Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-14

George a. Knight of San Francisco ais,
seconded the nomination of Colonel Mark
ham in foTcible and eloquent speech.
x. Clark of Yolo seconded the nomina
: ton of W. ". Morrow, whose career b,
reviewed from his boyhood to his place il
| the halls of Congress.
}. n. Il. Wilson of San Francisco alsc
seconded the nomination of Mr.. Morrow
In the course of his speech he made an
Illusion to remark made by Judge Fitz
gerald IN nominating Mr.. Markham which
brought forth Kisses from the Los Angeles
DELEGATES. The speaker turned the point
IN his favor, however, by assuring the
southern delegates that if they should sue
ceed IN nominating their candidate, the
friends OF Mr.. Morrow would not suik, but
would go into the campaign in support of
Nr. Markham with will.
Toward the close of his remarks, Mr..
Wilson addressed the delegates as Gentle
men of the jury which elected much
laughter and applause, but he declared
that they were jury TO decide q matter OF
the utmost importance to the State
s. NJ. Shortridge of San Francisco Sec
onded the nomination of Colonel Mark
ham.
Henry Dibble of San Francisco seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Morrow.
George 81. Maxwell of Sonoma seconded
4 ) NOMINATION..
John A. Eagan of Amador seconded the
nomination of L. U. Shippee in brief but
forcible address.
A recess was then taken.
| Afternoon Session.
When the Convention re-assembled the
| Chair introduced Senator kellogg of Plu-
mas, who indorsed the nomination of
General N. P. Chapman of Tehama. In
brief and well chosen remarks he warmly
espoused the candidacy of the gentleman
named.
| j. f. Ellison of Tehama also indorsei
the nomination of General Chapman.
| Mr. Levinsky of San Joaquin spoke
warmly in favor of l.. U. Shippee, whose
character and ability he warmly eulogized.
| He promised a vigorous and successful
campaign if Mr.. Shippee should be the
| nominee.
SPEECHES LIMITED.
| On motion of San Francisco delegate,
il was decided to limit all speeches to three
| minutes.
ANOTHER GUBERNAToRIAL CANDIDATE.
George Smith of San Francisco placed
in nomination for Governor Edgar NJ.
Preston of that city.
The nominations for Governor having
closed, the various candidates were invited
by the Chair to address the Convention.
Mr.. Sbippee was the first candidate 10 ap-
pear. He spoke briefly as follows:
Mr. cAaiymaa and Gentlemen of the Contention:
Certainly you will not expect speech from me.
Having been plain business man, farmer and
stoek-raiser etc, for the last thirty-fiye years
in California it has not been my calling to
make speeches. My business has been of dit
ferent nature, hence of course. you must not
expect much. and | will not detain you more
than minute and half Gentlemen, l will
say that l have been Republican from the
time the Republican party was organized, and
have been, believe, a consistent Republican
from that time on. l have had my coat off
from that time on working in the ranks, and l
believe this is the first time l have ever came
before a Republican Convention and asked for
anything. will say that | can indolse your
platform heartily and whether nominated or
not will carry out the principles of the Re-
publican party and take off my coat and vigor-
ously canvass this whole State from end to end.
Whether l am nominated or not here, will
stand by whoever you nominate, heartily, and
work in the ranks the same. tGreat applause
and cheers.
DIEFIDENT CANDIDATES.
Then long and tedious wait followed
and the Chair said Twill the friends of
the various candidates produce them, if
they are too modest to come forward them
selves2"
No candidate coming 10 the front.
delegate moved that the nomination of
Mr.. Shippee be made unanimous, at which
there was much laughter.
MARKHAM APPEARS.
The Convention was about to proceed to
ballot when shouts of Markham Mark
ham ~ broke out in The Los Angeles dele
CATION, and all eyes were turned toward the
/ IL L lii IL l. Ill
like figure of the southern statesman was
seen to emerge from the crowd. Mr.. Mark
ham was greeted with cheers from the
southern delegates as he marched up the
aisle to the platform, where he was intro
duced by the Chairman. Mr.. Markham
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: appear before
you at this time, at your request, as one of the
candidates for the highest Office in the gift of
the people of this State. Mr.. Chairman, to be
selected by the grand Republican party OF Cali
fornia as the standard-bearer in the coming
campaign is an honor that any man should be
proud Of California is great State, unique IN
its history, unlimited in its resources, and mag
niieent in its possibilities Gentlemen, those
possibilities can only be arrived at by the care
and caut on in the selection by you of the men
10 fill the various places on the ticket with care
and caution, which / trust this Convention
will exercise here to-day. have every reason
to believe that you will select man that Will
carry you on to glorious victory.
Gentlemen of the Convention, can simply
say for myself that, should your choice be given
to me- l shall consider it one of the highest
honors that has ever been conferred upon me.
and shall appreciate it. But, shou you see
fit to confer this honor upon any one of the dis
| tinguished gentlemen who have been named
here to-day, pledge you my word that viii
enter the canvas and will do all in my power
to see that he is elected. [Applause and cheers
Borne upon the the shoulders of the grand ola
| Republican party of this State, the south will
| Join the north and we will carry them on to
| glorious victory.
Gentlemen of the Convention, have never
| sought this nomination, have done nothing to
| promote it except what my friends have done.
| | wish to say that no matter who is nominated,
| will do the best can for him, aud believe
my friends will do the same, l might say now
! that | will inoOrse the platform ThouEh /
have not read a word of it, have every conf
dence in the sagacity and the wisdom OF the
body of men here before me who have framed
| it. [Great applause and cheersl
GENERAL cHIPMAN's SPEECH.
| The next candidate to address the Con-
I, vention was General N. P. Chapman, of
| Tehama who was received with applause.
He spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and GenEemen ofthis Convention:
/ am here to make profert of myself by your
command. 1 know you are not here Tor the
purpose of listening to any development of the
principles of the Republican party. You are
here for work. But you have right to some
to receive your nomination, of their principles,
and in brief will give you mine. have had
the advantage OF my distinguished friend in
reading substantially the platform as it has
been adopted, and 1 stand upon that platform
and upon the principles SO often avowed by our
party in Conventions and before the people.
believe Mr.. Chairman, and l am going to
enumerate two or three of the articles of my
faith, that the presence of the Chi.
nese in this country, as competitors to
our business and as substitutes for our
laborers is menace to our civilization; and,
unless checked, will sap the very foundations
of our Government itself lApplause.l / de-
clared ten years ago in favor of absolute exclu-
sion as the only safety, and upon that principle
; and that decision my mind is infexibly fixed.
, / believe, Mr.. Chairman, that the moral and ed
ucational forces of this country are the guar
anty and foundation OF our safety. And If there
is anything more fixed in the minds of the
American people than another it is that our
. public schools shall ever remain free from sec
, tartan influences lGreat applause And it is
also that the American Republic will never
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