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19 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896. T. T. LANE, AN ACTIVE DELEGATE A {Sketched by a | | ! | | T THE DEMOCRATIC CONV ENTION. : “Call” artist. | ? terior of the State abandoned the Democratic | party, when they abandoned to a large extent | the candidacy of Mr. Budd, that is the county of the State that gave to him for Governor of the State a plurality of almost 11,000, Now, then, the delegation that I am repre- senting here to-day made the fight for Mr. | Budd in San Francisco; we all participated in | end the chairmen of this convention, | jould, must say to vou, that in every bat- | | Mr. tle of that campaign, whenever the call was made, the San Francisco Demoeracy responded 1o s call, and as the result of that action this large majority was rolled up. | There are great matters here to be considered | by the party and I appeal to you to harmonize | us, to let us vote on these questions. Don’t drive us out of the party and you will get as large a plurality for your nomiuee for Presi- dent as you did for Mr. Budd, but each one of | us will go back and take off his coat and roil up as large & one for any one they may nomi- | nate, no matter who he may be. i There is another matter of which I wish to | speak. Two years ago this State Convention | adopted a platform on the railroad question, | in which you, gentiemen, made the candidates | for the office of Railroad Commissioner accept | 8 pledge that in the event of their election they would reduce fareson the Souther : Pa- cific 25 per cent. Iwant to call your atten- tion to the fact that for the first time in seven- teen years—that for the first time since the | adoption of the new constitution—a commis- | sioner was elected on such s platform, and I | want to call the attention of the farmers of the | State to the fact that the first fight that came | before that commission was a fight on their | behalf; I want to call your sattention to the | fact that every farmer in the State of California | was interested in that matter; I want to call your attention to the fact that the eyes of every farmer in the State were turned toward this | commission, to see whether or not they would | obey the behests of the Democratic party and | give to che farmers the relief to which they were entitled; to the fact that when your eyes | were turned there the same attacks were made | then as now upon that commission. Thestate- | ment was hurled broadeast to the world that | the Hon. James I Stanton was under the con- trol of Buc and that the farmers would not reczive from him the support to which they were entitled. That statement was made during the cam- | paign, and in the face of that statement before | the election he was elected by the voters of the Democratic party of San Francisco by a | plurality of over 2500. In the face of that | statement, this man not only took the pledge | to reduce fares 8 per cent,but he tookdhe pledge of the Democratic platform and intro- | duced it as the order which was finally made; | and as a reward of his honesty and as a reward of his integrity, he comes to-day before the Democratic party of the State of California, and he says to you: . | “Gentlemen, the statements that are being ] made here that this delegation is controlled | by Mr. Buckley are false. 1 give you my word | forit. I tell you that they represent the bone | and sinew of the Democratic party of Califor- | nia; that they are the Democracy of the City and County of San Francisco.” | In the face of that statement the statements ot irrésponsible persons are taken, and that | man who redeemed your party and saved the | State of California for you for the Democratic party—that manis to be turned out of this convention and is told to go back. The Demo- cratic party of this State says: “We won’t ac- | cept your word as against the word of irre- | sponsible persons in the State.” I say to you, gentlemen, that you can’t| afford o do it. I say to you, farmers, that when the bread and butter for families was concerned you did not find him false, you did | not find him recreant, yon found him standing | on your side; you found him giving the relief | you asked, and now, when he is here present- | ing his word to you in the interests of the Democratic party of this State, I ask: Cau you | afford to turn him out? ! Now, I want to say another thing. bad for Democrats to be alwayg fightin bad enough to fight the enethy on election day. Why shouldn’t every man here want to | barmonize? | 1was before the committee on credentials | last night, and there was some statement made | about our delegates not being bound by the action of this convention. Let me say, we want to be bound so far as the National plat- | form is concerned. Now, as far as municipal parties are concerned, if the representatives of the Junta are up here trying to drag municipal politics into the State Convention I say the | Democracy should repudiate it. What dif- | ference does it make to us who the Tax Collec- | tor of San Franclsco is? We want to place in the halls of Congress men whom we know to be friends of the people and friends of all those great issues recognized by the Democratic party. What difference does it make who is dogeatcher or poundmaster or Tax Collector of the City of San Francisco? | This delegation has been misrepresented in a great many things. I say they stand to-day | pleaged on all the questione that can come be- fore this body, and they have instructed Dr. | Stanton to vote for them asa unit on every question that can come before this body. And | the main question on which Dr. Stanton is in- structed is the free and unlimited cojnage of | silyer. 3 , Now, gentlemen, that is one issue that con- ‘cerns the people of the United States at the present time to a greater extent than any other issue that can come before you. The chair—Mr. Clunie, you are not speaking to the question. Clunie—Well, if vou shut me off—we | have had a great many shut-offs here—I musc stand it. Ishan’t appeal from your ruling. Clitus Barbour came forth to reply to Clunme. He got along nicely until he wandered off to St. Louis and on among the Eastern bondhoiders, and then he got yanked back to the report of the commit- tee on credentials. He spoke of the Re- publican National Convention, ‘“about which the thunders and lightnings are playing,” and Chairman Gould called him back to the question. Barbourat once got in on the lightnings again and the chair- man repped him down and the convention | laughed. Then Barbour gave Cleveland a dig by a reference to the “big bond syn- dicates,” and that raised the ire of Charles | Wesley Reed, who yelled, “Stick to the | question.” 'Mr. Barbour, you will have to confine vourself to the question,” said the chair- man again, and Barbour soon closed a de- | bate that was quite uncalied for as every- body knew how he was going to vote. Mr. Barbour’s remarks were as follows: | 1think Mr. Gould knows that, so far aslam concerned, T am his personal friend, but I want to state to you delegates, so that you will understand our position, that on these ques- tions we are pledged that no outsiae interest, no matter what it could be, could change it, | bebause we have taken a pledge, first, on free silver, and, second, against the funding bill, and on this question we have taken the resolu- tions of the San Francisco Daily Excminer and have adopted them word for word as our pledge; and we stand here pledged to-day for | delegates at large to Hon. Stephen M. White, | Hon. James G. Maguire and Hon. W. W. Poute. | Now, gentlemen, I have taken up enough of | your time. I believe that you are fair men, | s and I say to you that,no matter how you de- cide this question, we will give to every | C‘Q\ principle of Democracy all the support we | 2] can, also to every candidate nominated; but | 2\_/—<\~ we hope that you will not send us back with: out a little encouragement; that you may s t0 us, *‘Buys, go ahead; roll up your majority and give it to our nominee, whoever he may be”; without giving us the recognition that justice requires. I came up to this convention as & Democrat— | as a full-grown Democrat—a 16 to 1 Democrat. 1 oppose the motion of the gentleman to re- | duce me to the condition of half a Democrat. Iam perfectly willing to stand by the proposi- tion made from the first time that any contest arose among us, to submit ourselves to the jurisdiction of the suthorities of the Demo- cratie party. Iproposed it at the time before your State Central Committee—the time an appeal was presented to this convention—to | say who constituted and represented the Democratic party of San Francisco; and if the | verdict should pe against us Istood ready to | yield the right of wgy to the gentleman from | Solano and his friends, and thatif it should be for us he would make no {nterference and no | interruption to the further control of the | Democratic organization of San Francisco. | Now, the offers of the gentlemen are extremely generous here, and I do not propose to spesk in unkindness now about any of them, for they | are good Democrats—as good Democrats, per- | haps, as I am—and I recognize the fact. I would not take one laurel from the brow of their chairman, the Hon. James I Stanton, and if Mr. Stanton wants my proxy I will give it to | him now cheerfuliy. It is not, gentlemen, a question of harmon- izing the Democratic party of San Francisco, because harmony is bound to ensue among the | Democrats there. They will bow to the judg: ment of the majority, as declared by the su: preme and highest autharity, and will work | | together harmoniously when Demoeratic suc- cess is imperiled. It rests with them whether they will continue to defy authority and arro- gate to themselves the right to go back and | represent the Democracy of San Francisco, not | can people. marked: are behind the Republican candidate you | Reed, and the chairman again called the | speaker to order. | unanimously adopted. { that all resolutions be offered without only as to Rational politics, but as to munici- pal politics; for I assure you, gentlemen, they are so bound together that yon can’t say you are & Demoerat for one and not for the other. Now, gentlemen, there are many considera- tions which ought to bring you into the fold with us. We believe alike. We are going to | make a platform you will ail indorse. - We will | declare for free silver; we will pronounce against sccret politico-religious societies. [Ap- plause. ] % Why should we stand out and fight? Iask you to observe how the Democratie heart is be- ing stirred and how the Democratic spirit is being uplifted in these United States against all blandishments of the money power, plac- ing the Democratic party where Andrew Jack- | son placed it in a great battle against the money power that was then spreading its tentacles all over the industries oi the United States. The chair—The gentleman is not speak- ing to the question. Barbour—I sometimes go a litile way to bring around my point and that is the proposition. Now, as I say you will see the lightnings playing around over that | convention at St. Louis—the lizhtnings of public indignation. At best threy bow down before the golden calf and that lightning of indignation will be tollowed by the thunaers of disgust of the Ameri- The speaker was called to order @and re- “If you ao not think the trusts | can think so. They have been behind Presidents and bond syndicates—"" “Speak to the question,” shouted C. W. The convention did not want to hear any more speeches and yelled: *“Question.’’ Ciunie's amend- ment got a respectable little bunch of ayes and then the report was almost The report of the committee on order of business was presented by De Vries of Btockton, as published this morning in THE CaLL. Its chief featuresare the ap- pointment by the chair of a committee of thirty-five on platform and resolut debate; the report of the committee on platform and resolutions; the election of four dJelegates-at-large, and four alter- nates; the selection of two Presiden- tial electors at large and two alter-| nates; reports of the district appointment by the chairman of twenty members at large of the State Central Committee; that the State Central Com- mittee be empowered to adopt a constitu- tion,; ‘that it take steps to incorporate the party organization; that all delegates to the National Convention and Presidential electors pledge themselves before the con- vention to support only nominees in har- mony with the platform adopted. Henry Hogan of Napa at once offered a resolution and asked that it might be adopted without reference. It was a tribute to the late Denis Spencer and was quickly adopted by a rising vote of the convention. It was as follows: WHEREAS, In the course of eventsdeath has claimed the soul of Denis Spencer; and wheress, the State of California has sustained thereby a lasting loss; and wheress, the De- mocracy now misses & Wwise counselor, a trusted adherent and honest advocate; be it Resolved, By the Democracy in convention assembled as a tribute to his memory that we deeply deplore his deatn. The report of the committee on order of business was unanimously adopted, and then the chairmsn announced the follow- ing committee on platform and resolutions: Alford, Tulare; H. C. Gordon, San Joa- q Gillis Doty, Sacramento; W. W. Foote, Alameda; F.D. Nichols, San Joaquin; James V. Coleman, Clitous Barbour, E. B. Pond. 3. C. Hassett, Ssmuel Braunhart,W. J. Biggy, Charles Wesley Reed, San Francisco; Thomas F. Lane, Calaveras; A.Caminetti, Amador; E. D. Ed- wards, Fresno; C. F. Dooling, San Benito; H. W. Patton, Los Angeles; Raleigh Barcar, Solano; D. M. Baker, Orange; Mark L. Plaisted, Riverside; A. B. Paris, San Bernardino; Charles Aull, Sacramento} Jobn ¥. Purdy, Tuolumne; George W. Fox, San Mateo; Bart Burke, Santa Cruz; U, 8. Gregory, Amador; E. L. Fitzgerald, Alameda; D. H. Arnold, Colusa; James Curran, Humboldt; Jo Hamilton, Placer; T.J.Geary, Sonoma; J. F. Burke, Marin; J.D. Goodwin, Piumas; John McGonigle, Ventura, FRAMING THE .PLATFORM. ions; | Wesley Reed’s Gold-Standard Plank Voted Down, SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 17.—At 8:15 order. Eugene Deuprey moved the adop- tion of a resolution placing a limit of five minutes to speeches on resolutions and also restricting the speeches to one on selec- | each side. John P. Irish moved as an amendment tions for delegates and alternates fo Jacobs of San Joaquin stepped to the platform before any other business had a chance, and with a flattering address pre- sented to Speaker Gould a gavel to pre- serve as a souvenir of the honor conferred on him. Thegavel was made of wood from the old ship Hartiord. Chairman William H. Aiford of the committes on resolutions then, without further loss of time, reported the platiorm as prepared. The anti-railroad planks; reference to Senator White and Congress- man Maguire and their efforts against it; those also of Senator Morgan of Alabama; the indorsement of President Cleveland (except as to his financial policy) and of the administration of Governor Budd; the plank denouncing the American Protec- tive Association; the declaration in favor of the income tax, notwithstanding the | Supreme Court of the United States, were all wildly applauded. C. Wesley Reed presented a minority re- port on the financial plank, which in- dorsed Oleveland: without qualification, setting up the gold standard. Its reading was midly applauded. In speaking for his resolution Reed said he took great pleasure in standing up for Cleveland when other Democrats were de- nouncing him. Cleveland had said what he would do before he was elected, and he had kept his pledge. California more than any other State should indorse his policy ; California had re- fused to accept paver money when the rest of the Nation accepted it and her citizens were termed traitors for so doing. Now this convention proposed through its platform to indorse a financial policy that repud}nted allits history on the currency question, The applause that broke in on him was that very faint praise that is akin to dam- nation. Even his peroration that lauded | Cleveland without reserve called out but a | scattered handclap. The amendment was killed by a vote of 417 against, 202 for. il e THE GOLD PLANK. | Substitute Submitted by a Minority of the Committee. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 17. —Follow- ing is the gold plank as offered by the mi- nority of the committee on platform: Tne following members of your committee on’platform and resolutions present the fol- lowing minority report as a substitute for the financial plank of the majority of the com- mittee. E. B. PoxNp, | J. T. BURKE, DE Wrrr ARNOLD, CHARLES WESLEY REED. We indorse the administration of President Cleveland as wise, patriotic and Democratic. ‘We commend his courage and fidelity in main- taining the financial honor of our country | sacred and unimpaired. We are unqualifiedly | in favorof the present gold standard of values. | We favor the use-of both gold and silveras money and believe that our Government | should coin and keeo in circulation asa part | of the circulating medium as large an amount | of silver as can be employed without destroy- | ing or threatening to destroy the existing par- ity of value between the unit in gold and the unit 1n silver. | We favor the retirement of small bills and | goM coin under the value of $10, in grder | that silver coins may find a certain and gen- | eral circulation. We are opposed to a descent to monometal- | lism, and particularly to a silver monometal- lism with its depreciated and depreciating standard of values. We are firmly convinced that the free and unlimited coinage of silver by our Government at & ratio of 16 to 1, with- out co-operation on the part of the other great commercial natious of the world, would re- duce this country to a condition of silver monometallism, entailing upon n= a financial panic and commercial and industrial disaster. We are utterly and irrevocably opposed to the adoption of any such policy. California is one of the great gold-producing States of the world. From tradition and practice she is wedded to the gold standard. The obligations | of our people are payable only in United States | gold coin, and the withdrawal of gold from our | currency (the Inevitable result of free silver at | | | 16 to 1) will merely render it more difficult for California debtors to pay their debts. | — e CLUNIE MUST WAIT. Congressional Nomination In the _ Fifth Postponed. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 17.—The Fifth District Convention met at once after the adjournment of the morning session in the north end of the pavilion. Itschief result was a blow to Clunie and the tem- porary salvation of Joseph P. Kelly by a postponement of the Congressional nomi- nation until July 20 at Redwood City. The withdrawal of Schellar of -San Jose left only Clunie and Kelly in the fight. (esford of Napa, it transpired yesterday, has his eye on the Congressional nomina- tion in the Fifth. Gesford is said to have just come to the city, and to be willing to take the nomination before he is regis- tered. However Gestord is not yet openly in the fight. 1 | the National ports on nominations of Presidential EdE LAk of )’on.o, leach Assembly district or county; the N P.)RTER. = ExDorADO 2.7, Sullivan. Lare Capramy o e S'qnFrRANCICO_ WolFETonE Quarkps SOME INTERESTING CHARACTERS AT THE SACRAMENTO CONVENTION. Convention; district re- electors; nomination of a Lieutenant- Governor; the election of a State Central Committee, including two members from each Congressional district and one from i that the consent of the convention might remove the restriction. % Deuprey accepted the amendment, but when the question was put as to ihe adop- _ Clunie and Kelly have been doing lively hustling. Clunie night before Jast secured the indorsement of the Santa Clara dele- gation, giving him a solid block of twenty- tion of the resolution-the, cry against gag'| five votes. He claims mostof San Mateo’s law and for free speech succeeded in hav- ing it tabled. six votes, As forly-nine votes constitute & majority, Clunie needs aboat twenty-fivs [ vl T of the sixty-seven San Francisco votes. How the San Francisco vote was divided to-day nobody knew exactly, but it was conceded on all hands tLat if a nomina- tion was made at the convention to-day Clunie would be nominated by a consider- able majority. Kelly and his friends knew this, or were afraid of it, and their policy was to secure a postponement of the nom- ination, in which they succeeded. Clunie’s supporters tried to force the nomination to-day. It may appear strange that they were not able to do so if they were in a major- ity, but the situation was that while a majority may have favored Clunie as be- tween him and Kelly there were a great many of the delegates who were not very, enthusiastic about either candidate; and many of those reaay to support Clunie, if necessary to vote at all, were inclined to wait and see if a litt!e time would not de- velop some other candidate whom they might consider more satisfactory. James Denman was made chairman of the district convention and B.J. Harvey secretary. A ‘motion to postpone the nomination for Congress was debated at considerable length. Max Popper, Kugene Denprey and others favored it, and Joseph M.Nougues and other friends of Clunie op- posed it. The proposition to postpone the Congressional nomination was carried by a vote of 60 to 44. Two members-at-large of the State Cer- tral Committee were elected, and the re- sult gave Daggett, Lanigan and Raney one of the members. Lanigan worked it by getting in his work early. He made a combination with Santa Clara on W. Doyle of San Francisco and W. P. Veuve of San Jose, and the combi- nation won. 'James Denman was also nominated in the convention, but he was slaughtered for Lanigan’s man. Santa Clara’s twenty-three votes went to Doyle, and the vote stood: Veuve 78, Doyle 70 and Denman 32. Ex-Judge Levy said to-night: *‘It iscon- ceded that Mr. Kelly will receive the nomination, because he is the logical can- didate of the party and individually the strongest and most popular man in the digtrict. The rank and file of the party are unanimous in their demand for his nomination. The vote on the nomination will in all likelihood be about 65 for Kelly and 35 for Clunie. The district is naturally in the neighborhood of 6000 Republican.’’ DAGGETT’S VICTORY. Many of His Followers Elected Central Committeemen. SACRAMENTO, Cair., June 17.—Dag- gett achieved a brillhant victory to-day, as was expected by all who knew the secret power he had acquired through his own patronage and bustling and through his combination with Rainey and Lanigan. Daggett and his lieutenants, including the mint forces, Lanigan, Eddie Greaney and the whole Rainey squad, have been devoting themselves mainly to this pur- pose that Daggett may be strong in the State machine. In the Fifth Disirict Lanigan won one of the two committeemen at large by his successful combination with Santa Clara, resulting in the election of T. W. Doyle of San Francisco and W. P. Veuve of San Jose. In the Fourth District George T. Marye and E. B. Pond were named. Nearly all the Assembly district dele- gates chose their State Central Commit- teemen to-day and the result shows that fourteen or fiiteen of the eighteen will be | controlled by the Daggett and affiliated in- fluences. The following are the selections: Twenty-eighth District—John F. McGovern. Twenty-ninth—Samuel Braunhart, Thirty-first—Sydney Hall. Thirty-second—Timothy Donovan. Thirty-third—Thomas E. Seully, i Thirty-fourth—C. E. Willbeck, Il Thirty-fifth—J. H. Grady. Thirty-seventh--James Byrnes. Thirty-eighth— — Brobeck. - Thirty:ninth—Samuel Kohiman. Fortieth—M. C. Hassett. Forty-first—John H. Mueh. Forty-second—Joseph Hayes. Forty-tnird—T. J. Pindar. Forty-fourth—John J. Lynch. e s DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. Delegates, Electors and Natlonal Committeemen Chosen. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 17.—The First District Convention elected Thomas B. Dozier ' of Shasta and Harry Wise of Marin, delegates, and F. R. Wehe of Sierra and W. L. Bransford of Tehama, aiter- nates. 8. L Allard of Humboldt was nominated for elector, with J. E. Pardee of Lassen, alternate. Henry Hogan of Napa and J. F. Coonan of Humboldt were eiected members of the State Central Com- | mittee. The convention adjourned to meet in Napa, August 15. In the Second District, E. J. Rector of Nevada and T. T. Lane of Calaveras were elected delegates, and D. T. Donahue of Yuba and N. L. Hunter of Inyo, alternates. For presidendial elector, F. 8. Nichol ot San Joaquin was named, with General Montgomery of Butte, as alternate. J. J. Noonan of 8an Joaquin and J. D." 8proul of Butte. are committeemen. A Congress- man will be nominated on July 21 in Sac- The Sixth District elected Joseph Myer iand W. R. Burke of Los Angeles, dele- gates, and Thomas Varmody and Ewing | of Ventura, alternates. Merritt of Monte- rey was named for elector, with L. C. Till- | man of Los Angeles, alternate. The con- vention adjourned to meet in Ventura on August 2. The Seventh nominated L. J. Maddux for Congress. The following additional selections were made: Delegates, George E. Church of Fresno .and O. F. Trippertz of San Diego; alternates, H. H. Jastro and 0. A. Smith of Riverside; State Central | Committee, H. H. Jastro of Kern and E. D. Edwards of Fresno. Adjourned to call of chairman. —— CAMINETTI DECLINES. Will Not Make the Race Agalnst Grove L. Johnson. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 17.—In the Second Congressional District caucus to- day the majority ot the time was con- sumed in criticizing Grove L. Johnson, who is considered aimost invincible. An effort was made to persuade Caminetti to accept the nomination for Congress, but he absolutely refused to do <o, on the ground that he was of the opinion that new material might make a better show- ing against Johnson. John Rectorof Nevada City and Thomas Laine of Angels Camp were chosen dele- gates to the Chicago convention; D. P. Donahue and W. L. Hunter, alternates. Frank D- Nichols was unanimously chosen Presidential elector, General J. W. B. Montgomery alternate. Colonel Nunan and J. D. Sproule were elected members of the State Central Committee. ELECTRICTROURLE A1 FERNDALE An Enterprising ¥Young Man With a Franchise Mixes Up Things. FERNDALE, CaL., June 17.—Consid- erable excitement existed here to-day, occasioned by the arrest of the represen- tative of the Westinghouse Electric Com- pany of S8an Francisco. Some time ago a young man named Nelson secured the franchise and was successful in placing a well equipped electric plant with about 250 lights in this town, and it was generally understood that Nelson was backed by an uncle in San Francisco, whom he claimed was wealthy. The entire plant was pur- chased by Nelsen on credit, and the West- inghouse people, being among the leading creditors, sent H. D. Scribner here to look after their interest, and made an attempt to get possession of thedynamosand other electrical fixtures, claiming them under a conditional bill of sale. Scribner was arrested for attempting to pull down wires and to detach converters from buildings. The charge is misde- meanor. Holders of mechanics’ liens will enjoin any one from removing any part of the plant until a settlement is made. Nelson has left for parts unknown, and numerous creditors mourn his departure, e Councitman Fay Qualifies. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 17.—Judge Lori- gan to-day signed the decree in theselec- tion contest giving J. P. Fay the seat oc- cupied in the City Council by Homer Prindle from the Second ward. This aft- ernoon J. P. Fay appeared before the City Clerk and took the oath of office. NEW TO-DAY. “Shy, John, do you see how these Cheap John clothiers and wood-chopper tailors are advertising their bargaips *' Y “Yes, and the ‘bargains’ are on paver only; I've no use for them or their ‘bargains.” 1go to ahouse that keeps faith with the public. Thelr bargauns ARE bargains.” 1 sale this week of Trousers. gmit‘ly all wool, perfectly tailored, best of workmanship and trimmings; substan- tial, dressy fabrics. Medium and dark shades; good enough for the professional man—cheapenough for the workingman. 500 pairs Trousers, worth $4, $5 and $6; this week at $3-50. See ourdisplay. Great reductions inthe price of Men’s Suits. ramento. In the Fourth, James G, Maguire was renominated for Congress, and an adjourn- ment taken until to-morrow. . Mail orders h ive our best attention