The herald., 1896-06-18
CONVENTION GOSSIP
What the Local Men Did at the Conyen-
ton
What Some Would Like to Have Done Had Not
Circumstances Proved Uncomfortable.
Honors Are Scarce

| SACRAMENTO Cal, June 17.-(Spe-
cial to The Herald .)-Money openly
rendered and as openly accepted is al
legged to have been the means of enab-
ling w. r. Burke, the Arkansaw major
who halls from Los Angeles to be elect
ed as one of the delegates to the Demo-
cratic national convention from the
seventh congressional district. The al
legged facts are being, and have been all
day, freely discussed among Burke 5
colleagues in the Los Angeles delega
tion who attended the convention which
tonight closed its labors in this city.
The recipient of Burke's favor is said,
upon the authority of Thomas McCaf
ferry and others, to have been George
Arbuckle, a delegate to the state con-
vention from the seventh ward of Los
Angeles city Arbuckle is said to have
secured money from Burke yesterday
and today, after the vote in the district
convention he is said to have made re-
newed demands. which, it is stated,
We're, under some slight pressure, COM
piled with.
The seventh district convention organ
lied Immediately after the noon ad-
journment of the main convention, Gov
ernor George W. Merrill of Pomona be &.
ing elected chairman, and District At
torney Merritt of Monterey secretary.
The plan of the Arcade depot contingent
was to force a nomination for congress
for the seventh district of J. Marion
Brooks, taking the program in hand
as spokesman for the railroad.
4 ~; l.,
tics were Harry w. Patton and ex- May
or w. H. Workman. The candidate of
the depot outfit was l.. j. Rose, who, had
he been nominated, would not have re-
ceiVed any of the votes in the Santa
Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara or San
Luis Obispo delegations, Ventura coun-
" being on the subject divided. Short
haired manipulators like Adolph Ram
ish, Col. Messmore and even Governor
Merrill himself, seeing the probable turn
of events, refused to stand in at the
final moment. and the attempted game
of Thomas McCaffery and Fire Alarm
j. w. Mitchell did not succeed. AS a
result, the convention when it had COM
pleted its real business, adjourned to
meet again at Ventura at o'clock in the
afternoon on the first Tuesday of
August.
For district delegate to the national
convention Harry Patton nominated
Joseph Maier, whose candidacy was first
conceived several weeks go in a spirit
of humor, Martin Marsh having been re
sponsible for the launching of the Maier
boom for the honor. The good -natured
brewer is very much of a favorite of the
rank and file of the party in Los Ange-
les county, where he has for years never
failed to open his purse whenever his
assistance was needed for any legiti-
mate campaign purpose. As soon as he
had agreed to become a candidate for
the place, his election became a fore
gone conclusion. John w. Mitchell was
nominated by Col. Mcssmore, withdraw
ing, however, before the issue came to a
vote. Mitchell, weeks ago. conceived of
playing against stephen NJ White, and
took the present convention as the oc-
casion to put his plans into execution.
lie first Sroomed himself to oppose Mr..
White as the delegate large from tha
southern end Of the state to the national
convention. He was laughed at for his
afternoon. Then he placed himself up
on pedestal as a district delegate. That
failing, he was willing to be placed up
ON the state ticket as a district elector.
The deeper the man from the Cahuenga
became involved in his plot the less 90.
portunity he realized he had for success.
until this afternoon, in the midst of the
proceedings of the sixth district conven-
tion, Mitchell retired from the field as
gracefully as the circumstances over
which he had no control permitted him
to do.
Los Angeles in the Sixth district con-
Vention voted % ayes to 10 nays for post
ponement in the matter of a nominee to
make the congressional race
Martin Marsh nominated w. Il. Burke
as the Second district delegate. and
Burke, who had been working in dele
cations outside of his own county night
and day ever since his arrival here. re-
ceived 50 votes; Maier receiving SO and
Ernest Greaves of san Luis Obispo re-
ceiving Al. Greaves had declined to
become a candidate and had declared
he would not so east if elected. j. Ma
rion Brooks entered in the running at