The herald., 1894-05-06
PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION,
Delegates Selected to Attend
the State Convention.
Lively Discussion Upon q Number
of Topics.
some of the Points Raised in the Reese D.
lutlOns Adopted by tho Conven-
tion-Hsatsu D,scussions
Take Place.

The Peoples party county convention
met yesterday at 10 e. m. at the *. OF l..
hall, 20S North Main street.
Chairman w. S. Fawcett OF Whittier
called the convention to order and read
the call for the county convention and
the call for the state conven lion to be
held at Sacramento on May 22d.
Mr.. E. @. Schnabel was elected tenn
porary chairman, and Mr.. Edward
Hutchinson WAS elected temporary Sec
Rotary.
The chair appointed az committee on
credentials, Messrs. Bowman, Wolf,
Land, Lucas and Young; as committee
on business and resolutions, Mrs. Alex
and Messrs. Lallee, Wardall, Fawcett
and Steele.
A motion for q recess to give the COM
mittees time to report failed to carry,
and Judge Utey was called upon TO
speak. The Judge responded aud took
occasion to score several OF the late Sec
retaries OF the treasury of the United
States for their peculiar reports on
money matters. especially as to the
amount OF money now in the United
States. He claimed that the secretaries
do not deduct the amount pf gold and
silver lost, exported, recoined, burned,
covered by silver certificates or held in
reserve by banks, but that they report
as still in circulation all that ever was
in circulation.
MIR. j. r. Rush was called upon to
speak, and he made a spirited address
ON the cause of the hard times. He
claimed that the chief blame must rest
on the Republican party, which passed
all the lava that are now on the statute
hooks or that have been there for the
last 80 years.
District Attorney Dillon spoke ON the
relation OF the Peoples party to the
home, claiming that the Peoples party
is the only party that really includes
among its members all ages and sexes.
Mr.. James q. CLARK, the poet, sang
the Peoples Battle Hymn, beautiful
song OF his own composition.
Mr.. Gordon of Azusa WAS called upon
to speak, but no excused himself because
OF the lateness of the hour.
At the afternoon session the chair
man, Mr.. Schnabel, asked the convention
to choose another temporary chairman,
as be could not remain during the after
noon. Mr.. w. s. Fawcett of Whittier
WAS then chosen chairman.
The report OF the committee on creden-
tials was read and adopted. A number
of delegates who were not regularly
elected were also seated. There were 9S
delegates in attendance.
Mr.. Fawcett was elected az permanent
chairman. The other permanent Off
GERS elected were: Vice-chsirman,
Mrs. Alex; secretary, Mrs. Edward
Hutchinson; assatant secretary, Mre.
M. +. Banson. Mrs.. +. NJ. Wardsll
WV oieUtvu ueIegare-at large IRON Los
Angeles county. Mr.. Bowman was
elected delegste-at-large from the city.
/ The supervisorial districts elected five
delegates each, as follows:
First district--Judge Utley, w. R.
Barber, Henry Hanson, Will s. Fawcett,
j. r. Rush.
4 F. Tournoux, j. Bell, +. M. Wade.
y Third district-R. M. Webster, Ursula
1 Poates, S. +. Rude, G. T.. Fiske, p. d.
Benedict. Alternates. Mre. j. B. Blanch.
ard, II. A. Sphinx, j. d. Steele, d. b.
Camp, w. T. Wheeler.
Fouth district-W. F. White, ]. Lucas,
II. @. Dillon, L. p. Epperson, F. A.
Anderson.
Fifth district-Elias Longley, T. A.
Gum, Henry Riley, Milton Carlson,
Edward Hutchinson. Alternate. Gsno
Henry.
The ballot for six delegates at large
from the county resulted in the election
of Mrs. NJ. E. Benson and Messrs. George
! Young, s. s. Smith, f. M. Hamilton,
ID. B. Camp and ]. Roberts.
On motion the delegates were en-
powered to fill any vacancies that might
occur in the delegation.
The report of the committee ON reso-
lutions was adopted. also an additional
resolution expressing indignation at the
treatment of the Industrial army at Col
ton.
The most important resolutions
9dopted we're:
Resolved, That the Peoples party of
Los Angeles county, California, reatfi rms
to unswerving allegiance to the i'm
mortal principles OF liberty and human
by as declared in the national platform
dopted at Omaha July 4, 1892
Resolved, That the unparalleled mis.
Try and restitution, now prevailing, are
ot the result of famine or pestlences,
ut are the inevitable consequences of
ernicious legislation, which must be
ecttied; that the 'trusta" and armed
lmps of commerce." with their vast