The San Francisco call., 1896-06-07
WINS
At STOCKTON,
Democrats Of San Joaquin
County Demand Free
Coinage.
BUDD'S RULE INDORSED.
The American Protective Associa-
tion Denounced in the
Resolutions.
GOULD A WARD DELEGATE.
The State Chairman's Friends Send
Him to the Convent tion at
Sacramento.

STOCKTON, CAL, June Cone of the
liveliest Democratic conventions in the
history of the county was that of to-day.
For the past few days all sorts of wire
pulling has been going on, and the enc
mics of Frank II. Gould had him where
they wanted him last night. Then the
programme was changed, as his followers
were afraid to put him up with the other
prominent Democrats as a delegate at
large to the State Convention, and so sent
him to-day as a representative of his ward.
Their chief fear was because of report
that was circulated last night to the effect
that he was member of Mission coun-
Gil of the American Protective Association
in San Francisco. This report could not
be confirmed to-day by the men who cir
culated it.
When the convention opened there was
no doubt that Marion de Vries OF this
city would be the chairman. DR.. Gordon
of Lodi was also nominated, but he re-
ceiyec but seven votes and De Vries all the
rest.
The delegates came to the conve ntion
with all sorts of resolutions in their
pockets, and there was sharp con-
troversy as to whether debate should be
permitted on the resolutions submitted to
the committee having charge of them. 1t
was finally decided to cut off debate, but
to allow the resolutions to be read. One
of the resolutions demo unced Cleveland IN
round terms, and the others were rabid
anti American Protective Association. OF
the latter the following is sample OF
those submitted to the committee:
WHEREAS, The Democratic party has ever
been, as it now is the adherent and servant
of the constitution of our country, and par
ticularly OF those provisions embodying the
cardinal liberal and humane dogmas of
Democracy which were penned and Inscribed
by that all-American, Thomas Jefferson,
guaranteeing to every citizen the free exercise
OF the religion of his choice, and prohibiting
religious test as qualification for any office
or public trust; and whereas, the pr1n-
ciples, teachings and practices OF the
SO called American Protective Associa-
ton, an organization of constitutional
assassins, who, like all reasonable, unlawful
associations, sprang into existence in the dark
and labored and is laboring in alternating, by
the fostering of religious strife, the friendship
esteem and respect of o class of most worthy
citizens because of their religious belief, there
by robbing the virtue aud sapping the life
blood from those constitutional provisions;
therefore be it
Resolued, That we denounce the so-called
American Protective Association as un-Ameri-
can, as inimical to the tranquility and pros
perity of this Government, as reasonable in
its scope and designs and traitorous to the
spirit of our constitution, modelled by liberal
and intellectual minds and honored and re-
spected by every true American.
1t was finally decided to adopt some
more conservative statement of the senti-
ment of the delegates, and the following
platform embodies about what the con-
vention agreed upon, although the men
who drafted the foregoing resolution are
glum tonight because they did not insist
on its adoption:
| The Democratic party of the County OF San
| Joaquin, in convention assembled, declares its
| devotion to those principles OF party faith
| which have stood as our creed through q
hundred years of political existence and
| which have remained in merit mistaken by
| either reverses or defeat.
WHEREAS, There will be held in Sacramento
on June 10, 1896, State Democratic Conven-
ton for the purpose of selecting delegates 10
the National Democratic Convention to be
| held in Chicago; and, whereas, the exigencies
] of the times and the condition OF our people