Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-05-17

ern country. l move the adoption Of
the majority report"
Mr.. Sidney Lacey, OF Los Angeles said
During the meeting of the Committee
on Order of Business, last night, the
matter was fully discussed, for the same
questions arose and the same arguments
were used. We have far more important
business to. perform than the election
OF a Chief Justice for an unex-
pired term of two years. We
have to elect our delegates-at
large and send them to the Convention
that will nominate Grover Cleveland for
President. [Cheers. We talked this
matter over for two hours last night and
touched on every phrase Of the subject
that has been brought up here to-day !"
Amid cries OF question" Mr.. G. w.
Burton obtained the floor and said: eve
are here from all parts Of the State as
Democrats, and |, for one, wish to repu-
date any idea OF a job in this business
II any is being put up, who is
doing it? l know nothing of it
all that We wish to do is
is to put on record our nomination of
Sullivan for Chief Justice. [Cheers !
When Messrs. Goucher and Berry, gem
tlemen OF standing, come to the front
and cay that they are sincere and honest
in their convictions, we must believe
them. am in favor Of the majority re-
port, for the minority have presented no
important differences. We do not wish
to have it said that San Francisco was
putting up job on us--No! 1t must not
go on record that we made any such bar
gain, and such insinuations should meet
| with open refutation'
Cries of Question" again resounded
but Mr.. @. A. Storke, of Santa Barbara,
was acknowledged by the chairman and
spoke as follows; "Gentlemen-I think
that the nomination of the Chief Justice
is matter Of far more Importance than
| the selection of delegates, for no matter
who the men may be that we send to
| st. Louis, if they do not vote for Grover
| Cleveland (cheers) California will not
receive and will not endure them. The
man whom we select as our nominee for
Chief Justice will hold in his hands inn
portant interests of the State, and in
looking for him our search should be
divorced from all political restraints. II
is not right to say that the majority re-
port is the desire Of majority of the Con.
vention; it is only the wish Of the major
ity of the committee"
More cries of Question" but order
was restored when the Chairman &C.
knowledged the appeal of MIR. p. F.
| Dune. That gentleman said: II am a
delegate from San Francisco and am not
ashamed OF il. [Cheers.l Think it has
been overlooked that this nomination Of
Chief Justice has been put on
to us out of the usual course
OF Convention proceedings, and l think
that we ought to attend to our own bust
ness first and dispose of il afterwards.
| This discussion has developed the fact
that good deal of feeling is felt one way
or the other about the matter, and as
| that is SO | think that we had better do
our regular work and then we can settle
the disputed point at the close of the
| Convention. / am, the efore, DESTROYS
that the majority report be accepted as it
stands"
Cries of question: rung out at the
conclusion of Mr.. Dunne's remarks and
in response to them Chairman Del Vale
again announced that the question before
the Convention was whether the amend
ment of Mr.. Horne of Lake County, to
the majority report be accepted or not.
| Ayes and noes were demanded, and
the Chairman directed the Secretary to
read the roll-call
The document in question was not,
however, on hand, and the tally sheets
were about to be used for that purpose
when Mr.. John Griffin, of Marin county
made objection to this mode OF procedure
saying that the tally sheets were no
correct, inasmuch as the proxies were
not mentioned In addition to this
there were several other defects which
made it impossible they be used for the
purposes required.
"Roll-call," "roll-call' was heard
from all over the building and Mr.
Dunno, of San Francisco, suggested tina
if the roll-calls we're not on hand, any
corrections to the tally-sheet be an
nounced to the secretary.
Mr.. r. A. Ling then stated that Mr.
W. B. Cullen, OF Los Angeles, was mo-
present, but was represented by proxy
by Mr.. Mcclellan.
Mr.. w. Z. Mathews, of Tehama, rose
to speak, but Chairman Del Vale was al
that moment announcing that the roll
calls were expected every moment SO the
intending orator sat down again. Sug
gestions were made that the call be made
by counties and the chairman of each
county report the vote of the delegates
therefrom.
Mr.. Griffin, OF Marin, called attention
to other defects in the tally-sheet, show
ing that mistakes were made in the Sac
ramento delegation, and besides this sew
eral names were omitted.
More cries of "roll-call "and the Chair
man announced that there were only the
printed lists to read from.
Mr.. T.. s. Lippitt, of Sonoma, rose to a
point of order. He said: 1--WE have nc
roll-call because We have no roll. The
Committee on Credentials has not yet
reported, and we do not know what prox.
les are good and what are not"
Chairman Del Vale: cat the early
part of this Convention it was unanimous
ly agreed that the proxies be accepte
until the report of the Committee be
turned in.'
Mr. Russell Heath, Of Santa Barbara
said: "There is an easy way out of this
| difficulty, and that is the regular one
Let the counties be called and the chair
men report the vote from each--they
whether the proxies are proper or not. y
| Cheers
Chairman Del Vale instructed the
Secretary to proceed calling the roll by
counties, and Alameda was called on for
its vote, but the Chairman said that he
was not quite ready.
Mr.. T. Findley, OF FL Dorado, asked
for instructions as to what they were
voting on, and what an aye vote meant.
The Chairman explained that they
were voting whether or not the amend
ment OF Mr.. Horne, of Lake county,