The record-union., 1896-06-17
Country Delegates Against
Gould Of Stockton Elected as
Temporary Chairman.
Lively Scenes in the Democratic State
Convention Yesterday.
The Committee on Credentials WreSaed Long
aud Hard Last Night Over the Ala
media Contest tn Session at
a Late Hour.

Early yesterday morning, the 1ele-
gates to the Democratic State ConVen-
ton were wide awake and in motion,
being marshaled by the leaders into
some semblance of battle array, pre-
hminary to entering the big fight with
every alignment perfect.
The friends of Gould, who had become
somewhat nervous concerning the boom
which the evening before had been in
augurated to make Judge ". A Ryan
of Los Angeles Chairman of the con-
vention. had regained their nerve and
boldly asserted that Ryan would not
stand the ghost of chance, and that
Gould would have a majority of hun
dred votes on the first ballot. While
the Los Angeles men had nothing to
say as to the general results, they made
the claim that their candidate would at
least make a respectable showing. and
that over a hundred votes would be
cast for him.
Considerable talk was INDUCED in re-
gaTding the action which Gould, If
elected Chairman, would take in rela-
ton to the right of the Buckley dele
CATION to sit in the convention until
after the report of the Committee on
Credentials had been handed in. Il
was understood that Gould would at
tempt to read the delegation out as
soon as he was comfortably seated in
the chair which would in reality be
the signal for the heavy guns to open
the battle.
About twenty of the Buckley contin-
gency had come around with proxies
from interior delegates, and were there
al n raoarHI1SS Of
Gould or anyone else. and they would,
it was thought. set the ball rolling and
insist upon all contesting organiza
tions retaining their SEATS until per-
manent organization mad been effected.
Prominent among the free-silver ad-
vocates was Harbor Commissioner f.
L. Colnon of Stockton, who held forth
on his favorite hobby III his usual happy
manner. 1t seemed almost certain that
the Committee on Platform would re-
port favorably a frea-colnage plank,
and that there would be practically no
opposition to it in the convention.
PLAY FOR PARTY PRIDE.
The woman's suffra gists, headed by
Susan B. Anthony. were also on the
move and had drawn a plank to be
presented to the Platform Committee
IL was virtually the same as InOSe al
ready adopted by the Republicans and
PopulistS, except that phrase was
run in acknowledging Jefferson as the
father of political liberty, and exhort
ing the Democratic party of California
to live up to the principles of the foun-
tainhead.
While very little interest was taken
by the delegates in the tricks which the
women were trying 10 turn, enough had
been ascertained to know that they
would be politely listened to, politely
dismissed and politely forgotten. The
probability was that the entire matter
would be ignored, no plank offered, and
Susan b. given no chance to exploit
her theories before the convention
proper.
The anti-suffrage delegation Of
women from the Bay district had no
headquarters and were quietly taken
into the homes of their friends, and not
one person in one hundred knew they
were in the city. Even the Susan j.
Anthony delegation mad no authentic
knowledge of their whereabouts and
the probabilities were that unless the
suffragists scored a strong point, the
delegation of home" women would not
go before the convention at all. Their