San Antonio Daily Light

THE DODGE FAILED.
HOW CERTAIN CANDIDATES GOT UP
THEIR OWN CONVENTION,
But Were Deftly Euchred Out of Nomi-
nation By Other Artful Schemers.

The meeting at Krisch hall on Saturday
evening was a circus rivaling in fun and ec-
centricities one of the stormy pile driving
meetings of the city council, and the "clown-
ing" was excellent in a marked degree. It was
all "in and dried" so beautifully, but the pro-
moters were badly euchred out of the game.
The would-be-fire-engineer Willis called the
meeting to order, but it came to disorder. D.
I. Weed and J. C. Crawford were nominated
for chairmen. Then came the storm. but no
election could be made. Then a compromise
was made by the election of H. B. Salliway.
George Lester was also elected secretary.
Mr. John H. Copeland spoke to the
meeting
until
crowd
entered and
stopped
the speechifying.
Then three
sergeants-at-arms
were
appointed
to
keep order, but Copeland would not shut up.
He went on again and amused the people
by a sensible-pat-you-on-the-back-kind of a
talk.
Then W. H. Huston, candidate for county
judge, gave a clever discourse on labor and
its duties. which was well received.
Justice Crawford mounted the rostrum
minus his coat and spoke in support of the
labor cause.
He was followed by Oscar Bergstrom. who
made a sensible talk on the labor question and
gave the lie to his traducers.
Mr. Jackson. a laboring man. then fired off a
labor speech which was forcible. logical and
generally admired
Doyle wanted to be a committee of one to
clear out the disturbers but he was jerked in-

to his seat and subsided.
George Lester wanted to catch the chair-
man's eye. He did so at last, but it did him no
good for the chairman ordered him to sit
down. George was very emphatic, but he also
subsided.
The chairman called attention to the objects
of the meeting to place a genuine labor (?

ticket in the field and George Paschal was
nominated amid cheers for Oscar Bergstrom.
The chairman said he would have order or
resign, when he was invited to come down.but
he didn't.
Alderman Gallagher, amid ironical cries of
"Let her go Gallagher." seconded Paschal's
nomination, when John Lyons said that Gal-
lagher had got left on the democratic ticket-
Gallagher indignantly denied that he was left.
There was considerable disturbance, and the
sergeants-at arms were busy in getting any-
thing like order.
Lyons wanted more sergeants-at-arms. "My
god," said the chairman, "we've got six of 'em
already.
There was a considerable interval for dis-
order and refreshments. when Gallagher
again mounted the rostrum amid cries of
"Come off." "Turn him out." Let her go Galla:
gher." but he couldn't get a hearing.
After some time Gallagher's persistency
was rewarded. He got a hearing and poured
forth considerable taffy that tickled the boys.
but he gave considerable hades to the ring.
Clem Bee called Gallagher to a point of or
der, that Timothy Winebruiser was wandering
froi the question. Clem was right, but Gal-
iagher was sustained, and he, too, subsided
amid cries of "Put him out," "Let her go, Ga!-
lagher." Gallagher resumed his speech,
showed that he was the workingman, and re-
seconded Paschal's nomination.
John Lyons climbed the stage to speak
when Gallagher moved to adjourn. Jackson
shouted wildly for order, but it didn't come..
Dickson urged that the meeting wasn't
called to make nominations. when the chair.
man tersely intimated that he didn't know
what he was talking about. This caused
much laughter, and more uproar, but event-
ually the motion to adjourn was put and de-
clared lost.
But it wasn't in reality, for some one
whooped, and several persons made for the
bar. The crowd were evidently under the im-
pression that free drinks were being served
there and they followed, while the
chairman
gazed
at
them in blank
astonishment.
While
he
was thusly
fixed. Krisch
came
round
quietly and
put out the lights. Then, and only then, did
the chairman vacate his seat and seek conso-
lation in spiritual sustenance. And he need-
ed it.
Oh! it was a grand convention. There was
all the uproar, and talk of the democratic con
vention, 'but this stands ahead, for after all it
did nothing.
But there is considerable "mad" existing
this morning on the part of frustrated candi
dates and deluded delegates, who proposed to
carry the convention in their own way and
couldn't. It's hard on them, but they can only
grin and abide.