The San Francisco call., 1898-08-25
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 a success of that which has been ialu before you. Gentlemen of this conven- tion, the man whom l am going 10 pre- sent to you to be nominated IS w. n. Clark known by the members of the par as Billy Clark. His life is peculiar one. In 1888 he was nominated Tor Su- perior Judge and he ran ahead or HIS ticket In 1890 he was nominated again, received the highest vote of the conven. tion and ran ahead of his ticket In lsso he was again nominated, recelVlhs aiIls trie highest vote in the convention, leadlng the Republican ticket in that county py over 1000 votes, getting the largest vote ever received by any man Tn any J,efsiof ieGf nf in that county. Gentlemen, on behalI or the Los Angeles delegation, 1 present 10 you the name of ". H. Clark
 Delegate from Orange-.Mr. CnairnIiaIn, IiaL,. is contiguous, and for many yeas was the largest part of the county or Los Angeles, l second the nomination of Judge Clark.
 MT. Hutchinson of Napa-Gentlemen of the Convention: Sometimes in the ex- citement of the moment in the rivalry we delegates do not give that careful consideration to qualifications and ele- ments of strength of the various candi- dates that may appear before us, and that applies to every office, and 1t ap- plies with great force to the gentlemen who are asking for the nomination for Associate Justice of the Supreme bench at your hands.
 It behooves us to note that the gentle men who are placed as candidates upon this ticket for that high and honorable office that they shall have not only the qualification for that high office, but that they should also bring elements of strength to the ticket upon which they may be placed. l have the honor to place before this convention a gentleman who has education, who has natural abil- ity, who has experience upon the Supe- rior bench of this State, whose record as a citizen and soldier make him emi nently fit to grace the Supreme bench of this State, and whose name will bring party. if placed upon it. I That @ man mar l is the Hon. A. J. Buckles of Solano County. (Applause)
 We, the young men of this convention, have within the last year heard the sound of the bugle and the beating of the drum that have summoned the army and navy of this country to great conflict and within a few months we have seen the squadron, with her Brooklyn and her Oregon, come back in safety. With a loss of less than thousand men In battle we have seen the leaders of our forces humble Spain and set the people of this country to studying the geography of the nation to tell where the state ends and begins. But the time was, gentlemen of the convention, and. many of you on this floor will remember those brave men who laid down their lives to battle and glory to honor that old flag. for when the shot was fired at Fort Sumter 1t black ened thirteen of the stars on that flag of blue and it opened chasm in this coun- try out of which was pouring the lives of thousands of brave men.
 When that time came in history Judge Buckles then a lad Of b years of age, in the State of Indiana, heard the first call for volunteers, and he with others marched up to Washington under that first call. As they marched they kept step to the chorus, We are comings Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong" (Applause)
 Nineteenth Regiment and in that battle he was wounded He was taken to the hospital and after some time recovered. Then at the battle of Gettysburg, the Nineteenth Indiana at that time const- tuted one of the regiments which formed the band of noble men In the army of gade" At the battle forces were pouring through the Union line, the colors of the Nineteenth Indiana were taken from the regiment and Buckles saw them and, 1ac, ing the storming shot and shell, rescued them and brought them back to the Union line. When he came back, he had bull upon the battlefield, he was made the standard bearer of his. regiment and when he was carrying the same nag Tn the battle of the Wilderness, he was again wounded on the field of action. In 1865, when commanding a skirmish regiment. he was again wounded, this time resulting of the soldier. (Cries of ''Time'') beg your indulgences for one moment. He then came to this country. After having been admitted to the bar, he was elected district attorney of Solano County twice. He was then elected Superior Judge of that county and the second time he, came him to a man. They did not have a man whom they said would be nominated against him. That is a part of his record as judge of that county; for eighteen years he has sat upon the Superior Bench of Solano County and out of forty appeals taken but six have been reversed. That is his record as a judge. (Applause)
 Gentlemen of the convention: Sixteen thousand old soldiers are waiting to see what recognition we will give them upon this State ticket l venture to say that there is not one man within the con- fines of this State who can be named that will aid the strength and power Of this J. Buckles of Solano. Recognize this old soldier and put him on the ticket
 General sulliyan-Mr. Chairman and nately, 1t is not necessary, after the elo- uuent remarks of the speaker who has just preceded me, to say much: But since side with Judge Buckles on the battle field of Gettysburg, I cannot remain in my seat and let his name go before this convention without indorsing 1t, and add tered by the gentleman who spoke before me. The 10000 old soldiers of the war of the Union ask you to place upon this ticket the name of A. J. Buckles. (Ap- They are the principles of great or gapization which is not political one. | said on former occasion, and repeat It at this time that that organization IS composed of old soldiers and IS one in which we have no politics and no Dem ocrats Oaughter), therefore they are en-
 titled to your consideration. We hope that you will give place upon your ticket to one of the first representatives of that organization the former department com
 mander Judge A. J. Buckles of Solano.
 MT. Webb-Mr. Chairman and gentle
 men of the convention: I apprehend
 that the people of the northern part of this State will not be lamented because of the great number of its citizens whose
 names they will find upon the ticket here being nominated. IaughterO Com ing from the northern portion of the State representing the county of Plumas,
 I desire to place before you the name of
 a gentleman for the office of Justice of
 the Supreme Court of this State. His
 name is Stanley A. Smith of Sierra
 County He has an experience of many
 wears upon the Superior bench of the
 county He served his time as District
 Attorney He is a lawyer and a Judge
 of mature years. and man of strict in
 tegrity and a man of <undoubted capac-
 ftv. His ear can no yfore catch the con
 fident demands of the imperialfst wealth
 than it can the meekly whispered prayer
 of ruined poverty. Gentlemen. it is time
 that we should remember loyalty north
 of Sacramento, I call your attention to
 the fact that unless a candidate for the
 Supreme Court be drawn from the north
 there will be none representing the north