The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1902, Page 2

¢ 9 THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1902. HISSES ARE MINGLED WITH A FEEBLE SOUND OF APPLAUSE : WHEN NAME OF GAGE IS MENTIONED IN THE CONVENTION £ THE BEAUL (vev cam ram ! HAas THE GooDs TOo* ODELIVER YW BRuUMMEL - OF THE "Bur~cH”? J.L.LE BARRON — /] a. 4 AN E-I-I'P\_) BE N 1C A LooxED UP ‘DoPE” O™ . His TieYEa o ” Pep’ HayES LRIt ForR. BRoTHERYy ‘BLack!, D«GG"“G A Patien~ > MWAITING _Forl SoME LiGgHTNING To STRIKE IS JoOGE . SHaWw oF 2z Locs ANGELES HUMOROUS GLIMPSES OF SOME OF THE CONsPICUOUS —— —V\—-—‘ Secra o7 e Sl E AR IR S R WL T ¢ POLITICIANS AT THE CAPITAL AS THEY APPEARED TO THE CARTOONIST. Hee e MEEK OF THIE ALAMEDA \ DELEGA&TIon > Tempest of Cheers Nearly Loosens Rafters of the Hall When the “Grand Old Man” From the Mountains Is Placed in Nomina- tion for Chairmanship of ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-} RAMENTO, Aug. 2%.—It was a scene teeming with life and color when the convention called to order by Gen- l George Stone, chairman of the Republican State Cen- tral Committee, in the pavilion shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. from th caucusing on the hip, the various delegations as- more or le ily within the which had been especially con- for the The oc gon shaped walls were of bleach- ng extending to the rafters, were partly hidden from view by py of red, white and blue stream- ped and centering in e umbrella. ain was beautified by its graceful drapery of flags, while from it on either side extended a series of ners bearing the coats of arms of whick the various States of the Union. Over these was suspended a light blue stream- er, the loopings of which were covered banners bearing the word orm was at the west end of ar it were the desks used vere of the press. Over the 1's desk was a large flag, in the ter of which hung the portrait of Washington. To the left were pictures of Lincoln and President Rooseveit, while | 1o the right were the portraits of Grant dnd McKinley. The artistic bestowal of hothouse plants, flowers and potted palms on and in front of the platform, the rich colorings of the decorations, the enthu- siasm displayed by the delegates who were Conscio fore them and the interest manifested by the large throng of spectators contrib- uted to render the opening of the conven- tion unusually interesting. FLURRY AMONG DELEGATES. The delegates began to gather shortly after noon and from that time until the gavel of General Stone rapped for order the scene was one of continuous bustle and growing excitement. The disposal of the wvarious delegations was arranged with the view of creating as little con- fusion as possible. Viewed from the speaker’s stand to the left were delega- | tions from the northern part of the State, beginning with Alameda, Trinity and Dei | Norte and ending with Sacramento. In the front of the center section were the Santa Clara and Monterey @and in the rear sat the delegations from San Francisco, the largest in the conven- tion. In the right section were the delega- | tions from the southern part of the State, the Los Angeles contingent bringing up the rear. Behind this section was de- tailed the off-space occupied by the spec- tators, and it is needless to say that every inch of this allotment was occu- pled long before the last straggling dele- gate had arrived on the scene. On the platform, seated behind General Stone, was Mayor Clark of Sacramento, who was to welcome the delegates to the capital city, and the Rev. W. 8, Hos- kins, who, the absence of the Rev. C. L. Miel, was to deliver the invocation. It was 2:15 o’clock when General Stone rapped the convention to order and the Rev. Mr. Hoskins was introduced. He said: Almighty God, our Creator, we look unto thee for every biessing in life.” We thank thee for this great State which became ours by birth or adoption. ‘We thank thee for the his- 1 use of the convention | tral part of the vast structure. | of the great struggle be- | delegations | BSpecial Dispatch to The Call. State has made among the States of great nation. We thank thee for the noble men whom thou hast raised up, whose lives have become the warp and woof of this State’s histo We thank thee for the men, great and good, whom thou hast raised up and Who now carry forth the interests and welfare of the Statc. and we look unto thee as the Father of all good thinge, the source of all wis- down. We will do nothing without thy guid- ance. We pray for thy blessing on this great convention assembled, and we pray for all the guide them in all their delibera- tions; hat is done shall be done in thy fear and thy glory. We ask it in the name of the Redeemer. Amen. HISSES FOR GAGE. Following the invocation, the Rough Rid- ers of Sacramento marched into the hall headed by a band. Advantage was taken of this occurrence to rouse enthusiasm in this body of men, most of whom seemed to lack that fire that one might expect to witness in combatants on the evening of a_struggle. There were cheers for the Republican party of California, the city of Sacramento, and when these were given in a desultory manner some one proposed three cheers for Governor Gage. A faint attempt at enthusiasm, in which numerous hisses were heard, was the re- It. The failure of the mention of age's name to rouse the convention was in the nature of an omen of which the anti-Gage delegates made the most. General Stone then directed W. M. Cut- ter to read the call for the convention, after which he introduced Mayor Clark to the convention as the strenuous young Mayor selected by the }Jeople of Sacra- | mento for the purpose of expressing their welcome to the convention. Mayor Clark was received with applause, and when quiet was restored he said: Mr. Chairman and ladies and_gentlemen of the convention and visitors: Your kind re- ception makes me feel perfectly at home on this Republican platform. 1 prcsume, to a great many, that will anpear very strange, but it is £0, nevertheless. 1 am not here to make a Republican speech, or any other kind of a speech to-day, but simply here for the pur- pose of welcoming you, one and all, to our beautiful cily. Sacramentans join me in ex- tending to you a hearty and sincere welcome, and we hope every minute of your stay in Sacramento will be thoroughly enjoyed. It s customary, &s a majority of you gentlemen know, on an occasion of this kind, to present the golden key of the city to the presiding officer, but I feel as if T ought to keep that key a’little while and present it in January, 1903, to the nominees of this convention. (Cheers.) In response General Stone said he was certain that every delegate to the con- vention appreciated the kindly welcome so gratefully extended, and that he was sure they were ready and willing to ac- cept the same. | _The real struggle of the convention em- | bodied in the selection of a chairman was | begun when General Stone announced the | selection of a temporary chairman was | in_order. | Dr. C. L. Tisdale of Alameda County | was the first delegate recognized by the l chair. Amid cries of “Platform” he said | he desired merely to nominate for the of- fice of chairman Congressman Victor H. Metcalf. There was a half-hearted dem- onstration by the Alameda and Los An- geles delegations, which was a_zephyr | compared to that which followed at t‘e mention of the name of Jacob H. Neff by John F. Davis of Amador County, who presented the Lieutenant Governor in pomination. Davis' speech was as fol- ows: NOMINATION OF NEFF. Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: I de- sire to present the name of the man who has gresided over more conventions than any other man in this State, the Lieutenant Governor of California, the Hon. Jacob H. Neff, (Ap- plause.) J] | ciples of “the Republican party, the Big Political Gathering. We of the mountains have followed his leadership in many a hard-fought battle, and we have traveled this road too far to turn | back now. (Cheers). We have many a time on that way realized the wisdom of the im- mortal American who once told this natior, “Never 'to swap horses in the middle of a stream.’% (Cheers.) Four years ago our candidate presided over the deliberations of the Republican State Cor- vertion in this very hall. No more honorable, no more experienced and no more fair man than he lives in the State of California. (Ap- plause.) The fuliness of a career which has won for him the wisdom and . the admiration of his fellow men is the cause of this enthu- siasm that inspires us to stand by him to-day. (Cheers.) We resent any suggestion or Inference that under any circumstances, or any strain the conduct of this great body of men will ever be aught than the joint conduct that will char- acterize a convention of Republicans. All M Neff's public life has been given in the serv- ice of the Republican party. He believes that in the party councils a man serves the inter- ¢sts of his party best who stands unflinchingly for good government. He believes in the prin- and/all its plans have his entire approval. He will never whittle away any doctrine of that party. While he is not an idolator at the shrine of mere schedules, he is an unfaltering upholder and a bellever that we shall never fail to support in the State of California the cardinal doc- trine of our party, in that we favor com- plete protection to American labor and Ameri- can industry. (Applause and cheers.) In behalf of courage, and in behalf of all that makes ever good politics in this State, without taking away one single laurel from any other name that has been presented or may be presented, I desire to nominate and place in nomination as temporary chairman of the Republican Convention the name of that grand old ploneer, Uncle Jake Neff of Placer County. (Prolonged applause and cheers.) Seconding speeches followed in quick succession. Adams of Los Angeles took the floor in behalf of Neff and said: As a representative of more than 100 votes in this convention from south of Tehachap! I want to say that while our section of the State was first settled, we vield to the pioneer of the north. (Cheers.) But in so doing; we do not yield to any section or_to any people in our devotion to that pioneer who lives aud the one who has passed over the divide. There- fore, gentlemen, as a representative of the majority of the south who bring the perfume of the orange and the magnolia in the sunny southland, 1 desire to second the momination of Uncle Jake Neff. (Applause.) SPEECH FOR METCALF. Delegate Roney of Solano seconded gde!cal_f's nomination in the following ad- ress: v, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I have great pieasure in seconding the nomination of the Hon. Victor H. Metcalf as the presiding officer of this convention. We do not detract from any qualities or any of the virtues possessed by Mr. Neff as a presiding officer or as a stalwart Republican, but we hold that Mr. Metcalf, during his brief term in Congress, has done more for the honest workingmen of the State of California than any man that figures in that House to-day representing Caii- fornia. (Applause.) ‘We consider that at this rarticular time in the history of the Republicars of this State we should have a presiding officer who repre. serits not only the intelligence of the State but muscle as well. Mr. Metcalf is the ge: tleman who best fills that qualification, not- withstanding all the superfor qualifications that may be attributed to Mr. Neft. I have, therefore, Mr. Chairman, pleasure in second- ing the nomination of ‘the Hon. Vietor H. Metcalf as chairman of this convention. (Ap- plause.) Goldman of San Diego won applause b: his indorsement of Neff, and pg remar{( e ] See sultings in my window—imported or do- mestic woolens, $15 up. J. Smith, 906 Market.+ | that the extreme southern end of the Governor’s Partisans|Fight for the Place of Presiding Officer Waxes Fast and Furious at Times, but the Balloting Proceeds Without Any Sensa- tional Incident and the Selection of Neff Is Made Unanimous Have Little of Comfort. State reaches to the north and grasps Sis- | kiyou by the hand in the matter of the nomination of “Uncle Jake” Neff. Judge J. W. McKinley of Los Angeles spoke in behalf of Metcalf. He said: Upon behalf of the majority of the delegation from the county of Los Angeles, I desire, as Los Angeles so often in the past has donme, to join hands with the imperial county of Alameda and second the nomination of Victor Metcalf. There is no one in this convention who does not join in honoring the name of the other gentleman who has been pre- gented to this convention, but he has been honored by our party so that no action of this convention can add to the honors that cluster around his noble brow. There are matters be- fore this convention dependent in some degree upon this action to-day, which are of more importance to the State of California than the honoring of any one. of its citizens, even if there be any reason why one should receive honor more than the other. 1 take it that under the circumstances, with reference to the candidate whose nomination I second, it Is a fit time that a convention of Republicans in the State of California should recognize ability and good faith and indorse the Congressional delegation, and especlally indorse this gentle- man who has been in the forefront in that delegation in defending the interests of Cali- fornfa at the national capital. I take it that no one can say to this con- vention, as has beeen insinuated from this platform, that each one of these men more than the'other is a representative of ‘good gov- ernment. 1 say that there is no man or body of men in this convention that can stand here and say, “We are holier than you,” or that ‘‘the election of your candidate would be in any way an infringement upon the principles of £0od government.” We come here to-day with differences in our views as candidates, but I take it we come here as the representa- tives of a united party, which intends to go forth from this hall in defense of the Re- publican principles which have been so ably advocated In the halls of Congrees by the Hon. Victor H. Metcalf.” (Applause and cheers.) NEFF'S FINE RECORD. A. P. Van Duser took the floor with a caustic speech in behalf of Neff. He said: For the first time in the history of the Re- publican party in California is there to-day a contest whose probable result will be known at the end of the roll call for a_temporary chair- man. It is an unprecedented and unheard of thing in the history of political parties, and Yet it exists, and why it exists is the ques- tion T want to find out. I am proud to stand here as a part of the representation of more than 30,000 Republicans in the magnificent city of San Francisco (applause and cheers) and add my voice for the recognition of the Test of that grand old pioneer, of that red hot, of that unimpeachable and incomparable man, Jacob H. Neff, for chairman ot this convention. (Proionged applause.) , gentlemen, two months ago it was suggested that this man be chalrman of this convention. That had been for three years discussed in the public press from the moun- tains to the sea, and until five days ago not a dissenting Yolce was heard. Why, was because sir, it was a Republican when the majority of m& here were at school, it was because Jacob Neff, in the guiches of Cali- fornia as a miner and as a man, was laying the foundation of this grand party strong and deep when we did not understand what poli- tics was for. Will we turn him down now? (Chies of “No, No, No, Never.") Jacob H. Neff has spent his life for you. He stood up for the party when, fn the history of the State, if you took upon your ilves the holy name of Iiberty you were denounced and mobbed. That was more than fifty years ago. 1 say from that day to this he has never swerved; from that day to this he has been a Republican, and will continue so until he shall die. 1 'have heard it whispered around that he was not physically able to govern this body of men. Well, if we want a muscular man to preside over the convention, we will telephone down for Jeffries or Bob Fitzsim- mons. (Great laughter.) But I say if we want a Republican, if we want a man than whom there is no better living, we want the man I mention. me Is no ons to compare the capabilities the men, or the honesty of the men, or the honor | of the men. There is no use to stand up and eulogize the services of either Mr, Neft or the Hon. Mr. Metcalf. But I say here, and I say it carefully and calmly, that it was never known before that at this stagé of @ contest a member of Congress, honored by his party with an election, honored by a re- nomination gained- by laurels in Washington, one who has become a most prominent rep- Tesentative of California in Washington; never before has that kind of man projected him- self Into a contest for chairman of a conven- tion. And I say to you, and I sey it as a friend of the gentleman from Alameda before you, that if he to-day gains this victory and turns down and overrides the ploneer of pio- neers the victory will be Dead Sea apples on his 1ips and that the honors or laurels that he will gain by it will be swept out of ex- istence. (Cries of “Time, time, time.'") Wait, I will not talk but a minute. I am speaking in behalf of all the Republicans of the day. I say, miners and farmers—(Cries of “Time, time”)I will sit down in ome mo- I have a right to speak. 1 will say That as a friend of every Republican lifornia I implore the delegates from the counties to stand by the man who has (Cheers.) bay stood by them. McNAMARA TO THE FORE. T, B. Hutchinson of Napa seconded the nomination of Neff, and he was followed by McNamara of the Thirty-second San Francisco District, whose blunders of speech and manners excited laughter. McNamara is a Gage man and he spoke as follows: In behalf of the Thirty-second District of San Francisco and as chairman of the delega- tlon thereof, I belleve that the name of Mr. Metcalf in San Francisco is unanimous. It means to the laboring class of people that a man who will come here to this convention and preside over this able body of people—it means to the laboring class of peogle that In the hereafter the gubernatorial nomination shall fall on the proper person and it shall be Henry T. Gage. (Laughter and cries of ‘‘Nu, no.””) Mr. Chalrman, in behalf of the Thirty- second District, 1 heartily second the nomina- tion of Mr, Metca!f. A motion was made declaring the nomi- nations closed, and the vote was then taken, the interest in the outcome being most ‘'keen. A total of 820 votes was polled, Neff receiving 42% and Metcaif Before the result could be announced Metcalf arose and moved that the selec- tion of his opponent as chairman of the convention be made unanimous. There ‘was no objection to this course, and 1t went through with a vim. The Lieuten- ant Governor was then escorted to the platform by Metcaif, and when he turned to speak the delegates rose in_a body and cheered him to the echo. He spoke as follows: Fellow Republicans and gentlemen of the convention: After a residence in our beloved State of over half a century I feel this com- pliment, coming to me from a body of Re. publicans, beyond the power of speech to ex- press. (Applause.) I shall detain you but a moment, as I understand and know that the most of you are men in business and in other pursuits of life and that you do net expect to remaln here any longer than you are compelled to. Something has been said that this is going L] Piles Cured Without the i(nife, Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruaj No cure, No Pay. o he by manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refu money where it fails to cure any case 1o mafter of how long standing. 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Although there may be some obstinate ones, you know that one is a poor instrument to govern the maty unless the many are willing to be governed. Every gentleman upon this floor shall have fair treatment from me. I expect to be per- fectly falr to you, regardless of the contest that has been waged against me. You are all my friends. We all travel the same road politically and for the same object. (Cheers.) 1 trust and hope that the object that you gentlemen have in view will.be to nominate & ticket that will be successful at the polls in November next and that you will place a platform before the people of this State that may be acceptable to them and that your home industries may be protected. Thanking you most sincerely, my fellow Republicans, for this great honor, I will take my seat. (Prolonged applause.) Delegate Larkin moved that a commit- tee on credentials be appointed, com- posed of three from each Congressional district and one at large. The motion prevailed, and another calling for the ap- pointment by the chair of a committee on order of business to consist of three from each Congressional district and one at large. The committee on platform and resolutions, it was decided, shall consist of a like number. The foliowing officers of the convention were then announced: Secretary, F. D. Ryan; chief clerk, W. B. Thorpe; clerks—H. W. Prindle, James J. Murry, J. T. McNiff, George D. Gold- man. H. G. McKanney, Charles Bailey, E. R. Tiel; sergeant at arms, J. T. Staf- ford; assistants—D. G. Kevane, Fred Almes, T. T. Tinnin, E. H. Smiddy, Wil- liam Ford, Max Ginsberg; messenger, Frank H. Ryan; pages—James Dickey. Erwin Freeman, John Rhodes, O. Da- muth, Raymond Maxwell, B. Holmes, Porter Anderson, Clarence Brown, Rus. sell D. Stevens, P. Bowden, A. Bowden, gA dCafield: stenographer, ' Arthur Mo~ urdy. The convention then took a recess till 7:30 o'clock. DELEGATE’SSEAT MAKES SUBJECT FOR A DEBATE CALL HBEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 2%5.—The committee on cre- dentials held a protracted meeting on the platform of the convention immediately after the adjournment to-night. E. O. Larkin, chairman of the committee, pre- sided and Frank Ryan, secretary of the convention, acted in that capacity for the committee. There was only one contest before the committee, but it was not_decided until after a long and heated discussion. It appears that Angelo A. Brizzolara, a dele- gate from the Forty-fourth Assembly Dis- trict, had in the year 1900 registered in Marin County. Lincoln E. Savage, sec- retary of the Primary League of San Francisco, appeared as attorney for J. George Boyne of San Francisco, who con- tested Brizzolara's right to a seat in the convention. Savage produced as evidence an affidavit sworn to by Robert E. Gra- ham, clerk of the county of Marin, in Which the latter certified that Brizzolara had registered in the county on the 10th of September, 1900, and that his name had appeared on the list of drawn jurors for Despite this proof the members of the committee took a broad view of the mat- ter. They had evidence in their posses- sion that Brizzolara was in the coal busi- ness in the one hundred block on Wash- ington street, San Franciseco, and only had temporary residence in Marin County. during the summer months. The matter was discussed at length. Judge Ballard delivered the law in the case and his views practically settled matters. He said the Supreme Court held time and again that a- man's intentfon was to be taken into consideration in the deciding of his residence. Upon motion of Gen- eral Warfleld the contest was denled. Brizzolara was seated as a delegate and he will be notified. He left for San Fran- cisco this afternoon, but expected to re- turn in time to vote for the nomination of Governor. 3 The committee also adopted that portion of the State Central Committee’'s report which provides that where there is a tie a delegate is entitled to half a vote. The matter of proxies was taken up and discussed at length. It was decided by the committee to adopt the following sec- tion of the call sent out by the State Cen- tral Committee: “That if any delegate to said State Convention shail die before, or from any cause shall be unable to at- tend upon said convention. then the other delegates thereto from the same territory, or if there is no delegate remaining from said territory then the other delegates thereto from the said Assembly District shall have power to determine by a ma- Jority vote which of the said delegates shall cast the vote of such deceased or absentee in said State Convention and thereupon sald delegate so named may cast said vote in said State Convention.™ This will prevent the use of proxies in the convention and confusion will be avolded. Assessments Are Raised. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 2%5.— State Board of Equalization to-day followed the course foreshadowed by its action last week when it adopted a resolution in favor of taxing the gross earnings of raflways. 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