Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-09
WHAT THE ANTS
DID IN DALLAS
Adopted Same Plan to Eliminate AZ
the Pros Except to Start With
Precinct Conventions.

Dallas, Tex, March "a State con.
vention, to be held in Fort Worth
April IA, and attended by delegates
selected by preceding precinct and
county conventions, the purpose being
to nominate a Democratic candidate
for Governor in opposition to Colonel
Thomas H. Ball, was the course finally
determined by the convention Of Con
structive Democrats" held in Dallas
Saturday. The recent Fort Worth
prohibition elimination convention
was pronounced undemocratic, and its
policy one perilous to Democracy. 1t
was upon this theory that those who
condemned the convention system fol
lowed by the pros reconciled them
selves to pursuing a similar course.
They maintained that they were not
inaugurating an anti-prohibition move
ment within the Democratic party, but
a Democratic movement in defense of
enemies who had formed a faction
within the party. 1t was declared that
Saturdays meeting. and the coming
precinct, county and State conventions
are not anti gatherings. but are Dem
ocratic: that wehereas, the elimina
tors nave prohibition the test this
movement will make Democracy the
test.
colquitt Suggests Special Session.
Governor o. B. Colquitt, addressing
the convention by invitation. declared
his willingness to call a special session
of the Legislature in ten days for the
purpose of passing majority nomina
ton amendment to the election law
IL he were asked to do so by this
meeting and the prohibition elimina
ton forces. Colonel r. VI. Johnston
of Houston at once moved that the
convention declare itself as so re
questing, and that motion was declar
ed adopted later on, amid some con
fusion. However. the attitude of pro
hibition leaders tonight was that they
didn't care whether the Legislature
was called and majority nominations
provided for or not. Cullen Thomas
a prominent "eliminator," said the pro
members of the Legislature would un
doubleday vote for such an amendment
were the Legislature to be convened
but that whereas the prohibitionists
few months ago they have nothing
to gain by 1t now, having, as they see
it, already placed their candidate fr
a fair way toward securing majority
: vote in the primaries; accordingly
they seemed to display no eagernes'
to accept the proposition.
Candidates Await Developments.
OF the announced candidates Ches
ter II. Terrell and Sam Sparks sale
they would go before the pre-
cinct and county conventions, which
are to be held April and 6, respec
lively, and would abide by the results
]. E. Ferguson did not attend the con
vention, but his campaign manager
John Mckay, declared that his candi
date would remain in the race unit
the July primaries, regardless of thu
present or any other movement
Judge w. F. Robertson issued a state
ment saying he is in sympathy will
the address.
A definite organization was create'
to prepare for the Fort Worth conven
ton April IA. Judge Bryan T. Barr,
of Dallas, who was elected permanen
chairman of the convention, was ais
made permanent chairman of the e,
ecutive committee OF thirty-one, to &C
in an advisory and campaign capacity
B. ]. Flood OF Dallas is secretary, an
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