The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-20
PROMOTE PURITY
RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN OP-
POSITION TO MACHINE
DOMINATION.
a CLUB IS ORGANIZED
Ellis County Democrats Aligning
Themselves in the Campaign
Against BaiIeyism in Texas.
Davidson Endorsed.

The Waxa hachie Democratic Anti
Bailey club was organized in the dis
trict court room Thursday night.
zens of Waxahachie and vicinity in
attendance, but this number did not
constitute the entire mem bership of
the club. Petitions had previously
been circulated in the city and about
two hundred democrats manifested
desire to become members of the
club by enrolling their names. This
was only preliminary to the forma-
ton of a club, and now that the or
ganization has been fully launched
a campaign for new members will be
inaugurated at once and vigorously
prosecuted.
The meeting was called to order
by J. w. Singleton, who stated its
object and who was elected tempor-
ary presiding officer
J. NJ. Eskridge was named as tenn
porary secretary
Hon. c. R. Gibson moved that a
committee of five be appointed on
resolutions to report at this meet
ing The motion prevailed, and the
! committee was named as follows:
G. c. Groce, Hon. S, P. Skinner. ].
| w. Singleton, c. NJ. Supple, VIII
Ralston and J. L. w. Forbes.
A motion prevailed that the tenn
porary officers be made the perman-
ent officers of the club.
A committee on permanent organ
ization was appointed as follows:
W. L. Harding, T. P. Whipple, j.
7. Gill and B. F. James.
While the committees were pre-
pairing their reports Attorney Will
liams of Corsicana addressed the
meeting. He reviewed some past po-
litical history as to the relations eX-
isting between Senator Bailey and
William Jennings Bryan, and said
he could not understand how Bry-
an man could be for. Bailey.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported as follows and
the report was adopted:
We, your committee on perman-
ent organization, beg to report that
we recommend as follows:
That the name of this organiza-
tion shall be the Waxahachie Anti
Bailey club.
That the officers shall be presi-
dent first and second vice presi-
dents, secretary and treasurer.
That finance committee be ap-
pointed.
That central campaign commit
tee, composed of five members who
shall have general supervision and
control of the campaign to perfect
and carry out the purposes of this
organization, be appointed.
| After the adoption of the above
report ]. M. Eskridge moved that
the word Democratic" be inserted
in the name of the club, making the
same read "The Waxahachie Demo-
cratic Anti-Bailey Club The mo-
tion was adopted.
Other officers were elected as fol-
lows: Rev. R. F. Wilkins, first vice
president; H. D. Timmons, second
vice president; T. F. Thompson,
treasurer.
r. X. Erwin moved that the treas
urer be made chairman of the cam
paign committee. The motion car
ried.
R. X. Erwin was asked to begin
the work of raising campaign funds.
He asked to be excused, saying he
had undertaken to raise 500 pledg-
ed by Ellis county at the Waco con-
ference. The chair insisted that he
serve and he yielded. Contributions
were called for and nearly every one
present responded. The individual
amounts ranged from $1.OO to S25.
In a few minutes about $3.50 had
been pledged.
The committee on resolutions
the following report,
which was unanimously adopted =