The morning call., 1894-08-23

although his friends say he will not have
II it is thought his name will be presen ted
TO the convention this morning. The
cOlOnel himself IS non-cOmmittal.
a warm time was expected, and Pythian
Hall annex was crowded with outsiders
anxious 10 witness the row they were sure
was booked. Every delegate or his proxy
:. was present when Reginaldo f. Del Vale
arose to place in nomination his friend
and fellow-citiZen, George S. Patton.
= He started in by saying that the issue in
this campaign was the freeing of the peo-
Pile from the yoke of the railroad. He,
himself. had suffered enough at the hands
;, of the railroad to be an enemy to its en-
. cToachments and he had openly opposed it
often enough for the people to know his
. position. As en- anti-railroad man he ad-
yocated the nomination of Mr.. Patton,
who, when in Washington lately in the in
tereSt Of San Pedro hRrbor, had distin-
quished himself by boarding the redoubt-
able Coils P. Huntington.
The insinuations that Mr.. Patton's can
didacy was in the interest OF the railroad
he scorned. and stated emphatically, from
? his own knowledge, that there was no
man in the district more opposed TO its
domination. Mr.. Del Vale then eulogiZed
the personal qualities of his friend and
asked that the convention nominate him.
Loud appla use followed this effort.
George W. Merrill. who was one time
Minister to the Sandwich Islands, placed
Colonel Isaac E. Messmore of Santa Bar
bara in nomination. He said that for hon.
esty, integrity, ability and anti-railoroad
spirit no man in the Congressional district
IA IF nj sGof
but he emphasized the fact that it was be-
y0nd all this and from the fact that
Colonel Messmore was a veteran Union
soldier that he asked his nomination.
The district, he said, was naturally over
5000 majority Republican. There were in
it sons GOO Union soldiers. They wanted
TO vote for an old soldier, aad for this
reason Messmore should be nominated.
1t would undoubtedly draw most of the
soldier vote TO- the Democracy. Continu-
ing he gave Mr.. Messmore's biography and
pointed out how. some years ago. while
Colonel Messmore was in the judiciary de-
partment at Washington he was discharged
because he would not bow TO the dictates
OF the whisky trust.
= James Renison of Monterey, J. Marion
Brooks Of Los Angeles, P. J. BOland of
. Redondo and Captain Merry of Los
Angeles all seconded Messmore's nomfna-
ton. Boland was the only one of these
= who exhibited any bitterness. lie is the
man who has had the honor of attending a
thousand Democratic conventions, more
or less: and in his advocacy OF Messmore
he said plainly that Patton bad only gone
to Washington for the reason that he was
paid to do so, just the same as any other
attorney would have done; and that it was
business. not anti-railroad feelings, that
influenced him to wrangIe with Hunting
ton. There were several attempts to call
Mr.. B0land down. but his experience 10 so
many Democratic conVen tiOns stood him in
good stead, and be denounced till be be-
came purple in the face and sank exhausted
in his seat
Bart Burke of Santa Cruz, who said he
was not Southern Pacific soldier" al
though he had been run over three or four
times by that company's trains. seconded
the nomination of George S. Patton. He
said he favored him because he thought
ne was the strongest man.
H. =. Sargent of Salinas and Senator
Johh H. Mathews of Los Angeles also in
dorseu the candidacy of George S. Patton.
a inO'ioh py y. Marion Brooks that the
Candidates be allowed to address the con-
ventloh was lost beneath the votes for the
motion OF curly-haired humorist from
Santa Cruz that the delegates proceed 10
vote.
r. F. Del Vale ana John McGoniple
were named as tellers and tie rollcalI
commenced. Los Angeles cast % for
Messmore and IS for Patton; Monterey. a
for Messmore and 5 for Patton. San T,nis
Obispo asked to be excused, and santa
Barbara cast solid for Messmore. Santa
Cruz gave its votes for Patton. ana Ven.
tura for Patton and 3 fot Messmore.
The vote at this stage stood Messmore
36, Patton 80. Ali eyes were on the San
Luis Obispoans. who could be seen busilv
figuring and talking and still asked for
more time. They got it, there was
clustering of heads in their eighborhood,