Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-09
OREGON.
state Democratic Convention.


PORTLAND, April Sth.-The Democratic
State Convention met at Albany yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. The Convention was
called to order by John F. Miller, Chairman
of the State Central Committee. General M
V. Brown was placed in nomination for tenn
porary Chairman, General Joseph Lane de
claring him to be the veteran Democrat ans
statesman and the Nestor of the Oregon
Democracy General Brown was elected
without opposition, and responded in fifteer
minutes speech, in which he thanked thu
Convention for the honor conferred; advo
Gated hard-money and free-trade platform
and urged harmony, united action and the
nomination of strong ticket.f
Charles Nickel and Joseph Cook were
chosen Secretaries. A committee of one dele
gate from each county on credentials was ap
pointed. After recess the Convention wa.
called 80 order, and the Committee on Gre
dentials reported. The report was adopted
There were 81 proxies. A Committee of five
on Permanent Organization was appointed
and Committee on Platform, consisting Of
one from each county. The Convention ad
journed till P. NJ. On convening the fol
lowing district nominations were made by the
Convention First District-Circuit Judge
Fl. K. Hanna Prosecuting Attorney, T. B.
Kent. Second District-Judge, j. j. Wal.
ton; Prosecuting Attorney, H. F. Campbell
Third District-Judge, VIM. Rimsey: Prose.
District-Judge, G. B. Bellinger. The nomi.
nation of Prosecuting Attorney was left to a
committee of five, consisting of John Meyers,
John Hobson, Thomas Stewart, J. Z. Porter
and F. r. Strong. Fifth District-Judge, L.
l.. Macarthur was nominated by acclamation
Prosecuting Attorney, ID. w. Bailey.
The Committee on Platform reported q
series of resolutions advocating economy in
public affairs, uniform taxation, equal pro
lection to capital and labor, regulation by
legislative Acts of rates of common carriers,
maintenance of public schools, free election
without interference by the military, con-
demning keeping alive the bitterness of the
late war, censuring President Hayes for Veto
ing the Chinese bill, declaring the recent de-
cisions of the United States Supreme Court
in relation to election laws as favoring the
Republican party, pledging to support all
laws favoring untrammeled suffrage, oppo-
sition to the protective tariff. and denounc-
ing the third-term movement.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
PORTLAND, April Sth.-The Democratic
State Convention has made the following
nominations For Congressman, John White
aker. Presidential Electors-J. X. Weather
ford, of Linn L. j. Owens, of Coos; James
Fulton, of Wasco. For judges of the Su
preme Court. K. Kelly, 2. P. Prim and
John Burnett Kelly and Prim are now on
the Supreme Bench. Delegates to the Ma
tional Convention-J. J. Williams, J. W.
Wisdom, A. A. Fink, John Myers, w. A
Effinger, Charles Nickell A State Centra
Committee was then chosen, one from each
county. Chairman State Central Committee
I. J. Baily. Portland was selected as the
place for holding the next convention. The
following resolution was adopted after long
and heated discussion
Resolved, That while we recognize gold and silver
as constitutional currency, and the only real money
regard any further contraction of the currency
the paper of the Government uncalled for and
mpolitic in the present financial condition OF the
country.
The following resolution was presented by
Judge L. L. Macarthur, and was received
with some applause
Resolved, That the selection of Judge Field as the
standard-beare of the Democratic party in the
coming contest would assuredly enable us to carry
the electoral votes Of the entire Pacific coast against
any candidate to be named by the Republican party
J. A. Davis, of Linn county, offered the
following as substitute, which was received
by the Convention with the most tumultuous
applause, and adopted by an overwhelming
majority-the proportion standing six to one
in favor of Tilden:
RESOLVED, That while we believe it is not gooc
policy to instruct delegates to the National Conven
ton, thus hampering their action, we yet think II
right and proper to express the choice of this Con
venfion for President and Vice President We
therefore declare that Samuel j. Tlden, of New
York, is our first choice for President, and Thomas
Hendricks, of Indiana, is our first choice for Vice
President