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‘'HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900. CONVENTION RULED BY THE RAILROAD Continued From First accomplis convention were d delegates were vention met. The 1 by the chair- man were selected for him, d the names were written lists, wh precaution to re ch he did 1y the entire asser Loss of intere forts which have done service before an by use have become ragged at the edges. | Such little respect aid to their hearers t repeated ed, the delegates ha and when rionettes, When or Tobs an par thern Page. handed to him in type- not take the d before he went upon stumbled which marks ¥ egates had tick- but they oke. roceeded to ng to the rej The corruption of public he shame of VOTE BY COUNTIES. How the Ballots Were Cast in the Contest for Delegates at lLarge. CALL HEADQUARTERS, MENTO, May 1 the at large: B to The Cail. SACRA- ~The following is vote by counties for delegates ublie ed LITTLE TIME LOST COUNTIES. Ay Alameda Alpime Amador Butte .. Calaveras ... Colusa . Contra Costa. . Del Norte El Dorado. . Fresno .... Glenn Humbeoldt . Inyo .. Kern Kings . Lake Lassen ..... Los Angeles Madera .... Marin Maripos .o Mendocino ... Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange FPlacer Flumas . .e Riverside .... Sacramento .. San Benito..... San Bernardino San Diego..... San Franecisco Sam Joagul San Luis Obispo. San Mateo. . Santa Barbar: Santa Clara.... Santa Cruz Shasta .. Sierra siskiyou Solano .. Sonomn . Stanislnus . Sutter . Tehama . Trinity . Tulare . Tuolamne . Ventura Yolo ... Yuba LT -9 o XY = - - BRSASHR B BREL &0 ®® 10 1579 537 542 481 200 Totals .... S CENTRAL COMMITYEE. Republicans Who Will Ass'st in of the the [ireciisn 3 s 3 3 3 56 3 6 - BBSS DN BTN auana®esh alo! -3 10 o o “ 26 CL) S st aasarEaan Coming ‘ampaign Harris, , Markleville . Jackeon. e n, Coll Alvar ster. nes, ¥resno. Willows. eid. iville. Aletown. e Porker, Log Ang Madera—John Marin—Wil Marip e Z. Farrell, O . 1. Dargle, Ogkiand; 5. do, Martine: Placerville. naence. o oML tan®. 14 ‘The members al Committee are: easanton; land; F, hell, San Andreas. strict, J. C. Bull t. Adam Putnam, DR B EEERERE acmoamal POCWOCUMBEES N CEARRSO N cpoBmMan Jr., Fern- strict)—M. J. Ar- District) — T. C. ccond District)—James 1 District)—George fourth District)—A. P. enty-fifth Distriet)—~Walter | glad to see him come back & | welcome hand to him. | party ‘of C: Mendocino—J. H, Barker, Ukiah, Merced—J. W. Knox, Merced. Jtodoe—J. T. Laird, Alturas. “orlett, Nana. F. E. Wadsworth, Nevada City. ge—7Z. B. West, cer—L. L. Chamb Plumas—F. G. Hall, Riverside—M, J. I cramento (Twe: Sacramento her Jr. Riverside. «th” District) —Willlam ; Twenty-first District— acramento; Twenty-second am, Folsom. niels, . San Diego (Sev- Stewart, Nepstor, jnth Distri. San Franc H ; Thomas Shee- n, Stockten; O. J. | Brooks, Sah Luts . Redwood City. Burke, Santa Alto; Mateo—George C Santa Barbara— W. F. I THE CONVENTION ed from Second Page. I agree that it needs men with | in 1 agr, requires t; that it requir ; that it ares abili T degr And at the Spreckels What | arisen upon the conye n about his hostil- | jam McKinley? 1 assert—: | he witnesses are on the floor of the con- | vention within sound of my voice—that he personal friend of Willlam McKin- | and that Willlam McK will be | 1d extend the lause.) an: mi, fe and tw ave got p nnot be punctured, but the great pressure of natural laws| punctures them all the time; and machine | poiiticlans and machine politics have too often been jepudiated at the polls, that | you should not learn to listen. | I say this because I feel, and feel deep- | that Mr. Spreckels has been made the ! victim of an unjust, of a covert, of a hidden assault; and all 1 want—and what I think every man geis in a Republican conventior fair play, common honesty. And if a lifelong record of integrity, iIf a lifelong record of honesty, if a lifelong record of devotion to the Republican par- devotion to the great industrial industries of the State fits John D. Spreck- els—if it fits any man—to go to that con- vention, ‘then the destinies of California will be safe in his har and I second his | nomination. (Applause.) ght and with ae- | t; men n’ “air- tive brains e Levinsky Utters a Warning. A. L. Levinsky of San Joaquin seconded the nomination of John D. Spreckels. He that 1 am t I cannot from’ the American )quence, neither have I any other kind of muscle a_the glory of the stars Old Glory that they all (laughter). . We have heard all about America and new America. We have rd plaudits of the great Republican party w, just for a very few moments, let us | n, every-day, ordinary, good | sense. (Applause and laughter). Now, I am talking to the entire Republican | ifornia, because your representa- ere from every county in this State. r God's sun who has no der God's hedvens how me . and I will show j one and sinew, with a tongue to but a brought nd prockels 1s 3 ne hter) in this, N get down to p tives are b e 1s not that is great truth and keey er and man is responsible n the scope ) 1 as I can as an v for John bu, gentlemen, we are going . ocratic party; we | goirg to mes=t th party that comes | a tent s h Dakota; we ing to m d up Populist ty that com in Cincin- ' We are { knows wh every party Pt ing to meet & art party c: &t any s id meet—and We are the solid n party got no walkover. Don't at all we have got to say and we carry the thing “We will, all the same!") want some good notices throughout the ou will want some grand editorials. | at, because 1 am not authorized, | I were; but If The Call does est that bralns can give to nd kick. 1f they find fault with ake your medicine the way I took It to- | (Laughter.) Iam telling you: don’t make | e gentlemen. Now, I say to you this, | lay aside all prejudice | As the gentieman who preceded | let us come together. I am not h»re‘ or pleading, but be candid with your- nd do that which is for the best inter- party: and you cannot make any en you send John D. Spreckels to (Ap: and cheers.) I thank | Lacey’s Fearless Words. C. F. Lacey of Monterey made a ring- ing and feariess speech in advocating the | nom tion of Mr." Spreckels. Mr. Lacey | begging Cha!rman and - gentlemen of the MB-\ he fact that the delegates from this on to Phfladelphia go instructed for | onal administration makes it & measure ance who the {hdividuals shall | Much has been said with rious clalms of the gentle- have been submitted. I y against any one of them. | representative Republicans of this | mere fact that their names are s convention is to me a suffi- | 00f that they are worthy, even did I| :ng about their history in connec- olitical matters of the past few years. There are, however, I submit to you, gentie- men, matters of supreme importance in connec- | with the selection of these delegates. It | It is as piain to you 10 express p of John D. nd 1 will tell you v reckels. (Ap- No one who | will ba nemed here to-night has contributed | pore toghe Republican party In this State than | h Be: Wt that matter, there are none of them wha ny claims at all, so far as | service in behalf of the Republican r 1s coneerned There 1s n within the sound of | who does not owe more to the R party than he will ever be able to pay; no one who 1 ben=ath the folds of our flag but has | received more through the beneficence of | passed by Repu cans than he will ever be able or through personal service in the furtherance £ political destinies of the party. So I say, then. put them all upon | an equality So far as their merits are con- | cerned Gentlemen, candidl what are the rt Repubbea te going to to-morrow morning. ¥ John D. Spreckels | caten in this convention? What nre. thes | Yoy know, as well as 1 know that the Stawart Republicans are going 10 'quit being pro 4 builymzzed and blidozsd ‘an et of it The anisgenion o S, | Spreckels—it exists in thiz convention, we all | know that—comes from what? I m-t a delegate this afternoon who pretended to state to me, or he did state, as one of his reasons, that | the policy of the paper conducted by Mr. Spreckels was not in accord with | the Republican principles. Why_-l grammed | | , falr play | ¢ ! can still muster 80,000 men on the fighting | are disposed so that if any point should entertained at Beira and the English | officers who are passing through are showing him courtesie The Lisbon Cab- inet is understocd to count on British pro- tection_in the event of Boer aggression. | | "All the morning papers give long ac- | counts of the reception of the Boer dele- | abstract of British casualties since the | Who, as suggested by a _ previous | we shall believe upon the future pol- BOERS ATTEMPT TO STORM MAFEKING Approach of the British Relief Column Causes Them to Redouble the dttack on the Garrison. ONDON, May 16—4:30 a. m.—"Food | will last until about June 10,” is the | latest word from Colonel Baden- | Powell, the British commander at Mafeking, sent to Lord Roberts un- der date of May 7. Five days later the Boers attempted to storm the town, and it is possible that they succeeded, al- though nothing Is known of the attack or of its results, except through Pretoria sources, which have no countenance here. The British relief column is due there now. Ten days ago General Snyman was | having difficulty in keeping the burghers | together, owing to the approach of the, British, and when the last Associated Press dispatch left Mafeking, on May 7, the Boers had killed, on the previous day, one of the horse guards and had captured several of Colonel Baden-Powell's few re- maining horses. Major . D. Baille has sent to the Morn- ing Post from Mafeking, under date of | Muy 7, this message: . his morning the Boers attacked us. Result as usuai. There is an aching void here. Pass the loaf.” The Transvaal army has taken a posi- tion at Blaauwbascndoort Pass, near | Heilbron road station, fifty miles north of Kroonstad. Ite rear guard is still holding | the hills north of Valsch River, while | the Boer scouts are in touch with Britsh | reconnoitering parties twenty miles north | of Kroonstad. | The Bc have held a council of war at Lingley and British spies have learned that the isoers decided to hold Harrismith as long as possible. Lord Roperts’ infantry are stlll at Kroonstad. The rallway laborers are hard | at work and the engineers hope to have | the line repaired within three days The prairie has put on a russet winter coat. ‘The nights are bitter cold, but the days are hot. "'he Free Staters are surrendering in larger numbers than after the occupation of Bloemfontein. One officer or the Transvaal artillery sa ““There will be no serious fighting this side of Pretoria, Bereenigen, on the Vaal, is indefen- Heavy guns are being mounted at etoria. Both Generals Botha and Lim- re agreed that ultimate success is impossible, President Kruger is obstinate and a majority of the Transvaalers hold firmly with him.” It is estimated that the Transvaalers line. General Buller's advance, as his tele- grams indicate, was by Lord Roberts’ in-| structions, and it will cease or go forward as Lord Roberts directs. It is sald that General Buller's orders to keep the Boers employed have been supplemented by an order to drive them completely out of Natal and then to move on Harrismith. General Rundle and General Brabant are taking possession of the wide regions around Ladybrand almost without oppo- sition. They find the country plentifully | supplied with cattle, horsefeed and flour. General Rundle is reducing his transport and feeding his men and animals largely off the country. The Boers in that quarter surrender | daily and it is the expectation of the cor- respondents on_the spot that the eastern section of the Free State will soon be as | tranquil as the western. General Rundle's front is thirty miles long, but his forces be attacked the troops there could be quickly reinforced. Lord Roberts contributes a line to the discussion going on in the press as to when the war will end by the following ram, dated Monday and sent through pondent who had made the direct inquir “1 regret that I cannot give any reply to your guestion, as it is impossible at pres- ent to predict when the campaign will end. The view of the other side is reported by a correspondent to whom President Steyn said: “Sooner than leave this coun- try to fall into the hands of the British 1 would destroy all our houses and leave it a desert The relations between the Transvaal and Portu appear to be strained. The Port e Consul at Pretoria, according from Lisbon, has been ordered dent Kruger to leave the coun- uese declaration making ing contraband has nearly | gue destroyed isefulness of Delagoa Bay to_the Transvaal. Senhor Joaquin Machado, Governor ral of Portu €: East Africa, is be- gates in New York, but none cof them comment editorially except the Dally Chronicle and the Times, the former of which says: “To give a parallel instance, suppose that during the course of the Hispano- American war the Spaniards had asked England to intervene and had sent a dep- utation to Queen Victoria. Would the rish delégates have been recelved with cheers and presented with the free- dom of the city of Southampton or of the meanest township in the vicinity? This difference between the temper of the Eng- lish people toward America and that of the American populace toward England will take a good deal to explain away.” The War Office last evening issued an eginning of the war., This shows a total gfg&?," '-‘gexfluilvc of the sick in the field and the invalids, Including the wounded sent home, who number 8901 — - GENERAL BULLER . OCCUPIES DUNDE! May 15.—The War Office has LONDON | directed Colonel Bethune to advance | British places the received the following dispatch from Gen- eral Buller: - “DUNDEE, May 15, 1 p. m.—We have oceupled Dundee. About 2500 of the en- emy left yesterday for Glencoe, where they entralned. Their wagons also left yesterday by Dejagers Drift and the Dannhauser road. Their Kaffirs sald they were going to Laings Nek. Almost every house in Dundee is completely looted. The Navigation colliery is all right. The ma- chinery of the Dundee collieries is de- stroyed. The houses of the town are dam- aged but are structurally intact.” The War Office to-day furnished “ardy confirmation of the Associated Press story of yesterday telling of General Buller's move on the Biggarsberg in a dispatch from General Buller as follows: “KEMPS FARM, May 15.—The following telegrams sent to Roberts are now re- peated to you. They begin under date of May 13: “‘In accordance with instructions to keep the enemy occupied at the Biggars- berg, on May 11 1 concentrated the Third Cavalry Brigade of the Second Division and some corps of artillery at Sundays River drift, on the Helpmaakar road, and o Greytown with the Bethune Mounted In- faniry the Umvotl Mounted Rifles and the Imperfal Light Infantry. On May 12 we moved to Washbank and Bethune to Pom- eroy, while General Hildyard from Elands Lazgte occupled Indobi Mountain. On May 13 1 sent General Hamilton with three battalions up the steep slope of Withock Hill. The Third Cavalry Brigade crowned a hill on each side of thé main road and Bethune attacked by the Pom- eroy road from three sides. The enemy hurriedly abandoned the position, which they had strongly intrenched, and retired to the nek in front of Helpmaaker, where we hope to dislodge them to-morrow, as many of them have retired. We have cained the summit of the 'Berg, with the oss of only a few men wounded. I ad- vance to-morrow on Befth and Hildyard moves on Wessels Nek. Our small loss, I think, was certainly due to the excelleny troop leading of General Hamilton and Lord Dundonald and Colonel Bethune.’ “‘May 14.—The enemy evacuated Help- maakar during the night, leaving a rear guard of about a thousand men in front of us. These we have forced back throughout the day under considerable difficulties. as they fired all the grass on top of the Berg as they retreated, and the nd being unfavorable to us we were scarcely able to see at all. I halted the infantry, who marched very well through the hot smoke, at Beith. The cavalry have not yet reported, but are some miles ahead. We havc taken a few prisoners, Our casualties are smalil." “'KEMPS FARM, May 15.—Dundonald reported late last night that he had driven the rear guard on the main body of the enemy, near Buralinden, where they occupied In force a strong position with three powerful guns. Major Gough, with the composite regiment, maneuvered to the right, srcund their left flank and they retired. Dundonald then halted. He was tweniy-five miles, as the crow flies, from his previous night's bivouac, | and 'nad covered nearly forty miles during the day in a waterless country, most of the time riding through smoke.” I think his pursult a very fine performance. From prisoners I learn that the enemy num- bered over 2000 at Helpmakaar, and being now joined by those who leff Van Jon- ders Pass, they must total nearly 3000 men. We move on Dundee to-day. * ‘Hilyard reports the occupation of Wessels Nek and is repairing the line.’ ™ Judging from the above dispatches, the British advance is little more than an ar- duous march. The Boers, Who were ac- Alve at first, later appear to have shown the same readiness to retreat which is now marking the movements of the Fed- erals in the Free State. Apparently the burghers are about to evacuate Natal and concentrate for the defense of Laings Nek, northward, and Van Reenans Pass, west. The reoccupation of [Dundee by coal again in thefr hands. - DESPERATE FIGHTING REPORTED AT MAFEKING LONDON, May 16.—A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Lourenzo Marques, dated Tuesday, says: ‘“‘There is no doubt that there was desperate fighting at Mafeking Saturday, but it is belleved to have gone in favor of the garrison. All that can be ascertained of a reliable character fol- lows: The Boers, using_artillery, attacked the town Saturday. Very soon the Kafir location was in flames, some say as the result of shell fire, others as the result of treachery. Fighting at close quarters be- came general, and in the midst of the con- fusion the Boers gained possession of the Kaffir location, from which point of van- tage they brought guns to bear on the town at close range. “By an adroit move the garrison, de- spite its attenuated numbers, succeeded in actually surrounding the party of Boers who had captured the Kaffir location. Se- vere fighting :ollowed, but according to the latest reports the Boers still hold the location, in which they are probably sur- rounded. “The truth is, I belleve, that the Pre- the supplies ~ there | toria authorities, knowing of the progress of the relief column, gave orders to Gen- eral Snyman to storm the place. As soon as the location was in flames Boer bul- letins of victory were flying about every- where to encourage weak-kneed burghers, Boers_who came down here yesterday from Pretoria produced for the edification of incredulous Britishers two telegrams by officlals, one of which was signed b:; Snyman and sald:. ‘I was lucky enoug | from Lorenzo Marques says it is reported | to capture Baden-Powell with 90 this morning." “There is no doubt about fighting. A telegram from guese Consul to the Governor General here confirms this, and there Is _little doubt of the occupation of the Kaffir stadt. But similar telegrams were pub- lished at Pretoria about Ladysmith, and quite recently about Wepener, just before Colonel Dalgety was relieved. miea BOER PEACE ENVOYS WELCOMED UPON ARRIVAL NEW YORK, May 15.—The steamship Maasdam, with the peace envoys from the South African republics, arrived at this port to-day, after a voyage of twelve days from Rotterdam. The envoys—Abraham Fischer, J. A. A. Woolmarens and C. P. Wessels—were met by a committee which went down the bay to greet them, and later were welcomed by a larger body of sympathizers gathered on the pler at Ho- boken, where the Maasdam docked. The Mayor of that city extended a welcome to them and the party then took carriages for the Hotel Manhattan, where the en- voys will lodge during thelr stay in this city. The ship was sighted off Fire Island early this morning, and the sub-committee appointed to go down the bay embarked on the revenue cutter Hudson and met the Maasdam at Quarantine. On the ar- rival of the ship there were introductions all around, ana then ex-Judge Van Hoe- | sen recited the following address of wel- come: _"“We are a committee of citizens of New York who sympathize with your countr: in its struggle for liberty and independ- ence and who wish to make your visit to the city of New York agreeable to you | personally and advantageous to the nation | of which you are the representatives. In | the near ruture we will extend to you a more formal reception, but on this occa- slon we simply say ‘welcome.’ Mr. Fischer responded to Judge Van Hogesen, saying: 1 thank you most heartily for this wel- come which you have just extended to us. The warmth of a welcome does not lie in the length of words used, but in' deeds. We believe that the American people wili | also extend to us a hearty weicome, for | ours is a cause that is dear to thelr hearts. We are fighting for our country. As soon as they come to understand our | cause they will, I belleve, echo the wel- | come you have just given us.” { The' Maasdam was saluted by harbor shipping on her way up. When the ship arrived at Hoboken the pier was crowded with men and women waving the stars | and stripes and the colors of the South | African republics. The three envoys were the first to leave the vessel. As they came down the gangway a brass band on the | pler struck up the Boer national hymn, | ihe crowd on the dock cheered and ves- | ?:?egear by tooted a welcome to the dele- | 2 | Mayor Fagan of Hoboken delivered an | address of welcome and tendered the vis- itors the freedom of the city. Chairman Fischer of the delegation re- plied on behalf of the envoys. Then the | delegates were escorted to carriages at | the end of the pler. There a'procession | was formed, headed by a band of music; | the procession passing through Washing- ton street, past the City Hall, to the Bar- clay-street ferry, where the envoys were | taken in charge 'by the committee of 100 | from New York, and the whole party crossed the ferry to New York, where the envoys were escorted to the Hotel Man- hattan. Along the route from the' Hoi- land-American line dock to the ferry there were crowds who gave an enthusi- astic welcome to the envoys of the South African republics. At the hotel the envoys were recelved by the executive commities of the citizens' reception committee. Edward Lauterback, who was among the speakers, caused something of a sensation by bitterly de- nouncing the Irish race, declaring ~that they had forgotten in a short time the bit- | ter experiences they had had with Eng- land, and Irish regiments were now fight- ing fo ald the empire. Each of the envoys spoke in reply to the addresses of welcome. | Delegate Fischer, in the course of his | speech, sald: ‘“We come to seek peace, | but not at any price. We don’t intend to | be murdered out of existence. We ask | that you investigate our cause. If you find it wrong, then we will submit to being | made practical slaves and give up our | lands. 1f we are right, then we want you to help us to maintain the things we have won at great sacrifice. s R CONFLICTING REPORTS CONCERNING MAFEKING the heavy the Portu- LONDON, May 15.—A special dispatch that a large force of Boers has been cap- tured by the British at Mafeking. Pre- toria, it is added, reports, on the other hand, that Mafeking has fallen. LORENZO MARQUES, Mav 15.—Tele- grams received here report very heavy nghting at Mafeking. Pretoria reports that Mafeking has . fallen, and The Netherlands Ralilroad Company has issued a statement that Colonel Baden-Powell has captured a large force of Boers. A war bulletin posted at Pretoria May 12 announced that the British are advancing to the relief of Mafeking. The Boers Saturday occupled the Kaffir location at Mafeking. They were in turn attacked during the night of Saturday and on Sunday found themselves surrounded. The Boers lost seven killed and seventeen wounded. The British loss is reported to have been heavy. speaker, in advance of the convention that meets in Philadelphia, has a right to dictate to you or to me what icies of our party with reference to the accessions of territory that have occurred within the last two years? No one. as I understand 1t, of having the to formulate political platforms is that, by taking the reprosentative party men Iroui =11 the States of the Union, bringing them together, after a discussion pro and con of the Var.ous ‘issues, they will be enabled, putting ‘thing together, to draft, mas out.some 1 thereupon stand. But that is nog the The antagonism to John D. Spreckels comes from causes which are local; causes connected with the political history of this State within the past two years. And his course, every one within the sound of my voice knows, is approved by forty- nine out of fifty of the Republicans of this State. You cannot deny it. (Applause and cheers.) There iz no question about ft. And if he is turned down here to-nizht it wiil go out to- morrow that it was done because he had the courage of his convictions, fought the hardest fight known in the history of Renublican poli- ties in the State within the nast two years and succeeded, in =pite of the most infinite, you may say, coposition, in preventing the putting of the party in & position where it would not have carried & State election for the next twenty years. (Applause and cheers,) Now, gentiemen, In conclusion, I say that e is, as a matter of right, entitled to be select- ed 15 represent this Statc at the Philadelphia conventicn. 1 care nothing for the personal feslings of these gentlemen wha will be select- ed lelerates, 1 would like to see them all o i they could: but, in all candor, and in all atrness, it would be political idiocy and politi- cal infamy, If ke be not selected as one of your delegates. Johnson Urges Ridzout’s Claims. N. D. Ridecut of ville was placed in nomination by Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento, who sald: - ) Mr. Chairiman, no man in the Republican par- ty, be he ever so able, be he ever so eloquent, be he ever so weaithy, be he engaged in what- ever business he may clalm to have as his own— no man has any right to dictate to the Repub- lican convent!on who shall go to the Republican National Convention. (Apnlause and cheers.) We are met here, 593 American citizens, free Republicans, owing allegiance to no man, to no corporation, to no principle, except the principle that we wiil legislate wisely for the Republican party as to each individual man seems best. Every man in the Republican party has the right to his own opinions and to express them, and. if it creates antagonism, he must expect that and must not harber them up against any man or any set of men. The man that I am about to name came to California a poor man, and by honesty, integ- rity, devotion to the principles of the Repub- lican party, devotion to the principles of hon- esty and fair dealing, he has accumulated a competency, and that is always at the disposal of the Republican party (applause and cheers). He represents the financial interest of this State. He knows and has his finger In touch with all the financial interests of this coast, -and he will worthily represent us in the na- tional convention. He also is a bellever in that which no speaker vet, in my opinion, has spoken of. They have socken of our duty to indorse the President, a pleasing duty; of our duty to re- nominate the man who now fills the chair, a pléasing duty; but there is another duty. Ev- ery Republican in thie State should be in favor of expansion and vote for it. (Apniause and cheers.) And the man whose name I will pre- sent to you belleves in expansion, belleves in spreading the Dleesings of renublican govern- ment all over the world if need be. ‘We of the northern part of California ask to supplement these good nominations that you have made: we ask you to_recognize us by se- lecting N. 'D. Ridecut of Marysville to repre- sent us. (Avplause and cheers) H. C. Dibble of San Franciseo second- ed the nomination of Mr.'md:::l. onlilg- half of the Fifth Congressional Dis 't He remarked that after Johnsnn‘ltm- quent speech there was nothing to say. Davis Quotes Some Facts. - Scn‘!rg,:uhn FI'; D.h'ihh“ Amdodr made vigo; ‘whic m: g S S S you nator, seconding the nomination of Mr. preckels, said: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Republi- can State Conventlon: I desire to say a vfl: o0 Republicans for the blican party. ¥ not here to make a -SQE‘: plea o‘:n:’onxl..% say one single word against any candidate Posed. I have nothing but words of the highest praise for the name on which the south is united. Of all names in this convention, I would ‘second the name of the rising hove of the Republican manhood of this State, as rep- resented by the honorable George C. Pardee of Alameda. “(Applause.) 1 would second the nomination of almost every other man presented to this convention, as far as ability, as far as integrity, as far as loyalty to the Republican party is concerned. But you do not act fairly; you do not treat the intelll- gence of this convention fairly, if, when second- ing or placing in nomination any one of these candidates you simply make It a text from which in a secret way to hit or slap at some other candidates that you do not name in your speech. Men speak of the proposition of supporting this administration. I ask you, as Republi- cans, what is going to be the action uf the National Convention with reference to the Porto Rico Dill that has lately passed Congress? (Apnlause.) You all know the fight that was made on it in Congress; you know that our great, broad President, a man who does not put an obstinate will against the intelligence of a Congress; a man who is ever able and ever willing to listen to the voice of his party, a proclaimed in conventians and in the wisdom of his Congress, Senate and House of Repre- sentatives together — you know when the Ropublican _ inteiligence of this Congress went to him and called attention to what should be done on that bill how he took his stand with them, and how the bill was passed, and ha it will probably be the great— yes, the great—resistance post in this whole campaign. Yet there is not one single daily morning paper in the city and county of San Franciseo that §s to-day standing for the Porto Rico bill as it passed Congress except The Call, (Applause and cheers.) Those are the facts. Now let us be fair. Let us throw no innuendoes. Let us give every man o square deal and let that sentiment prevall, the sentiment of fairness to all concerned; and, with no other motive on earth, I second the nomination of John D. Spreckels. (Applause and cheers.) The roll was called Immedhtel{ on the conclusion of the speeches. This resuilt AT T TR S votes, U. S. Gran , George A. t 537, N. D. Rideout 41, John D. Spreckels 209, The chair_declared the election of Pardee, Grant, Knight and Rideout. Four alternate delegates at large as fol- lows were chosen by acclamation: H. G. W. Dinkelspiel and Alfred Bouvier, » San Franclsco; 15. 8. Babcock, San Diego, and Warren Porter, Santa Cruz. 2 in £ fom: - Three cheers for. McKinicy “wess | chosen' for that position by the CLARK RESIGNS AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR Gives Up His Seat in the Senate Just as He Was @About to Lose It. Acting Governor Spriggs Appoints the Montana Statesman to the Post He Had Vacated. “An Outrage,” Says Smith. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Mr. Clark of Montana fairly swept the Senate with | surprise to-day by a formal announce- ment that he had sent his resignation as Senator to the Governor of Montana. The announcement came without pre- vious notice and probably not a half dozen | persons in Washington knew that it was | to be made. | Mr. Clark struck just at the Instant the | tron was hottest. Chandler, chairman of | the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions, had given notice that at 1 o'clock he would call up for consideration the resolution unanimously reported from the | committee declaring Clark not to be en- titled to his seat in the Sénate. A spirited | contest over the resolution was expected. Every Senator in the city was at his desk. At 12:30, just as the routine business | was concluded, Clark quietly arose and | addressed the chair. He desired, he said in a low, tense voice, to address the Sen- ate on a question of privilege, personal | to himself. Instantly there was a buzz of excitement in the chambers. Senators from both sides of the maln alsle hurried | to seats near Mr. Clark and a hush fell | vpon the assemblage as the Montana Sen- ! ator began to speak. At first his words scarcely could be heard, as he proceeded his voice be- came clear and while at no time did he speak loudly the intense earnestness of his utterance carried his address to the remotest parts of the chamber. His address was a sharp arraignment | of the committee’s action and report, an | analysis of the evidence produced at the investigation, an explanation of political and business affairs in Montana and a bitter excoriation of Marcus Daly and his friends. As Mr. Clark adverted to his desire to hand down to his children a name un- | tarnished even by the breath of disgrace | tears welled to his eyes and his voice trembled with emotion. He almost broxe down. Then, bracing himself, he read the letter he had sent to the Governor of Montana tendering his resignation. At | the conclusion of the speech Mr. Clark became the center of a group of Sena- tors, all desirous of pressing his hand. | Little other business of importance was | transacted. The resolution relating to | Mr. Clark went over until to-morrow, | and the Senate proceeded to the trans- action of routine business. Arraigns the Committee. During his address Clark said: It had not been my intention to disturb the recognized traditions of this most honorabie body by intruding my opinfons upon any ques- tions_that might arise for consideration dur- ing the present sessfon, but the question called up to-day for discussion so vitally concerns my own interests and the interests of the grea! State which I have the honor in part to rep- resent, that I shall ssk the indulgence of the Senaté while I as briefly as possible submit some remarks, referring, first, to the character of the investigation; second,’ to the majority report of the honorable Committee on Priv ileges and Blections. which has submitted find- ings adverse to the retention of my seat In the Senate: third, to the conditions existing in the State of Montana for a number of years prior to my election which justified my po- | litical actions, and, lastly, a statement as to| | the course 1 deem best to pursue In the premises. | It is not my desire to cast any aspersions upon the motives which actuated the distin guished Senators composing the committee, and | yet, with the most respectful consideration | for the learning, legal lbllll{ and eminent | standing of thes: gemtlemen. I am forced to the contention, which I belfeve meets with the concurrence not only of a large number | of Semators on both sides'of this chamber, | but also of 80 per cent of my constituency In | the State of Montana, regardless of political affiliations, that the methods of procedure in the Investigation in this matter were man- ifestly unfair and non-judicial, and that they resulted In a verdict of the committes entirely opposite to that which would have occurred should the evidence have been confined to that which was admisstble and pertinent to the | e. N st thad o’ tivvastigattin iivotving s | seat in the highest legislative body of this | nation, as well as the honor of an Individual ple of one of the sovereign States thereof, should be con- ducted In a strictly judiclal manner, and that in the proceedings the established rules of evi- | dence should be applied. It is well known to | everybody that this was not the case. It Is | true that thers was a strong effort made by | the honorable Senators from Alabama, Mary- land, Kansas and North Carolina at the be- | | ginning of the investigation to exclude all the | irrelevant testimony, but thelr efforts were un- avalling. | Daly’s Alleged Treachery. Speaking of his campalgn for Congress in 1888 he attributes his defeat to Mr. Daly, saying: Treacherous work was done everywhere in | the several countles where Daly had men em- | ployed and the result was my defeat - eral thovsand majority, and from this stas- | gering blow of treachéry the party did not | recover for many years. There was no provo- | cation for this. There had been no business Qifficulties and never an unkind work had been | spoken between us. It was simply an en- vious and diabolical desire on his part to for- ever destroy my political influence in the ter- ritory. ' He then reiterated that he went into the | contest of 1898 merely for the purpose of | breaking down Daly rule in Montana and not for the purpese of promoting his own political interests. He sald that this un . dertaking was made with “the distinctly expressed understanding that my name should rot be used in connection with the Senatorial race, and I defy any one to show that I was such a candidate until after the election and not until in Decem- ber, 1598." Continuing Clark declared there was no evidence to support the allegation that money had been used to secure his elec- tion. Spriggs Appoints Clark. HELSE ‘A, Mont., ;\|‘ay 15.—Acting Gov- ernor Spriggs to-night appointed Willlam A. Clark of Butte f’m(ed States Senator, serve until the next Legislature shali elect his successor. Senator Clark’s resig- tion was flled early in the day with the Governor and_to-night he was appointed by Gn‘\'ern‘or Spriggs to succeed himself. Mr. Clark’s reasons for resigning are fully set forth in the speech he delivered to-day in the Senate. Governor SPrigss | has_all along been a_ friend of Senator Clark during his candidacy for the Sen- ate and since, although he preserved the 1tmost impartiality in his office as Lieu- tenant Governor and president of the Sen- ate during the Senatorial campay, Gov- ernor Smith, n partisan of the Daly peo- ple. left the State two weeks ago for Call- fornia to attend to some cases In which he i3 retained as attorney. At that time here was no thought of Senator Clark resigning and his enemies were confident he would be unseated by the United States Senate. The resignation filed to- ;]}.’:\- S:‘ame as a surprise to the people of e State, who had no inkling of the coup prepared During the day Governor Spriggs received a_great many telegrams from all over the State urging him to ap- point Senator Clark, alleging that he was the real choice of a'large majority of the Democrats and a large pro Republicans as weil. ©. P CPortion of the Governor Spriggs was besieged all day by individuals and by delegat and hostile to Clark. gations friendly “An Qutrage,” Says Smith. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call WADSWORTH, Nev., May 15.—Robert B. Smith. Governor of Montana, is speed- ing to his executive chambers as fast as .:;.;:m can carry him. In an interview he “You are the first party to Info of the resignation of Senator Clark ang of his probable reappointment by Lieu- tenant overnor Spriggs. T have just re- celved a dispatch from Adjutant General Nolan stating that Clark would robably be appointed to-morrow (Wednesday), and I pray to God that 1 may reach there in time to check this dastardly scheme which bas been concocted during my absence In California. Clark is by no means the fa- vorite of the people of Montana, and it i a blot upon the fair name of the Stat ot him after the report of t Sena mittee. | am powerless to act unless | arrive home before the appoint- ment is made. I knew that Spriggs was a stanch friend of Clark's, but did not think he would dare oppose the will of the people in this matter. It is a_well lald and dastardly scheme, and I am shocked to think that Lieutenant Gover- nor Spriggs entered into it. I never dreamed of such a course being taken be- fore my departure for Caiifornia and am much grieved over it. but Spriggs will have to answer to me and the people of Montana for his action.” Clark Is Notifled. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Senator Clark to-night received the following telegram announcing his appointment: “HELENA, Mont., May 15.—Senator W. A. Clark, Washington, D. C.: I have the honor to inform you that I have this day appointed you to flll the vacancy in Mon- tana’s representation In the Senate of the United States. I send you certificate by registered mail. I trust you will accept the appointment. “A. E. SPRIGGS. Actin, ‘The Senator also receive telegram from his so ‘Governor Spriggs to appointed you as Senator. Con- gratulations. C. W. CLARK.” Says the Trick Won’t Work. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Senators gen- erally declined to express opinions upon the effect of the appointment of Mr. Clark by the Lieutenant Governor of Montana. Senator Chandler, chalrman of the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections, would “I reckon the trick won't Governor. the following DELICACIES AT MAFEXING. 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