Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-23
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
T1nion Telegraph Compauy.l
Pacific Coast News.


Died from his wounds.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22d.-Jas
Baxter, clerk at the Coso House
who was stabbed on Sunday night
last, died of his wounds in the city
prison at 1880 this morning.
The A.faJustice Consess.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22d.-It i:
reported on the street to-day thai
Baldwin has authorized Sharon to
mediate in the Alts-Justice contest
and fix up some kind of q compro'
mise.
Ban Franc.scU Markets..
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-Floul
dull; City mills supertine 81 S7R@
So; extra s6@S6@; oregon extra
S54@S5 S72. Wheat inactive; small
sales milling at S2@S2 024; super
fine 81 so. Barley quiet; fees
good 81. Oats steady; light 81 sac
ST 40; choice ST 50@1 Gu. Hay,
first receipts new crop; market un.
settled; quotations nominal. Corn
quiet and firm; large yellow 81 95@
81; white So 10. Receipts of fifty
tons from Omaha. Potatoes, de-
mand good and prices steady; new
S3@4; old, good to choice S3@S4f
Wool dull and unchanged.
ghe n...-;'astiz al C.."vsm;iaa.
SACRAMENTO, May 22d.-The
State Convention called by the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee ana to which all the PEG.
pies Conventions were invited to
send delegates, the object being to
select thirty-two delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, met in
the assembly chamber at 3:45 P. NJ
to-day.
Searles, of Nevada City, was
elected President pro tenn; G. Car.
penter, of Alameda, and c. L.
Miller, of Contra Costa, Secretaries,
and l.. S. Sullivan, of Merdocino,
and DR.. Thornton, of Kern, Vice
Presidents. b. V. Sargent, of Mon.
terry, l.. Byington, OF Sierra, DR..
Thornton, of Kern, J. G. Bull, oil
Yolo, Z. l.. Crawford, of Ell Dor
ado, and j. A. Knox, of Mendocino,
were appointed the Committee on
CredentIal. G. s. Kicks, of Hum.
toldt, ]. II. Miller, of Ell Dyrado,
James Mecham, of Amador, and J.
S. Matthews, of Siskiyou, the
Committee OH organization and Or
der of business.
After recess the first committee
reported - delegates, certified from
fourteen counties, viz: Contra Cos
Ia, Amador, Mendocino, Sierra, Ell
Dorado, Nevada, San Mateo, Hum
boldt, Kern, Caaveras, Siskiyou,
Yolo, Monterey, Santa Clara. Ali
the credentials came from Demo-
cratic committees or conventions,
except Nevada, Ell Dorado and San
Mateo from peoples meetings. Of
the y delegates about 80 were pres
ent. The Committe on OrganiZa-
ton and Order of Business reported
officers as already given, and also
resolutions as follows:
WHEREAS, A State Convention
was recommended by the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee to
be holden this day at this place,
delegates to which should repre-
sent the people irrespective of par.
ty, for the purpose of nominating
thirty-two delegates TO the Uonsti-
tutional Convention TO be voted
for by the State at large; and
WHEREAS, In three of the Con-
gressional Districts non-partizan
candidates have already been NOM
mated, this Convention being thus
in the work which it
was convened TO perform; Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Convention
endorse the candidates for The Com
vention nominated in the First
Congressional District by com
mittee of %, of which G. Adolph
Lowe is Chairman, eight in the
Second District nominated by
a Convention held in the city of
Sacramento on the Goth of May, of
which Hon. Niles Searles was
Chairman, and eight nominated in
Convention in the Third Congress.
sional District, held on the l4th, in
the city CT MarysviIle, of which
VIM. Sharkey was Chairman; and
WHEREAS, The Fourth Congress
sional district having failed to
make nominations for delegates at
large for said district, therefore,
be it
ReSolred, That convention of
the citizens of this Congressional
District he held in the city of San
Jose Oh the 30th day of May next,
to nominate eight delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, the
representation to said Congress.
sional District Convention to be
two members for each member of
the Legislature to which said
county or Senatorial District Is en-
titled.
The report was, OH motion of
Gov. Irwin, divided into sections
and the first part, recommending
officers, was adopted.
The chair then introduced J. A.
of Alameda, who as chair
man of the Committee from the
Congressional Convention of the
Second District, held on the goth,
reported the proceedings of
that body and characterized them
as patriotic and harmonious and
asked the State Convention to
endorse the nominees of that Con-
vention. He read, also, the resolu-
tlons adopted by the Convention of
the goth, which endorsed the NOM
inees of the First and Third dis.
tricts.
On motion of Gov. Irwin, so
much Of the report as called for the
endorsement of the action OF the
other Conventions in the First,
Second and Third districts was
unanimously adopted.
On motion of J. G. Maynard, the