The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19
CLOSING HOURS OF
 THE BIG CONVENTION


 will please take your seats. The next or der of business is the nomination of Sec retary of State 4 motion was made and seconded that all nominating speeches hereafter will be limited to three min utes.
 Mir Hill move that we pass the nomi- nation for Secretary of State until after the next order of business is disposed of.
 The motion was duly seconded.
 Chairman-For how long?
 MT Hill-For the present.
 The Chairman-It is moved and sec onded that the present order of business, to wit, the nomination of Secretary of State, be postponed for the present, and that it may be called hereafter. Are you ready for the question?
 The motion was carried.
 The Chairman-The next order of busi- ness Is nominations for State Treasurer.
 MT. Cabiness of San Francisco norni- mated Charles Edelman of Los Angeles County. D. H. Arnold of Colusa nomi- mated Hon. Will s. Green. MT Green re- ceived 440 votes and MT. Edelman 340.
 The Chair-Mr. Green has received a majority of the votes cast. hereby de- clare him
 ldr Administrations of the con- vention, to those who have seen fit to give me your votes l desire to extend my cordial and heartfelt thanks, and l am here upon this platform to move that the nomination of Will $. Green be made unanimous. AS I said before. at the will of the Democratic convention l will al ways bow, whether on or off the ticket, and I will give my loyal adherence to . the Democratic ticket from top to bot tom. (Applause.)
 Green was unanimously declared the nominee of the convention.
 The Chair-The next order of business . is nominations for Attorney General. Nominations are now in order.
 Judge Curtis of San Bernardino-Mr Chairman and gentlemen. for the office of nf ha fn I daCir ra to place before you the name of George B. . Cole of San Bernardino. That office Is tices of the Supreme Court. It ought to be filled by an eminent lwayer, one who = has the courage and the learning suf- f1cient to meet other able men in the handling of the important State cases. As you are well aware, he has charge of all the criminal cases in the Supreme Court, and not only this, he Is the adviser of the State officials upon all legal matters and of the various boards. MT: Cole Is a lawyer He s has @ P1actceSdt ms s procession @ 5n seven years. He is a man welded to his profession and has built up successful practice in Southern California He Is able he is conscientious. he Is strong, and if placed upon the ticket will, we believe, add. strength to it wherever he is known in the south. l assure you that if he is placed upon the ticket he will make a thorough canvass of the State and will south had hopes to have had Judge Curtis of San Diego nominated as one of the Su- ' preme Judges, but he has not received . that nomination and we ask now your support for George B. Cole of San Der Mir. Dosier of shasta-Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conventions: This con- vention has passed resolutions which were aimed at and intended to place the reins of government of this State again in the hands of the people. The office of the Attorney-General is one which has been frequently overlooked. That office is the means by which the corporations of Uh fHh are operating in this State, can be con- trolled; and in the position of Attorney General you want a man of tried probity You want a man who is fearless in the discharge of his duty. You want a man who has a record as an anti-monopolist, and which record has become established come to you from the northern part of the State, which, for some .unaccountable reason seems to have been wiped off the map. Democratically speaking. We ask you to nominate young man to that of fee, whose record is a household word in that county. We are asking you to nom mate a man who has made his mark at the bar. We are asking you to nominate a man who is learned in the law. We are asking you to nominate a man who has shown that he is capable of haudlin 2 large affairs. We are asking you to nom mate man who has ever shown that he was fearless in the discharge of his duty l now place in nomination for this office the Hon. H. P. Andrews of Red Bluff
 have been going 10 Democratic con .ventions for years and years. Personally I never asked for anything at the hands of the party. but 1 have been willing to work as one among the rank and file Year after year I have seen the great southern and the great central portion of this State recognized in Democratic con- .vention by nomination after nomination .. but never since the nomination of William Irwin for Governor of this State has that portion of California been recognized Notwithstanding that howevere, we have gone to our homes year after year and planted the standard of Democracy upon the highest pinnacle of old Shasta in order that it might be seen emblazoned out to the whole State. And now ask you in justice to consider these things There are Democrats there who are de- manding this nomination. It is Demo- cratic votes that you want on election day. and we are asking you now to rec ognize the First Congressional District by nominating that honorable, straight forward tried and trustworthy man, Hon. H. P. Andrews of Red Bluff. (Applause).
 The Chairman-Are there any further nominations?
 It was moved and seconded that the nominations be closed. (Carried)
 At the conclusion of the roll-call on the nomination for Attorney General, the chair announced the result as follows: George B. Cole received 2S4 votes, and MT. Andrews 49 votes. MT. Andrews, having received the majority of the votes cast. was declared the nominee of the;