The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.-James G..
Mcguire, the omnibus candidate for
Governor, added one more nomination
to his list to-day when the Silver Re
publican State convention meekly car
ried out the fusion programme by plac-
ing him at the head of it's ticket. Nat
urally the proceedings were of the most
perfunctory character, as everything
was cut and dried.
The convention thankfully accepted
the two places on the ticket that were
flung to the Silver Republicans by their
Populist and Democratic allies. Judge
Walter Van Dyke, a member of the
bench Of Los Angeles by grace OF the
Republican party, was nominated for
H. H. McCraney was nominated for
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
The convention was little more than
a ratification mass meeting. Its COM
position was peculiar. The call was Tor
SAT delegates, but the number actually
present was but 32S. OF these more
than 200 were from Los Angeles
County and most of the remainder were
from adjoining counties. or the hIty-
seven counties of the State thirty-iiVe
were nominally represented, though the
great majority of these had only SIN
gle delegate each.
Seated on the floor of the convention
hall and wearing the badges OF deie-
gates were a number OF well known
Democrats, including a member OF the
Democratic State convention, ana sew
eral women 1t was obvious the mana
gers of the convention had been at sore
trials to rally respectable attendance
Los Angeles County was originally
given 100 delegates, but when 1t was
found that there would be 80 many alb
sentees from other parts OF the stare,
the allotment was increased to Z4'. AS
a mass meeting the asSemDlage was
quite a respectable affair. AS the State
convention of a political party. it was
certainly unique.
The platform was prepared in evident
imitation of those adopted by the Dem
ocrats and Populists. In the main they
were closely followed, but one plank
was incorporated which evidently es-
capped Maguire's scrutiny, for 1t is IN
radical conflict with his single tax
views. The platform demands the free
and unlimited coinage of silver on the
basis of 16 to l, condemns the war bond
issues, indorses President Mckfnley's
course and demands that all territory
occupied by the United States during
the war shall be retained.
T. H Wells, Santa Monica Justice
of the Peace. was elected temporary
chairman by reclamation. j. Mills
Davies and F. j. Cooper of Los Angeles,
Harry L. Baker of Oakland and ]. Stan
ley Brown of Redlands were installed
as secretaries.
While the chair was engaged in max
Ing up the committee L A. Sheldon was
called to the platform to occupy the
time. This he did with a vengeance. for
once started ii proved impossible to
stop him. After he had been talking
some twenty minutes the delegates be-
gan to yell Time" The chairman then
suggested to the speaker that he had
talked enough. To such mild hints
The convention then attempted to
drown his voice by clamor, but this,
too, was unavailing. Finally, in a
of inspiration, trumpeter was
brought into the hall, and the ringing
notes of the reveille rang out, putting
a quietus upon the silver tongued ora
tor.
Before the noon recess a delegate
arose and said:
II heard a gentleman who keeps a
store on Broadway say that in the last
election he did not vote because there
was so much drinking. 1 hope that the
delegates will keep sober"
With this admonition to practice
the convention took re-
cess until o'clock.
The entire business of the convention
was transacted in less than three hours
between 2 and p. m.-and there was
time In between for number of cam
paign addresses. The work of the
was the ratification of the
plan of fusion. an Endorsement of the
fusion candidates for State offices and
the adoption of a plan for future adj
of the affairs of the Silver
party with the appoint
ment of an executive committee to
carry out the provisions of the plan
The adoption of the postal card pri-
mary was the distinctive feature of the
new plan.
Henry T. Hazard nominated Dr.
George F. Dixon of Sacramento for per-
chairman. He was seconded
by J. Noonan Phillips, and elected by
acclamation DR.. Dixon was escorted
TO the platform by Major Bugbee and
of San Luis Oblspo.
The programme provided that II. A.
ingalls, of Oakland should nominate
Mcguire as Silver Republican standard
bearer Mr. ingalls, put all the life he
could into his NOMINATING speech, but
is eloduence was dampened by the
that what he was doing was
merely form. In accordance with the