The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-10
THE CONVENTIONS.

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The first days. session of the Silver
Party State Convention Was held r
Reno Thursday. Nearly all the dele
yites were present. there being few
proxies. At II O'Clock Secretary Rof
OF the State Central Committee callet
the convention to order. Afier the pre-
Iiminarles Of this session u was decided
that one delegate be chosen FROM each
county TO constitute Committees oil
Credentials anu termaftnt UrganIza
tim. 'it.r 'he appointments the
convention adjourned until 2:30 p. m.
Atthe opening OF the afternoon session
The report of The Committee al Cr-den-
tials was read aud adopted. sfhe.t"ni-
mittee on Permanent Organization and
Order oil Business, recommended NJ. 5.
Bonnefield for Permanent Chairman,
and the temporary Secretaries and Ser
geapts-atsarm ,,ior' permanent officers
4 committee was appointed to escort
Judge Bonnitield 10 the chair and after
thanking the convention for the honor,
made a .rousing speech in behalf
of the Silver parry and its cause. The
order OF business rs recommended by
tn. Commute WAS adopted as
follows: Member Of Congress, Cover
nor. Lieutenant-Gover or, Justice o.
Supreme Court, Secretary OF State, state
| Treasurer, State Controller. ATTORNEY
General, Siaie i%iiittr, Snrve. or-t'.l :
eral, Superintendent Of Public Instrnc-
ton, Two members of the Board OF Reg
ents OF the State University, Five Dis
trict Judges.
The committee wal appointed on Plat
form and Resolutions. The d' legates
from the various Judicial Districts were
called to meet Immediately after adj
journment. for the purpose of naming
District Judges. .. 4. Mack was chosen
for the First District; b. +. Curler for
the Second A. l.. Fltlttinid tor The
Third; Il. +. Talbot for the Fourth. No
other business was transacted until the
7 o'clock session.
The Convention met at 7 o'clock.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
l%utions was ASKED il they were ready to
report. Mr.. Comins stated that the
committee had a partial report to make
and the report was read. Substanti-
ally the report stated thai a platform,
and re o u i,ns had been adopted, but a
minority Of the Committee desired to
offer II report and asked that the report
lie postponed until this mornings ses-
sion, that the minority of the committee
might prepare its report and the della,
had bee II. agreed TO ly the committee.
This brought Nj. Breen OF Eureka 10 his
feet, " no stated he was Il member Of the
committee and that it had been agreed
TO report At the evening session and that
he had understood that to be final. Mr..
Comins explained that a subsequent
understanding had been arrived at 10y
which the -postponement had t,een gram
ed the minority. Mr.. Sharon insisted
that the commit, e's report lie read and
acted upon then and there aud That the
proposed delay looked like II job. Mr..
Curler expressed his surprise in an en-
phatic manuer, that the gentleman from
Storey should accuse The committee OF
jobhery and denied positively The insin-
%ua,ion. Mr.. Sharon modified his re-
marks by saying that he did not mean
TO state that there was u job, but it
looked like it. Mr.. Ernst repealed any
insinuaiion of any job or advantage and
that the delay WA asked for simply TO
give the minority OF the committee an
opportunity to prepare a report. MIR.
Breen did not think that thirteen me
should give way TO one and insisted on
he reading OF the report. Mr.. Comins
asked the gentleman from Eureka if hs
meant that this convention proposed to
ignore the voice Of tile minority and give
them no hearing. tie did no believe
that such WAS the fact, aud the applause
at this remark indicated that the con-
v~enlion proposed W re. ognize, in a
measure, At least, the minotity.
A vote WAS taken on the proposition
to postpone action, AMI Was unsatl :
factory and the yeas and nays were
called for. A roll call WAS oruered and
the reading OF the committees report
was postponed until Friday morning b,
n II of e0A TO IN.
MIR. Ernst then moved that a com.
mittee OF five be appointed by the Chair