today though the Posi-
would indicate that the Houston p'"
ple expect an all day siege of il nj
the least.