Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-05-06
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AND COUNTY CONVENTION
Both Bodies Held Meetings ., the
Court Houee Yesterday. r. A..
tin for Dlatrlet Deleuate.

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The brHon County Democratic Ex.
Ccutyo committee held meeting yea.
to-day with County Chairman Ino. X.
Parker presiding and thc following
mombora proHonl Jas Wilson Jr OF
Edge G. A Glenn Of stone city. A.
j Edwards Of Mllllcnni n n. Royal
OF College. W y Ynrdley of llnryey
jay Harris ofCotionwood eR.l.loyd Of
kurlcn j, W Bats and lno F ettlo
of Bryan
The committee ohnyaHBod the re-.
turns of The late primary election IN
llrngos county aud the Following re-.
suit was doclnrod
Vote FOR Bailey ticket delegates
Bailey cas-. Brooks 'GiG storey Gas,
Baker 0ii Alternate, l,0onoy Gil /,
llubonn GA bowman 63S lruohnold
Ga7.
Vote for johnson tickot delegates.
Johnson 20l Holt 2b1 Thomas 26i (,
Young $50 Atornatcu Hicks 2bii
Dial 2hl, Oswley 2h6, Tips 2jG
Llsl of accredited delegates. Mllll
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Wollborn A u McSwnln College
IA, I Tnhor lr Harvey O. l., An
drows. Kurten G. A. Buchanan ia.
! hOr lum Holden Edge r, w
Frame, Iaa, Wilson jr, Bates Store
Moao Llpscomb \ g. llmmo y u.
Martin Bryan city Hall Frank
clarke J, y, Hines, j E. butler Dry.
an CourihouHo y r Aatln, Jno A.
Moore. T. g. Ngan T. = lloyott All
the delegates were present but two
or three
The work OF tho executive commit
toe hoinR completed Chairman Parker
called the county convention 10 order
aud J. " AHlln was elected chairman
ana Frank Clarke secretary Mr. AZ.
nm was called upon for speech and
addressed the convention briefly ON
the result OF the primary
ON motion lno. A Moore o. l. An.
drows and Lum Holden were appoint.
cd committee ON resolutions aud r.
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Dunlap committee on delegates TO
the state convention
Pending the report of the commit
toes W. G. Davis responded to an In
yltatlon and addcssod the convention
briefly. and called attention 10 the
candidacy of 7 Il Astin for district
delegate to the Denyer convention
Mr. Aatln was warmly endorsed for
the position lln the resolutions suhsc.
quently adopted
The oommlttc on delegates 10 the
~ Worth conventions reported the
names of r T. Boyett, w G. Davis
and 4 r. Astln for delegates, and Jno
a, Moore, Chas, Davis and = ~ Ar
rlngtOn for nltcfnates, and the report
was unanimously adopted
The committee on resolutions re-
ported ~ follows, the report being
adopted
10 the Chairman of Bra2os County
Democratic Conventions
We, your Committe ON resolutions,
beg TO submit the following report,
Whereas There has been waged
throughout this state an unjust and
morcilcse warfare against an honest
aud faithful servant In an effort To
bring him into contempt before the
world and to destroy his usefulness
as a United states senator, and
Whereas. Notwithatandlng the fact
that !. w. Bailey had on many occa.
sions declared that he woOd not be
a candidate for delegate nt large TO
the National Convention, believing
that said honors should be- conferred
ON faithful nonofllco'holding demo.
Gratis, yet his enemies threw down
the challenge that he should not go
as such delegate and prcclpllatcd and
began the most slnndcroue campaign
ever wagod against nm honest man IN
the history OF ToXas, and
Whereas. The democracy OF llrazos !
county and the state OF Texas hac con |
dcmned In thunder tones the aforesaid |
of Senator Bailey and the
attempted destruction of the Demo /
cratic party IN roXas, and
Whereas. !, w Bailey and those
elected with him as dclcge.es ~ I'VE
National Convention have dcclMel
themselves as favorable TO the noiui
nation Of the Great Commonpr w.
Bryan, ~ the standard hoartr on Ia
party In the comlog pr0si'
dcntin campaign, therefore
Resolved, That the democracy OF
nrayos County. In convention assem-
bled, hereby instruct the delegates of
this county to the State convention,
which conyencs In the city of IT
Worth on May 2Gth, to vote for J, w
Bailey, NJ. M, Brooks, H. ! Storey
and 4, ! Baker for delegates at large
10 tho National Democratic conven'
tlon aud
Resolved further That our dele.
gates To the state convention be and
are hereby instructed 10 east thcir
vote for the endorsement of w ].
Bryan M nominee OF the national
party Tor presisH OF the
United States, and
Resolved further, That the democ'
racy Of nrazos county hereby endorses
J. Il. Aatin as congressional district
delegate from the eth congressional
and hereby instruct our delegates to
vote for and use every intluenct los
slhlc 20 secure hls election as auch |
delegate by the state convontiol,
ino. A, Moore Jro !
l.um Holden, 1
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