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The stockton Conyention-state
Central COmmtttee Organized
W. mbers at Large.

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Members at Large.
STOCKTON, June IL. For Members at
Large, John Hackett and William B.
English. OF Alameda; Thomas +. Barry
and Robert TobIn, Of San Francisco,
and Archibald Yell, Of Mendocino, were
put in nomination. Taylor, Of Alameda,
charged that Hackett had openly worked
for the election Of Republicans in his
county.
W. w Foote defended Hackett.
Balloting occupied nearly two hours,
aad showed the following result: Eng
lish 456, Tobin 423. Barry 1884. Yell 34S.
These were declared elected.
W u. English was elected by accla-
nation as Chairman Of the State Central
Committee. and Assemb!yman j. J..
Flynn, Secretary. Recess.
w. ID. English, on being elected
Chairman Of the State Central Commit
tee, thanked the Convention for the
honor aud manner In which it was con.
ferred. He endorsed the platform, and
said that the Democracy could rest al
sured that he would carry out its pro
visions. Concluding, he said: "We
have received word that Mr.. Tilden will
decline the nomination for President.
In that case we Can go TO Ohio and
elect Thurman. II we fail to obtain his
consent to accept the nominati tion, we
have Bayard, Cleveland and Others that
we tan win with.
THE DEmocRATIc ELECTORAL TICKET.
STOCKTON, CAL, June l2.-Tbe cleo
toral ticket, as completed. is as follows
At large, Charles Kohler, of San Fran.
cisco; Campbell b. Berry, Of Sutter.
Aliernates, J. G. Shorb, Of San Francis
co. and John I. Harrington, Of Colusa.
BY disiricis-First, W. j. Finuin. Of
Trinity; alternate, Richard Balm, Of
Colusa. Second, q, @. Goucher, of
Mariposa; alternate, +. D. Nicol, OF
Tuolumne. Third, J. G. Martin. of
Alameda; alternate, N. Jones, of Contra
Costa. Fourth, George r. Marye; alter
nate, j. NJ. Eaton. Fifth, L. J. Murphy.
of Santa Clara; alternate, Edward
White, Of Santa Cruz. Sixth, w. A..
Webb, of Monterey; alternate, A. J. At
well. of Tulare,
The election of district delegates to
Chicago. as already given, was ratified
by the Convention.
The delegates were brought forward
and pledged to the platform. T. ich dele
gate also pledged himself for TIlden first,
Thurman second, md for Field never.
Stonehill, OF San Francisco, the alter
nate for Louis Holiz. was absent. OBJ
lection was made by 1'arpey that he had,
at the last National Convention, voted
for Field. Judge Craig vouched foI
Stonehil, and said that If the Conven.
ton so desired. Mr.. Stonehill wonld nd.
dress letter, pledging himself to the
platform, to the State Central Commit.
tee at any time in the next ten days.
g. A. Buckley, for the San francisco
delegation, withdrew Stonehill's name
and Capt. A. M. Burns was nominated
in his stead. lie pledged himself Us did
the Others.
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
For the four delegates at large Delmas
nominated Vim, Dunphy, Foote pro.
posed Gen. T. j. Clunie. Doty nominated
Speaker Larue, Heath nominated John
G.. Hill, of Ventura, Callahan proposed
Gen. Thomas II. Williams, Senator Tay.
l,r nominated Senator Foster, of Tehn-
ma county. Dunpby, Clunie, Larue
and Foster were elected. Gen. Will.
iams, Hill, w. w. Lyman, of Napa,
and j. Mohan, OF San Francisco, were
chosen as alternates.
TILDEN MUST BE NOMINATED.
Rogers, of Mendocino, offered the fol.
lowing:
Resoiped, That notwithstanding the
declination of Mr.. Tilden, it isthe sense
OF this Convention that he should be
nominated. not SO much as reward for
his services to the country as to rebuke
the fraud of rs.
1t was unanimously adopted. Three
cheers were given for Tiiden and Hen
bricks and for Governor Stoneman.
Chairman White then declared the
Convention adjourned sine die.
Heavy Damage by the Rains
SAN Francisco, June l2.-In this city
ninety-six hundredths of an inch of rain
have fallen during the last "a hours and
at midnight it is sill showery, with the
rising and change is looked for before
morning.
Regarding the years grain crop, il is
estimated that the rains of this week
have already reduced it ten per cent.
Should the rains be followed by hot
winds, the reduction will be largely in
creased.
SAN Francisco, June l2.--Reports
being received tonight show that the
late rains have done enormous damage to
the crops. At Hanford the rainfall to.
day was one aud quarter inches. Hun.
dreds of tons of hay lying in the fields
will be Il total loss, while thousands OF
acres of grain are laid flat on the
ground.
A dispatch from Salinas says: The
rains have been the heaviest ever ex-
perienced in the valley in the month OF
June. Thousands of tons of hay are
lying in the fields, soggy mass, rem
dered unit for any purpose. All the
heavy barley is down, most of ii beyond
recovery. Wheat is in the same state.
The loss to the farmers of this section
from these rains will not he less than
half million dollars.
The news from LivermOre is that all
the hay, fully 5000 tons, may be put
down as total loss. The grain crop has
been benefited.
At Grass Valley it is still raining.
The hay crop is seriously damaged.
At Rio Vista nearly an inch of rain
has fallen during the last twenty -four
hours. The hay and grain crops are
damaged to considerable extent.
At Marysville it is still raining, but
the crops so far have not seriously sHf.
fered.
BUTTE Cry, June l2.-Last nights
rain has done much damage. Fears are
now entertained that the down grain
will not rise sufficiently to head out.
AT Hollister over two inches of rain
have fallen since Saturday last. 1t i.
estimated that nearly ten thousand tons OF
hay had been cut and that hardly any ol
it can be saved. The damage to wheat
and barley is also very great. 1t is still
raining.
AT Santa Barbara the loss of hay and
grain from rains will probably reach {
q sarter Of million of dollars.
a Historical Character Dead.
San FARScIsco, June IL. = Calhoun
Dehhaih, prominent lawyer of thii
city, died to-day. In the famous due
between Judge David Terry and Senator
Broderick, Benham acted as Ferry,
second.
The stock Board
SAN Francisco, June l2.-Belle Isle, .55
b. 4 Belcher. 81 20; Chollar, 81 As; Grown
Point. Sl,00; Gould 4 Curry, .S5; Hale /
Norcross, 81 so; Mexican, sos; Navajo
80 10; Ophir. 81 05; Potosi, 40; Savage
20; Sierra Nevada, As; Union Consoli
dated. $3.50; Yellow Jacket. $500.
wheat and Barley Market.
SAN Francisco, June l2.-Wheat
strong and active; seller, aga | "A
Barley, strong and lively; seller, .S3I@
81; seller, season, SO 81; buyer. .S4
"a g4l: buVer season. y4 Ia .gGl