The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-02
to instruct for the denomination OF
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President Woodrow Wilson.
Between five and eight hundred
spectators, added to the delegates,
crowded the hall to capacity, making
an interesting spectacle.
Previous to the convention, all
forces, prohibitionists and those OPP
posed, caucused in the hotel lobbies,
laying plans of campaign, while con
gressional district conventions named
their temporary choice as delegates to
the st. Louis meeting.
Predictions on the duration of the
convention changed somewhat as e.
w. Wear, temporary chairman, rap
ped for order. 1t was believed in some
circles that three days would be the
minimum. This sudden change in be-
lief was said to have been due to the
determination of the prohibitionist
forces to carry out their platform OF
opposition to anything which "savors
of the so-called liquor party"
Eight hundred and twenty votes
were reported to the convention by
the credentials committee. The or
ganization committee reported on the
selection OF C. W. Wear of Hillsboro
as temporary chairman of the conven'
ton and Charles J. Kirk Of Houston
as secretary, and the report was i'm
mediately adopted.
In his speech Judge Wear declared
at the outset he had no fear the con.
vention would report anything that
would embarrass the Wilson admins
tration. He praised the presidents
foreign policy, which forced the adj
miration and respect of all nations"
Judge Wear declared that no organ.
ization could control the convention,
in closing his speech.
When former Senator ]. W. Bailey's
name was mentioned as district com.
mitteeman the convention was thrown
into confusion, when cheers rang for
several minutes and the band played
the national anthem. The celebration
was repeated at the mention of Gov.
ernor Ferguson's name.
The outstanding features of Tues.
days short session were Chairman
Wears declaration that there would
be no outside influences, particularly
of organizations, allowed to work dur
ing the convention, and the apparent
defeat in the first skirmish of the
projects of the prohibitionists by the
appointment of opponents of Thomas
B. Love to places in the temporary or
ganization and the permanent commit.
tees.
Standing committees of the conven.
ton we're:
Platform and Resolutions-A. C..
Stewart, c. E. Sheppard, F. D. Wright,
Joe W. Bailey, L. A. Clark, Cullen f.
Thomas, ]. M. Edwards, T. H. David.
son, Charles H. Mills, J. NJ. Allerdice,
R. L. Henry, ]. R. Astin, T. B. Green.
wood, W. ]. Crawford, T. B. Buffing.
ton, s. ]. Winston, ]. H. Fricke, A.
Haidusek, ], NJ. Mathis, A. c. Baldwin,
William A. Fly, w. o. Murray, James
B. Wells, ]. F. Carl, r. E. Thomson,
J. K. Rector, Jr., James E. Ferguson,
]. M. Wagstaff, D. E. Decker, Louis
j. Workman, c. V. Terrell.
Permanent Organization and Order
of Business-W. F. Wallace, S. B.
Turbeville, Tom Justice. Hamp T. Alb.
ney, R. E. Morrow, A. C. Cason, w,
D. Carlock. Charles l.. Brochfield, w.
Dorsey Brown, John A. Stevens, H. C.
Meyer, r. L. Williford, Ike Daniels,
Charles Ingram, ]. Llewellyn, J. F..
Wolters, Mark H. Royston, Judge C..
S. Krieger, @. u. Watson, H. F. Lewis,
H. o. Flowers, w. A. McCracken
George P. Brown, c. V. Birkhead,
Dan M. Jackson, F. H. Sweet, l..
Brown, DR.. w. H. Morrow, L. G. VIII
son, Jess Baker, w. E. Gilbert.
Credentials and Basis of Represen
tation-Hubbard Lemon, C. A. Rose,
DR.. J. H. Morrow. George Culp, ]. d.
Cottrell, G. s. Holt, F. Odem, T. S.
Garrison, A. c. Galloway, B. Y. Cum.
mings. L. Friedlander. Frank Wright,
]. G. Sellmann, V. H. Stark, j. A. Ash.
ford, Allen Hainey, A. E. Masterson,
c. j. Won Rosenberg, s. L. Staples, E..
T. Moore, E. ]. Cleveland, C. L. Bell,
Roy Miller, Anton Moursand, w. D..
Love, Walter Woodward, A. Dienst,
Walter Morris, G. E. Hamilton. D. C..
Cogdel, w. G. Teel.
San Antonio, Tex.-A mass meeting
of delegates and sympathizers of the
Love pro cause was largely attended
Monday night and lasted from 8 to II
O'Clock. F. F. Hill of Denton presided
and DR.. ]. c. Granbury of Georgetown
was secretary. Thomas B. Love,
Thomas H. Ball. Cullen F. Thomas and
DR.. A. ]. Barton were the principal
speakers.
1t was decided to make no nomina.
ton against Wear as temporary chair.
man and Judge A. B. Watkins was Sc.