The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-30
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRACY IN
-. CONVENTION.

ifornia met at Sacramento, and tn
Reporter says. that it was by far tn,
largest political gathering ever hels
in that State. Governor Bradley, aad
q,itesa number of other distinguished
Democrats from Nevada were pres,
cnt and took an active interest in the
proceedings of the Convention. Ak
the Reporter was issued before the
Convention adjourned, and as the tel
egraph from California has been toe
busy in heralding Chinese thefts and
the price of bogus mining stocks to
give us the particulars OF the Conyen.
tion, we have only partial list of the
nominations to present to our read
eSs. Following are the nominees OF
the Convention, so far rs reported.
FoR GoyERNog-The present In
cumbent, Henry Fl. Haight, was nom
mated by acclamation, there being no
other candidate put forward. The
Convention. greeted the nomination
with three tremendous cheers which
shook the building from turret to
foundation, the cannons, prepared for
the purpose, fired Is shots in honor of
the event, and Gov. Haight accepted
the nomination in short but elegant
speech. 4ssfss
For LIEUTENANT GoYERNon-
Col. L. J. Lewis was nominated by
y majority over two other candi-
dates.
FoR JUDGES OF SUPREME Court
For the short term, Judge jackson
Temple was nominated by acclama-
nation; for the long term, Judge
Seldom S. Wright was nominated by
II majority after a spirited contest
between FIVE candidates.
FoR SECRETARY OF STATE-W. c..
Brown was nominated over six other
contestants on the third ballot
For CONTROLLERS. o. Dewitt
was nominated on the fourth ballot
after a lively contest between seven
candidates.
p. S.-Since the above was written
the porpoise-gaited telegraph comes
waddling along with the following
additional nominees, which completes
the ticket: For Superintendent of
Schools, o. p. Fitzgerald; for State
Treasurer, A. Coronel; for Attorney
General, Jos. Hamilton; for Surveyor
General, ]. w. Bost; for State Prin-
ter, John Barry; for Clerk Supreme
Court, Thos. Laspayer; for Harbor
Commissioner, J. Friedlander; for
Congress in I'd District, John W.
Cofroth.
The Platform of principles was
adopted unanimously without discus
sion. The first and second resolu-
tions are copied almost rerbatina from
the Ohio New Departure" of Val
landigham, acknowledging the late
amendments to the Constitution as
fixed facts and no longer issues before
the country. The third resolution is
q reiteration of the Democratic doc
trine of State Rights and completely
knocks the stumps from under the
18th Amendment which assumes to
regulate suffrage IN the several States
How these antagonistic propositions
can be neutralized and reconciled we
leave those champion political aero
bats who perform the "New Depart
-uren act to demonstrate.
The fourth plank of the Platform
demands universal amnesty; the fifth
condemns, In scathing language, those
twin infamies, the "Bayonet Force
Bill7' and the a4Ku-Klux Bill" the
sixth fayors tariff for revenue only,
and denomces the protective system
as unjust, oppressive, prolific of cor
ruption, and injurious to the best IN
terests of the country; the seventh
opposes Congressional land grabbing
schemes; the eighth arraigns the Rad
ical Congress for its failure to orepealthe
odious income tax and to restrict the
importation of Chinese coolies; the
ninth uncompromisingly opposes sub
sides to railroad and other corpora
tions : the tenth favors amending the
State Constitution so as to provide
additional safeguards around the pub
lie treasury; the eleventh denounces
monopolies of all sorts and favors the
elevation and amelioration of the la
boring classes; the twelfth opposes
Chinese immigration and denounces
Congressional interference in the
State regulation of that matter; the
thirteenth favors the leaving of pub
lie lands to actual settlers only; the
fourteenth denonnces Presidential In
reference In elections as treason te
the Constitution; the fifteenth pro
tests against the ruinous legislation o.
the present Administration and pied.
ges the Democracy to retrenchmena
: and reform; the sixteenth pledges