Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-21
The DEMOCRATS.
Second Days Session of the State
Convention.
THE PLATFORM PRESENTED.
Nomination of @. 3. Berry for the
Third Congressional District.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RECoRD-UMos.l

ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RECoRD-UNIoN.l
OAKLAND, May 20th.-Last evening the
Third Congressional District Convention
nominated G. P. Berry for Congress.
The Convention was called to order this
morning at 1890, President Wilson in the
chair.
j. West Martin Of Alameda introduced
resolution extending courtesy of seats in
Convention to the veteran Democrats, VIM.
M. Calvin, Joseph Hoge and j. S. Hager.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
The report of the Committee on Permanent
Organization and Order of Business was
taken up. A motion was made for its adop-
sections. The latter motion was carried.
O'Meara moved that the name of H. c.
Gessford be substituted for T. A. O'Brien as
Secretary of the Convention. The motion
was withdrawn, and the section reported by
the committee, after short debate, adopted.
[sECoND DIsPATCH.l
OAKLAND, May 20th.-Paulsell introduced
resolution that the Chair suggest seven ac-
tive Democrats for members at large on the
State Central Committee.
In support of the resolution, Paulsell said
he simply introduced it to facilitate business
The Chair said he was very much gratifed
when he was relieved from the responsibility
of appointing these seven men, and would be
grati6ed also to be relieved from the response
bility of suggestion.
Leech of San Diego moved to lay the reso-
luton and amendments on the table.
Lewis of Tehama said this would carry
everything to the table.
John c. Murphy of San Francisco asked
for ruling of the Chair on the effect of a
motion to lay on the table.
The Chair ruled that if carried it would
carry the whole subject to the table.
Leech withdrew his motion.
Paulsell's resolution was lost.
The section of the report as amended by
Satterwhite's motion was then adopted
Matthews Of Tehama introduced resolu-
ton that an expression of the choice of the
Convention for the Presidency be ascertained
by calling the roll of counties.
A motion to indefinitely postpone prevailed.
The section relating to the election of dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention was reod.
Spencer of Stanislaus moved that delegates
be required to come before the Convention
and express their preference for the Presi.
dency. He said it had gone out that the
Convention of California was in favor. of one
man. He spoke of Thurman and his glorious
record on the Chinese question. The temper
of the speech was that the issue between
Field, Tilden and Thurman should be fairly
met.
Great applause followed the allusion to
Thurman.
Lewis of Tehama did not want to instruct,
but he wanted it understood that the people
of California did not indorse the Chinese de-
cisions of Justice Field. There can be no
objection to saying who the choice of the
Convention is.
Several more resolutions were introduced,
among them one declaring against the pro-
motion of any man from the judicial branch
of the Government to the Presidency.
Another resolution was introduced declar-
ing that new jefferson was needed to resist
Capitalization and that Tilden was the man
for the place, and that the delegates from
California be instructed to vote for his re-
nomination. [Cries of "No, no."]
The Chair ruled it out of order.
Spencer's resolution requiring an expression
of preference was ruled to be properly before
the Convention.
w. B. G. Brown opposed instruction, but
was in favor of declaration of California's
preference.
Filcher of Placer said it was cowardly to
withhold an expression of preference. 1t
Tilden. He read a resolution declaring
Thurman the first choice of the California
Democracy, saying he would offer it at the
proper time. prolonged applause.l
Matthews of San Francisco spoke of
Thurman as great debater and great
Democrat, but he asked the delegates why
throw frebrands into the Convention? Let
your delegates go to Cincinnati untrammeled.
King of San Francisco moved the previous
question, but as it created breeze he with
drew it.
Tuttle of Sonoma would not withdraw
his second, because the country delegates
wanted to go home.
Tinnin wanted to be heard, and he wanted
the resolution discussed and not smoothed in
committee. If there was job to defeat the
will of the great mass of the party, it was
time to know it.
Marion Biggs made thoroughbred Dem
ocratic speech, and a recess was taken until
3P. NJ.
The San Francisco delegation is in caucus
to select delegates and members of the Gen.
trail Committee.
THE PLATFORM.
Pearce, of Sonoms, from the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions, presented the fol-
lowing platform:
The Democracy of California, by their rep
resentatives in convention assembled, resolve
l. We reaffirm our fidelity to the principles
enunciated by the Democratic Convention Of
St. Louis in 1876.
2. We denounce the fraud by which r. B.
Hayes and w. A. Wheeler were declared
President and Vice President of the United
States, and the fairly elected candidates,
Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks,
counted out.
8. We declare that among the leading
issues of this campaign are the vindication OF
the right of the people to self-government !;
the condemnation of the crime against the
ballot committed four years ago; resistance
to imperialism the maintenance of the re-
served rights of the States, and opposition to
Chinese immigration.
4. That the drift OF the Republican party
toward empire, through the oppressive con-
centration of capital, is fraud upon the
voting masses and an insult to the men who
carry the guns in defense of our liberties.
5. We affirm our devotion to the Union.
deprecate all sectionalism, hold the Republi-
can party responsible for the agitation of dead