The herald., 1896-06-17
A FIGHT SEEMED IMMINENT
But Parliamentary Skirmishing Proved
Thoroughly Effective
Buckley Partlsans Make q Bold Bluff, Which
Proves Failure
Landslide to Gould Is Followed by HE
Election by Acknowledgement
Are Appointed and Adjourn.
ment Taken
Special to Tho Herald,

Special TO Tn0 Herald.
SACRAMENTO, June 16.-Frank
Gould of Stockton was elected chairman
of the Democratic state convention with
practically no opposition. Senator
Burke of Santa Cruz, Gould's quondam
opponent. himself moved to make it
unanimous before the result of the vote
was announced. The combination was
for Ryan to withdraw in Burke's favor
at the last moment, the strength of both
to be swung to the latter. In spite Of
this amalgamation in a common cause,
Gould received 314 votes, Burke 11S, the
81 junta members not voting
Gould was elected when San Diego was
reached in the roll call, but the southern
citrus belt leaders, instead of adapting
themselves to the exigencies of the oc-
casion and getting into the band char
lot where they belonged, persisted in re-
cording their votes, 2S for Burke and 10
for Gould, and w. H. Workman voted
for Harry Patton one. The Angelenos
tried to caucus today. but the attempt
was a miserable failure. The real OBJ
ject of the meeting was to place Senator
Stephen M. White on record against w.
A. Ryan for the convention chairman-
ship in the hope that the result might
tend to injure the senator in his own
county under the charge that he sup
ported an outsider rather than fellow
townsman. Harry Patton and other
friends of White saw through the plot
and stood by Workman manfully.
The latter had six proxies and his own
vote. He himself voted to support Ry-
an, but his proxies, he said, had been or
dered to vote for Gould. He intended to
stand fast to his Instructions.
Tonight Gov. George w. Merrill of Po-
mona was elected chairman of the cau-
Gus. which ended in a dream. for the
members could not get together.
At 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon jos
seph Morris will be elected delegate
from the Sixth congressional district to
the Democratic national convention. The
other man will be either w. R. Burke or
John w. Mitchell. John McGonigle Of
Ventura is out of the fight He says
that he was never in it with his consent,
and no other man from the north end Of
the district can be found who cares to
take an eastern trip at this season of the
year. Should Burke not succeed in the
ambition of his life, the program is to
nominate him as district elector. Eff
forts are being made to induce w. H.
Workman to go on the ticket as one OF
the two electors at large. The latter Is
member of the committee on order Of
business, and that is the one crumb OF
comfort which the kindergartners from
Los Angeles county have saved out Of
the general wreck which surrendered
their ship into the hands of the enemy.
While the thermometer thereabouts
registered 112 degrees in the shade this
afternoon, the candidacy of w. a. Ryan
for the Craftsmanship of the convention
vanished away into the thinnest of thin
air upon the showdown today, just as
these dispatches last night predicted
would be the case.
1t looked very much like bolt shortly.
after s. ]. Ruddick, from Mendocino. .
member of the state central committee.
called the convention to order this after
noon. The plan of campaign was against
Buckley's delegates. Ruddick hewed
straight to the line. He refuses. tu,..
tertain any motion to keep both the San
Francisco delegations off the temporary
roll and his decision was appealed from.
That vote was the test, and as result
is now probably a thing
of the past, so far as the Democratic
party of California is concerned.
The convention tomorrow may reverse
the play, but that is very doubtful.
The credentials committee is tonight
listening to the evidence in the matter
and the hearing of the case will not be
much before sunrise There
may be two reports in the matter. a
large majority of the committee being
IN favor of the McNab people.
The Alameda contest will be decided
in favor of NJ. j. Laymance as against
Robert Fitzgerald for delegate from the
Oakland district to the national con-
vention.