The San Francisco call., 1896-09-26
POPULISTS NAME
MORE CANDIDATES
List of Men Suggested for
the Senate and
Assembly.
MANNER OF SELECTION /.
Conference Committee Virtually
Authorized to Select
Nominees.
SAM BRAUNHAR1's TROUBLES.
Wrath of a Cigarmakers' Union
Committee Makes His Hair
Stand On End.

The legislative convention of the Popu-
lists was held at Cam brian Hall, Mission
street, between Seventh and Eighth. last
night. The legislative convention is COM
posed of two delegates from each of the
Assembly districts, but only thirty-one
delegates were present at the session. j.
r. Ruxtell acted as chairman.
Shortly after the meeting was called to
order it went into executive session. All
matters pertaining to nomination were
referred to the conference committee.
This means virtually that the conference
committee will select all nominees.
T. Y. Gator told of his trip through the
State and stated that forty-fve out OF
sixty-one delegates were for him.
This news was received with hearty ap-
plause.
Then came the most important part oil
the meeting-the suggestion of names as
candidates for the Assembly and Senate
from the various districts Names were
suggested as follows:
Seventeenth Senatorial-Samuel Braun
hart, Larry Dwyer. Thomas Egan, Peter
f. Seculovich; Nineteenth Senatorial-O.
K. Lutte; Twenty-first Senatorial -
]. D. Powers, Hugo Asher, w.
j. Bell; Twenty fifth Senatorial =
John Fay, George f. Callahan; Twenty
ninth Assem mbly, ]. }. Meagher; Thirty
Thirty second Assembly, F. NJ. Livin-
good; Thirty-fourth Assembly, John Fay !;
Thirty-sixth Assembly, J. McGrath, a. T.
Green; Thrty-seventh Assembly. H. Nc
Greevy; Thirtv-eighth Assembly. A. S.
Goldstone, w. f. Perry, ]. S. Wardell /;
Thirty-ninth Assembly, w. f. Baggett,
+, NJ. Tooley, L. Barnett; Fortieth Assem-
hlu I n Ti0Ornau. EOrfu-frcf seam hlu
Frank Schmitz, J. P. Dameron, II. NJ
Owens; Forty-second Assembly. E. ].
Reynolds, w. N. Griswold; Forty-fourth
Assembly, G. Nathan; Forty-fift Assem-
bly,, f. Mulgrew, William Gately.
a resolution was adopted that the press
be requested to publish the fact that the
conference committee will receive nomina-
tions at room 8, Murphy building, every
day between the hours of Y NJ. and 2 P. NJ
During the whole session of the body
much amusement was afforded by the
spectacle of Sam Braunhart collaring every
delegate that came out of the meeting to
learn his chances. Sam boasted that he
had 'done Rainey and the rest of the
bosses up" but nevertheless he appeared
on pins and needles lest the Populists fail
to indorse him.
What excited his Indignation most of all
was a rumor in active circulation to the
effect that committee from the Cigar
makers Union had come up to protest
against his Endorsement on the ground
that he was interested in Chinese cigar
factory on Washington street. Sam simply
foAmed at the mouth at the very thought.
As regards the authenticity of the
rumor. several membe of the convention
freely admitted that a committee had
come into the corridor TO meet commit
tee from the Cigar-l1akers' Union, but had
failed to find it. Most of them were very
reticent, but one delegate admitted the
main facts.
Js j. Meagher, Democratic candidate
from the Twenty-nlnth Senatorial Dis
trict, stated that the reason the Populist
committee had failed to find the eom-
mittee from the Cigar-makers' Union
was because the latter had been
informed by a delegate that all
grievances would be heard at T. v. Gator $
offices in the Mills building next Monday.
The convention adjourned to meet Fri
day night, the place to be selected by
Secretary Gillespie.