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

anoIher lact pecame obvious, namely, tnat
the delegates were more Democrats and
Republicans than anything else, and that
each faction was prepared to resent any IN.
due Endorsement of the other side. This
feeling even threatened to break up the
Convention, and in fact a large part of the
body eventually seeded, being dissatisfied
with the character of the nominations.
An interminable platform was adopted,
which proIessed to be anti.monopoly in
spirit, but which embraced plank propos-
ing the amendment of the Constitution to
bring it into conformity with Judge Fields
decision in the railroad tax cases. This
resolution is the one really judicious ex.
preston of the Convention, and how it
ever found its way into the platform of such
a body is mystery. The natural pre-.
sumption is that the trainers of the plat
form builded better than they knew that
they really wanted to propose something
that would be accepted as "anti.monopoly,
but that they had not wit enough to do what
they intended, and so blundered into rea.
sonable and just proposition. The Con.
ventlon made nominations for Railroad
Commissioners, State Board of Equaliza.
ton, and State Controller. It did not in.
dorse Estee or Stoneman, and it did not
nominate Judges. For Railroad Commits
sioners it nominated Foote, Doyle and
Reed. The nomination of Foote was re.
garded az piece of Democratic tactics,
and Disguised the Republicans. The nom-
nation of Doyle was procured by Harri.
son, the San Francisco liquor. seller, who is
emulating Thurber's example, and trying to
get up little anti.moropoly party of his
own, which can be utilized to advertise his
gin. He pretends to have backing
among the merchants of San Francisco,
but it is very certain that his own hat car.
ries the principal strength of his party,
and that all the votes he can muster next
month will neither help nor hurt ANYBODY.
Mr.. Doyle has now an opportunity to
pledge hiisself to some cast-iroH resolutions
offered thu nominees for Rail oad Commits
sioners' He is called upon to promise
that within thirty days after taking his
seat In the Heard ne will reduce freights
and farea 20 per cent. He can take this
pledge with safety, for he will never be
called upon to act under it. The only re.
suit of nominating him will be to elect Mr..
Clayton. Tie so.called Farmers Conven.
ton has undertaken to help matters by
putting two Democratic candidates in the
field in San Francisco. Every vote cast
for Doyle under the circumstances will be
a vote for Clayton and against Humphreys.
The on.is OF electing Doyle, however,
manifestiy rests altogether upon the Shout
ders Of Harrison, and his single slender
hope Of help consists in the possibility of
organizing merchants party" which
will consent to throw away its votes. As
Doyle is on neither of the regular tickets
it follows that if he is voted for at all he
must be voted for separately. He is, in
fact, a candidate who to all practical in
tents has no party behind him, and it
will take very remarkable uprising" to
secure for such candidate even a compli-
mentary vote.
But it was made apparent on Saturday
that the so.called Farmers Convention did
not represent any real sentiment or ele.
ment beyond the persons Of the delegates.
a considerable proportion of its numerical
strength consisted of the anti.debris dele.
cation from this city, which was not regu-
larly chosen, and in fact had nothing to do
with the original purposes of the Conven.
tion. OF the remaining delegates very few
were in agreement upon anything, and
nothing but the avoidance of all attempt
at gubernatorial Endorsements prevented
the meeting from breaking up in row.
The SO. called Farmers Convention, there.
fore, has not done anything to change the
political situation beyond infusing little
more confusion into it. As for the Doyle
Harri son combination, it is clear that Mr..
Doyle might just as well have put himself
in ne Inination, for he has derived NO
strene tn whatever from the Stockton Con-
ventien. He must still depend upon his
friend and fellow demagogue, Harrison for
votes % San Francisco. 1t is, perhaps, the
case that the Democrats got most of the
progrs NINE on this occasion. In nominal.
ing Wilmington, of San Francisco, for the
Board of Equalization they really gave the
Reput Icans nothing, for Wilmington is on
no regular ticket. and therefore votes for
him cannot be had to any useful extent.
The Republicans in the Convention recog-
nized this, and did not like it. In fact,
nothing the Convention did was satisfac-
tory TO all the delegates, and as the pro.
gramne proceeded the boiling became fast
and furious, until at the end half the dele.
gates had taken their hats and walked out,
with no intention to return.
All who were present realized that the
affair vas a complete fasco, and most of
the delegates must have been thoroughly
DISCUS ed with the waste of time to which
they had been subjected. 1t is not Ger.
tain that this is to be the last Convention
of the campaign. There is yet some talk
of Harrison Anti Monopoly Convention
10 San Francisco, and of a Debris Conven.
ton in the mountains. The sociabihty of
California has been strikingly illustrated
during the present political canvass by the
number and frequency of these innocent
gatherings. In fact they are getting to be
quite recognized social institution, and if
the projectors of them would only follow
| the judicious example of the Changers,
and invite their wives, and daughters to
take part in the proceedings, We have no
doubt that they might be made exceed.
ingly pleasant and advantageous assemblies.
They are harmless and cheerful affairs.
They enable worthy people like our friend
Tom Mcconnell. who re afflicted with
ovsrpowering political or Economical views,
to discharge those views in the most
innocuous way, through the medium OF
platforms which look sold, nm and wise, and
| which nobody but the sHthors ever read.
Moreover, when two or three dozen PEG.
pie of eccentric ideas come together in Con.
\yention, if they fail tc fsrmonize they at
least cease to feel Lonesome, and it is even
ssisie that through friction some of them
acquire new impressions.
Rese Conventions do liot apparently in.
pc the political situation further than
icating general disturbance and low.
Of old affiliations. They show that