The record-union., 1896-10-03
ALVORD'S PROTEST. IGNORED.
kiddle-of-the-Road Democrats TO Have
q Place on the Ticket.
Populists Must File an Independent
Certificate To-Day for
De Vries.

The Bryan wing Of the Democracy is
seeking to prevent the Middle of-the-
Road Democrats from having a place
On the State ballot for their nominee.
Chairman Alvord Of the Bryan-Dem-
o-crattc State Committee has sent tc
Secretary Of State Brown a protest to
that effect, In which the Fresno states
man delivers himself as follows:
please take notice that as Chairman
OF the Democratic State Central Com
nittee of the State of California, !
hereby protest against the filing of, and
object TO the fling Of any certificate OF
nomination of Electors of President and
ce-PTesident of the United States by
any party or parties in which the words
Democrat Democracy or Democrat
ic' occur or in which any word or
words that are similar thereto or are
derived therefron or have the same
or a similar meaning occur, and
are used as the designation
of the political party which said
Electors are nominated to repre-
sent, or to designate the political faith.
principles or belief Of the party or par
ties which said Electors have been NOM
mated to represent, whether said Elect
ors have been nominated by a conven-
tion, q committee or by petition.
And I hereby protest against and OBJ
jeCt to the filing of any certificate OF
nomination of Electors of President
and Vice-President of the United States
by any party or parties whatsoever thai
may contain a designation of the politi-
cal principles, faith or belief of the
party or parties offering to file said GER.
tiiicate that may be mistaken by the
voters of this State for the principles
g., NayS+rr
of the State of California, or the Demo
cratic party OF the United States, and
you are hereby requested to refuse to
file any such certificate"
THE PROTEST IGNORED.
Secretary Of State Brown has made
the following reply to Chairman AL
words protest:
'Y our protest against the filing f any
certificate of nomination of Electors by
any party in which the words Demo
craf' occur, was duly received and
filed. You also ask me to refuse to file
any such certificate.
1.-THE only restriction upon the filing
of certificates Of nomination are found
in Section 1892 of the Political Code,
and that section fails to enumerate SIM
ilarity of names as a reason why any
certificate should not be filed. Nor can
I find any other section of said code
which would justify me In acoeding to
your request
1T seems to me that the injury does
not arise from the fact OF the certificate
being on file, but rather by the nomi-
nees being certified to the County
Clerks, as required by Section 1893 Of
the Political Code.
Therefore, as a. matter of precaution
and self protection, I am compelled to
refuse your request"
DE vRIES' CHANCE.
The Populists, too, are after the Sec
retary Of State to have him place De
Vries on the ticket as their candidate
for Congress in lieu Of McGlashan, who
has resigned. The matter was referred
to the Attorney-Generalf for his opin-
ion, who replied as follows:
IL. H Brown, Secretary of State,
Sacramento: Where a candidate Is
nominated by convention and after
ward resigns, and the vacancy IS not
filed by the convention, but by COM
mittee to whom the convention had del
egated the power to fill such vacancy, a
certificate Of nomination filling such va
cancy, which is required to be filed with
the Secretary of State, must be filed net
less than forty days before the day Of
election. (Section 1892 of the Political
Code) W. F. FITZGERALD,
Attorney General"
On the strength Of the Attorney Gen
erals opinion Secretary Brown has in
formed Mr. Landsborough on behalf Of
the Populists, that it will be necessary
for De Vries to file to-day a petition
with 1850 signatures to entitle him to
another place on the ticket, and that
must be as an Independent"
MORE KICKERS.
But there is more. The Socialists
want to be in the swim, but Secretary
Brown has seen no evidence that
they ever polled one-third of the votes
in the State, and does not think they
are entitled to a place Oh the ballot. In
this case another opinion has been
asked from the Attorney General
There is still another political riddle
TO be solved. There is a lack Of har-
mony in the ranks of the Prohibition
lists, and both of the warning elements
claim to be the Simon pure cold water
representatives, each denying the right
Of the other TO use the name of the orig
inaI party.
It would seem, however, that this af-
fair is analogous TO that of the Demo-
Gratis and that it is covered by the reply
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