The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1902, Page 2

SA. THE FRANCISCO CALL, WED ESDA'Y, AUGUST 27, 1902 CONVENTION VIEWS PITIF THE REPORT ON PLATFORM AND REsOLUTIONS WAas MADE kNOoOWwWN By F GREGG | Jorn { RicHARDS | | OF SANTA CLAR A | WONDERED « OF FRI15CO CALLED For A EXTENSION OF . T it E (Foi. SPEECH ‘M v<n~t_6|) To WAR ATros B QF 1os ANGELE s LS. NOICED Mild Indorsement of Gage Is Permitted in the Interest of Harmony. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQIL SACRA- all factions united in adopting /a briet MENTO, A convention | resolution commending the Republican war; s work soon after it | administration of California. 7 was ca to order by Chairman | After the call to order Chairman Neff Netr % o'clock this morning, | 2nnounced that the reports of commit- 3 tees were in order. The report of the com- e session was enliv 7 @ dis- | mittee on credentials was first presented. in which the spec- | It was adopted without debate. { the State adminis- | _The report of the committee on order Jovernor Gage, beg- | Of business was called for, bu air- ey g o2 | man Ruef couldnot be found. After a e e > | brief pause Ruef appeared on the plat- ome of the speakers that the | form and read the order of business as of the administration would | agreed upon by the committee. It pro- nd vided for making the temporary officers in no sense a per- | the platform as|Of the convention permanent and called have ignored the | for nominations for State officers in suc- % s cessive order from the Governor down. ation entirely. — The| Changes of votes during a rollcall were grew temperate at the|forbidden. The report was satisfactory he interests of harmony |to the convention and was adopted with- Your piano money will count for more than full value here because our lines of pianos are the best products of human in- genuity. Every dollar you put into a piano you purchase.of us means, in addition to its actual commercial value, the extra value of quality that is peculiarly a characteristic of the pianos we carry. All patrons receive the same uniform courteous treatment at our hands; all get the same figures, the same identical proposition on any particular piano. We neither practice nor believe favoritism. Ours is positively a ONE-PRICE HOUSE. These are some of the things that ought to appeal to you if you contemplate purchasing a piano. Call and get our pleasant terms of sale. THE WILEY B. ALLEN (O, THE ONE-PRICE PIANO HOUSE, 931 MARKET STREBET, SAN FRANCISCO. Branch, 95t BROADWAY, OAKLAND. Coast Agents for CHASE & BAKER PIANO PLAYER, the World’s Best. out a dissenting voice. PLEA FOR HERRIN’S MAN. The interest of the convention was centered in the report of the platform committee, which was next read by Chairman J. W. Gregg of- the committee. Scarcely had Gregg finished reading the platform when Judge McKinley of Los Angeles sprang to his feet and, on gaining the eye of the chairman, offered the fol- lowing amendment to the report: We indorse the Republican administration of the State government presided over by Gov- ernor Henry T. Gage. This amendment precipitated the first real fight of the convention. The failure of the platform committee to file a re- port indorsing the Gage administration eemed to have a stunning effect. upon the Gage adherents in the convention. When McKinley offered his amendment the Gdge men made a feeble demonstration, which was interrupted by the declaration of Chairman Neff that under the rule adopted by the convention the resolution offered would have to be referred to the committee on resolutions without debate. “Then I move,” sald McKinley, “that the report of the committee on platform and resolutions be recommitted, with in- structions to add to the report the clause ‘We indorse the Republican administra- tion of the State government presided over by Governor Henry T. Gage.’ ” Meserve of Los Angeles raised the point of order that McKinley’s motion was an amendment and that the amendment was to go to the committee. The chairman said the point was well taken and there- upon MeKinley took the stand with a stir- ring appeal to the convention to indorse the administration of Gage. He spoke as follow: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the con- vention: For the first time, as I am informed, in the State of California, the committee upon platform and resolutions has proposed to a convention of Republicans—Iloyal to Repub- lican principles and indorsing the principles of the administration of the government both in tbe nation and the State—that we shall go into a campaign without avowing our faith in those principles and our confidence in the men who have so faithfully administered them. I take it but one construction can be given to the action of this committee and that that construction fs that this.committee secks by such action to prejudice the.cause of. one of the candidates before this convention. There may be honest differences of opinlon as to Who shall be the standard-bearer in the com- izg campaign, but I take it that there cannot be, and ought not to be, any difference of opinion as to the fact that the administration of the ' State government by Henry T. Gage has been honest and fearless. 1 take it that this convention, whatever its action may be in making the nomination, if the candidate whom I have the honor and am proud to sup- port does mot receivé the nomination that It will not be an indication of disapproval of him by this convention, but simply an exer- cise of its discretion in the cholce of can- didates. This admifiistration during the last four years has fulfilled every pledge which was made in. the platform of the convention of four years ago. If there is anything wrong with this administration we are here to meet the objections that are made, to meet any reasons that may be advanced by any person upon this floor against the administration of the Hon. Henry T. Gare. 1 say to you that we are ready, and in dis- cussing this matter I shall hope to close the debate on behalf of this motion—having made ft—to meet any. reasons, I say to you, gentle- men of this convention, what is the matter with the administration of Henry T. Gage? (Cries of ‘‘Nothing, nothing.’’) If any have cause. to_show let them come forward like men and show it now. MESERVE MAKES APPEAL. E. A. Meserve of Los Angeles was the next speaker. He sald: * Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of this Repub- lican convention, representing the Republican intelligence of this State, from its northern- most boundary line to the county—and includ- ing the beautiful county—of San Diego, I ask | you: Are you prepared to write this sub- scription in the work that you are now doing: We condemn, without a trial? We adjudge without a hearing? We accept the newspapers as our evidence, and we take it without salt? Gentlemen, I say to you that I do not be- lieve that a Republican convention will do this act. Henry T. Gage is a_candidate before you. As such, he stands on a level with every other man. A such, he has the right to receive those votes which are in his favor, and: those oppos- ing him have the right to'receive the votes that are in their favor. But unless you are prepared to say, without an adjudication, without a hearing, without being permitted to come here before you as his jurors, that he is wrong—that his administration has been a faflure—I say to you to come here like brave | and intelligent Republicans, worthy of the people you represent and say that his admin- | JubeE Baw L OF RIVER S IBE ENDEAVOQEDs HitasELR LIFE STUDIES 6F MEN _@T THE ‘CONYBNTION, TRACED | noble chairman and voted for Jake Net 1 ment, RDLL M TaE ERE .. OF SisKIiou MAN FRom GAOHZEL LAE TomMm Bos b CF SAN RARAEL ‘BY- R 5 Ta>l or_ > PLaced’ —nux BE Fore THE CoNvE~NTION THE PEN OF A CARTOONIST WITH. TH £ Anti-GageuMen Show Lenient Spirit. * + istration in the past has been honest, it has beett able. ‘And Whether we will place him as our standard bearer or not does not depend upon our indorsement of him, but we will do that which is right without regard to allegiance to_any other man. I say to you, do that which is right—do that which” is right without regard to allegiance. I care not what candidate you may be for. I care not who you desire fo see that banner carried by. My friends, you cannot afford to say as Republicans of this great State, you condemn without a hearing. Do what is right. Be men, and stand for what is right regardless of allegiance to a candidate. Judge Ballard of Orange, on gaining the platform, spoke as follows: Fellow delegates from every county in the grandest State in this Federal Union; I re- member one thing that was said by the rever- end doctor who opéned 'this convention by a prayer—every one ' of ‘you no doubt will also remember. He: thanked God for . the noble State of California. So do we all. We are fair men—we ocught to be, because God' - has glven us the fairest portion of all earth's pos- sessions.. We .haye. the.grand mountains, with their grand valleys, and sunshine that rivals Italy’s clime. ~Why ought not our men and women to be fair and” honest to every man Who is entitled to_ fair, honest treatment? . The committee on platform and resolutlons has been kind enough to recognize the moral and officlal work of President Roosevelt. There are men -perhaps. within the sound of my voice that take issue with President Roosevelt upon some of his officlal acts, but that did not de- tract and swerve this committee from doing an eminently proper. thing to the highest officlal in the United States. ‘We honor President Roosevelt for the man that he is—his loyalty, the strenuous character of his very makeup. Now, I say, coming down to this question at hand, there are some here Who take Issue with Governor Gage’s friends upon some of his acts, hut I say to you in fairne I take it that all in all no Gov noquitted himself more honorably to the party to_which he belongs. - Do this act to him, and do not forever cloud his brow with a thought that he may possibly leave the Governor's chair of this State with- out an indorsement of his honesty and his probity of character. SCHOOLER ADDS HIS VOICE. Schooler of San Francisco made the fol- lowing appeal to the' convention: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Repub- lican Convention .of - the State of - California: I st before you as a humble Republican, fighting for the cause of Republicanism and the honesty of purpose and the honesty of fair- ness to do that which is right, and to defeat the Democratic party at the next election. For twenty years I have been voting the Re- publican ticket, have been observing the plat- forms of the Republican’ party of the State of California, and I -ask you: Do you dare at | this_time'to send out your nominee—whoever he may be—without an indorsement of the righteous, the honest, ‘honoroble ‘acts’of your Governor’ of the State of California? T care not, gentlemen, whom you may vote for. There ure’ sitting on the floor of this convention a number of men who, no doubt, will vote for Henry T. Gage for the nomination of Gov- ernor of the State of California. But at the same time they.love, they honor, they revere, they worship, aye, gentlemeén, they deify. your e, those gentlemen who voted for him, wé Gagé men—the Republicans who voted for your chairman—ask you in honesty and in fairness to_place that resolution in your platform. 1 say to you, you Flint men, if Themas Flint Jr., shall be the nominee of this con- vention, do you wish the Democratic ' party to assall him and say that he has not the in- dorsement of the action of his party for the past four years?. I ask you Pardee men; I ask you Hayes men; I ask you, gentlemen, as fair-minded men, to uphold this resolution. Have this recommitted and have it inserted. I say if ¥ou do that you will heal up the wounds, if any there may be, in the event that Henry T. Gage may not be the nominee of this convention. Governor as this State has ever had. And I tell you, gentlemen, Henry T. Gage is not now seeking this indorsement. It is the Republican party that is seeking this indorse- and as fair-minded, honorable men I k you to be fair and to place this in the platform. 3 Judge Gregg informed the convention that no resolution of the tenor of that offered by McKinley had been submitted to the committee. He therefore opposed the amendment. A young délegate named Golden of San Francisco protested.against the adoption 1 tell you he has been as good a |- cessful during this last administration, what argument can you make to the people of Cali- fornia that it will be more successful during the next four years? That is the question before us. If we do not come before the peo- ple with an indorsement of this administra- tion, we are absolutely without argument and absolutely without appeal to the voters of this State. -JOHNSON TALKS OF POLICY. A delegate in the rear of the hall caused a mild sensation by saying that the platform committee did not desigh to slap Governor Gage. Grove Johnson then took the floor and said he was not in favor of slapping any candidate. He be- leved that the casting of slurs would in- Jure the party. Resuming he said: I appeal to vou, not but what I have faith that a majority of this convention is in favor of the motion, but I appeal to you as fair men—let this motion be adopted unanimously; it will then be robbed of any significance so far as indorsing a candidate. It will then ap- pear simply as the acts of the.Republicans of Callfornia who four vears ago elected those men to office, and to saw now, at the opening of another campaign, we have faithful public servants, we indorse them as Republicans, and we propose to fight in fayor of other Republi- cans who will do equally as well. I appeal to you 'as brothers in a good cause. I appeal to you as men who, understanding the doctrines of a platform Which did not indorse the State administration. He said in part: If the Republican party has not been suc- of fraternity, let not any mere word influence you; let not any feeling of personal prejudice or passion influence you. Be gulded solely by the desire .to do that which will bring the most votes to the Republican party. $ I am not here to speak of the merits of any. candidate—at some future time I may perhaps say something—I only say now that I speak to you as a Republican, I would not care if the bitterest enemy I had on earth—and unfortu- nately I have some enemies—if the bitterest enemy I had on earth was occupying the gu- bernatorial chair, I would vote for this resolu- tion because it is good politics so to do. ‘would vote for this resolution because it is fair so to do. I would vote for this resolution because it will help to glve us votes, because it will show to the laboring people of the State of California who are interested in.'this matter that we are not striking at a man that they think has been heir friend. I appeal to vou to all forget your passions; forget your prejudice, and upon the altar of the Republican party, let the fire of the party enthusiasm burn bright and consume all of passion, all of personality. all of feeling, and unite as one man in the adoption of the resolu- tion, which will do more to glorify the Re- publican’ administration, which will do more to promote harmony and good feeling in this convention than aught else you can do; and if this resolution is adopted, T feel that every man will act better, will feel better, and feel he has done his duty, and that we will take up the burden of the fight, no matter who be the candidate, and in ths language of the song at San Jose, ‘“We will hail the nominee, we do not care what his name is, we will hail the nominee, what the hail care ‘we who the nominee is.” We will all support him, DAVIS BRINGS HARMONY. John F. Davis of Amador made a sen sible ap{)ea_l to the convention in the 1 terest of harmony for the party and fair- ness to all prospective candidates. He sald: Fellow Republicans, I have a reputation for fairness, and I propose that from the vote that is taken upon this resolution, or the view that I take of it, no false inference shall be draw: The gentleman who has preceded me upon this platform has made the plea that it ought to be voted unanimously, because it would not do to bave it appear that the different candidates were simply. trying to slap a éertain candidate in the face. On the other hand, the field in this convention does not desire a false construction placed on this resolution, or this vote, if they vote for it. If it is a proposition that you di Difficult Q'gé:fl'on That is dyspepsia. It. makes life miserable. Its sufferers eat not because they want to—but simply because they must. They know they are irritable and fret- ful; but they cannot be otherwise. They complain of a bad taste in the mouth,* a tenderness- at the pit of the stomach, an uneasy feeling of puffy full- ness, headache, heartburn and what not. The effectual remedy, proved by perma- nent cures of thousands of severe cases, is Hood’s Sarsaparilla Hood's Pills are the best cathartic. UL SPECTACLE OF GOVERNOR'S HENCHMEN PLEADING FOR THE MEREST MENTION OF HIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE STRTE PLATFORN "THE ™M an WITH THE BLAC WHISKER> MONTEREY, PLACED a\ Torm FLINTS NAME (N TR E HAMD =S OF THE OEL EGATED. v, L4 Bee BUORDETTH ToLo ow 3 ALL THE FLINTS o THE (ALEN= Dar BuUT OF OoNE '™ PARTIC = ULAR e Flint's Cam'p ls a Scene of Elation and - His Followers Are Standing Firm. _ Continued From Page 1, Column 1. who voted for the candidate from San Juan was present and lifted his voice in cheers for his choice. The speeches were fervid ones and were appeals to the del- egates 'to stand by Flint until he is nominated for Governor. Before the meet- ing adjourned a motion to Stand by Thomas Flint Jr., first, last and all the time, was carried with a cheer that could be heard by residents four blocks away. Judge F. W. Gregg of San Bernardino called the meeting to order. He delivered a short speech, giving the reason for the caucus, and took occasion to dwell upon the vote taken during the afternoon ses- sion of the convention. He said Flint's gain was 3 to 1 over Gage. ~ “On the first ballot,”s he said, “Flint received 251 votes and Gage 322 On the second ballot Flint gained 18%, whereas Gage gained only 3 votes. On the third ballot Flint gained 10 more votes and Gage 7% votes. 'It 1S only necessary for us to keep our organization intact and to cast our votes for Flint and not be carried away by any rumors. There is a gentle- man here whom I would like to call upon for some remarks—Arthur L. Levinsky of Stockton.” Levinsky was given a hearty reception. In part he spoke as follows: I was told this. evening that there was to be a caucus held by the friends of Senator Flint, and I was asked if I would come here and I assented. For the first time in eighteen years 1 am not a delegate to a State conven- tion. I asked my friends not to send me, for a certain reason. I came here use 1 am a Republican. I want'to see the mominée of this convention a man whom we can elect. (Applause.) I am not personally opposed to any gentleman whose name has been mentioned. I do not belleve anything in" the newspapers, but there are others who do. If we nominate Henry T. Gage, .the Republican party must do what it has hever done before, and that is make a defensive campaign. The always made an aggre didate—match him if you can.’ Should we this time make it a = defensive campalign? (Cries of “No, no."” I know this about Senator Flint. _He is not too young and he is not too old. He has al- ways worn the same sized hat, and when he is_elected Governor he will wear it. He is a man who has led a pure life—and good God! sire harmony, if it is a proposition that at the end of this convention you do not want to be placed in a false position, if they vote for it I do not desire that you shall go out of this hail and proclaim it a‘partisan victory for a partic- ular man. (Applause and cheers.) Now, then, let Us be fair all around. I favor the adoption of this resolution, but I favor it on that ground only—namely, that when it is adopted, it is not, and cannot be, proclaimed a personal victory in a debate; but we do not want to be put in a false position of having been voted down on a matter that we desire to have considered by the committee on platform and resolution. 2 So that if we are going to vote for It, lét us take the buck by the horns and vote for. it on that understanding. - Then it cannot be pro- claimed as a victory in any sense that might afterward be claimed, if we did not have this understanding when it is voted for by this con- vention. Let us vote for it unanimously and then place no false construction on it in any man’s fight for Governor in this convention of Republicans. (Applause.) 3 This closed the speechmaking upon Mec- Kinley’s resolution, and in response to re- peated cries of “question” the motion to amend the platform by inse: the reso- lution indorsing the administration was ut and carried with a rousing “aye.” ot a dissenting volce was heard, and ‘when the result was announced the Gage men sought to rouse the enthu- siasm of the convention by vent to a series of cheers. Several of Los Angeles men sprang n their chairs and waved their hats wildly. They as palms in a barren waste, and when they perceived their solitariness th sisted, after uttering a few ‘l:’llll‘“ ‘whoops. This mild indorsement of G: ‘was thus allowed to be made by th rival nctlo.c ns in the m{c!m:“firnmmvm < and peace. what else do you wapt? Give us Tom Flint and we will win hands down. (Cheers.) “BOB” BURDETTE'S ADVICE. The Rev. Robert Burdette of Pasadena was called upon for a speech, and when the humorist ascended the platform he was tendered an ovation. Mr. Burdette spoke in a humorous vein, but his remarks struck home. He emphasized the neces- sity of the delegates standing shoulder to shoulder and winning for Flint. He iI- lustrated his ideas by using Adrian Anson, the famous baseball player, as an exam- fileA He sald that Anson never knew when\ e was defeated: that after a game the umpire would have to go out to first base and inform Anson that the game was over and that he lost and make affidavit lt'xol the same before Anson would, belleve im. Burdette told of a game of ball in Phila- delphia Between the home teama and the Chicago nine. He said the Phillies were ~ four runs ahead in the last inning. Chi- cago went to bat and Anson took up his position on the coacher’s line and yelled in a voice that could be heard for a mil “Hit the first ball over and hit it hara. That the men obeyed the injunction was proved by their filling the bases. “Anson came to bat,” sald Burdette. Continued on Page 5, Column JOHN J. FULTON CO. “Can’l Live 48 Hours” Bright's Disease and Diabetes Are Positivelp Curable. We have two letters from a business man in an Eastern city. We have no per- mission yet to print the names, so only present the text. The first letter was as follows: My wife is {ll with Bright’s Diseass. The doctors have given her up. One said she could et live forty-eight hours. There was so much. it would pack in the tube without .| heating, 8o it would mot pour out. 130 to 160. The something terrible. A touch do think with your compound the chances m’g her?*” We wrote that we feared the expected would happen before it could reach her and began to act. But we advised that he take the slim remaining chance and put her on it. We now copy from a late letter re- ceived August 1lth: Medical works agree that Bright’s Dis- ease and Diabetes are incurable, but 7 per cent are positively recovering under the Fulten Compounds. (Dropsy, Bladder Trouble, Rheumatism from-urie acid and the minor kidney diseases are soon re- lleved.) Price, $1 for Bright's Disease and $150 for Diabetic Compound. Free tests made for patients. Descriptive pamphlets malled free. Call or address Johin J. Fulton Co., office §, ninth floor, Mills Building, Montgomery street, Saa Francisco.