The herald., 1898-09-02

with reference to the selection Of the
county central committee we suggest that
| II. may be well 10 ascertain the sense Of the
convention as to whether the selection Of
county central committeeman and the
election Of the chairman be made before or
after the nomination Of officers. Signed.
r. M. HARGRAvE,
W. B. ARTZ,
G. II. CARLYSLE,
M. v. B. LOWERING.
F. o. DANIEL
Upon the conclusion Of the reading Of this
report the same was adopted and nominal
lions for county treasurer were called for.
w. T. Brown Of Anahe5m nominated w. B.
Tedford Of Santa Ana and Thomas Nc
Keever Of Santa Ana nominated j. C. Jop-
lin Of the same city. The frat ballot Sc
lected Mr.. Joplin by vote Of S014 to IA. MI
Tedford Immediately moved to make Mr.
Joplin's nomination unanimous and the
| same was carried with storm OF ayes.
| For assessor Jacob Ross Of Bolsa was
nominated by James Moss Of Westminster,
and ]. A. Booty of Santa Ana by q. w.
Miuter Of the same city. A ballot of the
delegates gave. Mr.. Ross 81 votes to Mr.
Booty's 50 and Mr.. Ross was declared the
| nominee Of the party. Mr.. Booty's stately
form doomed UP In the rear Of the hall and
he was Immediately recognized by the
chairman. Stepping forward Mr.. Booty
took Mr.. Ross arm and the two proceeded
10 the platform where the defeated cand!-
date thanked his friends for the support
| they had given. him. and then grac!ously
pledged his unqualified support to his Gus
cessful competitor. Mr.. Ross then thanked
the convention for the honor conferred
| upon him and Chairman Baker them an
nounced that the next number on the pro-
81 am would be NOMINATIONS for district at
torney. George W. Minter nominated Hon.
w. F. Heathman Of Santa Ana for the Of
fee Of district attorney and w. M. McFad-
den OF Placentia nominated Horace Head
of Fullerton. One Of the happiest hits Of
the convention was made by Mr.. McFadden
| while nominating MIR. Head by stating that
while Yorba precinct had been Republican
| in the past It would surely be Democratic
| this year II the residents there were treated
| right. The convention put its own con-
struction upon the statement Of the speaker
and there was a roar Of laughter that rev.
erbated In the eastern hills. The chairman
| restored order, nominations were closed
and roll call was ordered. The ballot gave
Head 60 votes and Heathman "a. Mr.. Heath
man Immediately moved to make Mr.
Heads nomination unanimous, stating at
the time that he would take of his coat
and II need be his shirt to secure the election
Of his successful opponent, Mr.. Head.
F. NJ Fllppen Of Ell Modena nominated
rheo Lacy for sheriff OF Santa Ana and on
80 M oP CO en-,
his selection was made unanimous.
Henry Neill Of Santa Ana nominated Fred
Robinson of Orange for tax collector and
this selection was ratified at once by the
| convention.
At this stage Of the convention Chairman
Baker announced that he had received a
communication and that he ought to have
| received another one. He then read COM
munica ton from the president and secre-
tary of the Silver Republicans stating that
the following nominations had been made
and asked that they be placed upon the
Democratic ticket; Assemblyman. DR.. M.
A. Menges Of Santa Ana: coroner and pub
lie administrator, I. D. Mills Of Santa Ana:
surveyor, Capt S. H. Finley Of company L,
now at the Preside. San Francisco. Dr..
Menges was called to the platform in an
| swer to calls and stated that he had voted
for William Jennings Bryan two years ago
and that he hoped to repeat the dose In two
years from now; that ne would vote for
free silver candidate for the United States
senate. DR.. Menges was then nominated
and selected by reclamation. I. d. Mills
was nominated the same way for coroner
and public administrator and Capt. 8. H.
1ikowyco Ma p a ttop
for county surveyor, H. Clay Kellogg, the
Silver Republican nominee for this place
having previously withdrawn from the con-
| test.
Nominations for county clerk were next
in the order Of business but the Populists.
to whom this nomination had been con-
coded. not being ready to present their can
didate for ratification by the Democrats,
the convention was cut up INTO supervisoral
districts for the nomination Of supervisors
and a recess Of fifteen minutes was de-
| clared, during which time Chairman Baker
announced that 1t should be understood that
according to the fusion agreement the Dem
ocrats were to have the supervisor nomina-
lions in the First and Third districts, the
Populists the Second and Fifth districts and
the Silver Republicans the Fourth district.
Upon reassemblng the following nomina-
tions were announced: First district, John
Yoch Of Santa Ana, Democrat; Second dis
trlct, J. W. Hawkins Of Garden Grove. Pop
ulist; Third district, H. A. McWilliams Of
Anaheim, Democrat: Fourth district, d. C..
Pixley Of Orange. Silver Republican; Fifth
district, q. w. McCampbell Of Tustin, Pop
ulist,
A report from the Populist convention
was received naming J. Wiley Harris Of
Santa Ana for county clerk, e. D. Cooks OF
Santa Ana for county recorder, U. G. Lit
tell Of Bolsa for county audior and C.. p.
Evans Of Anaheim for county superintend-
ent Of schools. Each Of these nomination
we're duly ratified by the Democratic con-
vention as Its candidates for the respective
offices.
The Populist convention sent In word that
If the Democrats would divide into judicial
districts. make their nominations for JUS
tioes and constables In the various judicial