The record-union., 1896-05-06
HARr1ONY IN THE SIXTH.
Mckinley, Free Silver and ncEachlin
for the Los Angeles District,

The delegates of the Sixth Congress
sional District met in convention at 9
o'clock a. m. yesterday in the Supreme
Court Room No. /, at the Capitol build
ing, and everything went off as smooth
as grease. There We're no two opinions
among those delegates; there was no
contesting delegations; there was no
petty strife or political grievances to
air. Every delegate favored the nomi-
nation of L. A. Sheldon and U. S. Grant,
Jr, for delegates -at-large to the Repub-
lican National Convention; Mckinley
for the presidential nomination, free sill
yer at the usual ratio, and w. E. Arthur
for Chairman of the convention
Harmony reigned from the time the
convention organized by selecting War
rem r. Porter of Santa Cruz for tenn
porary Chairman, and A. W. Kinney
for temporary Secretary, down to the
very moment of adjournment
Committees were appointed to report
upon Platform and Resolutions, Creden-
tials, and Order of Business and their re-
ports were received as matter of
course.
While speculation had been rife as to
whether or not the Sixth District would
instruct it's delegates for Mckinley, it
was conceded before the convention met
that the expression of the delegates
would be all one way-McKinleyward
and such proved to be the case On rec
ommendation of the Committee on Gre
dentials, the delegates present were all
seated and then all settled down to hear
the report of the Committee on Platform
and Resolutions. Almost every clause
of that document was a signal for yo-
ciferous cheering, and at the mention
of Mckinley the delegates went fairly
wild. The report of the committee was
as follows:
THEIR POLICY.
The Republicans of the Sixth Con-
gressional District in convention as
sembled reaffirm their adherence to the
principles of the party as enunciated
| and steadfastly adhered to during the
forty years of it's existence and hereby
pledge anew an answering devotion to
the cause of good government S repre-
sented by that party alone.
1t is hereby resolved that this conven-
tion indorses and approves the course
of it's Representative in Congress. Hon.
James McLachlin; it is further resolved.
that we recognize the vital necessity of
fair recognition of silver in the money
of the country, and are therefore in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
Whereas, The Sixth Congressional
District has paid into the Federal Treas
ury through customs receipts and in
ternal revenue great sums of money
aggregating millions of dollars. only a
| of xrhi
returned, therefore be it
Resolved, That we favor the annro-
priation of adequate and liberal sums
for the purposes of coast defense and
for the improvement of all harbors
within the district, and that we are op-
posed to the Improvement of none.
Whereas, 1t is an indisputable fact
that the Hon. William Mckinley is the
| choice of an overwhelming majority of
| the voters of the district, therefore be it
Resolved, That our delegates to the
National Convention at ST. Louis are
| hereby instructed to vote for William
Mckinley as the Republican candidate
for President and to use their best en-
deavors to accomplish his nomination.
so long as there is a reasonable chance
for success in that undertaking.
Resolved, That this convention in
dorses l.. A. Sheldon and u. S. Grant.
Jr., for delegates at-large to the ReDub-
lican National Convention
We heartily commend the work of the
Young Mems Republican League of
the Sixth Congressional District in or
ganizing clubs and for its tireless activ-
ity in conducting an enthusiastic cam
paign for Republican principles.
Everything was done with a rush,
| and if a motion was made no one had a
chance to object if he desired to do so
ever so much. Such was the case with
the report of the committee. 1t went
through with yell which, if it had been
uttered at Shiloh thirty-four years ago,
would have turned the persistent rebels
green with envy.
M'LACHLIN FOR CONGRESS.
There had not, from the first. been the
slightest opposition to the nomination
of James McLachlin for Congress and
the bare mention of his name caused the