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The vote in San FrancUco was 8,760 bebind 

 tlmt of 1876, although three years' growth 

 should be added. 



The vote on the Constitution, as canvassed 

 by the Governor and other officers, lacking the 

 returns from Mariposa County, was 77,959 for 

 the Constitution, 67,134 against the Constitu- 

 tinii; total vote, 145,212. Majority for the 

 Constitution, 10,825. 



Grand demonstrations of the Workingmen 

 in San Francisco and Sacramento were made 

 on the adoption of the Constitution. The reso- 

 lutions adopted by the former related chiefly 

 to some local grievances. Those adopted by 

 the latter are expressive of the sentiment of 

 the meetings, some of which were as follows : 



Whereas, The Workingmcn's party is the party of 

 reform, honesty, integrity, and manhood ; 



\Ylicrea8, The new Constitution emanated from the 

 Workingmcn's party, and through its instrumentality 

 and by its votes become the law of the land ; there- 

 l'< >iv, 



Resolved. That the Workingmen are the men to ad- 

 minister the government of California according to 

 the Constitution we have given her, a right we must 

 and shall enjoy ; and be it further 



Resolved, That we thank our brothers in New York 

 and Chicago, the Internationalists and Socialists, for 

 the sympathy generously tendered us, and the admi- 

 ration expressed for our noble and gallant leader, 

 Denis Kearney. 



The political divisions of the State have been 

 greatly modified by the new Constitution. 

 There are to be no more judicial districts. Ev- 

 ery county in the State is to elect a Superior 

 Judge, with the following exceptions : Yuba 

 and' Sntter are to elect one; San Francisco is 

 to elect twelve ; and Sacramento, San Joaquin, 

 Los Angeles, Sonoma, Santa Clara, and Ala- 

 meda, two each. In addition there are three 

 railroad districts, as follows : First Railroad 

 District Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, 

 Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, 

 Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, 

 Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, 

 Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, 

 Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba. Second Railroad 

 District San Francisco, MarSn, and San Ma- 

 teo. Third Railroad District Alameda, Con- 

 tra Costa, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, 

 Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Monterey, San Beni- 

 to, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, 

 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, 

 Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne, and 

 Ventura. The Legislature has the power to 

 alter or change in any way that it sees fit these 

 districts. The other district officers to be 

 elected are the members of the Board of 

 Equalization, who are four in number, with 

 the Comptroller as chairman. They are to be 

 chosen from the Congressional Districts, which 

 are as follows: First Congressional District 



San Francisco. Second Congressional District 

 Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Cala- 

 veras, Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, 

 Nevada, Alpine, and Tuolumno. Third Con- 

 gressional District Marin, Sonoma, Napa, 

 Lake, Solano, Yolo, Sntter, Yuba, Sierra, 

 Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama, Colusa, Men- 

 docino, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyoo,! 

 Klamath, and Del Norte. Fourth Congres-f 

 sional District San Diego, Los Angeles, San 

 Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, 

 Tulare, Monterey, Fresno, Kern, Merced, Ma- 

 riposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, 

 San Mateo, Mono, and Inyo. The members 

 of the Board of Equalization are to be taken 

 from these districts, while the Railroad Com- 

 missioners are assigned to larger and different 

 groups of counties. The Third Railroad Dis- 

 trict takes in more than the Fourth Congres- 

 sional District. The Second Railroad District 

 is larger by two counties than the First Con- 

 gressional District, while the First Railroad 

 District very nearly embraces the Second and 

 Third Congressional Districts. These divisions 

 within divisions will require much forming and 

 reforming on the part of the State Conven- 

 tions. Having made the nominations for State 

 officers, they must separate first into three 

 parts to nominate Railroad Commissioners, and 

 then into four parts to nominate members of 

 the Board of Equalization and members of 

 Congress. 



An active campaign preparatory to the State 

 election was immediately commenced. Five 

 distinct parties soon held their conventions to 

 make nominations for State officers and a dec- 

 laration of their principles. 



The State Convention of the "Workingmen's 

 party assembled at San Francisco on June 3d 

 for the nomination of candidates for State of- 

 ficers. Denis Kearney, president of the party 

 in California, presided. The following ticket 

 was nominated: For Governor, "William F. 

 White; for Lieutenant-Governor, TV. R. An- 

 drus ; for Secretary of State, A. A. Smith ; for 

 State Treasurer, L. B. Clark ; for State Comp- 

 troller, Hugh Jones ; for Attorney-General, C. 

 W. Cross ; for Surveyor-General, H. J. Steven- 

 son ; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 H. D. Trout ; for Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, R. F. Morrison. 



The following platform -was reported by the 

 Committee, considered seriatim, and adopted 

 with some additions : 



The Workingmen of California, in convention as- 

 sembled, do adopt and proclaim the following as their 

 platform and declaration of principles: 



1. That wo recognize the Constitution of the United 

 States of America and the Constitution of the State 

 of California as the great charters of our liberties and 

 the paramount law of the land, and California as an 

 inseparable part of the American Union, and the sys- 

 tem of government thereby inaugurated as the only 

 wise, free, just, and equal government that has >-\ . r 

 existed the last, best, and only hope of man for self- 

 government. 



2. The letter and spirit of the new Constitution 

 must be enforced. 



