The morning call., 1894-08-24


| by Could of San Joaquin. Clark of Sac
ramento seconded the nomination of Alex
auder. He had, he said, known him there
as District Attorney, and knew him 10 be
a man who would do his duty.
ellis OF SiskiyOu said he wanted to
! place in nomination one of the largest
men in the State of California to the
! judiciary, whose sagacity and integrity
was one of the proudest monuments of
| California to-day. 81 rise,' he cried, ito
! place in nomination for member of that
/ body the name of James G. Murphy
! Tcheersl of Del Norte. Frantic cheers from
! the San Joaquin benches.l No man stands
/ superior to James e. Murphy of Del
! NOrte. More cheers. He came here in the
early twilight of civilization and has made
his own way in the world" Mr.. ellis
reviewed the life OF Judge Murphy and
! spoke of the marked abilities he had
shown as a jurisI. HE has Often" he
cried, been called to preside over other
courts of other counties. He is in the
prime of life and manhuOd. He is great
in stature and great in legal mind, and is
in touch with everyth in the State"
frantic demonstration from San Joa-
Quin.
Mitchell Of Los Angeles, whose points
of order had caused vexstion of spirit TO
the irrepressble Brooks. now rose to make
a little speech. He said the ground ought
to be looked over and the forces evenly
distributed. The great fight" he said
emphaticaly. "is that the Democratic
party must scotch the wheels of that
juggernaut-csr that daily rolls over the
fields OF California, crushing out indus
try. You must have due Difference to each
part of the State. Every man in this con-
vention will be only too glad to register
his vote for one of the grandest figures in
the State--Jackson Temple. For Asso-
ciate Justice you should take gentleman
from the southern part Of the State. We
have among us one who has lived with US
for a long time. He is a lawyer of ability
and though some Of his decisions have
been reversed By the Supreme bench
don't know that that is anything against
him. Laughter The Supreme Court has
been known TO reverse its own decisions.
l second the nomination of Victor Mont
gOmery of Orange. If you ask what is the
/ first requisite for Judge you will be told
! honesty. The second is still honesty and
! the third is honesty, and you will find
/ Victor Montgomery that kind of man"
& Byron Waters of San Bernardino sec.
onded the nomination of Judge J. L.
Murphy of Del NOrte. He said he had
been with him seventeen years ago in the
Legislature. II come from Georgia and he
from Maine" said Waters, ''but we were
soon fast friends. / know that lie Is as
well fitted as any gentleman that has been
placed before the convention. Judge
Murphy has occupied positions in every
branch of the Government"
Mcdonald of San Francisco moved that
/ jackson Temple be nominated by accla-
nation and that the secretary cast the
| ballot. A call was made for rolcall.
Hayes of San Francisco moved to ad-
| j1urn until 10 o'clock to-day.
! The opposition to the nomination of
/ Temple by reclamation cast chill OF
! surprise everywhere. 1t was totally un-
| expected. Veterans said the Judge never
| would accept the nomination under the
| conditions. The motion to adjourn was
! handed down, when Hayes rose to explain
! that if roll was called it would take two
! hours and they would have 10 get out OF
| the theaer at o'clock. The motion was
! put by the chairman and an almost unani-
nous vote convinced Mr.. Hayes that he
was badly in the minority. A general
! demand arose from all sides for rollcall,
and after the chairman had obtained some
! kind of order the secretary proceeded to
| call the roll of counties and in some cases
delegates. AS the roll progressed it soon
became evident that Temple had the
nomination by an immense vote. Murphy
was a good second. When the roll of Los
! Angeles County had been called the vote
stood: Temple, 163 votes; Murphy, sc
Montgomery, "a; Law. 81; Alexander, IA.
The addition of Napa's delegates gave
! Temple 207, while Murphy had drawn up
| to 10S. Sscramento's division of her nine
teen delegates made it stand: Temple 24S,
Murphy 1876, Montgomery IS. Law Sc.
Alexander 3d. The local vote was called
off generally by districts, though at times
delegates were polled.
Some funny things happened during this
proceeding. James F. Creegan OF the
Thirtieth District had given his proxy to
JeTe Burke, the School Director. The vote
was delivered Temple 10. Murphy 10.
Burke got up and called for the poll.
Then the chairman read little note from
Creegan stating that he he d transferred his
proxy from Burke to j. K. Lynch. That
settled it. The vote stood and Burke sat
down. The chairman of the Thirty.second
delivered the vote as six for Temple and
Murphy and three for Temple and Law.
A laugh went round the house. 1t was at
length strag ht ened out to mean: Temple
9, Murphy and Law 3.
The Thrty-f fourth vote was presen ted as
10 tor Temple and 10 for jackson. After
the laugh had subsidized it was corrected &c
ten for Murphy instead of jackson. When
Santa Clara's vote was polled Temple had
436. Murphy 286. Montgomery 100. Law
ISL and Alexander 81. By the time TIE.
hama was reached her fifty-three votes fol-
Murphy brought his strength up to 326
II was necessary, to nominate. $780, so hi;
friends through the house began to cheer
at every additional vote cast for the
big man from Del NOrte. Venturs
raised his vote to 1913 and Yolo did the
business by throwing five votes for Murphy
and making his total 1893. Wild cheers
greeted this result.
When rollcall was concluded the Oficia
result was announced as follows: TEN.
pie. 537 votes; Murphy. 347 votes; Law
PAT votes; Montgomery. 125 votes; Alex
ander, 81 votes.
The count kept by THE CALL staff
showed Temples vote to be 539 and Muir
phys 342. The results Of the others tai