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L E— VOLUME 86. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CAUCUSES INSURE NEFF'S ELECTION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CONVENTION AT 715017 T oF GANTA CRUZ— Withstand All || Assaults. [ tch to The Call. s 1 ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- | RAMENTO, Aug. 24.—About e st t ever see of a Republican the presen ers from San Fran rs and rour something of a cheering qua The hand but an o produced d Kelly hand d to support e cause of the Governor. ANTI-GAGE LINE IS UNBROKEN es enlisted in the cause of good principles and clean politics in the Repub- | £ 1 f C fornia are g st on e | Machine Fails to Win | makes the mer. The Ban Joaquin County del have been o ed on every side; false rumors are Over Any Dele fast of a weakening of but every rumor of the gates. to its source, is shown Pimner emanated from the Gage camp, | superior to the desires of the individual. | further shown by diligent inves- | He is against Gage and for the Republi- | t the San Jodquin deiegation | can party. | GLOOM IN GAGE CAMP. Headquarters of Herrin’s Man Are Almost Deserted. HEADQUARTERS, » the ults of th tering or a single sign of e contrary, the enthusi- Gelegates for the honored Ja- | g [ unty is f 1id and | o N ty is firm and solid and |\ Aug. 20— The headquarters ‘of push.” | CALL SACRA- Tepels eve et with vigor and deter- | .0 oarious candidates for the guberna- o e San ‘Bernardino delega- | 4,1.; nomination were extremely active t w been exposed to the at-| yic evening. Of these there are five, tack b g€ gang at every poini, | hase of Governor Gage and Dr. George is s £ for Neff and honorabie | ¢ pardee being on the sedond floor of | P cs t poin the forces op-|the Capital Hotel and those of J. O. pos on are firm and en- | Hayes, E. B. Edson and Senator Flint in | the Golden Eagle Hotel. The locations of the individual headquarters are well. ad- vertised by means of gayly painted signs, which meet the eye at every hand. By a BOSSES IN THEIR LAST DITCH. It is the deliberate judg ent of impar- e opinions are not swayed he or e asm of eithep | cOincidence, more or less significant, the hundred votes | Tooms of Pardee and Gage adjoin each other, the result being that delegates ring the badges of the rival aspirants jostle one another in moving along the line The Gage men wore sullen countenances ng the evening when private adviges vere recefved from their agents that a nvass of the delegates resulted in a vote of 458 for Jacob Neff for cbairman of the convention. The authen- t'eity of this tally was denied, the Gage rkers cla'ming that the figures were tly exaggerated. to nominate 1l never His tradin > machine is n that pledged piteously s 1o the strength of the Gover- it was especially noted this even- nntag commands €0 much ad- ing that while the headquarters of the t U. 8. Grant personally paid | gther candidates were crowded until a him 2 compliment for his devotion 10| jate hour those of the Governor . were the Republican party. Colonel Sonntag | practically deserted. bolds that the claims of the party are At the Pardee headquarters Senator ifeutcnants make all sorts of | YO0l GEQ STONE W FRANK FIEECE Of OArLANG FTAKE STEFRECHER. —— \STATE SUPT AScxooL s FHIRH. CH CLEARYSSEF on BIGHZ ; . POLITICIANS FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND SOME CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE WHO ARE IN SACRAMENTO IN READINESS FOR THE CALLING TO ORDER OF THE STATE CONVENTION. FROM SNAPSHOTS BY A PHOTOGRAPHER ACCOMPANYING THE CALL’'S SPECIAL STAFF OF ARTISTS. & + —~ b On the Eve of the Convention Gage Is Far Short of a Majority and - He Has Exhausted His Trading Resources. Lukens and Charles Spear are button- holing every delegate who appears in the interest of their candidate. They do lit- tle talking, but say that the first bal- lot will demonstrate Pardee's strength, and beyond question. Pardee arrived at noon, and for the greater part of the day was closeted with his lieutenants. Considerable enthusiasm was displayed by the active delegates about the head- quarters during the evening, they claim- ing that they had canvassed every vote, and devoloped new and unexpected gains for Pardee. At the Hayes headquarters the active work of proselyting is in the hands of James W. Rea, Mitchell Phillips and Abe Ruef. A large punch-bowl and an abundance of cigars proved attractions which few of the visiting delegates were able to resist, the result being convivial- ity and expressions of hearty support and good - will. Hayes said this evening that he would make mo avowals of unusual strength, but he thought he was waging a good fight, and it was his belief that he would win. | He Had received assurances of sup- port from many unexpected quarters and he was convinced that he would make a good showing on the first ballot for Gov- ernor. Senator Bulla, Thomas Hughes, C. T. Elliott and F. E. Dunlap are in charge of Flint's headquarters, and large crowds visited the rooms throughout the day and evening. Flint said this evening that he had figures which seemed to indicate that Gage was out of the fight. Flint has many active supporters, and all are con- fident that he will win the struggle. The Edson headquarters were crowded with vigitors all day, and all comers were well entertained in the way of liquid re- freshments. Edsons fight is being man- aged by Charles M. Leavy, who claims that 16 of the 20 votes of the Humbolt delegation have been pledged to his sup- port. Edson is convinced that Gage is practically defeated before a' vote is taken, and expresses the belief that he himself will carry the convention. It is needless to say that this view is shared by all who are interested in Edson's figh for the nomination. [ BT ey SMOKE WEEDS WITH GAGE. Mutual Alliance Members and Mar- tin Kelly Hold a Levee. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 24.—The Republi- can Mutual Alliance of San Francisco marched from the depot to-night 100 strong. The aggregation ~proceeded - to | ination of Gage. % Gage’s headquarters and shook = hands with the Governor. Guy Barham passed the cigars around and the delegates man- ifested as much interest in the weeds as they did in the Governor. Martin Kelly entered the room during the levee and was cheered as loudly as was Gage. Gage will be placed in nomination in the convention by Judge J. W. McKinley of Los Angeles. The latter has told of the Governor’s struggle for renomination and he now will tell them what Gage has done during his term:of office. E. B. Edson, “the man from the North,” will be placed In nomination by E. 8. Taylor of Yreka. A. P. Van Duser of San Francisco has been selected to sec- ond the nomination. Dr. Pardee will be placed in nomination by John A. Britton of Oakland, and he will in ‘all probability be seconded by W. H. Chickering and Sena}or Lukens. Senator Flint will be placed in nomina- tion by C. F. Lacey of Monterey and in all probability the Rev. Robert Burdette will second him. J. O. Hayes’ name will be brought before the convention by Mayor Worswick of San Jose. Up to a late hour the delegate who will second the nomination had not been chosen. Sam Rainey arrived to-night (o assist Bosses Burns and Kelly in securing the. renom- . |votes for Neff and reported that ninety- Majority of Votes Is Pledged to Neff. | | | Special Dispatch to The Call. | ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-| RAMENTO, Aug. 24.—Caucuses were held to-night by support- ers of Neff to ascertain what | strength the latter had in the | chairmanship fight. Noses | were counted and it developed that the | Lieutenant Governor will receive more than 450 votes for chairman to-morrow | afternoon. Every delegate who attended | he caucus wore a bluc badge on which was printed “Uncle Jake Neff for chair- man.” At 9 o'clock this evening the delegates | from south of the Tehachapl, who are | opposed’to Gage and others who are not, but favor Neft for chairman, caucused in | Stith's hall. George P. Adams of the | Seventieth Assembly District, Los Ange- | les, called the meeting to order. Charles | P. Squires nominated Judge F. W. Gregs | for chairman and George Flint was chosen secretary. A pool of votes gave Neft 105 out of 173 .votes. The other 68 are doubtful, but It is believed Neft will | receive more than half of this number. | It appears that there are fifty-three | votes in Los Angeles for Gage. Judge MeKinley, who has been selected to place | the Governor's name before the conven- | tion, is chairman of the delegation. The | minority vote numbers forty-three and | George P. Adams is its chairman. An et- | fort will be made to prevent McKinley declaring that he represents the entire Los Angeles delegation. 1 Dr.. Chester Rowell of Fresno presided | over the caucus of delegates from Central | and Southern California. Secretary Irv- | ing Martin kept tab on the number of | W W SHIARON . ONE oF JHE CATXDIPATES \ZOR . STHTE 2‘7""’ 4 bell i Delegates Line Up in Fight for Organi- zation. seven would be cast by Inyo, San Joaquin, Santa Barbs Santa Merced, Cruz, Monterey, Madera and Fresno . Van Duser and two other dele- P gates from San Francisco reported that more than fifty votes would be given | Nefft by delega from San Francisco. | This announcement was greeted with cheers. An adjournment was taken um- til 11 o’clock to-morrow morning, when a genaral caucus will be held in the same hall The delegates. from Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado and Amador counties held an informal caucus in the postoffice building and.decided to cast their votes unanimously for Neff. A caucus of delegates of Trinity, Hum- boldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Shasta, Modoe, Lassen and Plumas countles gives {7 votes for Neff for chairman. Butte, Yuba, Sut- ter and Colusa counties will cast 25 votes for the Lieutenant Governor and Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Mendocino and Temaha counties will give Neff 54 votes. Secretary Mitchell of the general cau- cus on chairmanship announced to-night that Neff would receive 458 votes in con- vention to-morrow. Mr. Mitchell believes that the Lieutenant Governor will receive nearly 500 votes, as there are many dele- gates to be heard from. PASSING OF THE In Sacramento Dr. “If Mr. “BUCK.” George C. Pardee 2 Metealf fs a candidate for chairman of the convention I shall be for h Then the Doctor adds: “And I think he will be a gandidate. In Oakland Victor H. Metcalf says: “If Dr. Pardee wishes me to become a can- didate for chairman of the convention & shall stand for that position,” and them Mr. Metcalf adds. “And I think that he will so desire.” And so the dove of peace that has been hovering over Alameda County has her wings spread to extend from Oakland to Sacramento, and the State at large is having a te of what has been dealt cut to the citizens of the county that has become the storm center of the conven- tion. But this dove of peace has talons, though the talons are now carefully hid- den, and any movement may bring to view the weapons of war as against the coo of peace. Victor H. Metcalf did not come to Sac- ramento to-day and Dr. George C. Par- dee arrived on the morning train. The Congressman remained in Oakland and passed the *“buck” of the chairmanship of the convention up to the doctor in Sacramento, while the doctor in Sacra~ mento passed the animal back to the Con- gressman in Oakland. And so the cam- paign of equivocation for the chairman- ship of the Republican convention was passed from Oakland to Sacramento and back again. And while Mr. Metcalf in Oakland will not say positively that he is a candidate for the position, and while Dr. Pardee Sacramento will not say that Mr. Met- calf will stand for that position, it Is a certainty that the Congressman will go 3 L. SR SRR~ L ol Nl SO R 1 Continued on Page 2, Column 2.