The record-union., 1896-06-17

roll fairly, because no meeting OF the
Central Committee was held in March,
only 1orty-eight being notified, and
one man had twenty-seven proxies. The
contestants represent, he claimed, nine
and one-half-tenths of the Democrats
of San Francisco. Gaughter) He would
like to know where Governor Budd
would have been if it had not been for
the San Francisco Democrats. He came
there 2S,00O or 10000 short and they
helped him out. Let the country settle
this matter, but if there is not fair play
when election comes the leaders in this
injustice can look elsewhere than to
San Francisco for Democratic votes.
HE PAkALYZED THEM
Gibson, from his former remarks, had
been counted on by the Buckley men
as one of themselves, but when he again
arose to speak, they sank back into their
chairs paralyzed.
He seconded the nomination of Gould,
saying that he hoped and believed he
would be elected. There had been
much talk in certain newspapers as to
what he would do, they asserting that
he would favor McNab, but he Glib
SOM did not believe it. He would give
the convention fair and square Com
nittee on Credentials. He did not be-
lieve that any man should be judge of
his own qualifications. He was not a
Buckley man, but was in favor of con-
Quoting this matter fairly to everybody
and had therefore made the motion,
which was sanctioned by the precedent
of the conventions of 1852 and 1856,
having been made and carried in them,
that all the San Francisco delegates
be excluded from participating in the
proceedings of the preliminary organi-
zation.
AND STILL ANOTHER.
Damn of San Luis Obispo was still an
other Buckley man who had strayed
away from his haunts in San Francisco,
and said he took the platform for the
purpose of appealing from the unfair
and unjust ruling of the presiding Off
Ger. He was astonished at the decision.
Did the Democratic Conventions de-
clare a similar motion to Gibson's out
of order in 1852, 1856, 1880 and 1856?
(CrieS of no! no) And one of the men
who voted to seat the contesting dele
cation from Sacramento was John Dag
gett himself.
THE CHAIR SUSTAINED.
Gibson appealed from the decision of
the Chair and Ruddick ordered a roll
call on the appeal.
Judge Ryan appealed from the de-
cision that the roll should be called,
and pandemonium broke loose. One del
egate moved to dispense with the roll
call on the appeal, bur met with no sec
ond. w. w. Foote was called for
loudly by delegates and came to the
platform, but said that he came simply
in behalf of order and decency to record
the 80 votes of Alameda to sustain the
Chair
This broke the ice and the roll call
proceeded. The country voted AYE"
TO sustain the Chair, until Fresno was
reached, and that county cast IA votes
OF no." which reused the Buckley men
to applause. The coast counties and
others in which Buckley men had prox-
les voted no but at the conclusion Of
the roll call the Chair announced that
without either of the San Francisco del
egations voting the Chair was sustained
by a vote of 1856 to ia
GOULD ELECTED.
y
was then ordered and Alameda was
called. Foote arose and stated that re-
cent events had solidiied the warning
Democrats of Alameda. and he was in
structed to cast her 35 votes for Gould
The roll call proceeded and when it
was nearly through, Senator Burke
arose and withdrew his name and
moved that the election of Gould be
made unanimous. He hoped harmony
would prevail and said that if any man
thought he would persist in opposition
to the will of the party it was great
mistake. If all would work in harmony
henceforth they would win great vic
tory.
Gould was called for, and said it was
a matter of sincere qualification that he
had an opportunity to extend his
thanks to the Democratic party of Cal
ifornia, and to assure them that, not
withstanding the assertions that had
been made, he was prepared now and
always had been to submit the ques-
ton to the arbitration of all clean and
/ honorable minds, and he proposed to do
what he conceived to be the duty of
every honest Democrat-put to the
front the interest of the party in Call
fcrnia. He believed he belonged to no
man, and would be wanting in man
hood if he permitted any one man or
ten men to dictate his course to him.
He believed they were on the eve of a
battle that would bring the Democratic
/ party a victory, not only in the State,
i but in the country.
A. NJ. Seymour of this city stated that
the citizens or Sacramento, irrespective