The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIV.—N O FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEFF'S VIC . mmzmumu PARDEE AND BROWN ROUTED Jnited Their Forces Against the Man From Placer to HEADQUARTERS, Sacra- b 3.—As set forth in The the gubernatorial ire opposing the aspi- T. Gage of Los Ange- issues, united met with . ors. . ~ The e afternoo; ig- tes rage a support e combined following of contest b = ning than a mple struggle for the honor of presiding over the great body of delegates. Every vote ast shadowed & ballot for a guberna- 1 aspirant. As shown in The Call this morning, the opponents of Gage saw yesterday _“that their only possible hope of victory : rested in a combined effort to thrust the Los Angeles man out of the fight : by _binding the convention to select its | - gubernatorial nominee from the central | . or northern part of the State. Such a decision could not be won from the con- vention except by a union of forces. Brown and Pardee, who have a com- - munity of interest as agalnst Gage, »eld a conference and determined upon Neff this| cigeq to force rman of | themselves to a candidate for tempo- | a plan of action that suggested at least Fitzgerald, of minor in | enthusiastic 7 | At that ti | action was to attempt the adoption. of a resolution restricting the cholice of | the convention to the northern and cen- | tral counties. The opponents of Gage | had no means then of knowing that the managers of the southern man had de- the issue, to pledge ce naturally became s to the scheme. | rary chairman and to hazard their own | fortunes by selecting a nominee for | Lieutenant Gove | Jacob H. Neff. This policy of the Gage | forces in a very material measure gave other gubernatorial candidates the weapon for which they had been | seeking. | Another conference was held this morning and the plan of action was changed to suit the new conditions. | Instead of framing the resolution as { indicated it was decided to oppose Neff | for chairman. If the opposition proved | successful it -would show that the nanipulation of certain forces might efeat Gage. In fighting Neff the country delegates, who are not fol- lowers of elther ~Brown or Pardee, might be coaxed into line with the cry that a combination between Los An- geles and San Francisco had been per- fected. The Pardee forces marched through the streets shouting in unison that they would break the “slate,” no r in the person of e the only feasible plan of | | Henry T. Gage on the first ballot. | Henry T. Gage. Beat _G__age. matter what the consequences. A candidate to oppose Neff as temporary chairman was sought and found in J. C. Campbell of San Francisco. Votes were rounded up and every- thing was placed in readiness for the battle of the afterncon. If Neff won it was admitted on all sides that the victory foreshadowed the triumph of No political trick was to be overlooked, therefore, and when the convention as- sembled there was the anticipation of events far more Important than the election of temporary officers. As even this transpired Jacob H. Neff won an overwhelming victory. The convention rang with cheers as the triumph presaged the coming of All the delegates of Alameda, with a few scattering in other counties, and. | representing the Pardee contingent, voted solidly for J. C. Campbell. Most of the smaller northern counties, grouped as followers of L. H. Brown, fell into the same column to defeat. San Francisco, Los Angeles and practically all of the southern counties ranged up behind Neff and carried him into the chair. The convention saw that Gage will be the nominee for Governor and Neft for Lieutenant-Governor. The organization of the convention, the selecting of committees, and the right to dictate the entire policy of the Continued on Page Seven. l @@9@_@@@0@@0006‘@@@6 B8 s L 08 2 OB Sl LS R L s e Sl g S R i I L RNt RN RN R ANANBEAVBRBBERNNRL 0000 PUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION AS THIS LOOKS LIKE THE TICKET. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 24.—At 1 o'clock this morning it is practis cally certain that the Republican State ticket will look as follows when it _is completed: Governor—Henry T. Gage, Los Angcles. lieutenant Governor—Ja- cob H. Nefl, Colfax. Secretary of State—Charles ¥. Curry, San Francisco. Controller—E. P. Colgan, Santa Rosa. Treasurer — Truman . Reeves, San Bernardino. Attorney General—Tirey L. Ford, San Francisco. E Clerk of Supreme Court— George 'W. Root, San Fran- ciseo. Justice of Supreme Court— W. C. Van Fleet, San Fran- etseo. Justice of Supreme Court— T. B. McFarland, Sacramento. Surveyor Gemeral—M. J. Wright, Visalia. Superintendent Public In- straction—Thomas J. Kirk, Fresno. Superintendemt Printing—A. J. Sacramento. Railroand Commissioner— First District, E. B. Edson. Siskiyou; Second District, —; Third District, N. Blackstock, Ventura. i Board of Egqualization— First District, —; Second Dis- triet, Aleck Brown, Milton; Third District, Foarth District, George L. Arnold, Los Angeles. Congress — First District, John A. Barham, Santa Rosa; Second District, Frank D, Ryan, Sacramento; Third ‘District, Vietor J. Metealt, Oakiand; Fourth Distriet, Julius Kahn, San Francisco; Fifth District, D."J. Murphy, San Francisco; Sixth District, R. J. Waters, Los Angeles; Seventh District, J. C. Need- ham, Modesto. BRIVVBRVABRS of State Johnston, & ® L e e e e e e R R A 1 BROWN AND FLINT RETIRE Pardee, Sullen Yet Hopeful, Alone Opposes the Man From the South. CALL HEADOUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23.—This is the way a well known San Francisco attorney | who came here for the purpose of plac- ing one of the many gubernatorial as- pirants in nomination sums up the events of the day: “There is nothing to it but Gage. Brown, Pardee, and the other small fry are dead cocks in the pit.” It may be a blunt way of expressing it, but for all that it is none the less true. To-night the Gage boomers are jubilant. and their joy but adds to the solemnity with which the followers of the less fortunate candidates view the mistakes and misfortunes of the past few hours. They admit defeat, but they still cling to the hope that some sort of political earthquake may yet so dis- arrange the pieces in the game that a new deal will be called for and all hands will haye an opportunity to start in afresh, having experience gained of past mistakes as a guide to certain success. But there will be no earthquake of the kind hoped for. To-night Gage is being treated to a landslide of votes, and there is no longer any doubt that he will be nominated on the first bal- lot. Brown was the first to realize this and to-night his withdrawal from the race is announced. Pardee is sullen. but determined to stay to the end, and | egates assembled here. They ascers the others are nowhere. | tained their mistake when it was too To-day was the first day of the Re- | late, and after they had put forward publican State convention, a conven- |a candidate to beat Neff for the chair- tion that was expectéd to be one of the | manship. notable ones in the history of the party The deplorable weakness as shown by in this State. This expectation will | the size of the vote cast by Neff's oppo- probably not be rlalized, as the condi- | nent alsc exposed the weakness of the tions that have tipped the balance in | man who had put him forward, and favor of the favorite son of the south | was the first indication of what might land will also wield an influence in the | be expected to follow. contest for minor places on the ticket. | When the convention closed its ses- Even so, there are enough candidates | sion for the day the landslide began, and to spare, and the remaining days | and in The Call of Thursday morning of the session will not be without in- | will probably be printed Henry T. terest. Gage’s address accepting the nomina- As was foretold in these dispatches |tion for Governor at the hands of the yesterday, Jacob H. Neff, the old Re- | Republican State Convention. publican warhorse of Placer County, | ywhile the contest between the aspir- was chosen as the temporary presiding | antg for the gubernatorial nomination officer of the convention. To-day he | pgs been the most absorbing topic of will be made permanent chairman, and | ¢y day, other things have happened, if present calculations don’t miScarry, | gome of them having a direct bearing he will also recelve the nomination for | o the scramble for the place at the e gnauy Spyemog head of the ticket, that are of particular His selection for the chairmanship | interest to the people of the State. was taken by the opponents of Gage | There is yet grave doubt as to who will as an opportunity of showing their | po selected as nominee for the two strength. That the result was disas- places on the ticket aesigned to Asso- trous was due to the fact that the inex- | siate Justices for the Supreme Court, }f:l‘@:‘c:n:; e By and Pardes polit- | and this doubt is wholly due to the ral. em into the error of believing that their candidates were foad;Infiueuce (RS A0 PTicD NeOLY the choice of a large portion of the del- Continued an Seventh Page.