The herald., 1896-09-16
CLOSING WORK
A Number of Minor Matters of Detail
Carefully Attended To

The next matter that came up was
| over the delinquent delegates who had
failed to pay their 50-cent assessment.
Some few delegates were i'll favor of
having list of them made by the secre-
tary, Il request sent to pungle up, and
then if they failed to do so to have their
! names placed on the records of the
county committee.
w. A. Ryan placed himself on record
against any black list. He said that he
was aware that large corporations were
in favor of black lists, but this was the
first time that he had ever heard it IA
Vorably mentioned in a Democratic con-
vention.
After considerable desultory discus
sion the matter was settled in this way:
Ihe secretary was instructed to notify
the delinquent delegates and the chair
man of the precinct in which the delin-
quent delegates were and request them
TO pay their assessment
delegate Brewer of Vernon came to
the front with motion thanking the
Populist party for the consideration
SHOWN to the rominees of the Democra-
cy ana pledging the party's full support
Tor the union fusion ticket. The motion
was adopted amid great applause.
THE LAW COMMITTEE
Chairman Patton appointed the fol-
lowing as the law committee for the
convention, to arrange all legal techni-
calities that might arise in making out
ana f1ling the necessary documents with
the county clerk to get place on ~,
| oihclal ballot for the fusion nominees:
FRANK James, A. M. Stephens, ]. l..
Borden and M. w. Conklin
a. Ram1sh introduced a resolution
whereby every member of the county
central committee was authorized to So
lc1t subscriptions in his precinct for the
| campaign fund and in the country each
committeeman will be looked to to turn
| $40.
After some considerable discussion
this resolution was adopted
Frank A. Cattern, the union fusion
nominee for the assembly, was intro
duced and made a speech which estab-
lished the fact that Mr.. Cattern is one
OF the coming young men of this county
He made an excellent impression and
mis- remarks while brief were pointed.
sharp and incisive.
The salary of the two sergeants at
arms was fixed at SO per day each and
the secretaries We're Instructed to turn
into the convention a receipted bill for
their services as their contribution to
| the campaign fund. This they promptly
did.
UNION AUDITING COMMITTEE
The chairman announced that the Pop
ulists in order to have no complications
and to insure everything, had decided
that it was best to have but one audit
| ing committee for Nhe campaign and
that they had magnGnimously agreed
| to give the Democrats three members
of that committee, while they took two.
Upon this statement I. B. Dockweiler
and DR.. Hill rendered their designations
and they We're accepted.
Chairman Patton then appointed H.
c. Dillon and B. W. Reed of the Popu-
lists, and the selection was approved
The committee row stands like this:
l.. M. Grider. NJ. w. Conklin, Dan Neu-
hart, Fl. c. Dillon and B. w. Reed.
The presence of Judge A. j. Utley was
noted in the hall and there were loud
cries for him. In response he made one
of his logical silver talks, speaking
only few moments
The business of the convention was
now at an end and Chairman George
S. Patton made a farewell address,
which was really most timely and elo.
quent.
He said that the convention had per-
! formed a difficult task and it had done
! it well. To the delegates he returned
| his thanks for the orderly manner in
| which they had conducted themselves.
| He said that they had clearly shown
| that they were not anarchists and they
strated that they stood for law, order
and public decency He predicted sue
cess for Bryan. success for Barlow and
an unprecedented victory for the union
fusion ticket in Los Angeles county. His
remarks met with enthusiastic applause.
and the convention adjourned to meet
subject to the call of the chair.