The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-07-15
The FUSIONISTS CLEAN up.
TERMS OF THEIR DEAL WITH
THE DEMOCRATS.
The Popocratic Farce Lacked In
terest After the Straight
Outs Withdrew.

There were great, ungainly gaps in
the fusion end of the Populist Conven-
ton when it was called to order at
1920 O'Clock yesterday morning. The
absence of the middle Of the-road men
gave aNdesolate appearance to the big
chamber, but the confusion of Wednes-
days session was lacking.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The Committee on Conference re-
ported that it had met with the rep
resentatives OF the Democratic and Sill
yer Republican parties, and had ar
rived at a satisfactory conclusion with
very little difficulty. The report in
full was as follows:
ITO the State Convention of the Peo-
pies Party of the State of California:
At joint meeting of the Conference
Committee of the Democratic, Peoples
party and Silver Republican parties, 1t
was jointly agreed to make the follow
ing recommendations with reference
to the joint State Railroad Commits
sion and Board of Equalization NOM
nations for offices to be filled at
the coming election, to wit:
That the Silver Republicans should
have one Supreme Court Judge and the
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
That the Peoples party should have
the Lieutenant Governor, Controller,
Superintendent of Public instruction,
and the member Of the Board of Rail
read Commissioners from the Third
District and one member of the Board
of Equalization.
THAT the Democratic party should
have the rest Of the State ticket, two
members of the Board of Railroad Com
mssioners and three members Of the
Board Of Equalization.
And we. your committee, further
recommend that those candidates. other
than nominee for Governor. of the Pop
ulist party, and other than those speci-
fled and apportioned to it, SHALL as soon
as nominated. place their designations
in due form in the hands of the Popu
list Committee on Conference, in order
that said committee may legally effect
the plan Of party union agreed upon;
and that the Democratic Convention be
requested to appoint a Conference Com
mittee of seven, to meet and confer with
the Populist Committee of seven. al
ready appointed to arrange the carry
ing out of the fusion plan upon Con-
gressional, Senatorial and Assembly
conventions of the respective parties
for that purpose at the same time and
place in each particular case as far as
fusion to be agreed on.
THAT the two Conference Commit
tees be authorized by the respective
parties to fill vacancies as required by
law
1t had already been agreed that a
full ticket should be nominated with
the understanding that candidates for
the places to be filled by Democrats
should withdraw in favor of their allies
when they shall have held their con-
vention.
AS everything had been cut and
dried, and as a foregone conclusion is
ever lacking in interest, the slate went
through with an insipid languor sell
dom seen even in slated conventions
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
A motion to proceed with the regu-
lar order of busness-which CHANGED
to be the nomination Of candidates for
the State Board of Equalization-was
carried, and the delegation divided into
four bodies, representing each Equal
iZation District.
Business moved along rapidly, and
in a few minutes the several Equaliza-
ton Districts reported the following
nominations all Of which were ap-
proved by the conventions:
Second District-Will B. White. Oak
land
Third District-George Thresher, San
Francisco.
Fourth District INV NJ. W. Motherall.
Kings County
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Nominations for Railroad Commits
sioners We're reported as follows:
First District-George B. Dean of
Sacramento.
Third District. L. Dryden of San
Diego
The Second District reported that the
convention had met and decided to de-
fer nominating a candidate
FOR CONGRESS.
Congressional nominations being in
order the following nominees We're re-
ported and approved by the conven-
ton:
(present incumbenD.
Third District-John J. Jones
Sixth District-C. A. Barlow (present
incum benO.
Seventh District-Dr. c. J. Castle
(present incumbenD.
The conventions of the First. Fourth
and Fifth Districts met, and after or
ganizing adjourned to the call Of the
Chair without making nominations.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Nominations for candidates for Lieu
tenant Governor being in order-the
nomination for Governor (Maguire)
having previously been made-M w.
Motheran of Kings County presented
the name of t. w. Naples of Kern
County. Naples, he said, had come
to the convention pledged against all
fusion. but when the majority took that
course he being a Populist, stayed with
the party
Delegate Carlson of Los Angeles, in
a ringing speech, nominated Edward
L. Hutchinson of Los Angeles, Chair
man Of the convention.
George w. Monteith took the floor.
and at that moment the Water Works
whistle began to blow in honor of the
fall of Santiago de Cuba, and the con-
vention went wild.
When the demonstration subsidized.
Monteith seconded the nomination of
F. L. Hutchinson. He said that Mcguire
from the north and Hutchinson Of the
south would make a strong combina-
ton and a hard one to down.
DR.. Cleveland of San Francisco also
seconded Hutchison's nomination.
MOuser of San Diego also seconded