The morning call., 1894-09-26

The report or the committee on rules
and order Of business was as follows:
The majority of the enrolled members of this
convention shall constitute quorum No
proxies shall be allowed.
The following shall be the order Of business
at all sessions of the convention:
Roll call; reading minutes OF last meeting;
reports OF standing committees; reports OF
special committees; communications; reSou-
lions; unfinished business other than nOmina.
tons; nominations; baloting; new or mlscel-
laneOus business.
On all votes taken by roll call the same shall
be taken in alphabetical order
Order or procedure OF convention:
First-Adoption OF the platform.
SecOnd-Appolntment OF a committee Of ff-
teen finance committee.
1hird-AppOintment Of a committee OF ten
20 recommend candidates for Board OF Super
yisorS
FOurth-Appointing a committee of ten to
recommend candidates for School Directors
(All the said committees TO be appointed by
the chairman)
MISREPRESENTATION of names of candidates
aud baloting for same, which shall be done in
the following order:
Mayor.
Four Judges OF the Superior Court.
-Four Police Judges.
Five Justices Of the Peace.
Sheriff.
Assessor.
Auditor.
Treasurer.
Recorder.
Tax Collector.
County Clerk.
District Attorney.
City aud County Attorney.
Superintendent of Streets.
Surveyor.
Public Administrator.
Coroner.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Board of twelve Supervisors.
Board OF twelve School Directors ee1za
Sci ction OF campaign committee of twenty
five from the convention at large.
Filling of vacaDcies-Should any vacancy
or vacancies occur in the list of nominees OF
the convention at er its final adjournment
such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the
campaign committee.
Parliamentary ruleS-ROberts' Rules of Order
shall govern the proceedings OF this conven-
ton.
Conference.-The no committee be appointed
for conference between this convention and any
other convention, and that this convention sh N
receive no members appointed by any other
convention.
Balloting-All balloting for candidates shall
be taken by rolIcaH alphabetically. Each
member as bis name is called shall answer to
The call and deposit his ballot IN writing for the
candidate OF his choice IN box In the presence
of two Iellers TO be appointed by the chairman,
and they shall then be counted by the teIlers in
the presence of the chairman and the result de-
clared by the chairman and entered in the
minutes by the secretary. II. after ihree bal.
lots taken, no nomination be made for the
particular office under consideration, the bal
loting shall be postponed to the next meeting
unless otherwise ordered by the convention.
Introduction of resolutions All resou.
tions Introduced shall be i'll writing and after
being read by the secretary, shall be referred
without debate TO the committee on platform
and resolutions.
Recording OF votes - When ten delegates
shall demand that vote be recorded, the sec
rotary shall call The roll as herelnbefore pro-
vided.
Declaring the nominees-When it shall ap-
pear that any candidate for any office has re-
ceyed the majority of the vote cast, the chair
man shall declare such candidate 10 be the
nominee OF the convention.
Limiting the time for speaking-No member
OF the convention shall speak more than once
upon the same question, nor longer than five
minutes. unless by the consent Of two-thlrds of
the members of the convention assembled; ex-
cept In the presentation OF names OF candi-
dates.
Pledge of nominees-All nominees of this con-
vention Except the judicial nomineeS) shall in
dorse the platform ADOPTED by this convention,
either verbally before the convention. or by
communications addressed to the chairman
pledging himself, If elected to faithfully and
honestly carry out the principles therein con-
tanned. Any nominee declining TO indorse the
same shall be withdrawn from the ticket and
the vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore pro-
yided for.
Delegate MahOney took exception to the
method proposed of selecting candidates
by secret balIoting. He did not think it
necessary or advisable to choose this
method. He thought that the delegates
should be willing to take the responsibility
of selecting the candidates by open roll
call. He moved that the report be amended
in that spect and that the selection of
candidates be made by the calling of the
roll and not by secret ballot.
The chairman of the committee said
that the matter had been talked over in
the committee meetings, and it had there
! been decided that the secret ballot method
was best. 1t would not take any more
time, and the wishes OF the delegates
could be better expressed.
Delegate Cummings agreed with the lats
speaker. He said that by the use of the
secret ballot method the delegates would
be relieved of any embarrassment as to
would-be candidates. An impartial result
could be gained better by The secret bal
lot. He knew there were plenty of mon
who could be bulidezed into voting for
fear of offending some one. Delegates
would lie buttOnholed by aspirants for
office. and promises would be made proba-
bly, 10 support this aspirant or that one,
and by open voting delegates might be in
| fuenced in ways which they would not if
their voting was done by ballot.
| Delegate Loughborough was opposed to