The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

has been quietly talked of as the candi-
date of large element of the Junta, and
there was generally expressed last night
not only the hope but the belief that Di-
mond would be nominated by the Rainey
convention on the 18th inst. Just watch
Chris and Sam and you will learn some
thing about practical politics.
The convention last night was big and
interesting one, filling the hall with men,
smoke and noise. The programme did
not strike a grain of sand as it sided
through.
The platform built for votes, declared
for 90-cent limit, and even Endorsed
woman suffrage and used the name OF
Thomas Jefferson.
Six nominations were made and the
convention took an adjournment until
next Thursday evening. In the interim
Buckley and Rainey may complete a
joint programme.
Chairman ]. c. Nealon called the con-
vention to order at a quarter to O'Clock.
The rollcall and reading of the minutes of
the previous meeting being dispensed
with, James H. O'Brien, chairman of the
committee on permanent organization
and order of business, mounted the ros-
trum amid cheers and in stentorian tones
read the report of the committee.
The report recommended that the tenn
porory officers be the permanent ones
that two committee of eighteen members
be appointed to recommend candidates
for the Board of Education and for judicial
offices, respectively; that committee OF
i've to fill vacancies in the ticket be
appointed; that an auditing com mittee OF
five, required by the purity of elections
law, be appointed; that reports of Assem-
bly, and Senatorial nominations by dis
tricts should follow committee reports,
and that the course of the nominations Do
as follows:
Mayor, Auditor, District Attorney, Sur
vevor. County Clerk. Recorder, Tax Col
lector, Treasurer, Coroner, Public Admin
istrator, Attorney ana Counselor, Super
intendent of Streets, Highways ana
Squares, Sheriff, Supervisors, School Di-
rectors, four Superior Judges, four Police
Judges, five Justices of the Peace. Unex-
pired terms-Superintende of Schools
and two School Directors.
The report further recommended that
226 votes shall be necessary to any nomina-
ton and that only one speech. not exceed
ing five minutes in length, be made in
placing any candidate in nomination or in
seconding nomination.
The report was unanimously adopted as
read, after which Chairman Nealon ap-
pointed the.following named sergeants-at-
arms: George Casey, Peter Mannix, James
Egan, Edward Cleary and Edward Null
laney.
w. f. Humphreys, secretary of the COM
mittee on platform, went to the stage and
read the long and carefully builded plat
form, which was designed to be as i'm
pressive and popular with as many classes
OF the community as possible.
Rather perfunctory applause attended
the reference TO National and State issues
but the succeeding paragraph which
jumped onto the Flood building outfit
reached the heart and was loudly cheered
The convention cheered the next really
good thing-the pledge that under a
Buckley administration a 90-cent tax
limit would rule There was a laugh
when the heading, water" was read, and
then came the title. woman Suffrage"
Wheel and "Ha, hap mingled with
the applause.
When the paragraph was finished there
was more applause and amid it a strong
chorus of misses. The reference to the
a Z. A produced brief demonstration,
and as many Buckleyites as have learned
how to stay on a wheel applauded the
mpionship of blcyclists.
Police Court Attorney Napthaly iumped
up at the bicycle stage and said: "Mr.
Chairman, l move to amend by including
hunting dogs" The convention gave the