The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-05

shortly after o'clock by M. K. Merritt,
the secretary of the Sixth district COM
mittee, and shortly afterward the names
of Merritt and Grimes were placed in
nomination for temporary chairman.
A bollot was taken and resulted in the
election of Merritt by a vote of 81 to 81
for Grimes. The result was received
with cheers by the Rose men, the vote
being regarded as a decisive test of
strength of the two candidates.
A committee of five was appointed on
credentials, after which a recess was de-
clared for fifteen minutes.
RESOLUTIONS.
On being again called to order George
Patton introduced the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That an executive congress-
ional committee of nine members be
appointed as follows: One each from
the several counties composing the
Sixth congressional district to be named
by the delegations from said counties
respectively, and three at large to be
named by the candidate selected by the
convention The said committee when
so selected as soon as possible after the
adjournment of the convention, shall Or
ganize and thenceforth continue in ex-
istence with all the powers of the con-
vention, and shall be particularly
charged with the duty of comforting
with the proper representatives of our
allies of the Peoples party with view
to taking such action as may seem best
to bring about a unification of the silver
vote in the district and to make it ef-
factiVp in tba a1nrtinp M q po n
and for this purposethe said committee
is hereby armed with plenary powers
in the premises
This motion. after debate, was carried.
Isidore Dockweiler of Los Angeles in
troduced the following resolution, which
was also carried:
Be it resolved, That the Democratic
congressional convention of the Sixth
congressional district hereby indorses
the platform of the Democratic national
convention recently held in Chicago,
and hereby pledges its support and the
support of the nominee to the standard
bearers of our party, Bryan and Sew
ALL
NOMINATIONS MADE.
On motion of ]. Marion Brooks the
convention then proceeded to make
nominations.
r. o. Toland of Ventura in a capital
speech nominated Mr.. Patton. He said
he stood against the greatest monopoly
of modern times, the Southern Pacific
of Kentucky.
John w. Mitchell of Los Angeles NOM
mated Mr.. Rose. He said Rose was for
silver and in common with the people of
California was against the funding bill.
Messrs. Rose and Patton were called
before the convention and made !
speeches.
THE BALLOTING.
ballot was then taken, resulting in |
a tie, 35 votes for each candidate, di-
vided as follows:
Los Angeles county, Rose 20, Patton |
H. Monterey county, Rose I, Patton l,
Santa Cruz county, Patton G. San Luis
Obspo county. Rose A. Patton 2, Santa !
Barbara county, Rose ], Patton 6, Ven
tura county Rose 8, Patton 3.
j. f. Yoakum holding the proxy of F. |
NJ. Nickel of Los Angeles refused to
vote.
Five more ballots were taken, all re-
sulting thesame, when an adjournment
was taken to 0 o'clock
VIII the conention again met and |
was about proceeding with the seventh
ballot. Harry Patton presented proxy
by wire for George Patton from George
Hartman of Santa Cruz This would |
have given Patton a majority, but bit
ter fightover its admission followed,
which resulted, on motion of Mr.. Mitch
ell, in the matter being referred to the
on credentials, with instruc-
tions to have it fully authenticated.
At 1880 no report had been made and
an adjournment was taken to $3.50 Wed
nesday morning, when Rose expects
Nickelrs proxy, which will again make
the ballot a tie, even if the Hartman
proxy is admitted.
During the convention several tricks
were attempted in the shape of false
calls of roll. Much personal feeling and
intense excitement was displayed
throughout the proceedings. Mitchell
and McCaffrey lead the Rose delegates
and Thomas o. Toland and Harry Pat
ton the Patton forces.