Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-18
PACIFIC COAST.
CALIFORNIA.
KEiRNEY'S CONVENTION II SESSION.
The Tittel 1Zall Convention.
RESOLUTIONS AND PLATFORM.
The Body Of Cy. Dubois Found.
CALIFORNIA.
The Tittel Izall Convention.
RESOLUTIONS AND PLATFORM

San EANNA~A9s NAY IL
At Charter Oak Hall this morning
hut little vas done. The COMMITTEES Oh
Platform had not vet reported. The
Sonoma delegation having Joined the
Tittel Hall Convention. were by resO-
luton expelled. kearney denouncing
them as whisky blosts and eini>saries
Of Peter Donahue. The County Com
mittee. also, by resolution, expelled
from the party MsSsrs. GioSsman aud
Pond. The delegates from Napa came
in and Joined the Convention. Reso-
lutions were passed against the con-
tract system on public works, and pro-
vidinZ for Government control of cor
~poiations. Most of the morning ~as
devoted 10 speech making. Adjourned
al 1915 till this afternoon.
AT Titles Hall. knight read an 81
dress TO p people, setting forth the
position of the County Committee
wing of the party, and dwelling on the
. objects 81 the organization. The Com
mitree on Platform and Resolutions
reported. The document reafjrm~ the
principles enuuclatr,l a. iHs humboldt
Hall Convention. held January 2ih,
and claims that the convention Is or
garIz4d IN conformity with the consli-
FA2HA y AHAFI AHHFHHNFNF W. tAA AaAs
monopoly. aud demands lrgislation-in
the interest Of humanity instead OF
properly: a-crihes he present depres
sion Of business and industrial inter
ests in a great mea-uTe TO "A wTOug sys
tenn of finance; demands Of the Gen
eral Government immediate remedy
for tie evil Of the Chinese immlgra-
zion: recommends the establishment
/ Of labor bureaus and a co operation
system IN conducting the industrial
pursuits; demands hat the nominees
20 the Constitutional Convention must
agree u the Limitation If tbs amount
81 land 70 be required by any one per-
SON by purchase or inheritance; thai
two thousand dollars worth Of prop
cry shall he exempt from taxation, and
any amounts in excess of that figure
70 be- assessed at an equal Tatue. or 20 tie
taxed on an increasing scsle: that ua-
improved land mu>t he assessed a The
sau q rate as improved land of similar
character. and location and improve
meut to he taxed separately. but no,
to add Il the ae~e-sshle "a ne u the
and; the indebtedness Of indieid-
uals To be deducted from the
property in assessing their valuation;
prohibiting local and special legisia-
ton: the veto power to be abolished,
and all acts at the close Of the ses-
sion OF The Legislature to be submit
ted to the psople for approval; pro-
hibiting the enactment OF the prop
erty qualification for voting; petty
criminals, convicted of repeated Of
lenses and Illegal voting. To be dis
franchised; a reduction OF the mum
her of Legislators, and an extension
of their term of office; the pardoning
power 10 he vested ia A commission
-malfeasance in office to be punished
by Imprisonment, without privilege OF
/ pleading statute Limitations; reorpan-
izstion of the judicial system, and OPP
position to all subsidies.
Before the adoption of the resolu-
tons the convention took a recess til
lao p. ".
YoLo. Cal, May IL.
The body of CIV. Dubois, the we'll
known horse trainer. was found thi,
morning in a small creek ear town
SANTA CRUZ. CAL, May II.
Don Rafael CCstra died A. Aptos on
the 18th, and was IS years old.