The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-19
The California Convention.

FRESNO, Cal, May is. Delegations from
four Of seven congressional districts were
in attendance at the Democratic state con-
vention last night, and nominated candi-
dates for Congress and delegates to the
national convention of the first district.
They renominated Thomas j. Geary for
Congress; second, a. Camminetti; fourth,
James @. Mcguire; fifth, John +. Ryland.
All the delegates 10 the national conven-
ton chosen in these districts are Cleve-
land men.
a committee on platform, R. DelValle
chairman, and a committee on order OF
business and organization, w. r. Benke,
chairman, were appointed by Chairman
Murphy of the Democratic state conven-
ton today and after a number of resolu-
tons, chiefly relating TO railroad matters,
had been introduced and referred the con
vention adjourned until l pm. to allow the
committees time 10 frame their reports
The Third congressional district elected L.
W. Buck, Solano, and F. j. Moffatt, Oak
| lend, as delegates to Chicago, with M. j.
Lamance and Paul Shirley as alternates.
r. A Long of Glenn was nominated as
presidential elector and q. Y. Brown OF
| Outra Costa, alternate.
| The platforms contain the following res
olution on the subject of railroads:
Resolved, That the Democratic party OF
the state of California resents the
interference In politics of this state
of the Southern Pacific company
of Kentucky, that we denonnce
reared and fostered by that corporation,
which has corrupted public men and public
| life and under which few but those who
find favor in the eyes of the corporation
and stand ready to do its bidding, have
held Office. Under this influence our
youths have been taught and
trained to believe that politi-
cal principal and political duty
may be Justly traded off for personal gain
and preferment at the hands of the boss tc
the almost entire destruction OF thai
healthy public spirit without which nc
government of the people can hope to con
tinue in existence
The minority of the committee on resolu
tions submitted report declaring in favor
of the enactment of such laws as will re
suit in the free coinage of silver. Tht
minority report on free coinage was with
drawn and the convention adopted the
majority report
we declare our conviction that the best in
terests of the party demand the nomination o
Grover Cleveland as president. He is thu
choice of this convention for that exalted
station, and we are confident tina
under his leadership the principles of Demo
cracy will win a glorious victory and to tina
emu Tue NOJe anu iHLucLCc VI OdlllOIHId llld
be most effectively heard and felt, tn
, delegates this day chosen are directed to act a
a unit in all matters entrusted te their charge
said action TO be determined by vote OF tn
majority of delegates.
The platform also endorses the Nicaragu
canal and favors the election of senators by
> direct vote OF the people. On the silver ques
ton Il declared: We denounce the action
the Republican party against silver, particl
l larly the act demonetiZing it. and we belev
, there should be kept in constant circulation
full and sufficient volume of money, consistin
: of gold, silver and legal tender paper currenc
4 at par with each other