Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-12
The Republican State COventiOn.

SACRAMENTO, June 10th.-1l p. NJ.
The Convention re-assembled at eight
O'clock this evening.
The Committee on Permanent Or
ganization submitted report, recon-
mending the following as permanent
officers: Hon. A. A. Sargent, Presi-
dent; III. o. Beatty of Sacramento, H.
S. Sargent of San Joaquin, Solomon
Jewett of Kern and A. G. Abel Of San
Francisco, Vice-Presidents; M. d. BO-
ruek of San Francisco, Secretary; j.
ID. Barnard of San Francisco and John
Barrett of Sacramento, Assistant Sec
retares; S. II. Mott of San Francisco,
Sergeant at Arms. The report was
adopted.
The Committee on Resolutions sub
mitted a platform reaffirming the
State platform of 1871 and the Ma
tional platform of 1872. The resolu-
tions, in brief, expressed confidence in
Grant; accepted his letter to the chair
man of the Pennsylvania Convention,
on the subject of the third term, rs a
settlement of that issue, and resolved
that the 18th, l4th and 18th amend
ments must be maintained; that all
attempts to prevent the exercise of the
franchise by cOlOred citizens must be
met as attempts to revive the civil
war; that the cost of the State and
county governments should be reduced
One-half by an economical administra-
ton of affairs and 10y the abandon
ment of the practice of voting the peO-
ple's money to institutions called into
existence without State action; that
the party will aid in the development
of the resources of the State and de-
mands that the Legislature assume
control of lakes and rivers, subject to
mining and mechanical rights only,
and provide system 0firrigation, the
work to be under the control of pari 8
owning irrigable lands; that freedom
of State from ecclesiastical control
must he maintained, and no public
school moneys diverted to support Sec
tartan schools, that the Central Paci-
fic Railroad Is a State corporation,
amenable to the laws of the State;
that the State has right to regulate
frelghts and fares within her borders,
and the General Government has the
same power on the Interstate lines;
that the people should exact pledges
from the candidates for the Legisla-
ture binding themselves to reduce
fares and freights to fair standard
and abolish all unjust DETERMINATIONS;
that the party is sopposed to all schemes
whereby, under pretense OF providing
gas and water, parties seek to enrich
themselves at the expense of the COM
munity. They finally invite the CO.
operation of the farming interest in
carrying out the measures recon-
mended in the platform and deprecate
dissension in the party ranks.
A resolution to limit the Presiden-
tial tenure of Office to two terms was
voted down, Gorham opposing it.
A resolution was adopted that all
citizens, regardless of color, are enti-
| tied to equal educational facilities.
Mcfarland of Sacramento introduced
a substitute for the railroad plank in
the platform, holding that, while op-
posed to subsidies and trespass by cor
porations on the rights of the people,
it is not polite to force corporations
into politics by hostile resolutions. He
supported the resolution in speech.
Gorham followed in strong speech,
scoring and denOuncing the Railroad
Company and claiming that this plank
in the platform was only what was
called for and disclaiming any hope OF
further reward at the hands of the
party.
Boruck spoke against the plank In
the platform. Judge Minor of San
Francisco favored McFarland's substi'
tute. Dorrance of Stockton and Cogh'
Ian of Vallejo supported the platform
as reported.
On the vote the platform was adopt
ed AS submitted.
Sears of San Francisco introduced 6
resolution in favor of a repeal OF the