The herald., 1896-08-21

-, am now and always have been an anti
monopolist have attended every
| Democratic convention In the state for
| the past twelve years and have voted for
every resolution against monopoly that
has been presented in those bodies.
I'm closing, my friends and fellow
! Democrats, desire to again thank you
| for the honor that you have conferred
upon me. and to say that, as far as i am
concerned, I Will leave 10 stone un-
turned to carry the banner of our great
| party and its glorious principles to vic
| tory In the coming campaign"
Mr.. Patton also stated in his remarks
| that II In the wisdom of the state COM
| mittee II was for the interest of silver
and the party for him to withdraw
| from the contest at any time, he stood
prepared to do so. He added that his
| personal advancement would not inter-
| fere with this self-sacrifice. This brave
and manly declaration made him many
| friends.
OTHER BUSINESS.
| The remainder of the work of the con-
vention was secondary. The great task
| had been accomplished when Mr. Patton
had been nominated
At Ventura the convention passed a
resolution creating-a committee of nine.
giving to 1t plenary powers to meet a
like committee from the Populist con-
gressional ticket.
The Populists in their convention
authorized the appointment of a similar
committee, but added that
Provided, nothing in the said reso-
luton shall give the committee power to
take down any candidate or create
vacancy"
Mr.. Toland of Ventura, moved that
the committee from the Democratic
convention have its powers summarily
confined. and the motion prevailed.
Secretary Ramish offered the follow
ing resolution, and 1t was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we believe that the
charges of fraud in the public press
against Chairman Merritt are unfounded
and we repudiate the suspicion upon
him. We declare our full confidence in
him as chairman of this convention, and
as Democrat and a man.
Upon motion of ]. w. Mitchell the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted;
Resolved, That the thanks of this con-
vention are hereby given to NJ. r. Mer-
ritt, chairman, and Adolph Ramish. see
retary, for the competent, fair. and i'm
partial manner in which they have dis
charged the duties of their respective
positions during the entire proceedings
and at every session hereof.
The thanks of the convention were
also unanimously rendered the citizens
of Ventura for the very hearty and cor
dial treatment delegates received there
In accordance with the purity of cleo
ton law, Candidate Patton presented
the following names as the members
of the committee the statute requires
shall be designated:
j. 3. Dockweiler, A. Ramish, George
j. Dennis, Joseph Maier. w. H. Work
man.
The convention approved the selec-
tion.
The following committee OF nine, one
named by each county and three by the
candidate, was appointed to meet like
committee from the Populist party to
discuss the possibilities of fusion.
G.. E. Faw, Monterey county; Bart
Burke, Santa Cruz county; E. Graves,
San Louis Obispo county; ]. X. Her
rington, Santa Barbara county: Il. Q. /
Toland. Ventura county; F. NJ. Nickel, |
George s. Patton, j. w. Mitchell and c. |
F. A. Last, Los Angeles county.
The convention approved the COM
mittee as named
SENATOR WHITES TALK
For an hour prior to adjournment there !
had been repeated calls for Senator |
White, and at this juncture they be-
came so strong that he was forced to re-
spond. Amid loud applause he pro- |
ceeded to the stage and in substance he |
said:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen:-I
know that everyone Acre is tired and | |
know I am, so l will not detain you
long. One thing is certain. We are all
united on one proposition, and that is to
defeat the common enemy. The close |
fight we have been engaged in for sew
eral days here is now over, and in a |
short time we must enter in the struggle |
and give battle to the common foe.
For the approaching struggle the peo-
pie of California propose to stand by !
themselves We have only TO turn to !
the resolutions adopted by all political /
parties to show that they are for free |
silver coinage at the ratio of l6 to l.
have but to call attention to the fact /
that the late Republican state conven-
ton elected delegates to st. /
Louis pledged for silver They went !
east for silver and came back for god. I
They now ask you to support their /
which few weeks ago they |
declaimed against and they tell you that |
what they then advocated if adopted, |
will bring ruin upon us all.
Mr.. McLachlan. my personal friend, !
voted in congress upon every occasion |
for silver Yet he now comes before you /
and tells you that he was then voting .
a gainst his honest convictions. | can I
| cannot understand how he can smack /
his lips over it.
The senator appealed to all friends of .
silver To stand as solid wall in the ap- /
preaching contest vi the American peo- !
pie with the party that believed that /
the coinage of this country could be es-
tablished without the consent of Lord |
Salisbury. In closing the senator said: !
This, my friends. is no war against /
capital or great banking institutions. (
But we do desire to show them tina they (
cannot dominate everything. tere is /
no room foT any question in this con-
troversy. What We need Is affirmative
action. and we cannot get it unless we
elect a congress in sympathy with us.
This is all important"
The senator's remarks were greeted
with applause ana frequent evidences of I
approval. AS he left the stage the con-
vention adjourned without date.