The record-union., 1894-06-02
POLITICS IN TWO COUNTIES.
Sacramento Primaries to be Held
Under the Crawford Plan.
Last Nights Meeting of the County
Committee-People's Party Com
mittee-washington Primary.

The Republican County Central Com
mittee held a meeting last night at the
Office of @. n. Post, to consider the best
plan of selecting delegates to the State
Convention.
1t was expected that there would be a
primaries VS.. one to appoint delegates,
y. j. Rhoads and his friends favoring
the former plan and Bart Cavanaugh and
his adherents favoring the latter.
There were present as members of the
Central Committee: A. J. Johnston, A.
j. Rhoads, Dugald Gillis, c. n. Post,
Frank Daroux, w. III. Govan, J. O..
Funston, p. r. Beckley. David Reese,
Charles Merkley and Thad Mcfarland
A number of interested spectators were
also present.
! A. j. Johnston. the Chairman, called
the meeting to order and announced that
its object was to formulate plan for the
selection OF thirty delegates to the State
| Convention.
A. j. Rhoads arose and moved that the
committee GO into executive session, and
the motion was carried.
The disappointed outsiders filed out of
the room with as good grace as possible
and waited for developments.
A motion was made to hold primaries
and was carried by a vote of eight to
three. A motion to reconsider was lost
by the same vote, Reese, Mcfarland and
Post voting aye.
A resolution was then past to hold pri-
mary elections according to the Crawford
plan in the three Assembly districts, on
| Thursday, June 7th, between the hours
of II NJ. and P. NJ, to elect thirty dele
gates ten from each Assembly district.
There will be two polling places in
each Assembly district in the city, and as
many i'll the country as the members OF
the County Central Committee in the
Twenty second Assembly District may
designate.
The County Central Committee is to
appoint election officers, name polling
places and canvass the returns of the pri-
maries.
Although there were some warm dis
cussions during the meeting, when the
smoke cleared away from the field OF bat
tie the white winged dove of peace hov-
cred over the united ranks and harmony
reigned supreme.
PEOPLES PARTY CLUB.
The Peoples Party Club met at FEEDER
ated Trades Hall last evening. 1t was
decided that J. B. Rigdon should act as
temporary Chairman.
c. W. Daley was elected President,
Arthur Farr Vice-President, and r. G..
Breckenridge Secretary.
A committee of five was appointed on
Platform and Resolutions by the Presi-
dent, as follows; j. b. Wallace, William
A. Wissing, +. +. Anderson, j. G. Will
hiott and j. L. Kellett.
The club voted to meet every Friday
night.
The number enrolled up TO date is 156
PRIMARY IN WASHINGTON.
| There were busy times in political cir
cles over in Washington yesterday and
last night
In the afternoon an election was held
for School Trustee, and although three
candidates were spoken of as aspiring to
the place only two of them were in the
fight.
Melvin Hatch, who was induced to run
for Trustee by the Republicans, pulled
out of the contest early in the day, leay-
ing the field to the Democratic candi-
date, H. B. Buckingham, and George
Brauns, the Peoples Party candidate.
buckingham received 81 votes and
| Brauns 36.
At s o'clock last night the two precincts.
North and South Washington, held a
caucus in Justice of the Peace Evans
office, to select names to be voted for to-
day as delegates to the County Conyen-
ton.
The caucus was called together by
| Committeeman Fourness. Joseph Bright
was elected Chairman and Granville
Freeman Secretary.
Il committee OF four from each precinct
was appointed to select the names to be
voted for. Those selected are as follows
North Washington-J. j. Merkley, J. G.
Bright and A. d. Bergtr. South Wash
ington-J essie Dolan, q. G. Freeman and
l. n. Gill.
On motion of William Henley. they
were instructed, in the event of their
election, to vote for resident of Wash
lngton as delegate to the Republican
State Convention.
They were also instructed to insist that
two delegates be elected to the State Con-
vention from each OF the five Supervisor
Districts in the county.
The polling places for to-day's prima-
ries will be located in Judge Evans office
and Buckingham's store. The election
officers Will be as follows: North Wash
ington-lnspector, John Berger; Judges,
| William Henley and John Chalmers.
South ngton-Inspector, Charles
Phillips; Judges, w. Reed and A. Four
ness. The polls will be open from II to 6
o'clock in the evening.
There was no excitement whatever at
tending the meeting of the caucus, and
everything passed Oft without any politi-
cal jarring or ill-feeling. As soon as the
business of the caucus was transacted the
lights were put out and everyb body dis
persed to their homes.
1t is said that Thomas Lovdal, William
Healey, }. q. Bright. j. A. Moffett and a
number of others announced their inten-
tions of making an effort to be elected to
go to the State Convention, but the man.
ner in which last nights caucus was car
ried on it is hard to tell who the two lucky
ones will be.
The Peoples party are coming to the
front in Washington and Thursday night
club was formed with the following
officers: President, G. T. Witham; Vice
President, William Harrison; Secretary,
j. j. Overton; Treasurer, 4. ID. Mixer.