The record-union., 1896-05-06

CiQeU mere. IN OlDer WOrQS, tle eAdCt
converse is now asked to be adopted
of what was urged here this morning,
and I insist that the only fair thing to
do is to hear the merits of the contro-
versy and not cut it off by a mere
technicality, even if you concede that
it is one. / have known technicalities
to win, but I never knew them to win
in the long run, and it is not good policy
for us to start out on any such PROPOSE
tion.''
The motion was lost-ayes %, noes
SO.
Mr. Levinsky of Alpine moved to
amend the report of the Committee on
Credentials, by giving to Alpine Coun-
ty two votes, and stated that under
the apportionment Alpine County was
credited with one delegate. The Six
tieth Assembly District, which is com
posed Of the counties OF Inyo, Mono and
Alpine, was credited with one delegate.
and Inyo and Mono Counties con-
ceded to Alpine that one delegate from
the Sixtieth Assembly District. There
fore there is before this convention at
this time, under the report of the Com
mittee of Credentials, but one delegate.
l believe that any and every county
in this State is entitled to a delegate.
The report of the State Central Com
mittee so says.
Now, then, my proposition is this:
If in that joint convention, composed
of Inyo, Mono and Alpine in the Six
tieth Assembly District, the delegate
from that district would have been con-
ceded to Mono, then Alpine County
would have had no representative in
this convention Would that have been
right? Would that have been proper
1t is true that Alpine County only polled
sixty-eight votes, but, gentlemen, it is
no fault of Alpine County, and it is
more to the credit Of Alpine County,
with her little sixty-eight votes, that
every time there is a State or a Ma
tional campaign, out Of those sixty
eight votes you find Republican ma
jCrity of from twenty-five to thirty.
CHEERS and applause) There are coun-
ties possessing thousands Of votes, and
when those votes are counted the bal
ance is on the red-ink side of the
ledger. And 1 respectfully submit, in
justice to little Alpine County-and she
may not be as little in the future as
she has been in the past-because when
the delegates we send will nominate the
next President, it means prosperity not
only to Alpine County but to the entire
United States, and 1 move, therefore, in
justice to Alpine County, that she be
credited with two votes.'
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr.. Levinsky-I now move that the
proxy of A. l.. Levinsky be received,
and that he be considered a delegate to
this convention.
The motion was carried.
The motion to adopt the report of the
Committee on Credentials, as amended,
was carried unanimously.
Cutter of Yuba moved that the tenn
I'orary officers of the convention be con-
sidered the permanent officers Of the
convention.
The motion was seconded and car
ried.
INSTRUCTED FOR M'KINLEY.
f. r. Dray of Sacramento offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the delegates to be Sc
lected by this Second Congressional Dis
trict Convention of California to the
Republican National Convention to as
semble at St. Louis, be and they are
hereby instructed to vote for and sup
port William Mckinley for nomination
for President of the United States so
long as his name remains before the
National Convention. prolonged cheers
and applause)
Mr.. Dray-Mr. Chairman, / do not in
tend or wish to make speech on this
-A1, r
March to work for William Mckinley of
Ohio as our standard bearer in the next
campaign, and have stayed with it up
to this time. It is my whole fight above
any and everything, and hope this res
olution will be adopted by a standing
vote" Great applauseD
Neil A. Macquarrie Of San Joaquin
said: 'Mr. Chairman. 1 am very much
inclined to think that nearly every
member of this district is probably in
favor of Mr.. Mckinley but at the same
time, and in this connection, l dislike
very much to see California delegates
to National Convention go pledged
and probably fall into the same error
which they have heretofore fallen into,
to w.t. that they go back there with a
castiron pledge which they cannot de-
viate from
Now, l think, in the interest of the
people of California and in the interest
of all concerned, that it would be much
better that the delegates to the Ma
tional Convention from California go
unpledged. / think it is a proposition
that is of vital Importance to the peo-
pie of California at this time We are
of ha ha ci,
may be when the delegates will reach
there. The probabilities are that they
may meet with circumstances which
VIII necessitate change of mind in
order to get for California what we
may desire, and, if so, 1 would like to
see the delegates go there so clothed
that they can change their minds if
the circumstances and contingencies
demand it,
Il therefore hope, Mr.. Chairman.
that no resolution of this kind, binding
the delegates to any candidate will be
adopted"
Mr. Cutter Of Yuba said: "Mr. Chair
man: l hope this resolution will be
adopted. applause and cheers) Four
years ago, Mr.. Chairman, with 95 per
cent. of the Republican party of Cali
fornia in favor of one man, we cent an
unpledged delegation to Minneapolis
and that delegation might, if it had
been united and instructed. have nom
1rated that man and the last four years
OF misery and depreciation might have
been avoided. Great cheers.) They
die not represent the Republican party
OF this State-a portion of them. They
voted for man who was not the choice
of the people of this State, and what
was the result? Instead of Republi
can majority which would have been
given for James G.. Blaine of 10000
(great cheers and aDplaIcaA ura uo,,o