The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-11

" CAaeesA SSAoeoAs D~AAicA AZ.
sECoNDING BURNS. NOMINATION.
In seconding the nomination Of Hon. D;
NJ. Burns, g. w. Pierce Of Yolo. said
party in the last ten years than any man
in the State. His influence had been felt
in national as well as State affairs. Pierce
pers which he said had villified Burns IN
every way, and which betrayed them
selves as undignified, unloyal and un-
citizen of Yolo County and repudiated the
Charges made against him of having left
his Obligations in that county undis-
soon as his financial circumstances per-
mitted had returned to Yolo and wiped
out every dollar of debt that he owed.
lican party everything thai Turns had
done for It, in the ten years past there
would be very few victories left to the
party. 1t gave him pleasure to second
the nomination.
U. S. GRANT, JR.
Works of San Diego, in nominating U.
S. Grant, Jr., of that city, said that ever
since the ACQUISITION Of the, United States
United States. Now the fortunes Of war
have made the Pacific Coast the center
the Hawaiian and the Philippine ISLANDS.
The position of United States Senator be-
comes, under these circumstances, of the
ests of California; she should send as her
representative man of probity, of honor
and of influence In order to protect those
eulogy Of Grant, his illustrious parentage
and his personal qualifications and ended
by placing him in nomination.
Mcdonald of Alameda, in his brief
speech seconding the nomination, COM
| manded the attention of the House and
gave a strong impression that he will be
! heard to some purpose during the session.
r.
| the Assembly. this is the most critical
moment in the history of this Assembly,
| Ulysses S; Grant as United States sena-
| tor for California. The people of Califor-
mia want to send man to the United
States Senate who will be loyal to the
| people of the State regardless of the north
| or south; who will be loyal to the grand
| old Republican party-the party that fur
| a McKinley-and a man who has the abil-
| ity to stand by our great leader William
Mckinley and uphold his Administration;
| and 1 take pleasure a son of -Califor-
MIA to rise and second the nomination of
| the son of one of Americas greatest he
| roes. I second the nomination Of Ulysses
| S. Grant.
Radcliff of Santa Cruz also made a
| bright and effective impromptu second to
the nomination of Grant Personally, he
said, he believed in the election of the
Senator by the direct vote of the peo-
| pie, but since the law was otherwise, he
obeyed his own convictions and the ex-
|
county when he spoke for U. s. Grant,
who, he believed, was the logical candi-
| date, and the choice of the great ma
jority of the people. Radcliff defended the
press from the attacks made against it
and eulogized Grant as a student of State
craft, as honest, true, able and possessing
| a will which enabled him to say "yes,"
and mean it or to say mo" and mean it..
ROBERT N. BULLA.
! Valentine of Los Angeles said he had
| listened with much interest to the glowing
| ties of the gentlemen already named. But
| there was one important qualification not
claimed for those mentioned. but which it
| was imperative should characterize the
| man sent to the Senate from this State.
| He might possess wisdom, a clear mind,
a, splendid judgment, a strong wili-all
that means more than all, and that is
| legislative experience Valentine said he
| had man to name who added to all those
necessary qualifications first named an
experience of two terms in the Assembly.
| one term in the State Senate, and he was
now serving his second. From the ,gol-
| has been no legislator who has stood
higher for his shrewd and good judgment
while he has stood firm in all questions
| Of right During his service in the As
sembly when any question of Importance
| was up, all eyes turned to him to see
how he would vote, and his vote always
Others said Valentine, may boast of
great ancestral names or great services to
party. My candidate has all of these. He
| has made his name famous from one end
| of the State to the other by his own acts
and it Is not the great name but the acts
that carry prestige. Now. in this i'm
is the center of civilization, and the CEN
ter of attraction of all eyes, let us not
commit a blunder by. committing our
| Here is one who is loved best by those
who know him best, one whom the peo-
OF the he pas Of Los ana Angles
again and again returned him to the Leg
.isiature because of faithful service. He
was Endorsed unqualifiedly by the conven-
ton held there. His name is Robert N
| Bulla.
| AS in the case of the other candidates
applause followed the mention of Bulla' 5
name, and then Belshaw of Contra Costa
spoke briefly but. enthusiastically in sup
pert of Bufla, whom he had known and
| ing Bulla to the Senate of the United
States Belshaw said the people of Cali
fornia would make. no mistake.
and said it was the proudest moment Of
his life when he awaited himself of the
privilege of seconding the nomination Of
| ONE DEMOCRAT.
Mead of Los Angeles said there seemed
to be plenty ct Republican candidates and
Legislature a Democrat to vote for. I'VE
have been told a great deal'' said Mead,
about how noble it is to place country
and principle far above party and parti-
sanship. Now, Well give you an appor-
tunity to prove your principles and to dis
tinguish yourselves by voting for a man
who has already. served the people of this
| State nobly and dsinterestedly for six
years in the Senate of the United States.
You all know what he is and l do not
hesitate to place him as an orator and a
statesman beside Clay and Webster and
| Douglas. l allude to Stephen NJ. White -
Amid cheers from the minority Mead
sat down and in the final result his can
1 n RI a mi vyofa
| Sanford. as Chairman of the Demo-
cratic minority, declared himself for
the Republicans would find it a Very Very
| lively corpse in the next campaign. White
had stood for. the rights Of the people
graced the State. II say to you that in
1900 Bryan and White will sweep this
country from end to end" daughter and
Mellick of Los Angeles rose to second
Bulla's nomination, and said he had forty
nine reasons why Bulla should be sent
three-they proved to be, like the ancient
song of The. grasshopper sat on a sweet
potato vine" y yI, had 2os yerses-all
| for the right place.
w. II. L. BARNES.
.Lardner of Placer made a forcible and
eloquent speech In nominating General
| w. H. l.. Barnes. He was seconded by
Clough of Plumas.
Marvin. Of Humboldt, in the briefest
| speech Ol the Jay, nominated George A.
Knight: He was seconded by Boynton of
Humboldt, who had been compatriot of
Knight and eulogized him
| NJ NJ ESTEE.
| Anderson of Solano claimed that he
1 had not intended to name a candidate,
but when he heard the various qualifica-
/ tons claimed for the various gentlemen
presented to the Assembly, it occurred to
| him that he knew one who combined them
all and he.named NJ. NJ Estee No second.
| NO VOTE YET.
/ The nominations were then declared