The herald., 1896-05-07

to c. P. Huntington, even If it may be
of no particular good. The total alb
Sence of any reference to the Nicaragua
canal in the platform is giving the party
leaders great deal of uneasines5. The
subject was not overlooked. The COM
mittee wrestled with it foc several hours
in extra session this morning, but could
reach no agreement in the matter
1T is more like Populist than Il Re-
publican platform, remarked George A.
Knight to a crowd at the Golden Eagle
hotel, but guess it will have to 60 It's
an off year so far as the state IS concern
ed, and everything is all wool and
yard wide. In 1898 there will be new
crowd on deck, and then there will prob
ably be more horse sense in this vicin-
ity."
The election of Charles M. Shortridge
as a district delegate to the national
convention means the retirement of NJ
II. de Young as California's member of
the national Republican committee, and
the elevation of the San FRANCISCO Call
to the position of the party's principal
mouthpiece, vice the Chronicle, resigned
by request The A. p A. is against
de Young and Shortridge will be substi-
tuted in his stead.
The election of Grove L. johnson as
! one of the delegates to the national con-
vention in this the third district has
created most bitter feeling. The rail
of the people of the district, and there is.
as result, open rebellion in what has
always been the railroads strongest
baliwick.
The credentials committee reversed
itself in recommending that in this city
the delegation which had been appoint
ed be thrown out, while in the Alameda
contest the primary delegates were
stamped with approval. The report as
whole did not provoke upon the floor
the bitter fight which had been gener-
ally expected, as the compromise made
was understood to have been entirely
one of politics for the good of the party
Eli Denison as the Spear delegate will
nevertheless try to obtain a seat at ST.
Louis. Joseph Spear of the latter con-
tingent is the only real Simon pure, orig
inal Mckinley man in the state. He vot-
ed at the Minneapolis convention four
years ago for William Mckinley, the
California vote then standing for Har-
rison, for Blaine and one for McKin-
ley.
Mr.. Adolph Sutro Of San Francisco
was an interested spectator of the con-
vention proceedings this afternoon He
had come up for the purpose of twisting
the Huntington tail in the matter of re-
funding, but his services were not need
| ed, as Frank Shorts Fresno resolution
had been adopted before his arrival.
Each of the delegates at large was
calleu upon Tor speeches as soon as his
| election had been determined.
George A. Knight thanked the con-
vention for having voted to send on
| young u. S. Grant.
John d. Spreckels looked very much
scared when he assembled the platform
| He had never before made a public ad-
| dress containing five sentences, and
when he promised not to disregard the
Mckinley instructions which had been
| placed around his neck as a collar, the
convention went into a big guffaw,
which made the young millionaire turn
the color of the rock from the Folsom
penitentiary quarries.
| Gov. Sheldon made no address. He
| disappeared as soon as he saw the in
vitation coming. His voice, had he es-
sayed speech, would have gone into
air in the big convention pavilion and
the effect might have been a reconsid-
GRAFTON of the vote which had elected
| him. Quien sabe?
] Just before taking vote on the adop-
I tion of the platform, Delegate William
| Cutter of Yuba declared that the plank
relating to hydraulic mining had no po-
litical significance, and the delegations
| from Sutter and Yuba counties would
not accept it. Cutter also said that the
Republican party should not force upon
the women Of the state that which two
| thirds of them did not want, Efforts