The record-union., 1896-05-13
T, M Landsborough leader of the Sac

L. M. Landsborough, leader of the Sac
ramento delegation, was very prominent
among the delegates. He in reality was
Master Of Ceremonies, and it is to be
said to his credit that he filled the posi-
tion remarkably WELL
When Chairman Wardell's gavel fell
and the delegates settled themselves to
enjoy the feast, Rev. w. c. Bowman,
Los Angeles delegate, stepped upon the
platform and offered an invocation. The
effort was a strong one, and politics
were barely touched upon. But for all
that, Mr.. Bowman showed before the
convention closed that he was an ex-
pert ca1npaigner, as we'll as an eloquent
preacher.
Chairman Wardell then told the con-
ven'tion that he snuffed victory in the
air. The Republican Convention, he
thought, had done much to help the
PopuliSt cause. He spoke cheering
words for the women suffragists pres
emit, and said that If $4,000 votes could
be drummed UP from the Republican
and Democratic parties the ladies would
be saved, the amendment carried, and
they relegated to the seats of common
ordinary people, with votes to dispose
Of
The call of the convention was then
read by w. H. Hamilton of Sacramento,
who had volunteered his services as
Secretary.
A. J. Johnson of San Francisco moved
that the women suffragists present,
headed by the veteran Susan B. An
thony, be invited to take front seats,
and the motion went through with a
yell
AS Susan B. came down the center
aisle, followed by a coterie of her ad-
mirers, a lusty San Francisco delegate
got upon his feet and called for three
cheers for Susan B. Anthony" Then
those Populists howled like the crack of
doom, and Susan b. came very near
blushing in this, the hour of her tri-
umph. AS the cheers subsided, one of
her followers said to another in audible
tones: isn't this just too nice for any
thing!''
The report of the State Central Com
mittee was then read and adopted. 1t
provided that no proxies should be al
lowed, but that the delegates of each
county should be allowed to cast the
were not present.
ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION
Nominations for Chairman of the con-
vention being in order, Delegate Nc
Swain of Alameda got the floor, and in
a neat speech put in nomination DR.. c..
H. Cassel of Merced. The mention of
DR.. CaSselPS name created some ap-
plause, but not very much.
But when the veteran warhorse of
San Luis Obispo, Jonathan V. Webster,
got the floor and named Charles A. Bar
low, also of San Luis Obispo, the con-
ventfon went wild. Everybody seemed
to be for Barlow, and it was evident that
the southern delegation had done its
work well. Unity had been their war
cry-unity for Barlow-and they
claimed 19o votes for him on the first
ballot. There was no avoiding the fact
that the evidence pointed to DR.. Cassell
being the recipient of an unvariegated
Snow-under.
Speeches fell thick and fast second
ing the nomination of Barlow-speeches
long and speeches short; speeches of
the conciliatory and others Of the
spread eagle variety; speeches such as
are always heard in conventions, and
one would have thought that there was
but one man in California, that his
name was Charles A. Barlow, and that
he lived in San Luis Obispo.
Prominent among the delegates who
said a good word for the young states
man from the south were Judge A w.
Thompson of San Francisco, Green Ma
jors of Alameda c. w Porter of San
Francisco, ex-Assemblymhn A. w.
Vann Of Colusa, and L. NJ Landsbor-
ough of Sacramento, and they all aimed
at the same mark.
Then c. F. Richards of Tuolumne
County caught the eye Of the Chairman,
and made a few terSe remarks in Sec
onding the nomination of DR.. Cassell
At this point an attempt was made to
have the nominations closed, but lot
of speakers had not been heard from,
and two other names were destined to
be brought before the convention. 1t
was not to be supposed that any other
than Barlow would stand the ghost of a
chance for election, but if there was any
honor, however empty, in being a candi-
date for the Craftsmanship of the con-
vention, the delegates were going to do
the square thing and divide it among
their favorites.
So it happened that Delegate Van
Meter of Fresno got the floor and put
in nomination his -townsman, D.
G. Fowler, and j. NJ. c. Murphy of
| Shasta did likewise for Joseph E. Bell,
also of Shasta. On Monday Fowler s