Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-03


believed his party colleagues had so agreed
was willing TO face the music and vote as his
conscience dictated We are here at the funeral
of Il United States Senator, in obedience to the
. tunatc circumstance, that happen almost every
day the Executive didn't know it was
loaded He was prepared to vote for Senator
in obedience to the highest law of the land and
in the d scharge of his duties as Senator
The Secretary then read Title ii. of Section
4 of the Revised Statutes OF the United States
which is as follows Each house shall openly,
by viva yoce vote of each member present
name one person for Senator in Congress from
such State, and the name of the person so voted
for who receives a majority OF the whole num-
Der of votes cast in each house, shall be entered
on the journal of that house by the Clerk or
Secretary thereof; or if either house fails to
give such majority to any person on that day,
the tact shall be entered on the journal. At l.
o'clock meridian of the day following that
on which proceedings are required TO take
place as aforesaid, the members of the
two houses shall convene in joint assembly,
and the journal of each House shall then be
read and if the same person has received ma
jority of all the votes in each house, he shall
be DECLARED duly elected Senator. But if the
, same person has not received majority of the
votes in each house, or if either house has
failed to take proceedings as required by this
section the joint assembly shall then proceed
TO choose by viva voce vote of each member
present, person for Senator, and the person
who receives majority of all the votes of the
joint assembly majority of all the members
elected to both houses being present and voting,
shall be declared duly electe1.'
NOMINATION OF A. P. WILLIAMS
Whitney rose and said:
Mr.. President: A few short weeks ago the peo-
pie of California were filled with grief to learn
that one of her honored Senators in Congress
had succumbed to disease and mad fallen q
martyr to the love he bore his country Sadly
he was borne to his last resting place. mourned
and attended by the greatest and best of our
country. The hero ana statesman has fallen,
too ,arfrr 1l,a
of humanity. Happy is he who can thus nobly
wrap the drapery of his couch about him. His
comrades in arms now thronging our State have
recounted, and still will rehearse his deeds of
bravery. and his colleagues in the Senate of the
United States viii long remember his wisdom
and sound craftsmanship. We VIII osurvive are
called by our duty under the laws of the land
to name Il successor to his dignity ! have
been requested to place in nomination
the gentleman VINO in the course OF
party usage has been pointed out
for that high office. 1t has not been sought by
him whose name shall presently pronounce.
Ii may truly be said of him that the Office has
sought the man. His modesty is equal to his
worth. And when tomorrow he shall read in
the days dispatches, in his native State OF
Maine, where he is now fol a brief period seek
ing repose and recreation, that California has
designated him to the high Office of Senator OF
the United States, his surprise will be complete.
| Honored by the respect and esteem OF the
merchants of San Francisco, among whom he
is reckoned the peer of any III intelligence, sue
| cesStul enterprise, and honest, manly Seif-re-
| spect, that class viii consider our choice us
| compliment to its influential guild. y class
| whose sole endeaVor is To build up the material
prosperity of our Stale, is worthy of this dis
| tinction. and the unauimity with which it has
| been made. The time is not opporLune for amy
| extended remarks, and shall content myself
| with saying that the gentleman indicated in my
| remarks is possessed pre- eminently with the
| qualities which will enable him TO discharge
| the duties of Senator i'll Congress, not only
| with ability but with honor &c, this State
| place in nomination Honorable Abram p Will
| iamS
| NOMINATION OF GEORGE HEARST.
| Johnson of Sonoma said: Mr.. President
| desire to place in nomination for the office OF
United States Senator for the State of California
| Representative man, a man of the people
| Honest, straightforward possessed of the highest
| business qualifications, generous to fault, he
| is fair exponent of California life and Califor
| MIA manners. He may change the sky under
| which he lives, fortune may change with
| him, now her waif, now her favorite son
| on whose head she showers her cOrnucopias
| of favors he alone remaining unchangt &
| and interchangeable, possessing the sturdy ele
| ments of true manhood. He belongs to that
| class of men who are of the noblest workman
! ship of God-an honest man. | take pleasure
| therefore, in placing in nomination for this
| very high Office the Hon, George Hearst
The Secretary then called the roll, with the
| following result
For Williams-Boone, Chandler, Days De
Long, Hurlburt, Johson of San Bernardino
Lowe, Mcclure, Palmieri, Parkinson, Perry
Reuter-, Sake, Steele, Vrooman, Wallis, Whit
| new Wright-1S.
For Hearst-Baldwin, Cox Creighton, De
| Vale, Dougherty, Drum Filcher, Foster. John
son of Sonoma, Langford, Lynch, Mailer Tay
| lor-l3.
The Secretary of the Senate was then in
| strueted to notify the Assembly OF the action o.
| the Senate, and at A. NJ. the Senate, on mo
ton of Mcclure. adjourned until 1870 a. NJ. OF
| "Wednesday