Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-30
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
The Tax L~eyy-The Temperance Re-
form party-Dem0eraiic Dele
gates Active.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 20,
In the Board of Supervisors last
night an order finally passed fixing the
tax levy at n per cent. An opinion
was received from the City and Conn
~ Attorney that tho board has no right
to strike from the assessment roll any
amount placed there by the Assessor,
but only 10 decide upon the value %
properly found thereon. A resolution
was passed to print looking toward an
examination for the purchase of the
water ofeither Clear Lake, Blue Lakes,
Pescadero Creek or MERGED Lake.
The County Convention of the TEN
perance Reform party met last even
ing to prepare for a meeting of
their State Convention Tomorrow at
| o'clock p. NJ. Indications are that
they will nominate Bidwell.
The Democratic delegates, to The con-
vention to-day, crowded the Cosmo-
poltan Hotel last evening. idates
and their friends are very active, and
each one is confident of success. The
delegates generally express themselves
firm III the belief that the Democracy
tsthV ilD &tiilC III tlitlt hofit's ti'
some even go so far as to claim they
cannot go wrong but are bound to
elect any one they choose to put up.
The general impression seems To be
that Irwin stands the best chance for
Governor and that Findley will be ONT
Of the field after the first ballot, leay-
ing johnson as the only competitor.
Everything is thought TO hinge on the
.A...atfAa 49, 1900.
lations as TO the other offices are ueces-
sarily very indefinite.
The Democratic state Con venti0n
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DOwney
Elected Temporary Chairman A
Straw for FlnaIey.
SAN FRANCISCO, June %.
The. Democratic. state Convention
met al Union Hall this afternoon, at |
o'clock, and was called to order by
Col. j. Z. tfoge. Leander Quint, Eu.
gene Casserly and j. q. Downey were
placed in nomination for temporary
chairman. Casserly declined in briet
speech.
On motion, the roll of counties was
called, and the delegates gave the mum
Der of votes from their respective
counties for their choice for chairman.
The. call of the roll resulted in the
election of Downey by a vote of l75 TO
i47. On motion, his election was de-
clared unanimous.
The election OF Downey is consid-
cred n point in favor of tindley for the
gubernatorial nomination..
Governor Downey was then intro
duced TO the convention, received with
rounds of applause, and addressed the
convention.
Owen Thorne, VIM. II. Miller and
Thos. J. Shackleford were all declared
elected temporary secretaries.
Richard Murray. Mike Farrell. Thos.
Douglas, Dan. O'Connell, Jas. Gilroy,
j. j. Maloney and Ed. Wanold were
placed in nomination for temporary
s~ergeant-at- arms, and all elected.
On motion, the Committee on Gre.
dentials, composed of one from each
Judicial district in the State, were APP
p inted by the chair, as follows:
Full, of Santa Barbara; Hogan, oil
Plumas; Emil, of San Francisco; Dor
sey, of Tuolumne; Bali, OF Yolo;
Thomson, of Sonoma; Daggett, OF
Klamath; Phelan, of Shasta; Boggs,
of Colusa; McLane, of Aniador: Lewis,
of San Francisco; Wilcox, of Maripo-
sa; Perkins, of Placer; Shirley, oil
Contra Costa; Gallagher, of Inyo;
Coroncl, of Los Angeles; Scott, of San
Diego; O'Conner, of san Francisco,
and Anguy. Of Santa Clara.
| II appearing that the seal Of Daggett