Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-18
CONVENTION CALLED.
THIRTEEN REPUBLICANS IN MEET.
ING ASSEMBLED.
The Sixth District Congressional Nomina-
tion to Be Made on August Twenty
Seventh at Fresno.

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the Republicans of the sixth congress
sional district took place yesterday
morning in the Office of George E. Gard,
United States marshal. The meeting had
been called to determine upon time and
place for the holding of the sixth con-
gressional district convention, and the
committee was supposed to consist OF
fourteen members. But six of these
were present, the other eight being rep
resented by proxies, seven OF which were
held by people who were not members
of the committee and one by commit
teeman. There were therefore thirteen,
an unlucky number, present and en-
roll-call of the committee: A. r. Conk-
lin, Inyo, Mono and Alpine; J. P. Vim
cent, Fresno: W. H. Scribner, Kern ;
w. II. Wilde, Ventura; G. E. Gard, H.
T. Payne, Los Angeles George T. Insley,
Orange county; Paris Kilburn, Mon
terey; H. G. Briggs, San Benito; A. A.
COurtenay, San Bernardino; R. f. Jack
San Luis Obispo; Harold Sturges, Santa
Barbara; J. G. Eckles, Tulare; E. H.
Lemme, San Diego. The executive COM
mittee is thus constituted: George f..
Gard, Chairman; III. A. Markham, vice
chairman; H. T. Payne, secretary; w.
III. Wilde, treasurer; and E. H. Lemme.
The following were present. George
+. Gard, j. P. Vincent, w. H. Wilde,
III. T. Payne, Harold Sturges, J. G..
Eckles and E. H. Lemme; Judge w. F.
Fitzgerald, holding proxy of Paris Kill
burn, Monterey county; General E. p.
Johnson, holding proxy OF H. G. Briggs,
San Benito county G. H. Phillips, hold
ing proxy of r. E. Jack, San Luis Obispo
county; H. T. Payne, holding proxy of
William H. Scribner, of Kern county
Judge r. B. Carpenter, holding proxy of
Harold Sturges, of Santa Barbara
county; S. N. Smith, holding proxy of
George T. Insley, Orange county j. M.
Nash, holding proxy of A. A. Courtenay,
San Bernardino county.
The main point at issue was as to
whether the congressional convention
should be held after or before the state
convention, and it was stated that the
discussion over the matter was long and
warm. The session was held with closed
doors, but it was whispered on the street
after the meeting was over that the
friends of Col. Markham had been vic
torious, and had succeeded in having the
convention called for date later than
the state convention. The state conven-
ton will be held about the middle of
August, and the committee decided to
call the district convention for the last
of August. The Los Angeles county re-
publicans, it was said, stood out to a
man for this arrangement of affairs,
with an eye on the chance that Col.
Markham may not be successful in the
gubernatorial race, in which case they
think that the congressman should be
taken from this county. This, it will be
seen, can be accomplished if Los Ange-
les county can capture thirty-two votes in
the convention outside of her own dele
CATION. The Los Angeles county re-
publicans say that either the governor
or the congressman must run from this
county, and if they can't get one they
will take the other.
All these points, it was stated, were
discussed, and after it had been decided
when the convention would be held the
following address was issued:
The republican committee of the sixth
congressional district of the state of
California, at meeting held in the city
of Los Angeles on the 18th day of May,
1890, adopted the following resolutions:
Resolred, That the republican district
convention be and is hereby called to
meet at the city of Fresno, on Wednes-
day, the 9th day of August, 1890, at 2
O'Clock pm, for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidate for congress and for
the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before it.
Resolved, That the convention snail
consist of 1873 delegates, the basis of rep
resentation to said convention to be as
follows: One delegate for each county ;
one delegate for each 200 votes cast for
the Harrison and Morton" electors in
1883, and one delegate for each fraction
of 100 votes or over.
Resolved, That the apportionment of
delegates for each county shall be as fol-