The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-25
Populists Finish Their
Convention.
ADJOURN WITH A FLOURISH.
Resolutions and Speeches in
Behalf of the Cause.
MEN WHO BEAR THE STANDARD
Some Little Side Issues in Which
Beer and {" The Examiner "
Figure.
MEN WHO BEAR THE STANDARD

SACRAMENTO, May 24.--Two matters Of
special importance interrupted special
business at the PopulSt convention to-
day. One was the eXoneration of the
local brewery from any attempt to allure
the delegates by an offer of free beer. and
the other was the formal welcoming Of
the Examiner as a Populist organ.
The story of beer being offered and de-
clined with virtuOus Indignation by the
Popuists having been widely circulated,
the facts may as well be known. The
POpulists were not invited TO have beer
gratis. but they were asked TO call and see
the big brewery plant. 1t was a courteous
enough invitation and should have been
courteously treated, but the members of
the convention could not lose this oppor-
tunity TO exalt themselves. When the
story of the beer went out and was widely
published and the brewery folks felt hurt.
then the tactful POpulist hastens to ex-
plain that it was all the dOngs of the
newspaper respondents.
The welcoming to the POpulist arms of
the leading Democratic organ Of the State
is about as funny as the beer incident.
That the Examiner will really support the
Populist ticket is not yet known, but all
the Peoples party leaders feel assured that
it will, and that works just as well so far
as working up business for that journal is
concerned. The third party may hurt the
Republican party somewhat, and in that
line of reasoning the Examiner evidently
finds ground for playing traitor to its
own party. Anyhow, the journal was
formally praised by resolution and a vote
of thanks rendered for its devotion and
the nice caricatures it has been publishing
OF the members of the convention. The
spectacle of a Democratic journal getting
thanks and taffy from a Populist, free
silver and possible greenback convention
is enough to make the followers of Jeffer-
son wonder Where are we at?"
So far as newspaper enterprise goes
The CALL might, if it INDUCED in that
sort of self-praise, demonstrate to the
POpulst enthusiasts that it gave the pub
lie the news OF the Webster nomination for
Governor, accompanied by bis picture, just
one day in advance of the journal that is
bidding so hard for Populist patronage.
OF the nominations some information
may be of interest. j. Y. Webster, the
standard bearer of the Populists, is a we'll
known resident of the State. He is over
90. a short. thickeset, hard-headed, COM
nonsense farmer, but in politics enough
to be adroit in tactics and to know all the
ropes. He is a Farmers Alliance and
Grange man and lives near San Luis
Opispo.
Gregg of Alameda, nominee for Lieuten-
ant-Goyernor, is a carpenter and reformer
from way back. He is over 90 years old
and a prominent Federated Trades man.
Gator, pledged for United States Sena-
tor, every one knows who watched things
in the last campaign. He is not an old
resident. and has the reputation of being
reformer by profession. The POpulists
generally idolize Gator. It seems a sort of
magnetism that is difficult to account for
He ig young and active and trained in po-
litical management He will direct the
campaign.
McGlynn, for Secretary Of State, is
about thirty-four, a native of Illinois, and
a printer. He has been secretary of the
Federated Trades OF San Francisco for
several years.
Dors of Fresno, for Controller, is re-
garded as a strong nominee. He is a
Maine man, and came here in 1883 from
Wisconsin. He has 100 acres in rasin
grapes. He was one of the Weaver Elec-
tors-at-Lafge. In politics he has been Re-
publican, Greenbacker, Prohibitionist and
Independent
Barton of LOOMS, Placer County, nomi-
nee for Treasurer, is hOrlIeulturist. He
is an old resident, and was a member of
the Constitutional Convention.
Luckel of Los Angeles, for Attorney
General, is a young lawyer who achieved
recent notoriety by championing the cause
of the Los Angeles CommOuwealers and
getting Vinette, of the Industrial Army.
out of jail.
Collier. for Congress from the Fourth
District, from San Francisco, came to the
city last October from Alabama. He has
always been a Southern Democrat, and
was quite prominent in politics in his sec
ton.
Rogers, for Congress from the Sixth
District. is a San Francisco lawyer, and
was once a shining light of the Iroquois
Club.
Ex-Judge Wheeler. for State Senator, is
too well known in San Francisco to need
anything said. He claims residence at
Ukiah.
Captain johnson, nominee for Railroad
Commissioner from the Second District.
knows more about ships than railroads.
He used to be master of the old Orizaba,
and now has a store on Pacific street.
Bell. for Railroad Commissioner from
the First District, is a brother of Judge
Bell of Shasta. He is a reform lecturer
and agitator
BreiZ, for Railroad Commissioner from
the Third District, was a Populist Assem-
blyman in the last Legislature and achieved
considerable notoriety from charges he
made as to the circulation of the sack"
Harris of San Francisco, nominee for
Board of Equalization from the First Dis
trict, is lumber deaer and is also pro-
prietor of the Fairmount Hotel on Market
street.
Upon meeting this morning the conven-
tiOn, after having its photograph taken in
q body, decided to have ratification meet
ing in San Francisco on the 30th inst.
The convention then made ne following
additional nominations by accamation:
Secretary of State, NJ. NJ. McGlynn of
San Francisco.
Controller, John r. Dore of Fresno.
Treasurer, j. n. Barton of Placer.
Attorney-General, Louis Luckel of Los
OF Los Angeles.
Superintendent of Schools, n. A. Rich
aTdson of San Demanding.
Surveyor-General. L. F. Bassett of
Shasta.
Clerk of Supreme Court, L. NJ. Lands.
horouoh uf Sacramento