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being the last to speak, and beseeching the people, in the name of 

 manliness, to put a stop to the disorder. Several jjolicemen about 

 this time appeared on the .scene, and (juict was restored. Three 

 Directors for the long term were balloted for, -with the following 



result: 



Total vote. - 285 



Necessary to a elioicc 143 



Ihincock, of Sutter - - 207 



Newton, of Yolo 204 



Rose, of Los .\ngele8 — 243 



Schwartz, of San Francisco — -- 6 



Finncgan, of San Francisco 93 



Jones, of Santa Clara 1 



f'arey, of Sacramento 1 



The three first named were declared elected. 



The order then was to choose one Director for the short term. 



Mr. Chase withdrew^ the name of Mr. Finncgan. 



Major Biggs renominated Mr. Finnegan. 



By this time darkness having set in, and the gas having once been 

 turned off, and again turned on, many departed, and the Convention 

 settled down and balloted speedily. 



Total vote -18.5 



Necessary to a choice 93 



Jones of Santa Clara 102 



Finncgan of San Francisco - 83 



Mr. .Jones was dechircd elected. 



On motion of Major Biggs, the election of Mr. Jones was made 

 unanimous, and the Convention adjourned. 



During the hu4)bub, which is but faintly outlined above, so many 

 motions were made, and points raised, and suggestions interjected, 

 that it was impossible to keep track of them and give due credit; 

 but the reporter's note books show that Messrs. C. M. Chase, E. G. 

 Blessing, Major Biggs, Jerome C. Davis, J. T. Carey, W. R. Cantwell, 



I. N. Hoag, Creed Haymond, Frank Thomp.son, Judge WeUy, J. R. 

 Johnston, J. S. Woods, J. J. Green, Fred. Cox, W. C. Van Fleet. W. 



II. Lee, and Henry Schwartz, and twice as many more, made motions 

 or points of some kind, and tbey can divide them up to suit their 

 convenience, as no intelligible minutes of most of the proceedings 

 can be made at this time. It is fair to say that the election once 

 over, the members mingled together api)arently in the most ami- 

 cable manner, and viewed the whole meeting as a very lively one, as 

 it certainly was. 



At eight o'clock p. m. the new Board met. President Larue in the 

 chair; and Directors Flint, Coleman, Shippee, Colby, Newton, Rose, 

 Hancock, Perkins, and Jones, a full lioard, present. 



On motion of Mr. Rose, the salary of the Secretary was fixed at 

 fifteen hundred dollars a year — with an allowance of ninety dollars 

 for an assistant for one month during-*th(^\vear. The Treasurer's sal- 

 ary was fixed at one hundred and fifty dollars a year. 



MEETING OF THE HOAKD. 



The election of Sec^retary being entered on, G. W. C«il])ert and I. 

 N. Hoag were put in nomination. It being understood that Mr. Hoag 

 would not accept the position at the salary fixed, Mr. Gilbert was 

 elected, the vote being six to three. 

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