The record-union., 1896-05-07

| the names mentioned the keenest the
quickest and one who would be of the
! greatest service to us in the National
Convention, and to that end he took
great pleasure in seconding the nom
| ination Of the Hon. George A. knight.
| M. A. Luce of San Diego seconded the
nomination of John D. Spreckels as a
| stanch Republican, as a square bust
ness man, and a man who has done as
much as any other man for the Califor-
MIA resources.
]. M. Walling of Nevada seconded
| the nomination of D. E. knight of
Yuba
A. L. Levinsky of Alpine seconded the
nomination of Irving M. Scott.
BARNES APPEAL.
| w. H. L. Barnes said: Mr.. Chairman
and Gentlemen: There is not State in
this Union that will cast a majority
vote for the nominee of the ST. Louis
| Convention that would not be proud
II 1T could be said it had among the
list of its delegates Ulysses S. Grant.
Prolonged applause) One of the gen.
tlemen who has addressed you has said
we nave no need to look at the past;
that our eyes must be upon the future.
L do not agree with him. There are
subjects of thought that live in the past,
and that shall cast their broad and
beautiful light down through all the
centuries, until the veryworld itself shall
end; and that light and that glory shall
stream through all the ages of the peo-
pie through those Of eternity.
| $50 with that great soldier and great
man, upon whose deeds we, who lived in
the hours Of the rebellion, hung with
tender thought and weeping and anx-
lous care. l have sat here this morning
and have followed General Grant fr IN
| Cairo down to Fort Doneson and Fort
| Henry. L saw him fighting at Corinth
l saw him capture Vicksburg and l saw
! him in the clouds on Lookout Mountain:
on Missionary Ridge; l saw him again
in Virginia, beating back the Confeder-
ate General from his own Notifications;
1 saw him struggling through the forty
one days fighting in the Wilderness; [
saw him with Meade and Sheridan,
driving Lee out of Richmond and l saw
him at last, under the apple blossoms Of
| Appomattox signing terms of peace, the
like of which the world had never seen
and will never see again. (Applause)
saw It'll SllIl through all the pc
| Rod of reconstruction, the foremost CT
| iZen and soldier of the United States
1 saw him as President of the United
States, and a second time elected, nom
! mated by a convention that had 6O5
votes and when the roll was called 6,IJ
votes had been registered for him. (Ap-
plause)
Il want this young man, who has
taken up his abode in California. to ba
treated as the son of Abraham Lincoln
has been treated by the people of his
State. applause and cheers) They sent
him for his name, and if l could only
pay one 1.-THE of the debt Of love and
gratitude that l owe to the memory of
General Grant, and could feel that from
his Serene nights he looks down on this
Republican Convention and sees it honor
his son, who bears his name even to
him, upon the battlements of heaven,
will come sentiment of joy and love
for the State Grant always loved so
we'll. Let's send him." (Cheers)
Short of Fresno seconded the nomina-
ton of Ulysses S. Grant.
Simpson of Los Angeles seconded the
nomination of j. NJ. Gleaves.
An adjournment was taken till D. m.