The record-union., 1896-05-13

chance of election was considered good,
but the plans of the southern delegates
had been too well laid, and that same
chance had dwindled and shrivelled un-
til it was barely perceptible.
No one seemed surprised when the
roll was called, that such counties as
Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, Sacra-
mento and Ell Dorado swung into line
for Barlow
Further than this, Barlow is young
man and had had considerable expert
ence as a parliamentarian; and further
still, he is handsome man, and it was
whispered that the women were for him
first, last and all the time.
From the commencement of the count
it was evident that the southern man
was out to sweep the convention, and
when the roll was announced-Barlow
1884, Cassell 6S, Bell 80 and Fowler %,
with 155 necessary for a choice-no one
was at all surprised, though the dele
gates got upon chairs and whooped un-
til they were red in their faces.
On motion of NJ. w. Wilkins of Santa
Clara the election of Barlow was made
unanimous, and he was conducted to
the chair, while the delegates stood up
and cheered.
1t was then decided, in order to ex-
pedite business, that the temporary Of
ficers appointed by the State Central
Committee should be the officers of the
convention. OF these Sacramento got
the lions share. The officers are: Sec
retary, William H. Hamilton of Sacra-
mento; Assistant Secretaries, E. r. Bush
of Alameda, John Royal and Eugene
Bradford of Sacramento; Sergeant-at-
Arms, Jacob Heintz; Assistant Ser
geants-at-Arms, Clarence Foote and
George A. Warner, all of Sacramento.
On motion of Thomas V. Gator, a
recess of ten minutes was taken in order
to allow the different district delegates
to meet for the purpose of selecting
members for the Committees on Plat
form and Resolutions and Order of
Business.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The committees appointed were as
follows:
Credentials-G. K. Mcknight, L. NJ.
Landsborough, George A. Gallop, Thos.
A. Howard, j. w. Thompson, D. E.
Lauder and E. S. Van Meter.
Order of Business. Roberts, G. w.
Thresher, E. E. Bunce, George D. Gill
lispie, E. E. Cathron, C. H. Arnolds and
T. w. Naples.
Resolutions and Platform-T. w.
Murphy, S. G.. Gaylor, T. r. Brown, j.
E. Camp, C. w. Kits, J. H. McKune,
E. P. Manson, w. A. Vann, C. H Stew
art, D. T. Fowler, A. J. Waterhouse,
]. L. Dryden, H. C. Dillon, L. F. Smith,
j. V. Webster, j. A. Johnson, B. c.
r. Welsh and ]. w. Hines.
A motion that eleven delegates at
large be chosen was voted down amid
considerable confusion, and it was de-
cided that five delegates to the National
Convention be selected from each Con-
gressional District and four delegates
at large by the State Convention.
In order to allow the committee time
in which to formulate their reports, at
ITO p. m, a recess was taken until
p. m.
AN EMERGENCY MET.
When the convention yesterday morn
ing invited Miss Susan B. Anthony and
her coterie of women suffragist to take
front seats, it did SO, as was ultimately
proven, for a purpose That conven-
tion evidently was a farseeing body. and
snuffed difficulty for the Committees
on Platform and Resolutions and Gre
dentials. Those committees were in a
peck Of trouble at APO O'Clock. when
the convention reassembled, and con-
sequently the wheels of the body were
clcgged.
Chairman Barlow suggested that
something be devised by which the con-
vention might be proftably amused un-
til the committees untangled the snarl
into which they had got On this, Bur-
dett Cornell, who was SO badly beaten
in his race for Congress by Grove L.
Johnson, jumped to his feet all primed
with a motion that Susan B. Anthony
be invited to address the convention
Then it became apparent why the
women suffragists had been invited to
occupy front seats. They came in
very handily to fill up chinks which the
convention was unable to close in any
other way. 1t was a happy, almost a
prophetic step, and answered the pur-
pose exactly.
The motion was hailed with a storm
of applause, and Mr.. Cornell conducted
the distinguished suffragist to the plat
form.
Miss Anthony began by compliment
ing the Populist party, declaring that it
was composed of thinking men and
women.
That's the reason we are Populists,' -
shouted Cornell, and then there was a
smallsized burst of enthusiasm.
The speaker once more complimented
the Populists on inserting the woman
suffrage plank in their platform. The
suffragists, she continued, had been
sent away from both Republican and
Democratic National and State Conven-
tions empty-handed. petition had al
ready been signed by $4,000 women and
men in the State asking for woman
suffrage plank in each political party's
platform, and by the time the Demo-
Gratis met in convention next month the
list would be swelled to $4,000, which
would open the eyes of the members of
the Democratic party and cause them
also to insert a suffrage plank in their
platform, which would be something
unprecedented in the history of their
party Women, continued the speaker.
pay one-eleventh of all the taxes col
lected in the State. Why, then, should
not women be represented at the bal
lot-box?
There was a general feeling. she
said, that the women of Colorado had
not treated the Populist party fairly,
but this was explained by the statement
that the Republican State Convention
had adopted a suffrage plank. 1t was
had also adopted asuffrage plank. Itwas
| and Resolutions by the Governor of
| the State, who was urged to the action
| by his wife. The consequence was that