Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-13
THE DEMOCRACY.
CLOSING PROCEEDINGS OF THE
STATE CONVENTION.
State Central Committee Chosen
Delegates to Chicago and
Electors Selected.
ESPECIALLY TELEGRAPHED To THE REooRD-UNIoN.l

STOCKTON, June 12th.-After the adoption OF
the platform yesterday, Acknowledgement Mar
shall advanced to the platform, and after some
haggling it was decided to give him sufficient
time to vindicate himself Said he: Thank God
that in lifetime of sixty-three years I have
done absolutely nothing for which it is neces-
sary to make defense. 1t is the first time in
not igroble ancestry-that l ever heard the
faintest suspicion against the name l proudly
bear-more proudly now than ever. When l
look around on this grand audience, under
stand it is job for grand man-it is twice as
| much as want to undertake-to give number
of pointed explanations which are simply the
truth. They don't charge me with not telling
| the truth. l have not got down as low as that,
if l do steal. Laughter. l am sorry that
such resolutions have been found necessary
in this Conventions judgment; but that is
for your wisdom to determine. l would
like to see harmony in the Democratic
party. | don't want to see the party broken and
antagOnistic. | don't want to see ii in the con-
dition of the old woman 5 GOWN a very melan-
| choly condition. don't want to see you in that
| fix yet everything is tending that way. Every
thing seems to be going to the devil that the
| railroad has to do with. The railroad ran over
| the COW and fragments were scattered over $50
yards along the roadway. The old lady. after
surveying the fragments, went back exceedingly
| sorrowtul. The daughter asked, " Have you
seen the COW ~ " Yes" she replied. " How
couraged.' l am charged in this resolution
with the breach of a pledge: more grave
charge than that cannot be made against Il gen
| tleman. such charge made outside this
| house, old as | am, would answer it (holding
up his hands,. 1t is the lett-hand finger that Is
gone, you notice that one is all right Showing
| the right fOretinger). l hope you will consider
carefully before you vote censure.
The speaker then alluded to the pledge taken
| at San Jose, and explained his position on the
railroad tax eases. He claimed that the cases
| had been properly appealed, and the people
would only have to wait six or eight months for
| a decision May it not be fair play to give a
man time to vindicate his experiment upon the
| legal question? Would it not be generous to
afford TO an old-time Democratic officer, tried
| and trusted, to give him that little breathing
| time and leave him uncensured for six months,
| until you could see whether he is a better law
| yer than his adversaries?
Reddy defended Marshall on the ground that
| the matter should be left pending until after
| the Supreme Court can be heard from. He
offered substitute for the resolution, condemn
| ing Marshall for negligence but not for corrup-
| ton.
General Kittrell. of Stanislaus. and Delegate
| Harrington both thought Marshall guiltless of a
wrong intent.
| Captain Burns. of SAN Francisco. insisted on
his call for the previous question freddy reso-
| lutiony. on this the vote was-ayes 229, noes
| %. The Convention thus refused to adopt
| Reddy resolution.
| The question then came up on the motion to
adopt the report of the Committee on Resolu-
| lions, and it was declared carried by a large
majority and the platform, rs reported, stands
| without change as the sense of the Convention.
| A resolution introduced by GOucher of Mari
| poSa, indorsing the postal telegraph bill intro
| duced i'll Congress by Charles A Sumner, was
| adopted unanimously.
| A resolution by Johnson of Sonoma, as fol-
| lows, was adopted in last nights session.
| Rcsoiled That il is the sense of this Conven-
| ton that Il constitutional amendment propos-
| ing the election of three Railroad Commissions
ers, should be presented by the next Legislature
| to the people to be voted on within ninety
| days, the election to be at large, and at the
same time as the general election of 1886, and
| the term to be four years. On the adoption OF
| the amendment by the people, the Governor to
appoint three Commissioners, to take the place
OF the three removed by the adoption of the
amendment.
The Convention then adjourned until Thurs
| daY morning.