Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-12


Gait Is delegatesl-J. B. Furnish, J; NJ Haller,
Kreger, c. pierce. I. NJ. Smith.
Clay Station g delegates)-James L, Reiff, 4.
T. Scott, Isaac Russell.
Johnsonyille Il delegate)-N. Keena
NEW ELK GRovIrEs NOT IN IT.
The Elk Grove delegation recommended
in the report of the committee TO be seated,
was the one elected at old Elk Grove.
AS soon as a motion was made to
adopt the committees report, ellis Doty,
one of the new Elk Grove delegation.
addressed the Convention. He first
moved to amend, that the report of
the committee, so far as 1t referred
| to the Elk Grove delegation, be not
ooncurred in, and then proceeded TO give
| the details of the primary at Elk Grove.
He demanded that justice be done to the
minority. and that his delegation be
seated. He said the election had been
carried out lawfully and properly. The
published call for the primary called for
simply Elk Grove.
When Mr. Doty had concluded, Robert
Barnett read the published call of the Cen
trail Committee. 1t showed, to the sur
prise of Mr. Doty, that the proper polls
were at old Elk Grove.
| r. n. Singleton stated that he was one
of the persons who went to the newspaper
offices and had the call published, and
knew that the original call was for "old
Elk Grove" 1t had been changed after
ward to simply ELK Grove" but not by
authority of the Central Committee.
| Andrew Black moved to amend the
amendment to the effect that both delega-
tons be seated.
Anthony Green opposed this. He said il
the old Elk Grove delegation was entitled
to be seated it should be seated. If not,
seat the other. He maintained that the
| new Elk Grove delegation was the proper
| one, and should be seated.
Another delegate demanded information
as to who authorized the change in the
published call, and T. W. O'Neill explained
| that majority of the Central Committee
had authorized it.
! This was positively denied by Singleton
and others.
| Mr. Black then withdrew his amend.
ment, and said he would leave the question
to the Convention.
Add C. Hinkson argued that the contro-
versy should be settled in favor Of the old
| Elk Grove delegation. He had heard one
of the new Ed Groyeites arguing before
| the Committee on Credentials that the Sec
rotary of the Central Committee had made
the change in the advertised call. If this
were so, it was done without authority from
the Central Committee and therefore iile-
gal.
Loud cries of question" filled the hall,
and a dozen delegates were trying to ad,
dress the Convention. Foremost among
| those was Charles A. Jenkins, who became
fairly livid with rage because he could not
make himself heard. Finally he managed
to get the floor, and proceeded to denounce
| the delegates for their rudeness in trying
| to choke him off. Then he denounced the
Committee on Credentials for its report on
the Elk Grove delegation. The tyranny of
Gar Reed was nothing compared with that
which the conmittee would have the Con-
vention do" he spasmodically declared.
| l. M. Smith and O. S. Flint also opposed
the committees recommendation. Mr..
Flint declared that the regularly appointed
election officers had certified to the election
of the new Elk Grove delegation, and that
ought to settle it.
There was great confusion for several
minutes, about dozen persons on each
side of the question speaking at once.
| Chairman Cravens hammered frantically
upon the desk with his cane, in vain en-
| deavor to obtain order.
| Finally everybody began to call for
| question" and roll call, - and the Chair.
man seized the opportunity, refusing to
recognize any more orators.
| Roll-call proceeded slowly. When il
was over the tally-sheet showed 11Sl votes
against Do,ys amendment and 614 in favor
of it-virtually seating the old Elk Grove
| delegation.
The fornality of adopting the report OF
| the Committee on Credentials was then
gone through with.
Delegate Doty and the other rejected del
egates left the hall, accompanied by num-
Der of other country delegates who were in
sympathy with them.
WHAT THEY INDoRsE.
When quiet was once more restored
Chairman Cravens called upon the Com
mittee on Platform and Resolutions 10 re-
port. The committees report was as fol-
lows
ResoLued, The Democrats of Sacramento county
in Convention assembled reaffirm their devo-
ton to the principles of the Democratic party
as expressed in the platform adopted at the Ma
tional Convention at st Louis in 1885.
ReSOiUed. That we are in favor of the free coin
age of silver, the Incorporation OF the Austria
liam ballot system into the laws of this State,
and making the same applicable to al. cleo
tons.
Resolued, That we are in favor of reciprocity
treaties with all countries with which we have
commercial relations, to the end that the widest
market TOR our products may be maze accessi-
bile.
Resolred, That we are unalterably opposed to
the interfere nee of the General Government in
local elections, and we denounce the bill now
pending in Congress, known as the force BILL as
an unwarranted abuse of power dangerous to
the liberties of the people and tending to GEN.
tralize power in the Federal Government and
make the civil authority subordinate 70 the
military.
There was no opposition to this report
and it was adopted unanimously.
1t began to look as if the war was over,
and although there was considerable noise
and talking it was of peaceful descrip-
ton.
But the fates decreed that hsrmony's
reign should be brief.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Chairman Cravens next called for the
report of the Committee on Permanent Or
gsnization and Order of Business. 1t was
| as follows:
Your Committee on Permanent Organization
| and Order of Business beg leave to submit the
following report
FSrst-That the temporary officers be made the
permanent officers of this Convention.
SecOnd-That an assessment of 81 be levied on
| each delegate and 81 for each proxy, and that
no person shall be permitted TO vote in person
| or by proxy until such assessment is paid.
IHtTd-lne order OF business snail be.
A. The election of eighteen delegates to the
| Democratic State Convention TO be held at San
Jose on the 10Th instant, to be selected in the
| following manner, viz: Three delegates from
| the county at large, and three delegates from
each Supervisor District; the Chairman of the
Convention to appoint committee of five dele
gates 10 consist of one delegate from each Su-
pervisor District, who shall report the names of
eighteen delegates TO the Convention for its rat
| ihcatiOn, in accordance with the above appor-
| tionment, and that there shall be no proxy
| given by any delegate to the State Convention,
but that the majority of the delegation shall
cast the vote of the absentees.
| b. The selection of County Central Com
miitee, TO consist of fifteen members, to be Sc
| and two from each Supervisor District, the
| committee to select its own Chairman.
| c. Your committee deem 1t advisable and
! therefore recommend that the nomination of a
county ticket at this time be referred back to
| the Convention for action.
Owing TO the noise large majority of
the delegates did not hear the report of the
committee. but, prssuming that it was all
right, voted AYE" on its adoption.
! Chairman Cravens, in accordance with
the recommendation of the committee ap-
pointed the following committee to nomi-
nate eighteen delegates TO the State Con-
vention: NJ. ]. Sullivan, ]. F. Devine,
Henry Dehn, w. II. Robinson and Charles
Fry.
whats that committee for?n asked
Anthony Green, innoeently.