Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-01

Committe on Permanent Organization
and Order of. Basiness reported. recon-
mending for permanent President, Gov
Dovney; Secretaries, II. W. Miller and
7. J. Shackelford. with q long list OF
Vice. Presidents and Sergeants-a'-Arrns.
Order of business: Nominations; APP
point,nt Mt of State Central Committee,
one from each Judicial District. On
motion, the report was,amended so that
each Judicial District shall name mem
Der OF the Slate Central Committee, and
members at large be elected BY the Con
vention. The report was adopted as
amended, and the list OF delegates then
read. The report OF the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions was then read
by the Chairman OF the Committee Il.
J. Lewis. The Platform declares the
party is opposed to federal interierences
with tho affairs of individual States;
condemns the Republican party ior eA-
travagance and corruption and system Of
inconvertible currency; nepotism OF the
President, the force bill and other enor-
mites; is in favor OF the Constitutional
Conventions to frame new STAKE Con-
stitution, and is in favor OF
strict construction OF the Constitu-
ton, revenue tariff, hard currency
reduction OF expenditures Of the State,
county and municipal governments; Is
opposed to the division OF the school
fund to any other purposes than those
provided by law; INSERTS the necessity oil
legislative control Of all corporations,
railroad or otherwise, and the duty of
the Government to control the waters of
the State for irrigation or other purposes;
claims that there is no further need Of
recording principles Of party as regards
subsidies, they having been already suf-
ficiently pronounced; asserts that local
governments are sufficient to cope with
the Chinese question, and demands the
amendment of the Burlingame treaty,
reducing il to merely commercial con-
vention; favor of speedy completion Of
the Thirty second Parallel Railroad I'M
der proper governmental restrictions;
favor of equality Of taxation; opposes all
laws tending to regulate private personal
habits known in general as prohibi-
tory laws as against the principles OF
the party; in conclusion, invite the CO.
operation of oil persons in carrying out
the above principles. An amendment
was embodied in the Platform, pledging
the party to correct the evil of land mo-
nopoly; and the Platform, as amended,
was adopted. Nomination of candidates
being next in order, Byrne, of Nevada,
placed in nomination Thos. Findley, OF
Nevada; Lockwood, of Yuba, nominated
Jas. A. johnson, of San Francisco; Pas
borough, of Siskiyou, presented the
name Of VIM. Irwin, of Amador; Archer,
Of Santa Clara, placed in nominatian G.
Il. Ryland, OF Santa Clara; Captain Jno
Mullan, OF San Francisco, nominated
Phillip A. Roach, of the San Francisco
Examiner. On motion, nominations
were declared closed. A motion to I'D
journ for on hour to give candidates an
opportunity to read the Platform was
lost, some delay occurring in the appear
ance of the candidates. The motion tc
adjourn was then renewed and carried.
SAN FRANcIsco. June 30.-After recess
the following Congressional and Judicial
nominations were made: For Congress.
man OF the Third District, j. X. Luttrell
for Judge of the Seventh District. W. G.
Wallace; for Judge Of the Tenth Dis
trict, p. W. Keyser; for Judge Of the
Second District, p. o. Humble. The
Convention reassemblod at quarter
past two.
On the first ballot for Governor. 345
votes were cast; necessary to choice
173; Finiley, ST; johnson, SO; Irwin
104; Ryland, Go; Roach, 81; and Hager
4. Credentials of Mono county ruled
out. Second ballot Findley, 80, John
son, "a; Irwin, 100; Ryland, 70; Roach
%; Captain Mullan withdrew Roach''
name in favor of Irwin. Roach said il
an explanation he made that he made hi
recommendation in favor Of any one
Third ballot Findley, 81; johnson, 81
Irwin, III; Ryland, rs. Fourth ballot
! Findley, "a, johnson. SO; Irwin. ll9
Ryland. 70. Motion to adjourn was lost
, Fifth ballot Findley, 3d. Johnson, "a
Irwin. 1913; Ryland, II, At this juno
, ture, after scene of Undesirable con
. fusion, the Convention adjourned til
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