The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-23

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delegate demanded it the roll would pe
called. The announcement was greeted
with cheers. The roll was then called, and
the result was not in accordance with Dris,
coils figures by jug-full. No sooner had
the roll of San Francisco been completed
than a number of Buckley's '' heelers at
tempted to make stampede by changing
their votes from Coffey to Smith. A hub
bub seemed likely 10 ensue, when Frank
Moffitt of Alameda rose to point OF order.
He denounced the action as an unfair at
tempt TO defeat Judge Coffey. and denied tue
right OF any delegate to change his vote m nh-
til the entire vote had been taken. The
Chair decided the point well taken, ana
when The roll had been completed Jim Buod
sprang to his feet and changed two votes
from Smith TO Coffey and four from John-
on to Cotfey.
COFFEY SECURES THE NOMINATION.
Ell Dorado followed by swinging her votes
to Cotfey, and hayes of San francisco
shouted that he was authorized by those
San francisco delegates who had voted lot
Smith TO change them to Judge Coifey. a
scene of wild disorder ensued, and Tor a
few moments the floor presented the ap-
pearance of struggling mass OF humanity;
all shouting at the top OF their voices anu
all anxious to change. When the excite
ment had subsided and the wreck was
cleared away, James III. Long of San Fran
cisco moved that the nominations OF Judge
COffey and Colonel Smith be made unani-
nous. This was carried amid cheers, Win
but few dissenting votes
The convention then took recess until z
O'Clock III the afternoon.
THE TICKET COMPLETED.
AS soon as the convention was called 10
order IN the afternoon the Secretary al
nounced that the Chairman requested each
delegation to assemble as soon as p0sslDie
and elect from each Assembly district a
member of the State Committee and report
the same as soon as possible.
motion that all speeches should be
limited during the afternoon, was carried
by universal shout of aye so long and
loud that it gave warning to those VINO
we're to make nominations, Which all OIL
them pr0hted by except one, and this one,
A. Ii. DiDkson, got the lesson repeated 10
him.
HENDRICKS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
+. b. Price of Butte nominated w. e.
Hendricks as Secretary of State. He spoke
of the claims of Northern and Central Call
fornia for place on the ticket and con-
mended the services of Mr. Hendricks, who
now so ably fills the position.
j. L. Jeter OF Santa Cruz nominated u.
W. Peckham Of that county. He stated
that Peckham is not stranger to the De-
mocracy, as he has held several positions
in its services and is now Secretary OF the
State Senate.
j. T. Murphy of Santa Clara nominated
c. +. Singletary as one of natures noble
men. He spoke of SiDgletary as pioneer
who had twice crossed the plains, and a
Democrat who has always been faithful.
He closed by saying that Singetary was
the unanimous choice of the convention
for the place, and is the only candidate fOr
which the Democracy Of Santa Clara has
officially asked anything.
The roll was then called and resulted !:
IA,n iriu 1nta panE L han
DUNN NOMINATED.
c. A. Nichols of Calaveras nominated for
Controller j. p. Dunn, the incumbent, as
man who has held the office for eight years
and possessed many virtues.
Il. j. Rodgers of Alameda nominated f.
A. Merriman of San Francisco, and in doing
so made plea for the Democratic doctrine
of rotation in office. He urged that Mr..
Dunn having held the office for eight years,
ought to make way for some other equally
capabl and trustworthy Democrat.
Senator Cox OF Sacramento presented the
name of L. ID. Stevens of that county. BE
stated that Mr.. Stevens had made coed
Postmaster under Cleveland. and deserved
recognition from the party.
Nominations were then closed and tie
call of the roll began. The result was TIA
election of j. 2. Dunn by q vote of 500
against 270 for Stevens. Merriman re-
celved one vote.
STATE TREASURER
J. Fl. Fiicher of Placer nominated Adam
Herold, the present State Treasurer, for re-
election. There were no other candidates
and Herold was nominated by acclamation.
By the time that the convention had
reached the order of business of the nom-
nation Of AttOrney-General 1t was I'M
patient of all speech-making and the nomi-
nations were made as briefly as possible.
G. g. GOucher of MaripOsa rose first to
nominate candidate for Attorney General.
In his desire TO save the time of the con-
vention he climbed up in front of the plat
form, and in so doing upset the water
pitcher "Gentlemen," said he, "there is
no harm done, we should not try to run a
windmill by water anyway" he then
named Walter c. Graves for the position
and sat down. Nichols of Calaveras nOmi-
mated J. r. Kittrell of Stanislaus, whom he
commended as lawyer and an old pioneer.
A CRUSHED ORATOR.
A. D. Hinkson of Sacramento, in nomi-
mating j. T. Carey, undertook to make a
speech and was called TO cut 1t short. he
persisted, ana spoke for five minutes amid
a good deal of noise. He described his
man as an honored son of the San Joaquin
Valley, who would strengthen the ticket.
When Hinckson took his seat a delegate
from San Luis 0bispo asked for more time
for the speaker. in order that the delegates
might learn something OF the various candl-
dates. His request was answered with
shouts of mo, call tue roll!' j. L. Carey
withdrew from the race, saying that he now
lived in San Francisco and not i'll San
Joaquin, and felt that San Francisco had as
many men on the ticket as she had right
to ask for.
To this declaration the San Francisco men
answered only oy calling for the vote. The
roll was then called, with the result that
Graves received 1863 votes and Kittrell 265
votes. Mr.. Graves was declared nominated
for rAttorney-General.
BOON FOR SURVEYOR
w. l.. Jacobs of Tuare was named for
Surveyor-General by Fl. w. Patton of Los
Angeles. j. +. Thompson Of Humb0ldt
presented the name of Stanley B. Boon OF
Humboldt; A. p. Ware of SOnoma named
Preston K. Davis of SOnOma. Nominations
were then closed and vote taken. The re-
suit was the nomination of Mr. Boon by a
vote of 362 to 271 for Patton and for Davis.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
w. a. C. Smith of Napa, Charles G. Smith
of Marin, L. Clark of Santa Cruz, William
L. Weleker of Berkeley and Ii. Clay Hall
Of San Mateo were put in nomination lor
State Superintendent of Public INSTRUCTION.
The VOC on the first ballot stood: W. A.
G. Smith AZ, G. c. Smith 14l, w. Il. Clark
go. William 4. Welcker 157, Ii. c. Hall 2C9.
AS 800 votes was necessary for choice an
other vote was ordered.
The second ballot resulted as follows:
w. A. c. Smith "a, E. G. Clark 47, Henry
G. Hall 440 w. T.Welcker 101, C. ii. Smith 40.
SPENCER RENoMINATED.
For Clerk Of the Supreme Court r. B.
Orr nominated w. l.. Ashe Of Fresno, A.
G. Farnsworth nominated j. ID. Spencer,
the incumbent. Spencer was elected on the
first ballot, by 406 to Dds for Ashe.
The convention then proceeded to elect
State Central Committee.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The following were chosen members OF
the State Central Committee from their AS
sembly districts A. B. Gillis, Yreka;
Daniel Murphy, Yreka; j. p. Cunningham,
Ferudale; John McMurray. Watsonvile
j. NJ. Forest Alturas; NJ. Ii. Mead, Downie-
Vile; w. Stanley, Red Bluff; Patrick
Henshaw, Chico; A. z. Jones, Oroviiie
w. Ii. Kelley, Colusa; L. Z. Day, Ukiah ;
c. E. Phelan, Lakeport: d. p. Donohue,
Marysyille; G. ID. McLane. Nevada City ;
j. II. Carr, Nevada City; j. A. Filcher,
Auburn /; ID. B. Mason, Placerville
+. Smith, Sacramento; j. NJ. Stevenson,
Franklyn; Charles Nelson, Woodland ;
Thomas Armstrong, St. Helena; J. N.
Markley, SOn0ma; A. ID. Laughlin, Santa
Rosa; j. p. Rodgers, Petaluma; j. j. Dris-
coll. 6. A. Andrews, Samuel Rainey, X. j.
Watson. w. j. Bryan. Walter 1urnbul1. j.