Workmen's advocate., 1890-05-03
CALIFORNIA NATI0NALISTS.
THEIR FIRST STATE CONVEN-
 TON ENDS IN A SPLIT.
Personal Antagonism the Apparent CauSe-N0 Fundamental Dis.
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 The first Nationalist State Convention of California met in San Francisco on Tuesday, April $, at Metropolitan Tenn pie, and in twenty-fou hours produced, by the segregating process which charac terizes the growth of primitive organ lsms, sister convention at the Palace Hotel. There is now between the two a struggle for the survival of the fittest, the end of which cannot be foreseen. Each has Its organ, or mouthpiece, the seceders waving their Pucifc Union at San Francisco, while the others bran dish their CdHf0rRid Nationalist at Los Angeles Both mouthpieces are hungry looking and we suspect that the strug. gle for existence had begun between them long before the parent organism undertook to multiply itself by division.
 At any rate, here is the way it oc- curred
 On the first day the Convention was called to order by Mrs. Addie l.. Ballou. The hall was titly decorated with bun ting and flowers, and at the rear of the stage was suspended the suggestive motto-suggestive of the brewing split -"Harmony the watchword,' MT. Me Cormick was elected Sec'y pro tenn. with Messrs. Welshire and Weissman as assistants, and intructed to prepare list of the delegates and proxies. The list showed 97 delegates from the following cities and towns: San Francisco, Ka- weah Colony, Ocean View, Oakland, San Diego, National City, Sacramento, San Jose, Fullerton, Riverside, Ventura, Alameda, Fresno, Compton, Lodi, Compton, Los Gatos, West Park, Santa Rosa, San Mateo and Los Angeles. There were also IT proxies from kaweah, San Diego, Santa Anna, Los Angeles, Pet aluma, Guernville, Compton, Occidental and Bloomfield. Many of them gave rise to considerable discussion as to the right of their holders to seats in the Convention, but they were finally al- lowed.
 After a short address by Mrs. Laura M. de Force Gordon on "Nationalism, T. V. Gator, of San Francisco, moved the election of Il permanent chairman, and nominated J. w. Hines, editor of the Pacifc Union. Brunette G. Haskell nominated w. c. Owen, editor of the Cuhfornid Nationalist. Mrs G don nominated Mrs. Ballou. Mrs Ballou and MT. Hines declined i'll favor of MT Owen, who was then elected unanimously.
 The organization was perfected by the permanent reelection of the temporary Secy and his assistants, the election of Mrs. Ballou, Mrs. Gordon and J. w. Hines as vice Presidents, and the ap- pointment of the following committees:
 On State Organization- Mrs. Anna F. Smith, B. G. Haskell, T, V. Gator, of San Francisco; Eugene Hough of Oak land and H. G. Wiltshire of Fullerton.
 Order of Business--J. H. Redstone, Dr. Moliere, of San Francisco; Mrs. Gordon of Lodi, c. k. Daily of Los Angeles and George Thistleton of Ocean View.
 On Resolutions - Albert Currlin, P. Ross Martin, Mrs, L. Ballou, of San Francisco; J. H. Hines of San Jose, and E. c. Schnaubel of Los Angeles.
 The Convention then adjourned to the following morning:
 SECOND DAY
 On Wednesday, at 10 a. m. the Con- vention re-assembled. The report of the committee on Order Of Business was presented by MT. Rcdstone and adopted, in consequence of which the report of the commltte on organization was pre- sented by Mrs. Smith, it's chairman, and read by MT. Haskell, its Secy. The report consisted of series of resolu. tions conforming the methods of exist ing parties, by which all power is lodged in the hands of State and County Committees, and it was declared that all powers must rest with the members themselves of the party, as organized in Clubs. All original measures or prJpo- sitions should be referred to the Clubs by the Administrative Committee, which, 1t was recommended, should be composed of three delegates from each congressional district. The committee should only exercise the powers con- ferred on it by the Clubs, and it's mem bers should be removable at all times by tbe vote of the Clubs that elected them, the principles of the referendum, the initiative, and the imperative mandate