The herald., 1898-10-18
THREE PARTIES WILL, UNITE FOR
THE CITY CAMPAIGN
The Democratic Peoples Party and Silver Republican City Conven
tons Organize Democrats Day Occupied by Credentials
Committees Labos- s-Ony One Nomination
Made-M. p Snyder Renomnated

quarters vote. In precinct 90, o. W. Lord
and W. Carter were seated. It was an.
nounced that Delegate Hopkins Of precinct
l6 had Withdrawn, and w. A. Varcoe, Con.
nell, W. &. Werden and M. B. Craig were
seated IN bis place With one-Quarter vote
each.
Good Work Done
This disposed of the contests, and 1t wa,
admitted on all sides that the committee OH
credentials had rendered the convention
excellent service. Ehe members were per.
fectly just, and In cases where mombers had
personal knowledge Of the affairs in pre-.
they did the right thing was proved by the
support given the report in the convention.
The chairman and secretary Of the con-
ventlon were made delegates at large and
rule was passed that delegates could not
vote absent members of their delegations,
and then the committee adjourned.
The Evening Session
While the credentials committee was set
tling the disputes the convention met at
4, as agreed, and adjourned at once until
1880 p. IN. At this hour they reassembled.
1t was evident that the Snyder delegates
proposed to rush the convention through
while Orders and Sabachi's friends wanted
an adjournment right after the reports were
adopted.
Ii was an admitted test of strength on
adjournment and the delegates welcomed
it on both Sides Both factions, that Of
Snyder and that of the other two candidates
combined against him in the adjournment
fight, were both confident.
Permanent Organization
No time was wasted in periecting the per-
manent organization. The report OF the
committee ON credentials was read by DR..
Edelman, chairman of the committee. The
objections already noted to the report were
disposed of quickly and the report on or
ganization was called for.
A. w. Fisher, chairman of the committee
on organization and order OF business, read
the report, as follows:
Order Of Business
The report recommended that the tenn
porary organization be made permanent
and that Hon. K. F. del Valle be made vice
chairman. Candidates were assessed $40
each with the exception of members of the
board of education; IS per day was fixed
ss the compensation OF the secretaries and
saoh delegate WAS assessed so cents. The
report then proceeds:
The committee also recommends that the
chairman of each precinct cast the vote of
.uch precinct, and that in the absence Of
any delegate not represented by proxy that
Il majority Of the precinct cast the vote Of
the absentees.
That no delegate be allowed to hold more
than two proxies. All proxies are to be
flied with the secretary before being voted.
That new city central committee be
by the delegates thereof, and that said city
central committee, for all Of the purposes
of the Forthcoming city election and city
campaign, shall, after the final adjournment
OF this convention, have and possess all of
the powers Of this convention, including the
power to fill any vacancy on the ticket
which might occur by reason Of death, resig-
nation or otherwise.
That nomination speeches be limited to
minutes.
Report of committee on credentials.
Report of committee on platform and res
olutions.
That the nominations be made in the fol-
lowing order, to wit: Mayor, city engineer,
street superintendent, city clerk, city at
torney; report of fusion committee, if any;
nomination for treasurer, assessor, tax
collector, auditor.
Organization of ward conventions and re-
port to general convention of nominations
for council and hoard of education.
That an auditing committee of five be ap-
pointed by the chairman and nominees to
perform all of the duties devolving upon an
auditing committee under the laws of this
state.
Dan Neuhart objected to the order of
business and moved to substitute the NOM
ination for city attorney in the place of su-
perintendent of streets. The motion was
lost.
Allender wanted to know about fusion,
but was quieted, and then the report as
read was adopted.
The chair at once appointed the sergeant.
alarms, Sam Dugan being made chief Of the
force.