The record-union., 1898-08-13
Evening Session.

1t was 500 o'clock when the conven-
tion again met. Chairman Woodman
stated that the first thing in order was
the election Of a Chairman for the
County Central Committee, that impor-
tant feature having been forgotten dur
ing the afternoon session
w. II. Devlin placed in nomination
Thomas w. O'Neil The nomination
was seconded by P. c. Cohn, and the
nominee was elected by acclamation.
FUSION ADOPTED.
A. M. Seymour, Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Fusion, announced two re-
ports.
The Populists demanded that they he
allowed to nominate an Assessor. Coun-
ty Clerk, member of the Assembly from
the Twenty-second Assembly District
and Supervisor from the First District.
The Silver Republicans demanded the
nomination of candidate for District
Attorney and Assemblyman from the
Twentieth District. They waived the
latter nominee, but insisted on naming
the first.
Mr.. Seymour said the committee had
not desired to concede the Supervisor
from the First District without further
instructions from the convention
Mr.. Seymour also read another re-
port, signed by three members, Byrne,
Mellen and Furnish, that the PopuIists
and Silver Republicans be given what
they ask for.
AND THERE WAS FUN.
Then pandemonium broke loose. P.
c. Cohn moved that the latter report
be adopted
Yels of NO! MOI" came from all
parts Of the hall, and Tom Bohan and
George Vice roared to have the A. p.
AS put out.
Members all over the hall were yell
ing, waving their arms and cursing,
either demanding that the Populists and
Silver Republicans be given five places
on the ticket, or bowling against al
lowing the "A. p. AS" to run the con-
vention.
Cohn's motion resolved itself into a
square question as to whether or not
the Democrats should join hands with
other parties and set /. Boysen, the
candidate for Supervisor from the First
District, afloat, or whether it should
stand on its own legs and stand to win
or lose on it's individual merits, and le-
tain Boysen.
For a full quarter of an hour the con-
fusion continued, and when at last the
roll-call could be continued, every man
in the hall was keyed up to the highest
tension
Several delegates explained their
votes. Abe Wilson, when his name was
called, said:
Believing it to be the only salvation
of the party this fall I vote aye!"
The next name on the list was Thom-
as Hanlon, who said as he did not be-
lieve fusion necessary for success at the
polls, he would vote no.
Z. d. McCabe, in casting a proxy
vote, explained his vote at length. He
did not consider the question to be di-
rectly on fusion, but as for or against
the minority report Of the committee.
He wound up by voting aye.
The First District Boysen's) voted
nearly solidly aginst fusion, but when
1t came to the other districts, the tune
changed, and fusion votes came in
thick.
The motion was carried by vote of
40 ayes, 6S noes, and Chairman Wood
man declared that the Assessor, County
Clerk, Assemblyman for the Twenty
second District and Supervisor for the
First Supervisor District be left vacant
for the Populists to fill, and that the
Silver Republicans be allowed to NOM
mate a candidate for District Attor-
ney.
This means that Morris Brooke Of Oak
Park will receive the nomination for
Assemblyman for the Ywenty-second