Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-02
glG State Convention Making It's
Nominations.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Candidates and Their Speeeh as
Ballotings - General Business
of the Convention-Etc

| recess Of ten minutes was taken to allowtime for
| collection OF the money.
On motion of Mr.. Wallis, of Santa Clara. the can
ddates, excepting those for the Supreme Bench,
| were requested to appear and emphstcay indorse
| the platform.
Hon. N. NJ Estee first appeared, and was received
with great applause and cheering.
Morris NJ. Estse, being introduced TO the Con.
| vention by the President, spoke follows Mr..
President and gentlemen Of the Convention-I thank
you for the very and hsttering manner of
this reception. realize fully that whatever
may be the result OF your action shall have to de-
| pend upon your generous confidence and support,
| and as God gives wisdom to act, should / be
nominated and elected will be true to every inter
est confided to my keeping. Applause | have
read the platform. Ii meets with nv most earnest
and hearty approval. IL is q declaration of indie.
| pendence against corporate rule in this State. II
represents in marked degree the ideas that l. In
a humble way, have attempted to advocate for the
last fifteen years. No friend OF mine in this Con-
vention, out OF it, think opposes one Of its SEN
! timents. Sir, 1 think the danger Of the hour
Is not SO much what certain corpora
tons may charge for freight ana fare
because they interfere with the rights Of the peo-
pie in selecting their officers aud marking out the
| policy Of the State. Applause They visit every
Convention OF every party, and 50 far as they can
control its nomm tons. they belong to no party
They represent no grand fact or noble sentiment
They stand at the gateway of commerce and make
our merchants enter into contracts that they will
not skip by the sea, and they AL the gateway and
cross every path that leads to our shore They put
the iron heel Of untrammeied power upon the honest
aspirations of every young and ambitious man. and
they crush, 80 far as they can the aspirations of
| the Old. tApplSuse.l Their henchmen hang in the
Hobbies OF every Convention Of every party and the
motive must be always for bad. Sir, for two years
in this State they have paid dollar into the State
| Treasury, unless the people accepted the terms
upon which they paid it. They ale more
powerful in the State, apparently, than the
State itself, and they sit enthrOned over
the Government and say that the poor masses shall
hut ~
support Of the State. Sir, believe it is my creed
my religion, that the poor mans mite and the rich
mans abundance should be equally protected by the
Government and equally taxed TO maintain the
Government; that before the law each mans right
should have chance in the great struggle
Of life. Any other theory Of government is contrary
to the spirit Of our institutions, AMI received its in
sprAtlon from tyranny itself, and viii be destruG
tive TO the liberties Of the people. Sir have not
made promise, paid dollar, to get the uomina-
ton to the office TO which aspire l will not to
cure my election | beloUg to faction / am ep-
posed to all bossism in politics cherish hatrads
either in the party or out Of it; and should be
n9minated ard elected, pledge you. sir, and this
Convention, and l pray Almighty God to give me
strength TO act that in the right may be firm Of
conviction true every interest Of the State faith
| full to all men, but subservient to no man Jap
| plause
Judge NJ c. Blake next appeared, and was greeted
! by tumultuous applause and cheers.
Maurice C. Blake was then introduced to the Con
| ventiOn by the Chairman, and said Mr. President
and gentlemen of the COnventiOn-I approve your
| platform in its entirety | believe it Is good
platform Iappausel, and that your candidates ought
| TO and viii succeed upon it. The GOvernorshiP Of
this State is an honorable position and worthy the
nomin tion, gentlemen, at your hands, | shall
| be grateful for it; il | do not receive it.
! shall always be grateful to the true
| friends who desired that | should receive il
and who have labored that might receive it. ZAP.
| psuse.l | am told, gentlemen, that there are some
Of my friends IN this onvention who desire thai
should fail here in order that may be your candi-
date for the office Of Mayor Of the city and county
| of San Francisco Mr.. President, if you should be
named before Convention like this for the Office Of
Governor, aud some OF your friends should attempt
to defeat you for that nomination in Orer that YOU
might be a candidate for Mayor in the city in which
you lived, think you would say that, though YOU
didn't doubt their friendship they had very queer
way OF showing it. LAPplausel Mr.. President, |
understand it is charged against that the rail-
| road men favor my nomination. Mr. President I
believe, with you, in absolute justice believe that
| there should be justice done between the railroad,
or the corporations, and the people, and believe
that where there doubtful case the doubt should
always be solved in favor Of the people. Applause
This cry about railroad influence, far as am con-
| cerned, ls mere busbear. have no Intimacy with
| any OF the railroad managers. | do not believe
| have spoken to one Of them for two years, and |
never spoke to any one OF them more than five min
utes together in my life. never have had favor
/ OF them. l never have asked favor, and never
| shall. have never ridden over their roads rod
| without paying them. IT, however, Mr. President
| one of those gentlemen should say he uld vote
for me for the Office for which / am in nomination
| or shall be, would say " / thank you" Just as /
| would say ''thank YOU " to the poorest aud hum
blest the State. | have made no
promise or pledge Of any kind to obtain this nOmi.
nation. ! meant il should be by the good will Of
| this Convention not at alt Applause wGald
not have accepted the nomir alton if il hal not been
that could not hep it. 1 felt though | did not
mean 70 come here, that it was due to my friends
that should come. have been in official position
since arrived at this State, nearly twenty years
| challenge any man to show that | have ever in a
single instance, betrayed faith been false to
trust on account OF any favor from any man or cor.
poration or set of men. [Applause.l l know, gen.
tlemen can stand upon my record in all matters
OF this kind and II a record of twenty wears isn't
good for anything no promise or declaration that
can make to You Ia worth fsrthing. Mr. Presi
dent, If shall be Governor Of this State | shall he
true TO the people Of the State and hope no mar
here or elsewhere will ever form If me the expecta
| ton that shall be anything else. Applause
Hon. Joseph Russ next called out and re-
ceived with loud acciamatiuns.
Joseph Russ, Of Humboldt, was next presented "a
the Convention by the Chairman and spoke ~ fol
lows: Mr. President and gentlemen Of the con
ventiOn-i am not orator, and | shall not affIlc
YOU with speech. / stand before you unpiedssd
have 80 enemies to punish no friends TO reward
have read the platform, and can fully and heart
lily indorse it. TApp'ausel
Hon. ]. Mem, Shafter then called to the
stand by loud applause, and was received with thret
cheers.
James Mem Shaiter Of Marin, was then intro
duced by the Chairman and SPOKE AZ follows: Mr.
President and ,ntemen of the conventional
ID eighteen years since was in State Convention
| IN TINS state. possess some personal uualitie,
which rendered me unpopular in the di i let ir
which live in the State [applau5eI and they hlv,
not not seen fi TO send me here, although heIpeC
the Chairman OF the club in my district to find hot.
in thu hiud end OF which he couldn't hnd him
self, but was not honorei by being sent here b,
that district. have come out Of sort OF troubsg
one. nave been told more than 1900 times that
! ought to he Governor and I r.,
States Senator, and have been assured by NOR,
than that number cf people that they desired u
vote Tor me IN preference to any other man In tn,
| State. tLaughtAr.I But they never did l hay.
been told since have been here By more than so me,
tina. they wanted to do it, but there is a straDV,
sort OF fatality that makes almost an anti
snthrOpomor phist Rnd enemy of the @ ID syst an
or the universal force Of nature, that has oserpss
cred them all and prevented them from doing it
Now, have come 70 give you chance. IIaughter
have noticed that you have got very care-worJ
since have been here, and looked as though yo,
had been oppressed b. some consideration or 9th.
and want to lift the cloud trem of OF YOU il 70,
give me chance. want to make men CT you, ii
| can. Now, | shall say some things gentlemen
about men and things, and | do 1t In the i,trpo4
kindness, and ii should use expressions as regard
nominees, pardon me. shall intend nothing dis
respectful aud nothing unkind But SOM
OF you gentlemen have future bsfor
you; ], alas, have a long past behind m.
They viii promise what they will do 4 am going L
tell you what have done, that you can se
whether my history and character is worth as rnucf
as other mems promises. l was born, of course yo,
all know, in Vermont. was anti slavery man N,
| in lS40-forty-tvo years sgo-I c4nvassed my entir
state, riding arouhd in 4 slxteea horse wagon wit
hard cider Ia the bottom of it, day after dsy car
wasting that State, and trying TO work the publ
concience up othe right view OF the rights OF ma
and of the true policy Of this Government an
tered every of the State that year and forut
succeeding years. for that purpose / was elect.
twice 20 the Legislature, and seven times consecr
lively Secretary Of State BY the Les
stature, sad everywhere kept up ny lie
upon those things. I followed Greeley
advice to go Yves: went 20 Wisconsin to give II
politics, il nothing more, after bad seen il wa
nothing hut turmoil and confusion OF spirit ali Ia
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