The herald., 1896-06-18

It is made of polished manzanita, and
upon silver plate is Inscribed: Dem
ocratic, state. convention, Sacramento
June 16, 1885,
Besides the appointment of the COM
mittee on resolutions and the reports
from the committee on credentials and
order of business, there was nothing done
until o'clock tonight, when the real.
serious work of the big Democratic
gathering began. BY this time nearly
one-half of all the delegates had left
the city, over third of the Angelenos
leaving for home on the southbound 8
o'clock train. All of them left their
proxies before their departure.
The present convention has done the
one thing for Los Angeles in making
Judge w. a. Ryan something of a cele-
brated character throughout the state
Ryan came here unknown. His name Is
now a Democratic household word from
the Oregon line to Tia Juana. Had the
unit rule been forced upon the conVen-
| ton, the Southern citrus belt could nave
come here with the key to the situation.
As it was, the balance of the state Sc
| cured the plums and Los Angeles is Tor
| tunate to have gotten representation
| upon any of the committees.
The delegates to the national conven-
tion will leave San Francisco by special
train about June S0th. going to Chicago
by way of the Central and Union Pa
ciiic and the Chicago and Northwest
ern railways Going east. the delega-
tions from Nevada and Utah Will be
picked up ell route.
The Buckley people resolved them
selves into two opposition district con-
ventions this afternoon, electing con-
testing delegates to the natlonal con-
vention. Tomorrow they Will at san
Francisco nominate candidates for con-
gress.
Judge James G. Mcguire and Thomas
]. Clunie are to be placed in the field as
the congressional standard bearers.
The section of the credentials COM
mttee's report which recommends the
Incorporation of the party name py
regular formal articles, is intended 10
offset the Buckleyites in their efforts 10
have the courts of San Francisco county
declare them to be the regular Demo-
cratic organization of that county Ihe
incorporation idea is the work or Max
Pepper, to whom the result in the final
overthrow of Buckleyism as factor i'll
the politics of the state is largely due.
Pepper began his campaign against
his old time friends and fellow-work-
er months ago. He made systematic
canvass of every county in the state
on the subject of his mission, tying up
local party leaders for Frank II. Gould
as the state convention chairman, right
and left He visited Los Angeles county
last winter which was one OF the FEW
localities in the commonwealth where
his propaganda did not bear fruit.
Eugene Deuprey, as soon as the con-
vention had reassembled, introduced
resolution for only one speech upon a
side upon any one resolution which
might be reported. The resolutino was
promptly tabled.
Chairman Afford of the platform COM
mittee then read the resolutions which
are to carry the party to victory in the
campaign in November. The 16 to l
silver resolution received the first ap-
plause
The red-hot anti-railroad planks made
Thomas McCaffery blink, Adolph Ra-
rnish and John w. Mitchell looking as
if they We're sorry they had not left for
home. Martin c. Marsh departed ear
lier in the day.
The mention of the names of Senator
White, Congressman Jas. G. Mcguire,
and Senator J. T. Morgan were greeted
with cheers, and the endorsement of
the state administration made ]. w.
Mitchell clap his hands with delight.
The reference to Grover Cleveland Gre
ated enthusiasm, and the denunciation
of the A. p A. set the convention into
an uproar.
Harry Patton had a hard struggle to
get the Santa Monica resolution in the
platform, but his large state acquaint-
ance carried the proposition. The reso-
luton carries the war into Africa, and
the matter will now become national
issue. James j. Mcguire and w. w.
Foote will make the fight on the sub
ject at Chicago.
AS soon as the resolution had been
read, G. Wesley Reed mounted the plat
form and read the minority report upon
the coinage question, and it was signed
by himself L. p. Pond, j. T. Burke and
Dewitt Arnold. The plank was written
by John =. Irish, and the Wellknown
figure of John F. Irish, when he mounted
the platform to talk for the minority re-
port, was received with cheers. irish
went into historical review of legisla-
ton for silver in this and other coun-
tries from the foundation of the republic
to the present time. His oratoricaI eff
fort was unusually brilliant, closing
with a peroration the like of which is
seldom heard. The speaker, at the con-
clusion of his remarks, received an ova-
ton. Then up rose the gray-haired,
stalWart and Well-knit form of w. w.
Foote of Alameda. Foote made silver
argument such as he did in Los Angeles
to Waller S. Moore during the recent
Fiesta. He referred to the letter of Grov-
er Cleveland, published today, paid the
president a high compliment, and the
convention applauded with vigor. Sam
uel Braunhart of San Francisco denied
that Jefferson was the advocate of sin
gle standard, and talked until time was
called upon him. A Nevada county man
talked for the single gold standard. Ala
media county voted as a starter 10 for
honest money and 8 against; Butte, :
noes, ayes; Colusa cast aye votes; Del
Norte voted and Eldorado ayes; Inyo
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