The San Francisco call., 1898-08-25
Frank D. Ryan for Con- greSSman From the
 Second.
Equalization and Assembly Conventions Hold
 Sessions.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- 1 MENTO, Aug. 24.-The Second Congress
 sional District nominating convention met 1 in Assembly chambers this afternoon and | nominated District Attorney Frank D. 1 Ryan of Sacramento for Congressman The nomination was made by exclamation.
 The convention was called to order by | John F. Davis of Amador Arthur l.. 1 Levinsky of Stockton was elected chair'
 man and w. P. Thorpe of Sacramento
 was chosen for secretary. Ryan was placed in nomination by Fred Grady of
 Sutter. There was no opposition and
 nominations were declared closed. | In response to calls from the delegates. Ryan appeared before the convention. He | promised that in the event of his elec- ton he would work in the interests of the miners as well as for the farmers Of the
 district He said that he was not op- | posed to mining, but, on the contrary, believed that the mining industry should l be fostered and encouraged. In conclu- l sion he said that he hoped to receive the l support of the Republicans Of the district.
 Receiving that support, he felt confident
 that he would be elected by handsome
 Judge Davis of Placer moved that the 1 vote of the convention be cast by the l secretary. Judge Fulweiler of Placer op- | posed that course. He said that it smack l ed too much of a secret ballot. He be- lleVeQ that the roll SnOulQ De calleu ana every delegate afforded an opportunity of casting his vote. After a brief discussion. the motion of Judge Davis was carried by exclamation and Chairman Levinsky de- clared Ryan the nominee of the conven- | tion. The following Congressional com mittee was then selected from the several counties comprising the Second District; Alpine-W. P. Merrill. woodford; Frank
 Amador-Daniel Stewart lone; V. W. Gaskill. Jackson.
 Raggio, San Andreas
 Fl Dorado-Thomas Stevenson, Greenwood; G. A. Richardson, Placervile. Inyo-Morris J. Conley, Bishop; Frank E. Densmore, Independence.
 Mariposa-F. D. Koenig and J. E. Fleming. Couterville.
 Mono-Harvey B. Boone. Bodie; H. J. Pitts. Topaz.
 Rutherford, Truckee.
 Placer-F. P Futile, Auburn: H. c. Trippett, Rosevtlle.
 Sacramento-J J. Campbell, Gait; W. II. HanIon, Sacramento; W. j. Hall, Sacramento. San Joaquin-Irving Martin, Stockton; J. NJ
 sutter2C c. Raub, Meridian James Murray Tuba City.
 Tuolumne-Thomas A. Tender, sonoma; Paul
 Yuba-Conrad Gottwals, Marysville; S. D. Wood, Wheatland.
 The following auditing. committee was then appointed by the chairman, W. F. Knox. of Sacramento, p: E. Morgan of Nevada City, Frank A. West of Stockton J. B. Deyine of Sacramento and J. NJ. Fulweiler of Auburn.
 Chairman Levinsky and Secretary Thorpe were added to the Congressional Committee, and after authorizing the committee to fill any vacancies that may occur. the convention adjourned.
 At a joint meeting of the delegations from Mariposa and Tuolumne counties at noon to-day, A. Nj. Mcdonald of Big Oak Flats was given the nomination of As Semblyman from the Fifty-efghth Dis trict. The delegation then discussed the different candidates and the joint session adjourned J. E. Fleming, chairman and secretary of the Mariposa County com mfttee, then called that delegation to or der and w. E. Gallison of Mariposa was elected member of the State Central l Committee.
 Alexander Brown of Calayeras was nominated for member of the Board | of Equalization of the Second District The Second Equalization District Con- in the main convention hall: Arthur L. Levinsky of Stockton was elected chair man and ". B. Thorpe of Sacramento
 Nominations being declared In order Salinsky of Calayeras presented the name of ex-Assemblyman Alex. Brown of J. M. Stow of Walnut Creek in nomination and James Stanley of AlanarS S----.as -'o ced in nomination by E. K. vpalist ario.
 that Brown would be nomina Stow and Stanley withdrew and B. was nominated by exclamation The convention then adjourned after naming the State Committee men from the several counties in the district to serve on the Congressional Committee.
 Immediately after the adjournment of the convention at noon to-day the mem- bers of the Forty-seventh Assembly Dis trict met in their sets and elected Hugh Diamond member of the State Central Committee from Alameda County. The delegation then adjourned and visited the Buffalo Brewery and were shown the won ders Of the institution and sampled its brew.
 their choice the Nevada delegation this morning agreed on Charles D. Clinch of Grass Valley as its representative on the gan 2 of Nevada as sits its choice I for the he posi- tion of State Central Committee man. Acting Chairman James Ava Watt of the Fifth Republican District Convention l tried to effect temporary organization of that body this afternoon without sue cess. About three score delegates gath cred In the north wing of Agricultural Hall immediately after adjournment, but owing to no notification being given a majority of the members composing the Fifth District were absent. This neces- sitated ,postponement and the delegates adjourned to meet again this evening.
 Later, 1t was decided not to call another meeting in Sacramento, but wait until after the convention, when a meeting will be called in San Francisco. This will probably be next week but in the interim the candidates looking for the nomination are on the anxious seat.
 An interesting struggle for the plum Is now In progress and grows warmer daily Eugene F. Loud, the incumbent. is again seeking the nomination. He is opposed by State Senator Eddie I. Wolfe and ex- Judge Daniel J. Murphy. The two last named candidates have been in attend ance on the convention and are energet ically working to land the coveted nomi- nation. MT. Loud's representatives. however, are not idle and are confident that their man will again be named bv the Congressional convention.
 H. O. Burlington of Sutter County was
 1e,~<@ rzfrr rl.f FTNr.r ization District. For time it looked as if 1t would be impossible to secure can- didate to run against Dick" Beamer, the Democratic nominee.
 The convention was presided over by Cutter of Yuba, Dodson of Tehama act ing as secretary. When nominations were declared in order silence fell upon the convention The delegates looked at one another to see who had a candidate and when the silence became almost oppres- sive. Chairman Cutter broke the spell hv asking some one to trot out a cand- date The candidate stock was shy, and there was another pause.