The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19

corruption and charged Marion Cannon
with being the negotiator.
Preparations were being made In the AS
sembly chamber early this morGing for the
seating and accommodation of a large
crowd. Extra chairs were placed in the
broad nisles and around the Speakers desk,
but when the spectators began TO assemble
every seat was soon taken. The gallery was
crowded 10 suffocaton and it was impossible
to pass through the lobby on the lower
floor. People from all parts of the State
were there and the large chamber was in
this crowded condition for fully al hour be-
fore anything was done in the Senatorial
fight. But the great audience waited
patiently while the two houses in joint con-
yention elected a board of State Library
Trustees. This work dragged YEARLY
along and was not concluded until long
after y o'clock, the hour al which the con-
stitution provides the balloting shall take
place. This little embarrassment was
eeverly obviated by both the clocks being
etopDed by order Of the Speaker.
1t was nearly o'clock before President
Reddick called upon Secretary Brandon to
read that section of the constitution which
provides for the election of United States
Senator.
Il had been arranged that Senator Goucher
was TO place " White in nomination, but the
able statesman from Fresno was not feeling
at all well. and the excitement of last even
Ing had rendered him unfit to deliver the
address At the last moment this du ty fell
10 Senator Gesford of Napa. That gentle
man proved himself to be an able orator.
and in eulogizing the fayorite Of the Demo
cratic party be was eloquent. and spoke
with an earnestness that showed his SINGER
ity.
The vast audience had hoped that the
young men who had placed so many Repub-
llea7s in nomination for the complimentary
vote in the Assembly yesterday would rest
content with the speeches they made at that
time. But they were not to be thus graft
fed. For il is not every day. nor every
year, and not in every lifetime that such a
grand opportunity is offered for the airing of
oratory. Such a brilliant gathering Of
ladies, such a concourse Of leading p0lti-
clans and statesmen was certainly a great
temptation, and the young Websters and
Calhouns could not resist it. So IL happened
that O'Keefe Of San Mateo followed Ges-
ford with repetition of bis speech Of yes
terday, and again named Charles n. FELTON,
Then Dodge of Alameda again diseoursed at
length upon the good qualities Of George c.
Perkins.
As soon as he had finished Afford Of Tu-
lare, who down IN his own county is called
the silYer-tongued, rose 10 second the nomi-
nation Of White. His address was exceed
ingly fowery and abounded in poetic meta
phors and roseate rhetoric. 1t was declared
By his friends to be pretty speech. but the
audience was growing weary and hungry
asl- 49, nd els
There was stroug hope that the speech
making would end there, but it bad only
just begun. Bard was placed in nomins-
tion, and Senator Ford made a long speech
In which he seconded the nomination Of
FELTON,. Kern Hamilton, young man from
Placer seconded she nomination OF White.
When he was through there was loud mur-
mur for a rollcall, showing clearly how
weary every one had become. But it
brought no relief, for Bledsoe had some
thing to say eulogistic of FELTON,. and Sen
ster Bailey IN a few words nominated
Judge Widney OF Los Angeles.
After this the murmurng grew louder,
until Carlson. the Independent, took the
foor. 1t was generally believed that Carl
son had been won over to White. Conse-
quently the San Diegan's voice was heard.
lively interest in what Carlson would have
to say. They we're not long left in doubt as
to the attitude Of that young man, for he
had not spoken dozen words before every
one within the sound of his voice knew that
be had decided TO again cast his ballot tor
ID. c. Reed of San Diego. From what he
said, however, 1t was easy to gather that
something unusual had happened, that
something Of a sensational nature was
about TO develop, for he at once attacked
the Populists ssyagely by inuendo. He de-
clared that il any one Of them broke faith
with his party, or was untrue to bis pledge,
he would be branded as a traitor.
While he was talking in this vein the eyes
of the spectators were centered On the
POpuIists. One thing was apparent-Carl-
son would NOT vote for White, and if he, an
absolute independent, was thus to stand by
the man he had nominated yesterday, how
could the Popullsts. who were bound by a
solemn pledge, break away from Gator and
vote for White? Carlson fiourished -