The record-union., 1898-08-26

sion to-day. about the north and the
south. We have thea honor to have, with
marhs N Inc fl,y ths e9rt OF rtTesn@ monument that
| the State of California, and I now come
erIay to invite ynn,gI you gentlemen to come to the
Gentlemen of this convention. we Re-
| publicans of the San Joaquin Valley are O
very modest people-present company ex-
cepted. We have not asked much, in the
past history of the party, at your hands
but we have with us a gentlemen who
has aided us In the long. strong fight. that
| State, which has at last redeemed it from
Democratic rule and placed 1t in line
with the Republican party. That gem
| Superintendent of Schools of that coun-
ty. He is honored and esteemed in that
capacity and IN that section of the State
citation OF California, he is known and
honored among the educational profess
| sion
We understand that this matter of the
public schools is close to the homes and
| the hearthstones of the people We would
| present no man for that honorable flee
the honest pride and boast Of the Re-
publican party in the public schools.
therefore we name a leader in the edu-
cational interests of this State, the Hon
| Thomas ]. Kirk.
| Hoyt Of San Mateo also seconded
Kinks nomination in a stirring speech.
| At the conclusion of Hoyt's speech
| San Francisco delegate moved that
nominations close and that Kirk be
| nominated by acclamation. Samuel T.
Blacks friends, understanding the i'm
| possibility Of breaking the program,
sat quiet in their seats, and the mo-
tion was carried.
Thereupon the Chairman cast the
| conventions vote for Mr.. Kirk and
declared him the nominee of the con-
venton.
SWINNERTON NOMINATES JOHN
STON.
Then Judge Swinnerton of Sam Joa-
quin advanced to the platform, and
nominations for Superintendent of State
Printing being in order. he named AL.
j. Johnston of Sacramento. Judge
| Swinnerton said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: We are near to the end OF
Democratic administration, and-let US
praise ba afs the gYedr and Of all good s ha1s
had four years on benevolent despotism.
The Governor has taken the people by
economizei or I will be the death of you!''
He has economized the people of this
| State out of about a million and a quar-
ter OF dollars of extra taxes sss He has
State officers, and heads of departments,
and commissions out of the means to re-
port to the people the account of their
| Stewardship. Hel hasl economical the chill
dren of this State into the payment of a
| hundred per cent. advance school
| books, and he has economical the State
school registers from II cents, as fur
nished by the State Printer, to Is cents,
| furnished in the open market.
| Now, among these items of economy
that stood out very prominently, one was
4 $375, 900 for the support of the State Print
| ing Office; another was that never once,
so far as ] have been able to learn, did
| the Chief Magistrate of this State ever
veto bill that provided for the appoint
| give him the appointment OF the commits
sion. Like their chief, they have stood
bravely at their posts, with drawn salary
in hand, and manfully defended 1t to the
! last gasp
Now / do not so much complain of any
! thing else as / do Of the crippling of the
| school facilities Of the children of Cali
! fornia. The county of San Joaquin fur
nished the material to make this Demo-
| It: but as we are to that extent respon-
| sible for this administration, it sends In
| me its protet here against the bastard
| economy that would fitch from little chill
/ dren their school facilities, to make
| grandstand play before the State had set
| tied up it's debts. Voicing that protest
| I place in nomination for the office of
A. j. Johnston of Sacramento. Great ap-
| plause.)
FITZGERALD NAMES SHANNON.
| D. L. Fitzgerald of Alameda placed in
INoptip,1ad On EYftb papa1