The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1898, Page 1

This Paper not to be taken from the Lib)‘al’w_ PR The Call VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 87. SAN; FRANCISCO, FRI_DAY. AUGUST 26, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE LAB REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT Predicted the Complete Ticket Before a Ballot Was Cast. Republicans Throughout the State Enthuse Over the Conven- tion’s Selections. DQUARTERS, The SACRA- | politiclans in the State the situation Republican was chaotic as far as any certainty of nve has into the results was concgrned. From the Gov- story ernor to the least of district candidates s ready ' men were making and unmaking com- binations that, to the untrained judg- e returned to ment, seemed to preclude the predic- tion of the nor In the face of homes, noise and 2es. and after i e ox. d enthu- |these facts every newspaper, except The Call, shrank from the labor and re- sponsibility he capital of even guessing the re- not red to its normal quiet | sults. Other newspapers | prepared and could not undertake the 0 ic & -, congratulations. | ,qy that The Call assumed and belief that they | Lo oo e voters of Call- | were hand ar L tes < Xp accomplished. the entire State ticket, including all of merits attentlon | ¢pe executive offices and those of rail- The > campalgn with the | sideration. road, equalization and Districts, was published on Wednesday ccess upon them, and | o ning. This forecast' in every par- that”they owe the ROB- | yioyjar, from one,end to the other, was to one of the most | jpgoiutely accurate. ventions The nominees of the Republican State roia. Congressional the. convietios ors already Teyp that ever in the history of convention Iinci- s The Call will find a conspicuous e for its journalistic triumphs. On morning, before the con- fon had begun its vital ot The Call published a com- | the ticket that the | had to At that time all was con- Wednesday work e forecast of convention assembled te. fusion in the convention city. Scores for the different were in the fleld clamoring for favor To many of the shrewdest of aspirants offices and’ vot DS FREASURER- 'TRUMAN REEVES CONTROLLER= - E. P. COLGAN N “fi g — Vé N NS LA S A forecast of | ORS OF THE Convention were thus published by The Call before the dele-~fes had cast a single ballot for a single candidate. There has seldom been in the history of newspaper work on'the Pacific Coast a triumph so complete. It fllustrates the thoroughness of The Call's news- ipaper service at Sacramento and ex- plains the natural advantages pos- sessed by The Call over other news- papers. The task that-was so successfully ac- complished involved a thorough and very exhaustive poll of the general convention and of every district convention into which, on occasions, the general convention was segregated. | To predict the results of the labors of | nearly 800 men moved by complex con- ditions and representing vast interests required labor, patience and judgment. The Call accomplished the feat and won the greatest newspaper victory of the convention. In leaving the convention city the delegates exBressed the conviction that they had performed a double task. They are convinced that they have submitted to the people of the State the names of candidates who are known for their fit- ness, ability and probity. For the politicians of the State the delegates believe that they have sup- plied that other element of geographical representation which is often so neces- sary for success. Every .great geo- graphical division of California, every great interest within the borders of the State is represented on the State ticket. This result is one of the most signifi- cant achievements of the convention which has just adjourned, and it illus- trates with what care and judgment the delegates performed the duties intrusted to their care. The Republican' State ticket four years ago was noticeably defective in this fegard. One of the not least important victo- ries of the convention was its emphatic and unmistakable repudiation of Rea- ism. The boss from Santa Clara was justly humiliated in being thoroughly discredited. His only nominee was de- feated by an overwhelming vote simply because his sponsor was Jim Rea. For the first time in many years the dele- gation from San Francisco asserted an : independence and insisted upon recognition. This assertion of liberty supplied an- other element of interest to the con- vention and won its reward in the suc- cess of a nominee. | The action of Alameda in withdraw- | ing from a contest'in which it had cen- tered all its hope of recognition, and | upon which it lavished persistent effort, | 1s one of the results of the convention | that fs now being most generally dis- | cussed. This attitude of Alameda's delegation had its effect in the conven- tion to-day. For the sake of harmony, and with a belief that the strongest as- | pitant should be given honor independ- ent-of individual ambitions; many can- didates withdrew and made the unity of Republicans throughout the State | absolutely sure. | This action on the part of various delegations that had favorite candi- dates to present explains the incidents of this morning’s session of the conven- tion. Those men best fitted to lead the fight in November won the. coveted places on the State ticket, and when the great convention at last stood ad- journed three hearty cheers were given and given again for the success of the party and its nominees. U G FLET MEN HONORED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TENANT GOVERNOR W ONEFE UPREM = TR M FA | ward by the earliest train. | end of a convention in hot weather is | not a time of gayety. NVENTION ARE OVER AFTER THE REPUBLICAN GRAND BALL. Reflections by a Man Who Did Not Dance in It a Little Bit. 'Selections Excellent, but the Sec- onding Speeches Were Too Long. BY HENRY JAMES. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 25.—The only peoplehere who are not glad the convention is over have wares to sell to thesojourner. The delegates themselves felt an imme- diate sense of relief and flitted home- The fag- known for weeks that he was in the field, and having had a period of days in which to weigh his merits, the eulogies expended for his benefit repre- sent a waste of wind and words, a trial to the patience, the promotion of perspiration, the production of profan- ity. Or to be specific they cause that tired feeling. There was only one speech yesterday worth the span of time it consumed. It was made by Van Duser, whose San Francisco identity had been lald aside by virtue of a Siskiyou proxy, and he begged for his new home in the north the boon of recognition on the ticket. He was reminiscent, personal, jocular, voiceful. His range was from laughter to tears, and he covered the distance between at a 2:40 clip. He was happy in the adaptation of terms. He held up a map to show how the northern ‘“reconcentradoes’ were cut off by a “trocha” crossing the State at Sacramento. Well done, but ineffective. Elwood Bruner made the only ad-~ dress of the day for the convention which needs expurgation, and so well did the speaker enjoy his infraction of rules ordinarily prevailing among gen- tlemen that he repeated it. Like most of the other speeches this one was sup- plied with an anti-climax. The closing hours were marked by the utmost harmony. Sections which had fought and lost showed no sign of bitterness, but hastened to insist that the selection of the triumphant oppo- sition be made, by acclamation. Republicans are gratified at the char- acter of the ticket, and I do not hear it praised by Democrats, a circum- stance which will also tend to elevate There still re- mained an imitation enough to furnish cheers to the winners and good will enough for the defeated to join in ex- tending congratulations. Heavy-eyed and listless the delegates were in their seats about half an hour later than the terms of adjournment called for and nominating speeches were soon in full blast. Not being a politi- |clan, I am unable to appreciate the .unllty of the average- nominating | speech. A little spreading of eagile is | justifiable when so important an office as that of Govarnor is at stake, but | beyond this T would limit such speeches to thirty seconds and the seconding speech to one second. ‘After a candi- date has been formally projected into consideration, the delegates, having Continued on Fifth Page. UPERINTY e SFPUBLIC ms.;'m 4 THOMAS J.KIRK . ) \—4-— / A.J.JOHNSTON N USTICE RLAND