Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-19
CALIFORNIA.
woriiDgmen's state COnvention-seco
Bays Proceedings.

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sideration and gave rise to discussion on
the all-important issue of the sending of del
egates to the National Convention of the
observation-disclosures party at Chicago.
The section providing for the election of
four delegates at large to the National Con-
vention was offered as an amendment to the
report of the committee, and after a spirited
debate was adopted by vote of Sc to a. 1t
was announced by the Chair that the issue
would come before the Convention in differ
ent form for final decision.
A resolution calling for the election of two
delegates to the National Convention in each
of the four Congressional districts was also
presented, but action was deferred until this
afternoon, when the Committee ON Platform
and Resolutions will report.
A motion to insert section in the report
on Order of Business, defining the position to
be assumed by the w. 7. G. in the coming
Presidential campaign, was tabled.
Delegates adverse to representation in the
National Convention argue that the affilia-
ton of the w. 2. G. with any political or
gaDization is unconstitutional. Delegates
who favor a fusion with the Greenback
Labor party in the National Convention and
the nomination of a third candidate for the
Presidency, contend that the principles of
the two parties are identical.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
SAN Francisco, May 1Sth.-The Conven-
ton reassembled at P. NJ, Vice President
Pond in the chair.
Messrs Buckley and Ceremony were ad-
mitted as delegates from the Ninth Ward
Club of San Francisco, Martin Barry from
Contra Costa, and Assemblyman Braunhart
from the German Club of San Francisco
although there was much opposition to the
latter on the ground that he was there in the
furtherance of some job not fully explained.
The report of the Committee on Platform,
Constitution and Resolutions was then read
and received, without discharging the COM
mittee.
The principal points of the platform and
resolutions are as follows: The platform OPP
poses land and other subsidies to corpora
tions favors the taxation of United States
bonds; demands the abolition of the
contract system in prison labor; OPP
poses the system of fees to officials,
that labor on the public works be on day
wages, and that eight hours constitute a days
work; favoring compulsory education, the
acquisition of copyright by the State of school
books and their issue to children free of
charge pledging the party to support the
present public school system demanding
that the Legislature check lobbying and land
monopoly demanding the restoration to the
public domain and entry of forfeited railroad
land grants, and no further extension of the
same; condemning the desert lands bill and
others of a similar nature demanding that
the Government make provision for assisting
settlers on unoccupied public lands
that the President and President
of the United States and Postmasters be
elected by direct vote of the people: that
Congress pass laws regulating fares and
freights that Safeguarding be suppressed
and stock-iealing regulated by law; that
Court expenses be reduced; that the contest
between the mining and agricultural interests
should be settled by the State making appro-
priat;ons to enable works to be carried out
that will remedy the grounds of contest;
that cities shall own water and gas works
that the banking business be delegated to the
Government, and that gold, silver and
paper money be mutually interchangeable
the enforcement of State control of railroad,
water and gas companies; the enfranchise.
ment OF women, and graduated income tax,
and pledging the party to the enforcement of
the law creating tax for fund to be loaned
to heads Of families desiring to settle on pub
lie lands.
The constitution provides that the party
shall be known as the Workingmen's Party
of California, and a component part of the
Labor party Of the United States that the
members shall pledge themselves to dissolve
all utilization with other parties and support
the nominees of the W. p c.; that the Presi-
dents of recognized Clubs in each county
shall constitute an Executive Committee for
such county; that the executive department
of the party shall consist OF President, Vice
President, Treasurer and General Secretary
that they, in connection with one Pres;-
dent from each county, to be elected
by the Executive Committee of that
county, shall constitute a State Ex-
ecutive Committee, eight of whom shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business; all candidates for Office other than
judicial shall take pledge to support the
platform of the party and resign when called
upon by a Convention assembled for that
purpose the State Executive Committee
shall establish, as soon as possible, State
Bureau of Labor Statistics no member of
the Executive or State Central Committee,
no President, officer or member of any
county committee, and no delegate to any
nominating Convention shall be eligible to
nomination for any Office in the gift of the
party, and no delegate to a nominating Con-
vention shall be allowed to resign tor the
purpose of accepting any nomination.
The additional resolutions demand the alb
rogation of the Burlingame Treaty; the re-
peal of the national banking law and the alb
clifton of national banks that public lands
be held for actual settlers only, and steps
taken to restore to the national domain for
entry all railroad, wagon-road or telegraph
line grants, when the grantees have not
strictly complied with the terms of the
grants I; expressing sympathy with the Mus
sci Slough settlers in their contest with the
Southern Pacific Railroad, aud demanding
that Congress cancel the grant to the COM
pany and permit the settlers to enter the
lands in question protesting against the
location of land under soldiers or
sailors warrants except for bona fde
settlement, as tending to facilitate
fraud calling upon the Government
to inquire into the depletion of the national
domain by Spanish grants and soldiers and
celed and the land restored to the public do
main for entry sympathizing with Kearney
in his unusual punishment, and with Mayor
Kalloch in the extraordinary accusations
brought against him, as tending to incite
party strife, personal bitterness and breach
of the peace more than the alleged incendiary
speeches of Kearney and Kalloch also ex-
pressing sympathy with Kearney and his
family in the recent death Of brother.
After considerable discussion over the ques-
ton of returning the resolutions to the COM
IulLItc lOI COuuCilodLlOt, Iu6 OOufcutlOu
finally adopted them as read.
Medallion offered resolution that in view
of the necessity of electing President of
the United States opposed to Chinese immi-
grafton, and in order to get rid of the Chinese
incubus, the Convention declares Allen G.
Thurman the choice of the Workingmen's
party for next President.
Prolonged cheering followed the introduc-
ton of the resolution.
A motion to lay the resolution on the table
was lost by "a to so.
After long and heated debate the resolu-
ton was adopted-ayes GO, noes Al.
The result was received with cheers.
The opposition seemed more on the ground
of the impolicy of expressing any preference
at present, rather than of any objection to
Thurman as candidate.
A recess was then taken till s o'clock P. N.
The six.Day Running Race.
SAN Francisco, May 1Sth.-The score at
the Bay District track at the close of to-day's
stood: Andersen 962, and Reyes 945