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rns Jones ; for Attorney-General, 0. W. Cross ; 

 for Surveyor-General, F. J. Clark ; for Clerk 

 . f t ho Supremo Court, Edwin F. Smith ; for 

 Superintendent of Schools, A. L. Mann ; 

 fur Chief Justice, Nathaniel Bennett. 

 The following platform was adopted : 



Whereas, In the recent election on the adoption of 

 the new Constitution the voters of this State, without 

 regard t party lines, i>ltuiin-d a glorious victory over 

 fitt combined power of tha moneyed rings, banks, and 

 ;iims, and Imvo thus shown to all the world 

 that they huvu sufficient intelligence, honor, and pa- 

 triotism to preserve, guard, and protect the liberty 

 it 'icd to them by the illustrious fathers of tho 

 republic ; and whereas, the banded cohorts of capital 

 are now endeavoring by their usual corrupt means to 

 ;ho fruits of the recent victory of the people of 

 this State from them by electing to office those who 

 are inimical to the new Constitution, for the purpose 

 of construing and administering tho same in benalf 

 of tho moneyed power, and against the rights of tho 

 laboring and producing classes ; and whereas, the op- 

 position to the new law was unequaled in violence, 

 and tho efforts to defeat it were characterized by 

 bribery and coercion theretofore unparalleled ; and 

 whereas, a Constitution can not execute itself, but 

 must bo vitalized by appropriate legislation, and bo 

 enforced by just interpretation and friendly construc- 

 tion ; and whereas, a single transportation company 

 is collecting from the people an annual revenue so 

 enormous as to cripple all the industries of the State ; 

 and whereas, from the commencement of its existence 

 that company has been operating on capital furnished 

 entirely by the people of the State and nation ; and 

 whereas, the Democratic and Republican party organ- 

 izations, which, openly professing to ignore the sub- 

 ject of the adoption of the new Constitution, did in 

 fact use the machinery of those parties in the interests 

 of the enemies of the new Constitution in order to de- 

 feat it ; and whereas, the people adopted the new Con- 

 stitution without the aid of cither the Democratic or 

 Republican party organizations ; and whereas, the 

 presence of the Chinese in California is an unmitigated 

 evil and an intolerable nuisance ; therefore, be it 



Resolved^ That the new Constitution embodies prin- 

 ciples iust to all, oppressive to none, dear to ourselves, 

 and of untold benefits to posterity. 



Resolved, That the people of the State of California 

 would prove recreant to their own interests, false to 

 their professions of friendship to the new Constitution, 

 and deficient in a proper spirit of manhood, if they 

 were to submit that instrument to the hands of its 

 enemies, and thus permit it to be strangled in its in- 

 fancy. 



Resolved, That the New Constitution party, organ- 

 ized for the purpose of releasing the people from the 

 oppressions and thralldom of capital in the State of 

 California, can not have and is not intended to have 

 any influence whatever on the national politics of any 

 individual. 



Resolved, That in a republic, where the people are 

 the source of all political power, and where the ave- 

 nues to promotion and wealth are open and free to all 

 alike, there is not and can not be any room for agrari- 

 anLsm, socialism, or communism. 



Resolved, That the New Constitution party will pro- 

 tect the liberty, labor, and property of every citizen, 

 and that therefore it commends itself to tho support 

 of all. 



Resolved, That the first Legislature elected under 

 the new Constitution shall put into immediate effect 

 the stringent clauses of that instrument against the 

 Chinese, and that everything that can be done shall 

 be done to make the Chinese cease coming and to 

 cause those now here to speedily depart. 



Retohed, That tho State and County Central Com- 

 mittees of this party be and they are hereby directed 

 to print upon their tickets at tho next election, 

 "Against Chinese immigration," 

 VOL. xix. 8 A 



Resolved. That our principles are embodied in the 

 new ConHtitution ; that while we believe in the doc- 

 trine that principles and not men should be subserved 

 by party action, we can not safely submit the execu- 

 tion of the instrument that embodies our principles to 

 men who were but yesterday violently opposed to 

 them, and who have shown no better evidence of con- 

 vention than a desire to hold office. 



Unsolved, That tho rates of freights and fares of 

 those railroad companies in California which have 

 received Government aid should be reduced at lea.-t 

 one third, and that each person receiving a nomina- 

 tion from the New Constitution party for an office in 

 the exorcise of which, and whose duty it shaH be, to 

 establish rates of charges for the transportation of 

 passengers and freights, shall be deemed and held to 

 be pledged to carry out in good faith the policy enun- 

 ciated in this resolution, and, as far ax possible, re- 

 lieve the people of California from the extortion and 

 oppression by those great corporations. 



Resolved, That laws shall be passed to carry into 

 effect the provisions of the new Constitution, that all 

 property shall be taxed, according to its value, once 

 in each year, strictly avoiding all species of double 

 taxation. 



Resolved, That it is the duty of the Legislature to 

 provide for the election by the people of au State and 

 county officers under the Constitution, except in cases 

 where their appointment is specially provided for in 

 the Constitution. 



The following additional resolution was 

 adopted : 



Whereas, For many years after California became a 

 State mining for gold was the leading industry even 

 now it is the second ; many of her most enterprising 

 citizens, as individuals and as associations under in- 

 corporation laws, have invested millions of dollars in 

 developing placers and constructing ditches to enable 

 the miners to work the same ; and with the foregoing 

 facts in view, 



Resolved, That the New Constitution party pledges 

 itself that it will stand firm as the miners' friend, and 

 in case any attempt shall be made at any time to pass 

 unfriendly legislation the New Constitution party will 

 openly and boldly oppose any and all attempts to in- 

 fringe upon the vested rights of the miners and ditch- 

 owners. 



The following was adopted in lieu of the 

 resolution on Chinese : 



Resolved, That, in accordance with a joint resolu- 

 tion passed by the last Legislature, the Governor be 

 urged to submit to tho people of the State at the gen- 

 eral election in SeptemDer next the question of Chi- 

 nese immigration to this State ; and that, whether such 

 question be submitted officially or not, we hereby rec- 

 ommend that every ticket or the New Constitution 

 party have printed immediately following the names 

 of the candidates the words " Against Chinese immi- 

 gration." 



The Democratic State Convention assembled 

 at Sacramento on July 2d. Dr. J. B. Shorb 

 was chosen chairman. The following nomina- 

 tions were made : For Governor, Hugh J. 

 Glenn ; for Lieutenant-Governor, Levi Chase ; 

 for Secretary of State, "W. J. Tinnin ; for State 

 Treasurer, G. T. Pauli ; for Comptroller, W. B. 

 C. Brown ; for Attorney-General, Joseph Hamil- 

 ton ; for Surveyor-General, William A. Minnis ; 

 for Clerk of Supreme Court, D. B. Woolf ; for 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Henry 

 C. Gesford ; for Chief Justice, R. F. Morrison. 

 The following platform was adopted : 



1. That the Democratic party is the only party 

 which has always observed, obeyed, and maintained 



