The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-19

the state of California: the minority
OF the committee on platform and reso-
lutions hereby report and make this
amendment to the resolution reported
by the majority:
Whereas. William Randolph Hearst
native son of California. is a cand.-
date for the Democratic nomination for
President of the United State: and.
Whereas. william Randolph Hearst
has performed distinguished services
for the people Of the United States. as
recently evidenced by his splendid bat
tie against the coal trust;
I'VE, therefore. commend the candi-
dacy of w. r. Hearst to the National
Convention, to assemble in st. Louis
July g. 1904, for the nomination for
r esident
I'VE offer the following as a substi-
tute:
Resolved, That our delegates to the
National Convention to be held in st.
Louis, July 6. 1904, be and they are
he ely Instructed to vote for w liam
Randolph Hearst for the nomination
for President of the United States. and
use all honorable means to secure his
nomination. And we recommend its
adoption.
Frank r. Wehe, for the minority of
the committee on platform and resolu-
tIons.''
The discussion was rapd-fire work
and as a compromise of the situation
substitute was presented by Pember-
ton of Mendocino which became the
body of the majority report. as follows.
Whereas. William Randolph Hearst.
native son of California, is a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
p. esident of the United States: and,
Whereas. VIII am Randolph Hearst
has performed distinguished services
for the people of the United States. as
recently evidenced by his splendid bat
tie against the coal trust:
We therefore. commend the candi-
| dacy of William Randolph Hearst to
the National Convention to assemble
I'm ST. Louis. July 6. 1904. for the NOM
inat.on for President
During the consideration of the reso-
lutions to ndorse and the comp. omise
offered by Pemberton of Mendocino by
the committee on resolutions there was
considerable display OF temper, and
Judge Coonan had to repeatedly warn
-
alities. Geary made a st ong speech In
opposition TO Instructions and wound
up by saying: IF 1t is a fight you
want, we WI fight and fight you to
The end"
The resolution under which the Cal
ifornia delegation viii vote In the Ma
tional Convent.ofofisiso? ?ThikB. .fio-h-t
tional Convention is as follows, having
ba majority OF 10:
Resolved, That our delegation To
the Democratic National Convention to
meet at ST. Louis on July 9Th be. and
they are hereby instructed to vote for
William Randolph Hearst for President
of the United States and to use all
honorable means to secure his nomi-
nat on"
Following are the delegates selected:
AT large: M. F. Tarpey. Alameda; {;
/ ID. Nj. Delmas. Santa Clara; ID. w.
Ca. michael. Sacramento; Joseph Sim
4 ons. Los Angeles.
First District: Thomas f. McSorley,
! CalaveIas; r. f. Dewitt, Siskiyou.
Second District; z. G.. Cohn. Sacra-
mento; ]. y. Sanford. Mendocino.
Third District; James Keys. Solano;
/ John j. Mcdonald, Alameda.
/ Fou. tn District: M. Jasper McDon-
aid. San Francisco; w. ]. MCGEE. San
/ Francisco.
/ FIFTH District: J. A. Hicks. Santa
/ Clara: w. NJ. Canno. San Frncsco
/ Sixth District: T. C. Butler, Salinas;
/ Henry Brickley. Fresno.
/ Seventh District; Martin Marsh. one
1 vote: d. f. w. Edelman, one-half vote;
+ IL. Mccarthy, one-half vote. all of
/ Los Angeles.
Eighth District: d. F. Garner. San
! Bernai dino: w. r. Shepherd. Ventura.