Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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Blpine Hvalancbe.
J M C A It NEB, Pnblbdier.
ALPINE, .... TEXAS
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
HARMONY AMONG DEMOCRATS
Tarrant counflan* have nr.d**r ad-
visement a atock law to apply to tho
imtlre county. ,
There will be a Populist and Demo-
cratic Stale ticket In Knnaae this year,
headed by a Democrat.
Great excitement prevails a' Roc
well and Arteida, N. M., caused by an
oil strike, six iolloa from Artoalu.
Albert Toes, 26 years old was drown-
ed while bathing In a lake In the Cen-
ter community, fifteen mllea north of
Terrell,
Hobart, O T., had a $4000 fire Sat-
urday morning. Just a year from a
$200,000 lira that nearly swept the
town out of existence.
Judge IJ. P. Werner, muster of equi-
ty for Greenville County. 8. C„ com-
mitted suicide Thursday. He was one
of the best known men In the State.
A National hank, with $26,000 capi-
tal, has been organized In Merit, seven
mllea north of Farmeravllle. A num-
ber of Farinerarllle capitalists are In
crested In If.
While driving a cane mown,
(bvifljo Evans, a farmer living near
Georgetown, drove over IiIh 6 year old
daughter, the blade of the niowrr hcv
crlng one of her legs.
While bathing In the Mississippi
ftlver at Alton. III.. Michael Illley, his
daughter and six of the lntt< i'h girl
friends were drowned. One child,
who was In the party, wan re-cued.
The llcgg* (I. T. | Development
Company's well No. I has reached a
depth of OHo f«-et. At 9Gb feet a vein
of coni three feet thick was gone
through. The roul Is of flno quulity.
A strange negro was run over hy
an International freight train a few
miles south of Marlin on Thursday.
Ills right leg was ho badly crushed
that amputation was necessary.
It Is stated that Miss Ruth 1 Infer,
one of the richest and most beautiful
girls In Switzerland, will shortly be
married to Gladstone Howie, son of
Elijah Ilf., the founder of Zion City.
The Comptroller has held that the
property of the Young Men's Chris-
flsn Association Is subject to taxa-
tion. The question cam* up on an
Inquiry from the soerctary of tho
Houston association.
Twenty two thousand men will be
affected hy the order Issued the other
day Increasing the salaries of rural
free delivery carriers, and It will cost
over $ 1.1*00,000 more for that branch
of the service.
Notice was nerved upon the Harri-
son leaders at Chicago by union labor
leaders that Ornver Cleveland must
not be brought there to apeak If the
labor vote Is to he held In line for
the Democracy.
Mrs. Kllruheth Poll. 44 years old. tho
wlfo of a machinist was found dew
perately wounded at hor home In El
Paao. t$pe told neighbors that she
had shot herself to eud her Buffering,
having beou III a long lime.
The striking buildings trados are
said to ha prepared to accept tho
Results of the State Democratic Convention Held
in Houston August 2d and 3d.
ANDREWS WON THE CHAIfiMANSHIP.
Lanham Was Nominated lor a Second Term—Davidson and
Stephens Landed Safety—Other Successful Candidates.
Executive Committee and the Platform.
Houston, Aug. 4—JCharacterized
| throughout all Its sessions by bar-
j mony and the greatest enthusiasm
I Imaginable, the state democratic con-
I vcntlon of Texas concluded its dellb-
. eratlona yesterday and adjourned sine
j die. All the most animated contest*
]' were fraught with a degree of frlend-
, lincsM seldom witnessed at a big con*
, ventlon.
In the way of dispatching business
of the committee on permanent organ-
ization, and Chairman Peeler of the
committee on permanent organization
and order of business reported as fol-
lows:
Permanent Orgalxatfon.
committee Room, Houston, Texas.
August 2.—Hon. Carlos Bee. Tempor-
ary Chairman Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee: 8lr.—Your committee
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GOVERNOR SAMUEL W. T. LANHAM,
Who Was Unanimously Nominated for a Second Term.
j It was a record-breaker. There were
nt the outset but four contests be-
j fore il for adjustment. Those were
l passed upon by the sub-committee
j and its work was never undone, ample
j evidence of Ihc fair performance of
| tho task presented. Having at Its dis-
i porul a world of matchleaa material
| from which to select Its presiding offf-
eers, those suggested at the very Ini-
tiatory etage for the honors were so
satisfactory that each arriving dele-
gation enthusiastically acquiesced,
and never at auy time was thcro occa-
sion for regret. The platform and
resolutions committee. It la true, had
before it a vast pile of offerings from
which to choose the material needed,
and so wlaely and go well was Ha
task performed that Its report, when
submitted to the convention, met with
on permanent organization and order
of business beg leave to submit the
following:
W« recommend for permanent chair-
man Hon. B. B. Cooper of Jefferson
county.
Par Vice President—H. A. O’Neal,
John D. Rogers, W. R. McCutehan, W.
H. Rivers, Joseph D. Sayers, Joseph
Faust, J. D. Davidson, R. J. Kiel berg,
Tom M. Paschal I, G. B. Fenley. F. M.
Newman. John J. Cox, — Bowman, A.
A. Peeples, I. \V. Stevens, J. W. Sulli-
van.
For permanent secretary. Bob Bark-
er of Bexar county.
For assistant secretaries: H. B.
Mock, Hunt county; W. C. Day, Hayes
county; B. A. Ragland, Upshur county;
A. Groce, McLennan county; Frank
81ms, Freestone county; Milton Ever-
ett. Dallas county.
For sergeant nt arms-: John Mc-
Connell, Tom Green oounty.
For assistant sergeant at arms:
Captain ff. J. McDonald of Texas;
Sam Hawkins, Denton county; W. 8.
Russell, Grayson county.
We recommend that the following
order be observed in nominating state
officers.
1. Declaring result or the primary
election for office of United Senator
and Indorsing the candidacy of Hon. C.
A. Culberson. 2. Governor. 3. Lieuten-
ant Governor. 4. Attorney General. 5.
Controller. 6.' Treasurer. 7. Land
commissioner. 8. Superintendent of
public instruction. 9. Jtallroad com-
missioner. 10. Judge of supreme court.
11. Judge court of criminal appeals. 12.
Election of chairman state executlvve
committee. 13. And such other bus-
iness as may come before the conven-
tion.
All of which is respectfully submit-
ted. J. L. Peeler, Chairman.
The report was received with ap-
plause and was unanimously adopted.
Chairman Bee appointed Messrs Im-
boden. Gray. Jenkins and Crane to es-
cort Chairman Cooper to the platform
and as the permanent presiding officer
appeared to view on the stage he was
applauded again and again.
Chairman Bee briefly expressed his
thanks for the honor the convention
had conferred upon him. and then In-
troduced Hon. 8. B Cooper as “the
gifted, lovable Cooper.”
Down to Nominations.
Hon. W. M. Imboden of Nacogdoches
moved a suspension of the regular or-
der of business and that the conven-
tion proceed to the nomination of a
candidate for governor, and the motion
was unanimously carried. It was
moved and carried that nominating
speeches for all state officers excepting
that of governor be limited to five
minutes.
Hon. Ed F. Harris of Galveston was
then Introduced to place Governor
Lanham’s name to the convention.
A seconding speech was made by
James C. George of Erath county.
Mr. Imboden of Nacogdoches pro-
posed suspension of roll call and noml-
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challenge of the Building Trade Em-
ployers’ A enunciation and a great lock-
out of tho unions will bo ordered.
About 40,000 men. It U said, will be
Involved.
A fast passengar train on tha 8t
Louis and Ban Prandaoo Railway from
Dallas and Fort Worth for 8L Louis,
waa derailed near Vlnlta, I. T. Several
persons wore Injured, but no one waa
killed.
One hundred cases of typhoid fovsr
tn Mountesarags. Md.. with $.200 In
habitants, causes groat alarm. Nurses
are being Imported from several
points. The epidemlo la traceable to
a spring where workmen and children
drink.
The people of Ardmcso have termed
n company to dig ter oil or gaa and
Abe derrleh In mow mooted and work
will commence In a tew days. The
money la aHoidy paid In to gink a
watt MM tom teep. >
Advtoea flam tho Attorney deter
aTa eteee amte that Me tew doee oot
practically Instantaneous adoption
and scarcely a breath of dissatisfac-
tion was whispered against n single
plank. In the nomination of Its can-
didates there was an utter absence
of blustering oratory, the few speech-
es made being well to the point and
curtailed to the closest limit possible;
the people at the polls In tho prima-
ries had expressed their preferences,
there was never any disposition to
thwart the will aa then expressed,
and so, at one full swoop, the body In
m business way. to characterise It.
nominated, with the exception of the
candidate of the party for governor
all the people's expressed choices for
the respective places on the party
ticket to the light for the chalnrfka
businesslike
characterised
thaa aay other
convention
dostag mlaatA
sr similar body
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MON. PRANK ANORIWO, OP HOUSTON,
Chairman ef tha Pamaergtfa Patty of
A. L Rahbtaa. Trav. Hsnlsrsoa, EL
Moore. William Pieman. John
Picket. CLDuCarloek. George Potter,
a TormU. W.
matlaa hy Sfclamadloa. sad tkla carried
a rlatag rate hatag taken amid ap*
pteaaa. $U tha chair declared S. W. T.
Lanham to the stage waa named as
follows:
Judge E. B. Muse of Dallas couaty.
Judge Paschal of Bexar county, 8- P-
Skinner of Bills county.
Amid a blare of trumpets and music
be waa seen pressing his way with the
committee down the aisles, lined by
enthusiastic delegates, and when he
reached the stage he received an ova-
tion.
Lanham’s Speech.
Governor Lanham was introduced to
the convention. The hall was quiet
instantly, and that quietude was mark-
ed throughout his address, save for
occasional applause.
Andrews Permanent Chairman.
It was nearly 5 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon when Hon. Wm. Poindexter
of Johnson county, one of the conven-
tion vice-president*, announced that
the time for the election of a perma-
nent chairman had arrived.
Nominations were made as follows:
Ben E. Cabell, by Hon. Rice E.
Maxey of Grayson county; W. L. Rad
ney of McLennan by Hon. R. T. Mil-
ner of Rusk; Frank Andrews of Hous-
ton, by Hon. Davis E. Decker, the
Panhandle senator.
All contestants for the honor were
three of the ablest, most loyal and
faithful of the powerful army of Tex-
as democrats.
After a lively contest. H'oa. Frank
Andrews of Houston was elected by
acclamation. When It became evident
that he was the choice of the conven-
tion, the other contestants gracefully
withdrew their names.
The new chairman accepted the
trust in well chosen remarks and
pledged himself to be the chairman
of Texas democracy, not for one man
or set of men.
Speechmaking waa in order, making
other nominations and acceptancea,
and when all was over at 6:20, having
unaimoualy adopted a platform, tho
state executive committee nominated
the following ticket:
United States Senator, Charles A.
Culberson.
Governor, 8. W. T. Lanham.
Lieutenant Governor, Geo. D. Neal.
Attorney General, R. V. Davidson.
Controller, J. W. Stephens.
Treasurer, John W. Robbins.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, R. B. Cousins.
Railroad Commissioner, Allison
Mayfield.
Judge of Supreme Court, T. J. •
Brown.
Judge Court of Criminal Appeals,
M. M. Brooks.
The New Executive Committee.
Before the convention adjourned,
the senatorial delegations elected
their respective chaimen for the en-
suing two yeara, who are ex-offlcio
members of the State Democratic ex-
exutive committee. As a result of
yesterday’s elections the next state
executive committee, with Frank An-
drews of Houston as chairman, will
be composed of the following mem-
bers:
District—
1— S. I. Robison of Daingerfleld, Mor-
ris county.
2— H. E. Henderson of Sulphur
Springs, Hopkins county.
3— E. A. Calvin of Paris. Lamar coun-
ty.
4— C. B. Potter of Gainesville, Cooke
county.
5— J. A. Garrison of McKinney, Col-
lin county.
6— Phil C. Travis of Dallas, Dallas
county.
7— J. W. Fitzgerald of Tyler, Smith
county.
8— E. B. Blalock of Woodlawn, Har-
rison county.
9— A. N. Justice of Corsicana, Navar-
ro county. ' '
10— John M. Loggias of Ennte, Elite
county.
11— Gordon Gaither of Chilton, Falls
county.
12— W. B. Moses of Fairfield, Free-
county.
13— iL. D. Guinn of Rusk, Cherokee
county.
14— R. A. Greer of Beaumont, Jeffer-
son county1.
15— E. B. Seay of Madlsonvllle. Madi-
son county.
16— Will P. Hobby of Houston, Harris
county.
17— A. E. Mastcrson of Brazoria, Bra-
zoria county.
18— J. F. Wolters of La Grange, Fay-
ette county.
18—R. J. Alexander of Caldwell, Bur-
leeon county.
20— C. C. Pearson of Burnet, Burnet
county.
21— J. L. Storey of Lockhart, Caldwell
county.
22— John W. Flournoy of Beevlile, Bee
county.
22—C. C. Thomas of Cotulla, La Salle
county.
24—Charles 8chrelner of KerrvlUe,
' Kerr county.
*5—John O. Grlaer of Del Rio, Val
Verde county.
28—G. H. Good son of Comanche, Co-
manche county.
27— George H. Boynton of Hamilton.
Hamilton county.
28— IL A. 8L John of Cisco. Boot land
county.
2h—A. A. 'Peoples of Lubbock. Leh-
■' hook ceaate- '
88—C. B. Howland of Fort Worth,
Tarrant county ^
81—R. t Carswell of Decatur, Wm
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Carnes, J. M. Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1904, newspaper, August 12, 1904; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803143/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend).