The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-23
THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE.
AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBT
THE NEXT REPRESENTATIVE
Was a Lengthy and Hard.Fought Case.--The Decision
At Houston Yesterday Settles 1t Finally.
History Of the Case.

The Beaumont contingent returned
last night from Houston where the
case of Walter a. Myrick, the Demo
cratic nominee for representative,
was being contested by Walter d..
Belts and the Orange delegation.
The result of the hearing before
the subcommittee was a unanimous
verdict in favor OF Mr.. Myrick and
this ends the matter because both Mr.
Belts ana his friends as well as Mr.
Myrick and his friends agreed to abide
by the decision of the subcommittee
There was not dissenting vote in
the ruling and Judge Sholars, the
Orange county chairman. stated while
in Houston that If Mr.. Myrick was
named there would certainly be no
other Democratic name on the ticket
Chairman Wyche Greer had already
instructed the county clerk at bCth
Beaumont and Orange to place Mr.
Myrick'S name upon the ticket and
there will be no further fight.
The entire subcommittee was on
hand in Houston yesterday morning
with the exception of Mr. Masterson.
who arrived later in the day.
The Beaumonters who were present
i'm behalf of Mr.. Myrick, Were G. W..
Brooks, Il. A. Greer, Wyche Greer J.
+. Weed, Oswald S. Parker and Ed
finch. Messrs. b. c. Bowen and S.
II. McGary were also present from
Beaumont, though merely as specta-
tors.
From Orange there were present
Messrs. Walter ID. Belts. S. w. Sho-
lars, o. X. Sholars, w. J. Wingate,
Judge Holland and w. c. Stewart.
The meeting was presided over by
Hon. Jake Wolters, the chairman of
the subcommittee. He first had read
the petition or plea of the Orange peo-
pie. II was then ruled by the commit
tee that the burden of proof would
lie with the contestant-Mr Belts.
After this ruling the committee adj
journed until the afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon there were extend
ed addresses by Messrs. Wingatc,
Holland and Sholars, for Orange; and
II. A. Greer and {. w. Brooks lOr JEFF
fcrson county. The attack came prin'
cipally upon the question of whether
or not Wyche Greer had the right to
listen to the votes of all present when
he called the convention to order,
and announced the election of tenn
porary chairman in order. Mr.. Greer
ruled that he had no official know
ledge of who were or were not dele
gates until the permanent organiZa-
ton could be effected and he could
not prevent any one from voting upon
the preliminary Of temporary organ
i2ation. The determining of who
could vote would rest rather with the
credentials committee later on. The
Orange people contested this point
sharply and although all other quSs-
tons, including the prOratinE OF the
vote, were gone over. the organlIa-
ton point seemed TO be the truning
one. As to the question of proratinS
the vote. the BcaumOntcrs asserted
that Orange county had declined TO
put Mr.. BpttiS name before the con
ycntion and Mr. Moore had already
withdrawn. This left the question OF
the prorating of the vote impossible
and Chairman VOTERS for the com
mittcc. mtimatcd to the Orange dele
cation that they had withdrawn too
soon and could no contest To division
of the vote.
The discussion grew warm nj times
Though t. best of humor prevailed.
There was no evidence reached be
cause the discussion brought out the
/ facts fully and completely. When
the speaking was over. the committee
went into executive session tallowlnG
the newspaper men To remain inside
1.-The meeting. hut requesting Orange
and beaumont to withdraw and IN Z
! few minutes they decided 10y unan
linus vote tthc full five members Not
lingo that Mr. Myrick was the legal
|uumiu,, and should receive the hear
It's support of an Democrats In the dis
Itricf.
This was th, court of last resort
|anB the Orauu, members all stated
that they would vote and work ioI
Nj Nyrick.
History Of the Case.
When the campaigns for the van
.uu- offices to hc filled at the N"vom
.h.r election cam, up. thc ofiic" "
raure-,ntatfv. frum this. the Twenty
Second representative di~irici. seem
.uH Iu1. -Hu-hf After many ~
.uamn.m.uf- tur other offices pa
.nn,u made. fha friends ~ Walter !
'Ntrfra persuaded Sim fo accept ih
nomination aud H. accordingly on
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