Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-08-27

know, General, that there isa most in.
tiinate influence exercised over these
bodies each by the other. 1t is not clear
which Is the sun, the General or the
railroad He also knew the convention
had entirely forgotten that the present
Legislature is Republican in its majority
and that majority OF them signed the
petition for the call The responsibility
for not appropriating $3.50, 900 spent in
the extra session for an able commission
to study up irrigation laws and customsi
which money was spent by the Legisia'
ture on themselves, as the General aptly
remarked, rests on the Republican ma
iority who signed the call and held the
session ever so long and did not pass any
law OF relief. That Republican legis.
laturc got Governor Stoneman to call
the session and spent $50, 600 70 elect
Mr.. Williams to . three months seal
IN the United States Senate. He is q
dear seustor to the x-psyers, he i.
liable to be 80 to the party that elected
him-the way they did.
Gan. Barnes went ON to speak OF the
i'm portspt work before the Convention.
he went back to the "Let there be
Light" period, and claimed for the o.
o. +. all the good that has been done In
the world from that time to the present
moment, As he went along and found
ANYTHING bad he laid that on
the shoulders Of the Democracy
as the Hebrew High Priest did the sin'
Of the people on the head OF the scape
goat. he spoke well, but 80 did an
eminent character 10 Millions ia oui
poem, whom the poet says could;
aMake the worse appear the better reason
He wound MP with very rhetorica
peroratiou to the effect that in 1888 the
Ia. o. p. Is to elect President TO be
taken to the arms Of the ration and b.
loved by the people, aswere Lincoln ant
Grant By the way, why die
he stop and leave out grand
mother Hayes Of Returning Board
fame, and Garfield so we'll beloved
by his owl party.
ELECTION or JUDGES.
The election of three Jadgss, two fol
long terms Of twelve years. and one fol
nine years to ill the vscsncy about tt
be created by the resignation Of Justice
=. M. Ross. was the next thing il
order. There was good deal OF diff
Guilty in getting at the modHs operand
Of this. Finally II was ordered tina
nomins tons be made for the two judges
for the long term. Mr.. Hammond, Of
Alameda, moved to vots by ballot, bat
Mr.. Cameron, of the same delegation,
insisted it be visa yoce. This plan pre-
vailed. Judge Maclsy, Of San Fernando,
rose to call attention to the cir.
culsr which had been distribu.
ted In the seats Of delegates re-
hecting on the character of Judge
Brunson of this county. Several at.
tempts were made to choke of Mr..
Maclay, but be got his work In like the
true old warhorse that he is. As he was
party in the suit referred to in the cir.
culsr, and a. he was one of the clients
claimed to have been injured. Mr.
Maclay's words had weight.
Things being in order, Hon. L. b.
Mizner, of Solano, rose and placed Judge
Van Rensselaer, Paterson, the present
Judge Of the Superior Court Of San Joa-
quin county. Mr.. Wood, Of San Joaquin,
seconded the nomination, and said that
two years ago Paterson ran ahead Of
Blaine.
Major George q. Gard placed Judgs
Arson Brunson, Of this city, in nomina.
ton, and made very telling speech at
he did SO.
A. @. Burnett Of Sonoma got up Ia
name some one. he made . long speech,
which he seemed to like better than his
hearers did. He was frequently inter.
rupte d, and finally some old gentleman
from away up.country asked him what
Latimar Of Sau Francisco.
Mr.. Weaver OF Humboldt seconded
Bru nson's nomination.
Mr.. Jones OF Sacramento put Judge
Farland, Of the superior Court of his
county, in nomination.
Judge Bell of Shasta seconded the
nomination Of Mcfarland. Judge Hale
Of Placer endorsed Ii. h. A. Barclay
Of Los Angeles did likewise for Judge
Bfunson.
Hon. Tom Fitch put forward the name
of Judge j. b. Southland Of San Fran
CISCO.
Mr.. Hunt, Of Alameda, named Judge
Noble Hamilton Of the same county.
He said he had been on the bench Of
that county ten years, and never had .
decision reversed. When Stoneman car.
risd the county by 300 votes. Hamilton
on the beaten ticket carried it by 1900
Mr.. Yule, Of Trinity, an tx- peaker Of
the Assembly, seconded this nomina-
ton.
Some skirmishing took place here on
the close of the nominations as to recess
or no recess. It was concluded to 20 on
with the show.
At the end OF the roll. call it was an
nounoed that 457 votes had been cast;
.ecessary TO choice, 229. Paterson
had ais. Bruisson 1874. Lstimer s,
(Southsrd had been withdrswnl Nc
Fariand 227, Hamilton 1877. Paterson
was elected. Here the skirnisLing for
recess was renewed, but 1t was decided
again to call the roll. The second ballot
being ended it was evident that Me.
Farland had been elected and great
many votes were changed in his
favor. The final result showed that
Mcfarland had 286 votes. Bronson lO2
and Hamilton So. 1t was now 2.20P NJ.
and recess was taken until 8 O'Clock
The San Francisco del CATION had voted
almost solid for Mcfarland, and there
we're rumors that Los Angeles had de-
fected from Gen. Dlmond for Governor
and that the boys from the bay we're
knifng the Los Angeles man in return.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At3Y.M. down came the Cbairman's
gsvsl again, and as soon as quiet was
obtained Mr.. Pedlar, Of Fresno, named
for the short term. to fill the Ross va.
cancy, Judge Geo. A. Nourse, Of his
county. Judge Bell, Of Shasta, and
Judge North. Of San Bernardino, sec
ondcd.
Hunt, Of Alameda, again named Ham.
ilton,
Col Boyoe, OF Los Angeles, asked
permission for his delegation to retire
for five minutes. II was granted. Here
rose loud murmurs Of trade on the part
of the Angelenos.
Mr.. Nasson, Of Ventura, named
Judge Brunsou, and claimed the right Of
The south to representation on the Su.
preme Bench. There were several sec.
onds to this. There were several endorse
ments Of tAe sentiment to give the south
q Judge. Geo. A. knight said geogra-
ply cut no figure and seconded Hamil-
ton. Fitch named Southland. The
nominations closed and the roll was
called. The vote stood, Hamilton 249,
Brunson l72, Nourse "a, Southland | |.
The vote was claimed BY most of the