Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-09

ing IS ruinous TO hundreds and thousands of acres
oil the best land in the State and il also fast llin
.nS enaunels OF naygabie rivers. and viii ia time
rum tine narbor OF San Francisco and whereas
be it eiei"ie
Resotred, That our streams should be kept free
from the pollution and damage caused nv the d.
post therein OF the debris from hydraulic mines
and we favor and request Representatives in the
Legislature to procure the passage of a law proyid.
lng Ior tne appointment and maintenance of State
river police, whose duty it shall be to guard our
mountaln streams from such deposits and vested
with the power to promptly abate such wrongs and
70 arrest all persons, guilty Of the commission
thereof, on the spot
hesot1ed, That we are opposed to the use Of Gov
eminent appropriations for the building of dams 10
hold the debris caused by hydraulic mining.
The resolutions were adopted.
The Convention then proceeded with nor..
nations. 1t was noticed that most of the
San joaquin delegation had separated itself
OUT and took no part in the proceedings, and
it was whispered about that it was beeanss
tixedup slate programme was to be car.
RED OUT, to which the San Joaquin people
and others would not be parties.
Nominations for Railroad Commissioner
were first In order. Mr.. Banks, of Tehama.
moved to reconsider the motion adoptiog the
report OF the Committee on Order of Busi.
ness, IN order that he might move to amend
80 as to nominate Railroad Commissioners by
the votes of delegaiesf from each district esnect
lively. After flush of warm debate. Cla,k
moved to table the motion, and it was tabled.
This action visibly irritated the Tehama and
Butte delegations.
Nominations for Railroad Commissioner
tor the Third District were called for. Ca.
trander nominated w. W. Foote democratic
ticket. General Ketchum nominated Colonel
T.. M. Gibson Republican ticket. Mr.. Gregg
nominated A. d. Boreu prohibition and
Greenback tickets) MIR. Boren declined "a
he could not make q canvass.
The call OF the roll began. When Bntte
was reached one of the delegation declared
excltedly that his delegation had had enough.
and would have nothing further TO do with
this racket. aud the delegation bolted. aad
resultant embarrassment fell on the as.
semblage. General Ketchum followed. by
declaring that the Democrats had captured
the Convention, aud his delegation would
Withdraw and be no party to the proceedings,
ana tnereupon San Joaquin bolted, d. A.
Larned alone remaining.
Ostrander protested against Ketchum's re.
marks, and said he was az good Republican
as any; he had placed Foote in nomination
ne looked on the body "a non partisan one
The vote stood: Foote 81, Gibson Z.
For Railroad Commissioner from the. Sec
ond District, Thomas Mcconnell nominated
John l. Doyle (Democratl, and he was
chosen by acciamation. Captain Gray NOM
mated Charles +. Reed, of Yolo Republican
ticket, for the First District, and he was
chosen by reclamation.
For State Board Of Equalization. Fourth
District, Charles Dana Republican ticket)
and Thomas Fowler (Democrat) wers put in
nomination. The latter was Withdrawn after
partial roll call, and Dana nominated. Third
District-G: G. Kimball Republican ticket
and &. Wilcoxson Democratic ticket were
put in nomination. The Tehsma delegation
made strong fight for Kimball, and several
spoke in his favor, notably Delegates Blossom
and Barry. jerome Banks desired to with
Draw klmbalrs name, saying amidst great ex-
cltement that he had been told from the start
that slate had been made up and Job
concocted. 1t had been thus far carried out.
and he was now convinced his information
was correct. The Tehama delegation, he
SAID, wished nothing more to do with a
Convention that didn't mean to do the honest
thing. Mr.. Banks withdrew. Barry and Bios
som held Kimball's name from withdrawal
for time. Patterson declared there had
been no job; two Democrats and two Repub-
hcans had been chosen. The ballot pro.
Geeded, but before completion Gray withdrew
kmball's name, he having put him in nom.
instion, and the Tehama delegation withdrew
from the Convention, and Wilcoxson was
nominated.
For the Second District, ", M. Crutcher
democratic ticket and l.. G. Morehouse
(Republican ticket were placed in nomina.
ton. Crutcher received II and Morehouse
AZ votes. Several delegates now quietly
withdrew, and the Convention grew skeleton.
like in appearance.
For the First District Clark nominated
James Wilmington, of San Francisco, Re.
puohcan, but on no ticket, and be was nomi-
mated by reclamation. --.
For Controller, Clark nominated J. P.
Dunn democratic ticket and Mcconnell
nominated w. A. Davies Republican tick
et). Clark cried out that the last two nomi.
nations had been Republican. After few
votes Mcdonnell withdrew Davies, and Dunn
was nominated.
Clark said it would create new sntagonism
to go into the nomination of Justices of the
supreme Court. The Convention had done
so well thus far that he would move to stop
there and make no further nominations.
Piikington seconded the motion and it pre-
vailed. At this time about forty delegates
remained. The Sacramento delegation, the
largest OF all, had long since thinned out, and
toward the close took little part il the pre-
ceedlngs, none OF the members taking the
floor.
A COMMITTEES of three was ordered to ask
the Merchants Autobiography Party" to
inuotse Inc ticket. and 60 receive the letters
and pledges of the candidates. The Chair
appointed as such committee Clark, Pilking-
ton and Mcdonnell.
A State Central Committee was then
chosen: Second Railroad District-E. J.
Harrison, Fred. A. Gibbs, NJ. Woodlands
and j. ii. Wilkins. First Railroad District
Thomas Mcconnell. 1. n. Hoag, l.. f.
Moulson. J. F. Defining. Third Railroad
District-J. V. Webster. H. j. Ostrander,
b. Pilkington, Andrew Wolf. The commit.
tee was authorized to fill vacancies on the
ticket or on the committee.
Thanks were voted to the officers and to
ID. A. Larned for their services, and at ESQ
P. II. the Convention adjourned sine die,
twenty-eight members remaining at the last
motion.
The expression Of great mass of those
who took partin the Convention was that its
ta6ors were not satisfactory, and that partisan
spirit controlled the body. and not a few of
the delegates on the street and in the hotel
and elsewhere openly spoke of the Conven.
ton as failure, and not representative Of
the farmers of the State