The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII—NO. 89. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. e e et - . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARDEE'S VICTORY FREES REPUBLICANISM OF GAGE HE blight of Gagersm has been cast off by the Republicans of California. struggled to force the discredited Governor upon the party that had repudiated him. standard. Pardee recewed a majority of 102 votes on this ballot, and his nommation was made unanimous. of the nominees being chosen by acc/amation. George C. Pardee of Aiameda will lead the party to victory m November. Through five ballots in the State convention Herrin, Burns and the other allied bosses The end came on the sixth ballot, when the Gage followers, weary of the hopeless struggie, broke away from him to line up under the Alameda With the governorship contest disposed of, the selection of ‘the rest of the State ticket proceeded with but Iittle delay, several — Flint, Davis and bther Stal- | warts Honored for De- liverance of Party. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEAD-| QUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, ship in the San Joaquin Valley | and Los Angeles. men made a superb fight from start to finish. It is true that they Aug. \ug 1| honor on the firing line. home county and there raise ‘le standard of clean political meth- ods and honest administration of | public affairs. His boldness drew the fire of all the boss forces of California. He won magnificent | uccesses in the south and would have entered the convention with ation is accepted as a |2 solid column embracing all the Jete triumph over the allied | delegations south of Tehachapi if ; | Democrats had not been pur- 2epublicanswhowere iden-| chased in the open market to struggle to crush I support the Gage tickets. t it is diffi- one chief It is the gen- ment that the utility of the Reput in this State. Par- relegate the corrupt | Scorns Offers 6t Compromise. ’ politicians to the rear ac- I Flint’s onset in Los Angeles cord high praise to Senator Tom | shattered the boss column and The Flint| did not win, but they fell with|® Flint | % had the nerve to invade Gage's| | p.Flint for his courageous leader- | rendered Gage’s defeat certain. . 1 MEN WHOSE NAMES HEAD THE REPUELICAN STATE TICKET LIEUTENANT Chief Justice.. . Associate Justice. VERNOR Controll Treasurer GOVERNOR .. ..ccotscoosnannssast 3 ... W. H. Beatty of Sacramento i M. Angellotti of Marin, .Lucien Shaw of Los Angeles Curry of San Francisco . P. Colgan of Sonoma n Reeves of San Bernardino ! Attorney General Surveyor. . Superintendent of Public Instruction State Printer...W. W. Shannon of Sa NOMINEES OF REPUBLICAN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA GEORGE C. PARDEE OF ALAMEDA ..ALDEN ANDERSON OF SOLANO Ulysses S. Webb of Plumas Tulare ictor H. Woods of San Luis Obispo rancisco 1 g 1e fought the leaders of the Gage political machine and all the smaller. bosses at every stage of the campaign. He positively re- fused to compromise or dicker with Burns, Herrin or Kelly. His firm, unyiclding devotion to the cause of honorable politics im- pelled him to stand by that grand old pioneer, Lieuténant Gav- ernor Jacob H. Neff, and his courageous attitude insured the victory that was achieved —% | | | | | | Burns Gives the Signal That Summons the Gage Pallbearers. Special Dispatch to The Call ALL HEA D—! votes for Gage, but the votes, as QUARTERS,|The Call maintained from the S A CR.—\A\IENTO,‘1 outset, were not transferrable. Aug 27. — The | Must Go Without ‘“Vindication.” nomination of Dr.} Gage was finally forced to sur= George C. Pardee, | render the “vindication” he so which was accomplished to-day | ardently desired in order to on the sixth ballot of the conven-{avert what seemed to him a tion, affords general satisfaction | dreaded calamity—the nomina- and is everywhere accepted as a| tion of Senator Flint. It was fear ! magnificent victory for the forces 'of Flint, rather than love for that opposed the Burns-Heirin- | Pardee, that constrained the | Gage machine. As’ foreshad-| Governor to lower his colors and owed in The Call this morning,| retire from the field. After all his the men of Alameda strenuously‘l boasting he did not die “game” demanded that - Gage = should|in the last ditch. In the camp of organize the convention the al-|abide by the agreement to throw | the bosses there is news to the lied bosses would - have ‘carried| his strength to Pardee,.provided | effect that an agreement was en- the day for Gage. Tom Flint has earned the|sufficient strength' to nominate! in| gratitude of every high-minded | Neff’s election to the chairman-|and clean-handed Republican 1in ship. If Flint had weakened and permitted the opposition to Continued on Page 2. Column 2. | | tered into 2fter 2 o'clock this morning whereby several of their candidate. Everything al-| Gage’s appointees are to be pro- luring in the shape of gold bricks| tected by Pardee, but the high the Gageites could not develop was offered to Hayes, Edson and{ Pardee to capture a few more| Continued on Page 4, Column & |