Texas Democratic Ticket Nominees Named At Convention
At Galveston the Texas Democratic convention nominated Joseph D. Sayers for Governor and James N. Browning for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Other nominees included Thomas M. Smith for Attorney General R. W. Finley for Comptroller J. Kendall for Superintendent Thomas J. Brown for Supreme Court Judge and M. M. Brooks for the Court of Criminal Appeals. The platform adopted condemned mugocracy and white rapism while endorsing unified primaries on one day.
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Trop
J. N. Browning
Amarillo
Thomas M. Smith
Hillsboro
R. W. Finley
Tyler
J.S. Kendall
Ladonia
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Brown
Sherman
George W. Finger
Fort Worth
John W. Robbins
Vernon
Galveston
Blake
Swayne of
Tarrant
Gatewood
Presidio
Philippine Islands
United States
Committee On Resolutions
J. M. Richards
Parker
Sayers
A. W. Melver
James N . Browning
T. S. Smith
J. Kendall
Sayers Debuts in Texas Convention and Election Drama
The Texas convention saw Allison Mayfield lead Sherman in a gubernatorial bid while ex Governor Sayers received a bouquet after a speech on Texas needs. Land commissioner candidates Finger Mills Garrison Robbins contested ballots until Robbins won by acclamation. Judge race moved from initial splits to Brooks elected by acclamation as Rice withdrew. Adjournment followed at 2 AM as Miami reports Private Heath death and storm damage in Abilene with injuries. additional dispatches note Tahlequah Indians mood over allotment, San Juan returns wives and children, a fatal crash in West Norwalk, and Cape Town elections stirring rival factions.
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Sherman
Sayers
Lubbock
Texas
Blake
Major Sayers
George W. Finger
Fort Worth
Martin E. Groos
Austin
F. T. Roche
Georgetown
Finger
M. Sharp
Seth P Mills
Waco
T. S. Garrison
Shelby
J. W. Robbins
Vernon
Garrison
Mills
Robbins
Court of Criminal Appeals
H. B. Rice
Falls
Earnest D. Cavin
Galveston
Don A. Bliss
Grayson
M. M. Brooks
Hunt
Brooks
Rice
Bliss
Cavin
Hurt
Necesary
H. ©. Carter
San Antonio
Bell
Censorship Tightens as Press Suppressed in Madrid
Madrid reports extreme press censorship with leading papers and journals banned. Only poems and literary pieces replace excised content, while references to peace negotiations are barred. A San Juan dispatch says Colonel San Martin was courtmartialed and shot for abandoning Ponce. Lt. Colonel Puiz killed himself.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
San Martin
Ponce
Puiz
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