The record-union., 1898-08-24

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| tend to you the greetings of her citi-
zens, and bid you hearty and cordial
welcome to our city, and express the
hope that your stay may be so fraught
with pleasure and good fellowship that
| it may be your desire to continue with
1 u.s."
Then again the octet were given the
commanding position, and they snag
''The Star-Spangled Banner" while the
convention waved flags, cheered and
came in on the chorus like veterans
At the conclusion Of the song three
cheers were given for the song, the
singers, President Mckinley, Admiral
| Dewey and other celebrities.
TEMPORARY OFFICERS.
Ex-senator William Johnston of Sac
ramento sent the following list OF
names for temporary officers other than
Chairman to the desk. The list was
accepted by reclamation: Secretary
Frank d. Ryan; Chief Clerk, w. P.
Thorpe; Assistant Clerks, IT, w. Meas
ure, John Shock, James T. McNiff, M.
Ginsberg, George b. Goldman, G. w.
Ficks and Will Howe; Sergeant-at-
Arms, j. T. Stafford; Assistant Ser
| geants-at-Arms, Enoch Dole, Richard
May, William Grubbs, George II. King
and John Carey; Pages, Albert Burk-
hart, Charles Schenk James Axtay,
Master Burnes, Emil Schwitzer, Frank
Bowman, r. Koch and G. J. Fink.
NEFF AND CAMPBELL.
Nominations for temporary Chairman
being in order, Frank Powers nomin-
ated Jacob H. Neff of Placer. He said:
.'On behalf of the younger men of the
Republican party, who have learned
their Republican principles from the
old hero I am going to name, 1 NOM
mate for temporary Chairman of this
convention the old miner, Jacob H. Neff
of Placer County,
Van r. Paterson of San Francisco
nominated J. C. Campbell, as follows:
For temporary Chairman of this
convention / nominate that prince of
parliamentarians and good fellows, J.
G. Campbell of San Francisco
Mr.. Levinsky of San joaquin, in sec
onding CampbelPs nomination, said:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the
conventions: AS an humble representa-
tive from the San Joaquin, it affords me
pleasure to second the nomination of
that stanch Republican, Hon. J. c.
Campbell of San Francisco. To those
gentlemen who come from the sunny
south I desire to say: Please remember
that he was the efficient Chairman who
presided over the destipies Of the con-
vention which nominated and after
ward elected your favorite son, Henry
H. Markham Mr. Campbell believes
that a position worth having is worth
| asking for. We ask at your hands that
he be made the temporary Chairman of
this convention
Hart North of Alameda seconded
Campbell's nomination. He said:
Representing sixty-eight delegates
from Alameda County, / desire to sec
ond the nomination of the Hon. Joseph
Campbell for temporary Chairman"
A delegate from Sutter County: Il
rise for the purpose of seconding the
nomination Of Jacob H. Neff There is
not member but knows he has had
experience and that he will make a
good presiding officer. I'believe it to be
the will and pleasure of this conven-
tion to put him IN the chair
A motion that nominations close was
carried, and a roll-caH was ordered.
JACOB H. NEFF ELECTED.
The vote almost from the start
showed Neff to be general favorite
and before the roll-call was finished a
Fresno delegate moved that his NOM
1nation be made by acclamation The
motion was carried with a whoop. and
Major Mclaughlin declared Mr. Neff
elected to he temporary Chairman of
the convention.
Major Mclaughlin appointed j. c.
Campbell, Van r. Paterson and Frank
Powers committee to escort Mr.. Neff
to the platform. The latter was re-
ceived with prolonged cheers, and in
accepting the position spoke as follows:
Gentlemen: When czlled upon to
preside over such body of Republic
ans as l see before me / feel that I
have indeed been greatly honored
Il come here representing no faction,
no corporation, no individual, and no
boss. I am here as Republican, to
do my duty to the party, and to no in
dividual; and 1 hope and trust that
during the temporary occupancy Of the
chair my rulings shall be characterized
with fairness, impartiality, and, 1 hope,
to your entire satisfaction. (Cheers)
Gentlemen of the convention, the
eyes of the people of the State are To-
cused upon you. They expect from you
ticket which will meet success at the
ensuing election. Bear in mind that
the tax-gatherer is bearing down upon
the people of this State, and you must
put before them a ticket that will go
forth preaching economy in public af-
fairs.
II say to you that the time has come
when economy should be practised in
| hao q "a airc Of 70
1T is not necessary for me to say to
you that / have been a resident of this
State for nearly forty years. My life.
both public and private, is an open
book. Some scurrilous statements have
been circulated to-day that I represent
boss. In all kindness, in all frank
ness say that that is untrue, and not
founded on fact. (Cheers.) AS 1 state,
/ represent as an humble individual the
Republican party so far as 1 am able,
and l hope now that your deliberations
may be characterized with harmony
and decorum beftting the occasion
(Cheers.) I thank you most heartily
for this honor" prolonged cheering.)
COMMITTEES TO BE NAMED.
On motion, Chairman Neff was in
structed to appoint Committee of
twenty -one on Permanent Organization
and Order Of Business; another, to con-
sist of twenty-one members, on Gre
dentials, and a third, also of twenty
one members, on Platform and Reso-
lutions.
The Chairman said that while it had
been charged that he had in his pocket
the list of committeeman to be appoint
ed, it was not true, and that he wanted
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