Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-17
The t.irst District.

The delegates of the First Congress
sional District held their caucus last
evening at the Pavilion. John Dagget
presided, and in the absence Of secretary
c. B. Goldberg, Mr.. F. A. Cutter was
leciel as temporary chairman. All the
counties responded to the roll call. Mr..
A. l.. Shinn, OF Lassen county, moved
that in com pliance with the desires OF his
constituents of the interior counties Of
the First Congressional District the mat
ter OF nominating a Congressman be
postponed until July 10. The question
was put to vote and lost, there being IA
for and S4 against.
Mr.. d. ]. Connolly, of Sonoma, placed
Hon. Thomas l.. Thompson in nomina.
ton as candidate for Congressman and
stated that it would be hard to get q
representative that would serve that
dis riot better than Mr.. Thompson. Mr.
Peabody, Of Mendocino county seconded
the nomination.
Mr.. Boggs of Sacramento Valley, took
the floor and testified to the eagerness OF
his constituents to have Mr.. Thompson
e-elected The question was put to vote
and Mr.. Thompson was unanimously
elected by reclamation. Judge Murphy
and Robt. Boggs were elscted as
delegates to the National Convention.
Mr.. Fredrick Behringer was placed in
nomination for elector by Mr.. johnson
of Napa county. There being no other
nominations he was declared elected,
and Prof. Lippit, of Sonoma county, was
ele cted alternate. W. P. Mathews and
F. E. Johnston were elected as alternates
to the National Convention.
M t,rahb- Of Red Bluff. and Mr.. Robert
Howe we're placed in nomination as rep.
resanst;ves 81 The state Central Commit
zee Mr. Howe withdrew. but IL was
he sansa ~ the meeting that he sbould
ra ran in The fiald at large
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The Second District.
The Second Congressional District met
;rr,sd;o,elv after the adiournment Of The
- 1t nar;dson - pitt
tour'n' WIN u, D. Dav,uson VI Du,'o
in the char. and y. l.. BROOKS OF fupa
as Secretary. The following were Sc
lected as committed on order.of busi
ness: @. E. Flemming, OF MERGED D. J.
Callahan, Of San joaquin; James Mehar
and w. 3. Kittrell, OF Stanislaus, and W
Perkins, of Placer. A recess OF ten min
utes was then taken.
After the ecess the committee reported
the order of business, which was carried
ont as follows:
For Congress, Senator A. F.. Jones
nominated Hon. Marion Biggs. Mr.. Q
E. Fleming, of MERGED, endorsed Mr.
Biggs' nomination. Mr.. w. II. Hatton
of Stanislaus, nominated Hon. 9. 9
Wright, OF Stanislaus. Mr.. A. O. Paul
sell, of San Joaquin, end rsed Mr.
Wright's nomination. Mr.. y. 5: Greg
DRY, of Amador, nominated Hon. A
Caminetti. of Amador. MIR. James Nee
han, of Amador, Withdrew the name 0
Mr.. Caminetti from the list, and tina
i gentleman also arose and declined. Mr.
n. S. Ford, of Nevada, endorsed thu
nomination of Hon. Marion Biggs
| Upon motion the nominations wer
closed and vote by roll-call of countie
lshowed 102 votes cast, of which Mr.
Biggs received go and Mr.. Wright 40
Upon motion, Hon. Marion Biggs wa
!, declared unanimously nominated.
u For Elector: Mr.. Thos. Findley G
II Ell Dorado nominated Hon. A. Caminett
, OF Amador, and Senator Jones indorset
L him. Mr.. w. III. Hatton of Stanislau
nominated Gen. John r. Kittrell 9
} Stanislaus and Mr.. T.. A.. Rogers c
} Tuolumne endorsed him, Nomination
! being closed, roll-call showed 103 vote
cast: A.. Caminetti n, Kittrell q
Upon motion A. Caminetti was declare
unanimously nominated