Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-31
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CON
VENfIoN

any OF the attendant side shows or District
Conventions. The Second District people,
however, met in the Senate Chamber. That
room was well nigh filed by piles of desks
used only at sessions of the Legislature. The
main floor being thus occupied the delegates
we're forced to stand in the lobby and around
the narrow fringe or margin OF space next the
walls. This made it a widespread body at
the outset, and created CONSERVATION among
those who wanted to put their heads togeth-
er, but found their necks too short for that
accomplishment under the circumstances
Finally. however, g. G. Blanchard. of Ell
Dorado. called to order, and W. III. Jordan,
of San Joaquin, was nominated for Chair.
man This brought out John A. Esgor, of
Amador, who jumped the proposition prompt
ly, and said there could be no organic tion
worth heck of cows milk until it was ascer.
tanned who belonged to the Convention.
He declared that some one was trying to take
snap judgment on his friends, and ia an ex-
cited manner opposed further proceedings.
At the close of this speech Mr.. Blanchard
put the question, and il prevailing, Mr.. Jor-
dan was declared elected, and he took the
chair. Then came motion to elect a secre.
tary. At that Mr.. Jennings, of Amador,
came to the surface. and began to enter vo.
ciferous protest. BIS was not only loud but
vigorous ia the use of language, and his man.
ner excited the spectators to laughter. Jen-
nings was called to order, and shouts OF
"order !" arose in the hail as thick as the
leaves of the forest, and as loud as the roar
| of Niagara Finally Jennings himself began
to yell "order !" order !" at the top of his
voice. AZ last it was agreed between the
Chair and Mr.. Jennings that if the Chair
ruled him out of order he'd subside, and as he
| (Jennings) was doing his utmost to tack a
motion to adjourn upon motion to elect q
secretary as an amendment, The Chair
promptly called him to order, whereat the
jolly Jennings yelled out, "Oh, order
be id !" This brought the
house into the very throes Of the most
convulsive laughter. Jennings kept up his
lick, however, and held the floor like little
man, declaring that the rulings of the Chair
were wrong, and things were being rushed be.
cause he had q candidate, and then threw
down the gauge Of battle by proclaimipg "if
you have candidate, better take him down
now, as you will have to do it later anyhow"
This created greater confusion, and order +"
calls fell like rain in storm in winter, but
Jennings declared that he couldn't be bull.
dozed. He bad, he said, free American
tongue in his head, and by the powers of good
and evil he'd wag il. Then Mr.. Jennings
joined in the cries for "ordsr" again, ss he
said to show the enemy that he could call for
order as loud as any. In short, the battle
ragged as do some of the Chinese conflicts
where the victors are those who beat the loud.
est gongs. and subdue the ears of their antag-
onists by deafening sounds. MIR. Jennings,
above all the din, could be heard still shout.
ing ''order with the best Of them, and ap-
! parently unconscious of the fact that
all the other shouters were aiming their tones
at him. Another delegate, whose name was
not learned, finally came TO Mr.. Jennings
relief, and after very excited hsrangue, in
which he held that the meeting was no Con-
vention, but only an unorgauized riot he was
succeeded by Mr.. Walling, of Nevada, who
| declared that the Convention was not prop
erly called, and that il it proceeded it would
injure the party. All this time the Chair
4 was putting motions and deciding them in the
| work Of organizations sort of steady under
current to the wash of the waves Of the body
itself. Finally the organization, in this way,
was completed down to Sergeant-at-Arms,
when MIR. Jennings popped out again and
cried out. "Where is your Sergeant-at. Arms
bring him out?" He was interrupted by a
delegate from San Joaquin, who said that the
last District Convention had created Cen
trail Committee composed of the Chair
men OF the County Committees, and
had provided that the Chairman of the
| Sacramento Committee should be temporary
/ Chairman of the Convention. That person
alone had authority to call the Convention
| together and to call it to order. This small
bonbshell created the greatest surprise, and
several voices exclaimed that the Sacramento
| Chairman was present, and would have taken
| the chair but for the bold act of Mr.. Blanch.
ard, which had taken away the breath of the
i Sacramento man, and he had since been una
| bic to catch it. Mr.. Blanchard confessed
| thst he was unaware Of the facts and the law
| in the case. Mr.. Jennings now proposed q
| new deal all round by reconsideration. DIR.
| Harvey showed how beautiful are the feet of
logic, and how wibe her ways, by pointing
out that if the body was not a legal Conven-
ton, then it had no power to reconsider even
| what it had done. This logic fairly crushed
Mr.. Jennings for en- instant as it was a sort of
boomerang that he had first thrown and now
\ returned unto him. A hot dispute followed
as to whether the Chsirmen of the new or
| of the old county committees were the men
| to compose the Central Committee, as it was
i deemed essential that the lawful succession
! should be well established, and that only a
| true and Amounted apostle of the party
should call to order aud lay on his hands in
beuediction. This disputation waxed warm
I and warmer and the confusion and fun grew
apsce, so that lookers-on had fairly to hold
their sides to prevent their splitting from the
effects of violent laughter. Finally Chair.
man Jordan vacated the chair and there was
no longer Chairman. Then Frank Rhoads,
Secretary of the Sacramento County Com
miStse, called the meeting to order, he being
| cardinal prince under the epispocate Of the
Sacramento Committee Chairman. He
put motion to elect Jordan Chairman again,
and this being considered regular at last,
Mr.. Jordan was elected and resumed the
chair, and having the holy oil on his locks
vas now so placed that even protesting Jen.
nings could not shake him from his seat OF
authority. There came up, however the
question as to whether he was temporary
or permanent Chairman. Then came a
question, too, as to whether the rule applied
to Secretaries, and it was settled by electing
the Secretaries of the old or dead meeting Of
o few moments before. At this time there
came up so many cries for "question, that
the Chair said it didn't know what the cues.
ton was. He had stated three motions and
had EN- all on hand and undisposed of. He
really didn't know which had precedence
A delegate wanted the meeting to begin
all over again, but this was coughed down.
1t appeared finally to be the sense of the peo.
pie in the room that the organization was but
a temporary one, Then came motions to ad-
journ to the call of the Chair, to adjourn un
til after the big Convention had made plat.
form, TO adjourn till this that and the other
time, until at last the Chair heard simple
motion to adjourn. There" said ne, is a
motion one can get hold OF" and so be seizsd
it as always in order and put it, but it was
lost. Mr.. Jennings now mounted desk,
and, towering above the large proportion O!
bald heads below, wanted to know who the
people were who were present, anyhow
What were they ell there for? He didn'i
think it simon pure Convention even yet
and even il it was, nothing had been done
Hold your old Convention he cried,
hold it, l say I; nominate your candidate
elect him if you can," and as he sprang to
the floor ne growled o.qs the shortest pedigree
of dogs. It was finally understood that the
meeting would shut up shop, and open again
on the call of the Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM AND REsoLU
TIoNs.-The Committee appointed on Plat
form and Resolutions at the Convention yes
tsrday met a. the private office of Secretary
Burns at 8 o'clock last evening. A grea'
many resolutions were handed Ia to the com
nittee by different members Of the Conven
ton. Mr.. Tyler, of Alameda, went before
the committee, and by permission read 9
carefully prepared platform, which he had
brought with him, ard which he thought
should be adopted by committee. At
o'clock the committee went into executive
session, and were still in session when this
paper went to press this morning. They
adopted the usually out-and-dr preamble.
They laboJed long and earnestly considering
the numerous resolutions that had been sub.
mitted to them. After considerable dis.
cuss!on, they passed a strong Sunday law
plank. They are not in favor Of debating tc
any class how they shall observe the Sabbath.
They are 10 favor of the present Sunday law
or similar law suspendiug all unnecessary
business on Sunday. A civil service reform
plank was adopted /; also one 10 favor Of the