The herald., 1896-09-15

the floor, and a great deal of hustling
was being done by the friends of candi-
dates for superior judge
Inc only minister who accepted the
invitation to be present on the floor was
the Rev. Burt Estes Howard. He, re-
mained in the hall for some time, and.
instead of being beaten and pummeled.
as was the ministerial delegate to th..
republican county convention, he was
shown every courtesy
THE LADIES ON HAND.
The ladies' were present in large num-
bers and were given the usual seats of
honor upon the stage.
After Chairman Patton had succeeded
in securing quiet, he made to the con :
vention brief explanation of the plan
- fusion whereby, he stated, it was
proposed to defeat the entire Repub-
lican ticket in this county.
The first mention that Mr.. Patton
made of the proposition for fusion was
received with great applause. This
plainly indicated that the union of all
the silver forces of Los Angeles county
for better government was as good as
adopted. The enthusiasm shown over
the proposition was a certain indication
of that fact.
The roll of precincts was called, ami
delegates holding proxies came forward
and filed them
PLAN OF FUSION
Chairman Patton then introduced
Judge A. M. Stephens, chairman of tn !,
county central committee, who submit
ted the following report from the
conference committee on fusion:
At a meeting of conference commit
tee appointed by authority of the coun-
ty central committee of the Democratic
party and of a similar committee APP
pointed by the county central commit.
tee of the Peoples party the following
recommendations were agreed upon, to
be submitted to the respective county
conventions:
1.-That two superior judges be allotted
to the Democratic party and two to the
Peoples paty, with the request that the
Peoples patty, in making it's nominal
tions, shall select one silver Repub-
lican.
n.-That the Seventieth. Seventy
first, Seventy-second and Seventy fifth
assembly districts be allotted to the Peo-
pies party. and the Seventy third and
seventy fourth assembly districts be
allotted to the Democratic party
III.-That the nomination of a state
senator for the Thirty-seventh sena-
torial district be given to the Democrat
ic party.
1V.--That the Second and Fifth su-
pervisoral districts be allotted to the
Democratic party, and the Fourth su-
pervisoral district to the Peoples party
What if the nominations for the
city justices are made, one such nomina-
tion be made by the Peoples party and
one by the Democratic party
JUDGE STEPHENS STATEMENT
Judge Stephens said that he would
only state that this plan of fusion, if
agreed upon, would help in the carrying
of the state of California for William
j. Bryan. This was the first mention
made of the name of Bryan, and it was
greeted with applause that lasted for
five minutes. The enthusiasm was un-
bounded, and in marked contrast to the
chilly reception Of the name of Mckinley
got in the Republican county convention.
The following resolution to fully carry
out the plan of fusion to make it effect
i've was presented at the convention:
FUSION RESOLUTION
Resolved, That the following order of
business be adopted as the order of
business of this convention:
First-The plan of fusion suggested
by the chairman of the county central
committee, as the result of a conference
between his committee and a similar
committee Of the Populist party, and
which has just been read to this conven-
tion by the chairman of the county
central committee, Is approved and
adopted by this convention, and the
chairman and secretary of this conven-
tion are directed to certify a copy of
said plan to the chairman and secretary
OF the Populist convention, with a noti-
ncation that this convention awaits in
formation from said Populist convention
that it has adopted similar plan of
fusion, and that pending an answer
from the said Populist convention that
this convention do take recess until
such message y received from said
Populist convention.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
6econd-That upon the receipt Of the