Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-04
DEMOCRATS LAUNCH
CITY CAMPAIGN
MASS CONVENTION HELD ON SAT.
URDAY EVENING.
Full City Ticket Named, Lead by
Louis CobOlini for Mayor.-Meet-
ing Entirely Harmonious. Plat
form Thoroughly Democratic in
Tone.

Il oouhlS COURT muse. saturday nlSnl
was a convention in fact, as Well a.
in name. IL was thoroughly repre-
sentative Of the best elements OF the
pany, American and Mexican, in
Brownsville. The large room of the
district court was filled to overflow
ing. Ii would perhaps be considered
conservative estimate TO say there
were 500 persons present, all voters
The crowd was composed of Ameri-
cans and Mexicans in about equal
proportions
1t was a good-natured, cheerful
gathering. and it did the business il
came to do with a minimum Of fric-
ticn and maximum of celerity.
An exhilerating feature OF the
evening was the advent Of the Young
Mems Democratic Club, headed by
their band who marched into the
building. followed by enough enthu-
siastic citizens to fill all the benches
that remained untitled, and also the
aisles along the walls
At the psychological moment Judge
+. w. Seabury, chairman of the dem
ocratic central committee foi
Brownsville arose and called the
meeting to order. In few well cho-
sen words, he declared that the OBJ
ject Of the gathering was to nomin
ate officers for the coming city elec
ton and The formulation Of a plat
form expressive of the party senti-
ments in regard to civic affairs.
The meeting being in order. the
acting chairman declared that tn or
\ ganization should be made permanent
by the election of proper officers. o.
u motion Of some one present, whose
name escaped the Herald repo. .rr. Mr.
NJ Seabury was unanimously elected a:
permanent chairman.
The choice Of a secretary came
next. There seemed to be some hes
itation about accepting this honor
able. but rather burdensome duty. or
the part Of several persons ramed
but finally Manuel A. Saldana was
chosen. The insistence on Mr. Sal
dana's acceptance was so hearty and
enthusiastic that he consented to
serve
The organization being thus per
fected, the convention took up busi-
ness On motion properly seconded
il was ordered thai the chair appoint
committee on resolutions to prepare
platform Indicative OF the senti-
ments of Brownsville democrats as
10 conditions that are and conditions
that ought to be in the affairs Of the
city The committee was promptly
named as follows: T. A. Kinder. G
w Winstedt. 5. X. Hallam. George
Champion Rodclfo Jooa. Tomas tt
jerina and Augustin Celaya
Following this motion to authorize
the chair to appoint a committee or
nominations was adopted This
committee as named by the chairman
was composed Of DR.. s. Fl Bell, Jos.
Webb. X H. McDavitt. Damaso Ler-
ma and Joseph X. Wells.
Pending the deliberations of these
committees there were speeches in
English and Spanish. with inspiriting
band music between
The first speech in English was by
Attorney o. G. Dancy. Mr.. Dancy
was NOT in least tender in pointing
out the faults O. the present admin
istration. thcAgh he freely conceded
the generart honesty and good inten-
tions of the men Of the Independent
regime He spoke strongly OF the
lack OF harmony In their councils,
and their eXtravaganse in managing
the affairs Of the city His speech
was loudly applauded
An address in Spanish was made
by Adelfo Pecina, president of the
Young Democrats Club The Herald
reporter not being familiar with the
Spanish language could cnly estimate
this speech by the applause il re-
ceived from these who understood it,
Measured by Tha. standard il was all
that could be desired
Another brief speech was also
made in Spanish by Mr.. George
Champion. This also was applauded
heartily.
BY this time the committees were
r ready to report The report OF ths
l committee on resolutions was read
l by :. X Hallam in English and b.
= Mr.. Saldana in Spanish II follows:
: DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The Democratic party OF the City