The morning call., 1890-10-09
LEGISLATIVE SLATE.
Chimercial Contests Among Buokley's
Dociie Lambs.

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Additional returns from the Democratic
Legislative conventions were received at the
County Committee headquarters yesterday.
The following are the nominations of As
semblymen in addition to those published
in the CALL yesterday.
Fortieth District, Daniel Leary.
Forty fourth District, III. Nj. Black.
Folty-eighlh District, Henry b. Morey.
During the day there was an active can
vass in the Thirty-sixth District and by
nghtfall it was admitted by the majority of
the delegates TO the convention that the
nomination would fall to the lot Of William
McMannis. Many of his friends were alb
sent Tuesday night, and that is why the con-
vention adjourned until the following night.
Tonight the conventions in the following
Assembly districts will reassemble aud COM
plete their labors by a strict compliance
with Buckley's ''slate" instructions:
Thirty-fourlh at American Hall, corner Of
Pacific and Leavenworth streets, Forty
third at $40 Grove street..
The conventions in the Forty-first, Forty
second and Forty-ffth districts adjourned
to the call of the Chair, but they will ali
! complete their work by Saturday evening.
| The cause OF so many adJournmentS in SO
many of the districts was the TACT that many
| of the heBchmen of the boss" were actively
engaged in rushing things through at the
Municipal and Judicial and Educational
conventions. The Twenty eighth Senato-
rial District Convention meets again tonight
at the corner OF Twenty-sec0nd and Folsom
streets. In the meantime the aspirants for
| the Senatorial nOminatior-John Collins,
| Hugh Crummey ana Larry Dwyer-are pre-
tending TO make lively fight, although the
slated" man knew several days ago that
he would be a candidate for the next Legis-
lature in the interests of Buckley.
Thomas Brady called the Thirty-sixth
Assembly District Convention to order last
night, at O'Clock sharp, in the old st.
Ignatius Building. A. j. Clark oliiciated as
Secretary. William McManus was nomi-
mated to represent the district in the next
Legislature The nominating speech was
made by Frank McLoud, after which the
nomination was made by acclamation. Nc
ManuS is sal0on-keeper of S3S Howard
street.
After the convention adjourned sine die
dozen delegates arrived and tried to create
disturbance by declaring there had been
sharp practice some where, as it was an
n0unced the night before that the time of
Resembling would be $50 o'clock. They
declared that the calling of the convention
hall an hour earlier was a trick on The part
Of McManus' friends to secure his nominal
ton without opposition. The only satisfac-
ton the " kclierS" received was the in
formation that the convention had adjourned.
The Thirty seventh Assembly District
Convention washed last night in Grand
Central Hall, Market and Sixth streets.
| Hugh MOfiit was Chairman and William Nc
Carthy acted as Secretary. The names of
Charles Sweeney and William Keogh were
placed in nomination. but when the last
mentioned discovered that his supporters
were few and far between he diScreetly
withdrew from the contest. Sweeney was
then declared the nominee OF the district,
and the convention adjourned sine die.
Sweeney is Il bal-player by occupation and
has recently acted as an umpire for the Cali
fornia League. He says that many, many
years ago he was a mining man. After the
adjournment the eX- twirler escorted the
crowd Of ''lambS" who had honored him by
the nomination, down into beer-sal0on and
set 'em up" until they asserted he Was
| more than solid in ode diSt riot y