The herald., 1896-08-18
The Convention Gets Down to Business Once
More

| More
| Shortly after . p. m. Chairman NJ. r.
Merritt called the convention to order.
By this time the hall and the galleries
were packed with an expectant throng of
| spectators who had assembled in antici-
| patton of a lively time.
| 1t was an easy matter, however, for
| Chairman Merritt to obtain order as all
of the delegates were eager for the bat
| tie to open.
| Senator Stephen NJ White was first
recognized by the chairman. The sena-
tor made few brief remarks in relation
to proxies, stating that number of them
would be submitted for the approval of
the convention. He said that in his opin-
ion the proper thing to do was to refer
| all proxies to the committee on creden-
| tials for verification.
| John w. Mitchell started in to make a
few remarks when he was promptly
| called to order by Delegate Brewer of
! Vernon.
| A motion was made by George S. Pat
| ton that the roll of delegates be called
! and that as the names were announced
| those delegates present respond and
| those holding proxies come forward and
! present them to the secretary after which
; they go to the chairman on credentials
! for verification. This motion prevailed.
Secretary Adolph Ramish then pro-
ceeded to call the roll.
THE FIRST POINT
When the name of John Irvine. of
Monterey was reached, c. c. Wright
arose and started to read letter he had
from Irvine.
The point of order was made that it
was not the proper thing for an individ-
ual to read any proxy he might have, but
t, lo = f-,- I. .txYa
present it to fle secretary.
Chairman Merritt ruled the point OF
order not we'll taken.
Mr. Wright then proceeded to read Mr..
Irvine's letter, which revoked the proxy
he had previously given 20 NJ. r. Mer-
ritt, Irvine claiming that ne had instruc-
ted Mr.. Merritt to vote for Patton at
Ventura. Irvine gave his latest proxy to
Mr.. Wright.
+, At the conclusion of the reading of the
Irvine letter Chairman Merritt made a
/ full, complete and emphatic denial of the
charge made by Irvine that he had dis
obeyed any instruction. oral or written,
I in voting 1rvine's proxy for Rose al Ven
tura. In support Of his statement, Mr..
Merritt presented the original proxy
given him by Irvine which was untram-
meled and absolutely without instruc-
tion of any kind or character
This closed the Irvine incident and
the bitterness that it was anticipated
would be exploded over this matter
failed to show up
When the secretary reached the name
of 7. j. Cuddy among the Los Angeles
delegates, T. o. Toland Of Ventura
county arose and started in to read a
statement which was as follows:
MR.. CCDDY'S VOTE
hereby certify that l was chair
man of the Democratic county conven-
ton held in Los Angeles City on the -
day of July, 1896, which elected dele
gates from this county to the state and
congressional conventions Of the Demo
cratic party
] further certify that after the cleo
tion by the said convention of the four
delegates at large, the said convention
resolved itself into supervisor district
conventions, which conventions forth
with assembled in various portions of
the hall and proceeded to elect delegates
from their respective districts.
Afterwards each of said districts re
ported to me as chairman of the conven-
tion the names of the delegates elected
by their districts respectively. Where
upon. as chairman, | submitted to the
convention as d whole. the report of the
supervisor district reporting their rec
concentrations OF the convention. In
each case. the convention as g whole
upon a vote duly taken and upon the
question being put by ne. voted to ap-
prove, and did approve the election of
the delegates reported by the several
supervisor district conventions.
In the case of the district convention
Of the Fifth supervisor district, the
chairman and secretary of that conven-
ton, fled With me as chairman of the
convention as Il whole their report that
said Fifth supervisor district con-
Nention had elected T. F. Saw
age, ii. Peterson, l.. G. Tighl-
man. A. Ramish. F. M. NichaU
and H Kearney as delegates, and that the
vote for the seven delegates from that
district was tie between Luke Kelley
and r. J. Cuddy. and recommended that
a half vote be awarded to Cuddy and
half vote to Kelley.
I put the question to the convention
upon the said recommendation, and il
was unanimously approved. and I there
upon as chairman. declared the names
of the first six as delegates entitled to one
vote each. and of the last two, Luke
Kelley and T. j. Cuddy, as each entitled
TO one half vote.
Thereafter the convention adjourned
sine die, and no other or further action
was taken by the said convention with