Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-04-29
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

man Of the County Central Committee, who
said the purpose of the Convention was to
select delegates to the State Convention OF
June 2Oth. From the appearance OF the
body before him he felt assured that the
enemies of the party would be disappointed
and there would be no "scenes and only
harmony. P. A. Byrne acted as Secretary.
G. r. Parsons nominated j. L. Carey 1or
temporary Chairman, and H. M. Bernard
nominated W. S. Manlove. Messrs. Parsons
and Kilgariff were appointed tellers. The
roll was called, and Mr.. Carey received III
votes and Mr.. Maulove so, and the former
was declared elected aud introduced. he
returned his thanks for the expression OF
esteem and confidence, and hoped he would
Give satisfaction to all the Convention. He
| hoped the deliberations Of the Convention
would be harmonious and act with unanlm-
itv. All in the Convention well understood
| fin. issues of the coming campaign. ln
lsv;pe the foundations for the campaign
it was essential TO exercise care, and Tor
all to yield to the dictates OF the ma
iority, and that conflicting aspirations must
cease when the majority shall have pro,
nounced its Judgment. The pivotal issue OF
| the campaign had been forced upon the Re
Dublicans, who are anticipating the coming
result, CRYING out that all parties on the coast
are unit on the Chinese question, but 1t Is
not true. True. all were agreed upon the
original Miller bill as presented to President
Arthur. But to obtain relief now there must
be a change in the Eastern sentiment, and
it follows that there must be cnange OF
| administration. II. Kigsrif, A. 3. Woods
and ?. A. Grace were elected as temporary
! nd Mr. RamseU
were chosen temporary Sergeants.at- Arms.
| p 7. Harvey moved for a committee on
organization and order of business-one to be
chosen from each Supervisor District. Car
RED. James Mcguire suggested that no can
| didate for delegate to the State Convention
| be placed on the committee. The Chair
named-First District, W. A. Henry; Sec
ond, l. S. Moore; Third, c: Il. Parsons
Fourth, Z. q. Blessing Fifth, Geo. Cone
Sixth, ?. NJ. Sullivan Seventh, Z. Wells
| After a brief recess, the committee, through
! W A. Henry. reported recommending that
the temporary officers be made permanent
officers: that fifteen delegates be elected
! to; the State Convention First. one
at large. and second, two from each district to
he chosen by the district delegates and re-
ported for approval. On motion of James
| McGuire it was adopted. Il M. Clarken
moved to elect the delegate at large by ballot
| B. Kozminslzy wanted the Convention to
! show the country that the Democratic party
| is an independent party, and that the Con.
yention has ne scenes to enact tor It's enemies
amusement. Two candidates, Add G. Hink-
son and R. D. Stephens, are up for one he
| would like to vote by ballot, and avoid the
personal trouble that viva voce vote would
bring, z, Nash was ready to vote openly
and fearlsssly. Jas. Galloway favored a bal
lot. because in this case the vote represented
only individual choice. f. I. Burke was
not afraid to vote openly, and he hoped all
delegates would favor open and above board
declarations. He should decline to vote by
a secret ballot, nor was he q candidate for
delegate to the State Convention. FL. M.
Bernard said he was not candidate, but his
experience had been that the delegate at
large has always been chosen by the Democ-
racy by ballot John Toomey said heretofore
they had been chosen by the ayes and noes
on roll call. VIM. Sheridan opposed a
secret ballot.
Judge Galloway said if the delegates in the
County Convention represented others he'd
favor roll call but it was mass Conven-
ton, and the delegates were present by ap-
pointment and to vote individually. Il. B.
Nelson asked what the majority were afraid
of? Afraid to let men choose between two
intimate friends by ballot? George Cone
hoped the Convention would do fair and
right it represented the Democracy of the
county, and should not depart from the an
cient method of an open vote. b. kozminsky
! wanted to keep peace in the family and he
wanted to keep down feeling which open
choice will engender. and hence vote by
b, ,llot is desirable. He knew the warm
feeling. the bitter fight on hand, and he knew
the consequences of an open vote would be to
keep alive the antagonisms between individ
uals. John Rooney said $50 delegates had
been sent to the Convention, but only l II had
seen fit to come up. Ordinarily they would
not be afraid to vote by the old rule and show
that they represent the people IN that way,
but under the circumstances he favored
ballot, in order that a clique should
great excitement had by this time been
worked up, and it was with difficulty some of
the speakers could be heard.) R. NJ.
Clarken believed the party could win the
fight if it began right now. Ii the roll is
called there were delegates present who would
not dare to vote their true choice. He knew
that suggestions had been swapped about
What is the boast of the party, except the
secrecy of the ballotbox. Let the whip be
put on and liberty is lost. Without secret
ballot there could no honest expression of the
Convention be had. VIM. Holtum proposed
to adjourn, go home, hold primaries, and get
representative delegates, aud not those put up
for a purpose. f. G. Blessing moved to
amend to vote viva voce. DR.. Tyrrell Il owed
as an amendment that the roll be called, and
each man come up and deposit his written
ballot. Ruled out of order. He then re-
newed it as a substitute for the whole mat
ter On attempting to take the vote the
Chair could not decide, and the ayes and
noes were ordered, pending which 4. u.
Blessing warned the Convention that the
way to carry out the wishes of rings and
schemers is to have secret ballots, and to sup
press open, manly and Independent express
sion.
The roll was called, and DIR. Tyrrell's SUBJ
stitute was lost-ayes 63, noes 102. X. NJ.
Clarken asked leave to withdraw the original
motion, and ii was withdrawn. Nominations
were then in order.
l. s. Moore nominated r. D. Stephens as
delegate at large. P. Dunlap, with compli-
mentary remarks, nominated Add c. Hink-
son. Brown Mauldin nominated n. Greene
! Curtis, Geo, Cone seconded the nomination
| of r. d. Stephens, with eulcgistic remarks,
and spoke of his zeal and ability at length,
aud disclaimed any disparagement of Mr..
| Hinkson Daniel Brown nominated Fl. NJ.
| Larue. Jas. Galloway seconded the nomins-
ton of Mr.. Hinkson. He had nothing
against Mr.. Stephens. but thought it Improper
| for him to run for delegate when he is a can
|
former must go to the Convention in his own
interest, which might be opposed to the in
terests of the party, it would be better to
send MIR. Hinkson, instructed to vote
for Mr. Stephens. F. 7. Burke
said he would vote for Mr.. Stephens when
the time came, but he was not his first
choice II. Nj. Larus said he had been
named without his consent, but being q can
didate for State Office it would be, he
thought, not wise to go delegate. He
was for the party, but wanted his name with
drawn. Judge Curtis nomination was with.
drawn. The Convention ordered the candi-
dates to appear before it. Z. d. Stephens
was introduced. He said he was candidate
for delegate at large. He wished to go. not
to further personal ends, but to advance the
interests of the party irrespective OF the per-
sonal aspirations of any man. He believed
the party not certain of success, but rather
in great peril. The Republicans are looking
for the Democracy to commit some error, as
in the past, that will forfeit its chances. The
man who would go to the Convention to sup
| ,ort tbis that tha other man ouOht to ha