Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-08
H<novv Noahi.9 Coaasz Co~vsssIon.

eighty precincts, some Of which were en-
titled to thrcO delegates, met ia the Thea
trc in this place on Tuesday last, and went
through the farce Of nominating ticket.
1t was Convention its friends ridiculed
and were ashamed of-its enemies pitied.
1t was q Convention composed Of few
good, well-mcaning mcn-Of great many
bad ones. In it, the "office sought the
man, not the man the Office" for nearly
all preferred not to run.
At an early stage of the proceedings q
delegate introduced and warmly support
ed resolution, and it was received with
favor by many delegates, against making
nominations. The "chivs." thought it
tinctured with Black Republicanisln, that
it was paving the way for fusion, and
they jumped 1t and its author, and after
severe contest, defeated it. The introdu-
Ger of the resolution stated, in justiGca-
tion Of his course, that one Of its bitterest
NOT ablcst-oppOncnts had, but short
while before, "buzzed him about it and>
requested him to draw up something sim.
liar to that which he had presented, and
ne challenged him to deny it,! The chal-
lengcd party rather denied lie slow
ly rose to his feet and in voice quivering
with passion, Indignation or something
akin to neither, said You are en4phdt-
icalEy liar ITO which the other re-
plied-thUy were somO distance apart,
however," You're a srSst pup"
The President, with quiet smile, with
"One eye open tight" his right leg grace
fully resting upon the table before him,
his thumbs encrgetically describing cir
Gle, and his mouth screwed awry, "hoped
the gentlemen would not again indulgci in
such little personalities" Ono delegate,
evidently not a patientiistencr, hoped the
Convention would adjourn until another
delegate got through speaking. The dol
egatc thought the suggestion impudcnt,
and went ahead.
A gentleman on the floor replied to
Marshal Gaigc in an "insinuating way"
The latter, by some singular freak, had
been put in nomination for the LegiSla-
ture He withdrew his name, and in do
ing so stated that he was now City Mar
shal, wanted no other Office, and was sat
isfed if he discharged mis- duties faith.
fully.
"Tf he had done no yesterday, Mr..
President" said gentleman, "he would
have arrested two members of this Con.
vcntion and placed them in the calaboose.
They, sir, Gf that were pOssibleD dis
graced you, the American party, the dele.
gates here present. and the city they rep.
resent and outraged common decency.-
Sir, how did they get bsre! But fifteen
persons met in three Wards clandcstinely
and selected delegates to represent the
Americans of Placerville in this Conven-
tion!l [Here the speakers feelings fin
dignation overcame him, and he squAtted
behind the door. Capt Rock next took
the floor, but gave way to the gentleman
last up, who had few words more to say.
He said 'cm; and then Mr. Jones was call
ed for
With no little acerbity of temper he
"defined his position" The evening be-
fore he said, "members of this Conven.
tion, and l intend to name them, The did
have -basely circulated injuriOus-repOrts
againstme. These reports I have hereto
fore and now again pronounce false and
their authors liars!" Pretty strong, Mr..
Jones,-give 'em fits.
But it is unnecessary to comment upon
the smallest, feeblest, silliest Convention
that ever assembled in California. tire
sembled more crowd of rOwdies, spllin'
for muss, than dcliberative body. A
number Of good men were present, but
were so mortified with the proceedings
that they declined to participate in the
Convention further than to vote. Messrs.
Redd, Wilcox, McVerter and number Of
other gentlemen were placedin In an embar-
RAISING pOsition-and they fclt and seri-
ously regretted it-by attending As dele
gates such monkey show. 1t was not
"the entertainment to which they were
invited" But notwithstanding the many
difficulties under which they labOred, they
have nominated good men for some Of the
county offices. Messrs. McCallum, Rock,
Elstner, Park, George and Bush are good
men-tOo good to be run "just for the
fun of the thing" Not one has the slight
est prospect of being elected, and they
are put forward by interested parties to
prejudice their claims hereafter.
The Convention made the following
nominations: For County Judge, j. G.
McCallum; Sheriff, A. D. Rock; Collector,
NJ. R. Elstner; Clerk, Mr. Birch; Treasu-
rcr, A. D. Park; Recorder, Mr.. McCorm-
ick; Assessor, Jas. B. Hume; Superinten-
dent of Common Schools, H. s. Herrick;
Surveyor, Mr.. Carter; Public Administra-
tor, Geo. Vaughn; Senators, W. T. Gibbs,
james E. BOwe; Assembly, j. Deverter,
A. Bell, G. Ferguson, R. @. Redd, Mr..
Wilcox, W. Jones, T. H. Bodley, A. Cal