The record-union., 1892-06-03
Work of the Peoples Party Con-
vention Completed.
THE FARMERS GAIN CONTROL OF
THE ORGANIZATION.
The Second Charge Against Elwood
Bruner Dismissed - An Amador
Farmer Falls Down a Flight of
Stairs at San Francisco, Receiving
Injuries Believed to be Fatal -
Strong Northerner Blowing In
Yuba County.
Special to the Rrcokn.uNroN.

STOCKTON, June 2.-The Peoples Party
Convention completed the work of the
session and adjourned to-day. The farm
ers held control of the organization, and
won the last fight against the trades-union
element in making up the State Central
Committee. The farmers proposition
was to form State Committee with one
member from each county, thus giving
Alpine, with GOO votes, the same repre-
sentation as San Francisco. The city
delegates objected, and finally the farm
the committee, Sacramento and Los An
geles two each, all the other counties
being allowed one each.
The convention completed the list of
Presidential Electors by electing J. S.
Dore of Fresno and DIR. Stephen Bowers
of Ventura.
The following delegates to the National
Convention were elected to-day, COM
pleting the delegation: Jesse Poundstone
Of Colusa, j. 5. Dore of Fresno, j. E.
Manlove of Sacramento, G.. B. Johnson
of Santa Clara, Marion Cannon OF Ven
tura, Mrs. Nettie Baker-Snow of Santa
Barbara, Mrs. II. V. Gator OF San Fran
cisco and L. NJ. Wardall of Los Angeles.
The State Central Committee organized
by electing E. NJ. Wardall of Los Ange-
les Chairman, q. d. Gillispie of San
Francisco Secretary and J. E. Camp Of
Sacramento Treasurer.
On the Executive Committee to man
age the campaign was appointed one
member from each Congressional dis
trict as follows: First District, II. G..
Hanson of Humboldt County; Second,
j. Z. Camp of Sacramento; Third, A.
Il oil of 4 Low n
pie of San Francisco; Fifth, J. b. john
son of Santa Clara; Sixth, E. NJ. War
dali of Los Angeles; Seventh, Z. s. Bar
ney Of Fresno.
The following candidates for Congress
were reported from the several Congress
sional districts: First, 4. j. Bledsoe Of
Humboldt; Third, j. L.fyon of Oak
Fourth, L. V. Gator of San Francisco;
Seventh, Hiram Hamilton Of Orange.
Nominations from the Second and Fifth
Districts were postponed.
c. A. Jenkins Of Sacramento was nom-
mated in the Second District yesterday,
but he withdrew to-day on account of the
prohibition leaning of the Los Angeles
platform, which he does not approve. He
said he was willing to go before the peo-
pie on national issues of the money and
transportation problems, but he is op-
posed to prohibition.
Bledsoe, the Hum boldt Assemblyman,
who figured prominently as a Republican
III the last Legislature, was put forward
by Carl Brown as a candidate for Con-
gress.
just before adjourning Rev. B. Riggs of
Modesto offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Res0tUed, That we are in sympathy with all
legal means being used to open up and expose
the corruption of he last Legislature at sac
l.lmSntO and Rprphv pIlr a iS
pleasure at tie decision of the Supreme Court
IN destroying the last Grand Jury Of san
Francisco.
a resolution ofthanks to the Associated
Press for giving fair report of the con-
vention was also adopted.