The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919 Page: 103
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Book Reviews
the Democrats and Know-Nothings held their State conventions
at Austin. Both parties nominated full tickets for State officers
(the attorney-general, comptroller, and treasurer constituted the
State ticket in 1856) and presidential electors, and appointed del-
egates to the National conventions. The Know-Nothing party
did not hold another State convention in Texas. Fifty-four coun-
ties had delegates present at the Democratic State convention; by
allowing members of the legislature to represent counties without
delegates, the number of represented counties was increased to
ninety-one, leaving only eight unrepresented. The position of the
party was clearly stated. John Marshall was elected chairman of
the State central committee, a. position to which he was annually
re-elected until the outbreak of the war. 'We can now date the
thorough organization of the Democratic party of the State of
Texas,' wrote the editor of the Sltae Gazeltle. 'The convention
held on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of January, [1856], was one of
the largest ever held in Texas, and will compare for numbers, re-
spectability, and talent with any convention we ever attended in
our sister States.'
"In 1857, the State convention met at Waco, May 4, and for
the first time nominated candidates for governor and lieutenant-
governor. The two-thirds rule was adopted for making nomina-
tions, and adhered to for nearly fifty years. The election of Run-
nels over Houston, after another very exciting campaign, demon-
strated the excellence of the party's organization." (Pp.
40-41.)
The second part of the book contains, besides the texts of the
political platforms, the names of the nominees, officers of the con-
ventions, members of the various convention committees, and of
the State central committees. The task of making accurate lists
of these officers and committeemen from the fragmentary accounts
contained in the meager newspaper accounts of the conventions
involved an amount of work that might have staggered one of less
persistence than the author.
Among the platforms contained in the volume, probably the
most interesting at the present time, owing to our share in the
great world war, is that of the mass meeting of the German Ameri-
cans held in San Antonio on May 15, 1854, only a few years after
many of them had fled to our shores to escape the oppression of
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919, periodical, 1919; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117156/m1/111/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.