The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-18
Proposed Rules for State Central
Committee Tabled.

AT $40 .. m the convention again as
sembled, and w. H. Afford stated that
siby get til ugh with its labors before
morning. He suggested that to avoid
complication, candidates for members oiiToa 81
Commissioners, ought to be deferred I'M
til the Fusion Committee reported, as 1t
had been heretofore agreed that the
Populists should have a candidate from
one of the districts for those Offices
E. E.. Leake of Yolo announced that
! the Third Equalization District Conven-
ton had already met and nominated Tor
| member of the State Board of EqualiZa-
| ton the present incumbent, H. I'll.
Beamer, and when they nailed his name
to the mast they intended for it to stay
there.
Eugene n Deuprey took the platform
and said the First Equalization District
position
a delegate from the Fourth EqualiZa-
ton District also announced that the
Democrats of that district proposed TO
nominate Democrat, and had no nten-
ton whatever of fusing, allowing the
name of a Populist to appear on their
! ticket.
! The regular order of business was, taken
up, and the rules reported by the Com
mittee on Order of Business, for the gov
ernment of the State Central Committee,
were. read. The rules, or bylaws, are
closely copied after those of the States
/ o. Massachusetts, New York and New
Jersey, and has heretofore been printed
and is intended to give the State Central
! politics in local quarters.
| A motion to make the discussion of
the rules the first order of business at
this mornings session was lost, after
! which Raleigh Barcar spoke in favor of
! the adoption OF the rules
One of the principal features Of the pro-
| posed rules was that no proxies should be
voted at meetings of the committee, and
Delegate Rodgers took the floor and in
/ pointed speech, moved that the article in
question be stricken out.
Charles Eidelman attempted to have the
/ rules considered section by section, but
/ his motion was not considered
| An amendment was offered providing
that no proxies should be voted unless
they were presented by. parties residing
in the county in which the committeeman
resides.
| Frank H. Gould spoke in favor OF havirg
the section relating to the non-use o.
no harm had ever come of voting proxies
in meeting of the State General Com
mittee. The speaker said he himself had
often used proxies In the State Central
Committee Uaughter), because the men
who gave them viewed the business to lie
considered the same he did. Three
fourthS of the proxies he had ever used
+ were used with and under instructions
from the committeeman who sent it.
Mr. Gould admitted that there 4
chance for INSCRIPTIONS persons to make
capital out of proxies, and he suggested
if the business was insisted on that it he
amended SO that no committeeman be al
/ lowed to use an uninstructed proxy. He
was perfectly content to leave the matter
as II hdQ ever Deen.
The speaker said he did not want to be
a member of the State Central Commit
tee.
You can't get it!' said a voice in the
back of the hall
If l wanted it," replied Mr.. Gould, Il
could get it from my district before you
would have time to say that again.
That's right. That's right yelled the
San Joaquin delegates, and Mr. Gould sat
down.
Then an untimely end came to the bus
! mess under consideration, when a dele
gate in back seat moved that the sub
ject matter carrying with it the report
OF the committee, lie the table.
The vote left no doubt of the result. and
the proposed new rules for the govern
ment of the State Central Committee were
declared dead and properly buried.
ADJOURNMENT.
Then the Chairman announced that the
Committee on Platform and Resolutions
would not be ready to report before the
convention assembled in the morning, and
at $3.50 O'Clock motion to adjourn until
10 o'clock this morning was carried with
a whoop.