The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1902, Page 1

gl = VOLUME XCII—-NO. 95. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS, LAME’'S FOLLOWERS, CONFIDENT OF VICTORY ON FIRST BALLOT, DECLINE TO BE CLUBBED INTO THE CAMP OF GEARY AND BUDD Special Dispatch to The Call. Convention is sullen, | Ora- The bru- the dy rters by to its knees Democrat to- nated I will take, the files of the Examiner Bob Mogrow s a lobbyist on show that he is The files the ammu- om Geary out DECEPTION IS EXPOSED. claim for their a n that Gea labor unions the Democrats of a Geary or Bu the lab party to put a State ticket of its own into the field. In order o ce the dele; that He to be obey s c resorted to. Old line, t e re-consuming Democrats of ol Jefte 1 affirm in tones of in-| that the party is bigger n Geary and bigger are making Lane's fight on he is fair and truth concern unions. T from W. W. Cope- | the Typographical | able ai. he e labor Sacra- the among the | the work- | have our support | “W. W. COPELAND.” | secret Typo- 1, replied in this style: 20, Sept. 2, 1%2.—To John Convention Hall, Sacramento, your inquiry I will say named slying to most aceeptable to working- y printers. Know of no late mentioned who would be | s ng. H. L. WHITE.” DISRUPTING THE PARTY. ! of of the uthern e old Democratic guard | acific, headed by John Siskiyou and “Ole” Bill Eng- | meda, in sympathetic touch | iling masses, is something to | make angels weep. Fantastie tricks, | indec re these old political chattels of | the ad corporation playing before court of the peopie. the Hearst’s Arrogant Dictatorship Angers Dele- gates and Democratic Knives Are Being Whetted for Use if He Should Triumph | come first. | man of San Fran | of the San Francisco Star, | sage: Ole Biil English here Tom Geary and Jim Budd 1 0ld Iroquois warrior. “Why, he hasn't voted a Democratic ticket for eight years." If Lane is nominated | vor to defeat the nom- | to the labor unions. If is nominated, the anti-Hearst fac- | tion will endeavor to defeat the standard bearer of the party by aling to the of the Hearst newspapers. Gavin McD e inventor of the noise- | less machine in politics, is serenely confi- | dent that Lane will 'be nominated to- | morrow. His fine hand was shown in the adjustment of the chairmanship fight. Nothing disturbs his equanin and no And so it goes Hearst will ende; CLAIMS OF THE LANE MEN. danger signals are flylng in his camp. bl | { Delegates who are active in the contest | | bring about the nomination of Lane are confident of success on the first ballot. | They claim that their candidate will get | votes, the following | least 412 counties: at from 30 Sacramento . San Benito Bernardino 6/€an Diego 4 Tulare . 6|1zolimne . 4| Yelo inate is 34. According to the foregoing figures Lane will have a clear majority of 68. # The enti-Lane forces were anxious to arrange an order for business that would place the judicial nominations first on the list, but, after consideration, the commit- tee Getermined to recommend - that the nomination of a candidate for Governor GEARY MAY WITHDRAW. Impassioned oratory is forecast for to- morrow. Tributes to the worth of Frank- lin“K. Lane will. be rendered by Seth Mann and Judge J. F. Sullivan of San Francisco and Frank Finlayson of Los Angeles. If the programme to keep Geary in the field as a candidate for Gov- ernor be not changed, James H. Budd will make the speech placing Geary in nomination. ‘here is talk to-night that Geary’s can- | y will be withdrawn before the bai- lcting for Governor begins, and that T. 0. Toland of Ventura or James V. Cole- | sco will be presented to the convention as the candidate of the Hearst faction of the party. Late to- right the friends of Lane make the claim that he would receive 468 votes on the first ballot. Now comes James H. Barry who flashes over Lane’s longest leased wire this mes- “SAN "RANCISCO, Sept, 2.—To Hou J. F. Sallivan, Convention Hall, Sacra- mento, Cal.: Frankiin K. Lane would e a sure winner for Governor. He .not only is a representative of the truest | Democracy, but e is and ever has been a recognized champion “of the rights. of labor. “JAMES H. BARRY.” In many respects this is the dullest and C ontinued on .Pu;e 3, én!m_zm e BT o th. S POIE el B AND DISRUPTION THREATENS THE DEMOCRACY OF CA LIF_ORNIA —_— ), % A A C l i 1 SNAPSHOTS OF CANDIDATES AND DELEGATES IN SACRAMENTO | future. Platform Drawn by Resolutions Commit= tee Contains a Plank Favoring the Adop- ALL HEADQUARTERS, SA RAMENTO, Sept. committee on resolutions held a long session to-night and agreed on the following planks of the platform: “Natjonal irrigation—We rejoice at the passage of the hational irrigation aet. It was framed by a Democratic Representa- tive and supported by Democratic votes in both houses as a distinct party measure, in the face of the opposition of the most “conspicuous Republican leaders in Con- gress. We demand a much larger ap- propriation for this purpose in the eprly We declare that the remainder of - —4* | the public domain must be saved for the e " they do not openly concede’ the success of Lane, they refuse to give figures to prove that Geary It is believed that Geary’s managers have practically decided to withdraw his name on account of his vulnerable record, which has been published in the Examiner.’ In the event of Geary’s withdrawal, the elements opposing Lane will endeavor to bring Thomas O. Toland more conspicuously into the contest. Failing in this they may introduce the - candidacy of ANTI-LANE MEN SEEKING - “DARK-HORSE” CANDIDATE Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3—(2-a.'m.)—All signs point to the nomination of Franklin K. Lane for Governor on the first ballot of the Demo- cratic State Convention. His friends claim that he has ample 'strength to win.. The opposition to Lane is chiefly represented by the men behind Thomas J. Geary. James V. Coleman, the young millionaire of San Francisco. i | | i | | | I | | | | o . ] has any considerable following. | | While Absentees Are So Numerous That the Credentials Committee De- cides to Report in Favor of the Use of Proxies. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-) George F. McBride, J. J. Barrett for S. RAMENTO, Sept. 2.—The com- mittee on credentials decided at its meeting to-night to recom- mend to the convention to- morrow that it permit the use of proxies. Before acceding to this prop- osition, the committee had a long debate and the primary law was quoted by those who favored or opposed the idea. Charies Wesley Reed of San Francisco started the talk on proxies by asking Chairman H. W. Nesbitt whether they would be allowed in the convention. He said he came to the convention holding the proxy of Mayor R. F. Johnson of | Monterey and was desirous of participat- ing in the deliberations.. It was moved that in all cases where the delegations had been selected in a manner not pro- scribed by the primary law the votes of absent delegates could be represented by proxies. This motion prevailed. This was followed by the adoption of a motion that all persons holding prox- ies must file them with the secretary of the convention. In order to avoid con- fusion in the convention, a motion was adopted empowering the majority in a delegation to vote the absentees where yroxies have not been provided. MEN WHO HOLD PROXIES. J. A. Davis’ name was added to the list of deleg&tes of Stanislaus County, it hav- ing.Leen omitted by the printer. The following proxies are now in the hands of the secretary: A. S. Wagner for A. C. Armhurst, George E. Catts for Frank J. Corcoran, R. R. DeWitt for E. Vermilyea, Charles Wesley Reed for R.-F. Johnson, Dr. R. W. Hill for Carl Nielsen, William F. Beasley, P. Jordan, R. E. Sargeant, Dan Neuhart and George Strampton; ‘John T. Boyd for A. F. Brad- shaw, John Alexander for J. J. Bevans, C. H. Braynard for J. H. Leveck, S. B. Burke for J. F. Parr, Charles B. Younger Jr. for Thomas B. Dakan, Dr. R. W. Hill for J. W. Counselman, and-J. Whitney for James Fitzgerald. The only contest that came before the committee ~was from Glenn County. Frank Freeman headed a delegation com- posed of Thomas Brown, J. H. Ball, John H. Duhr and J. E. Knight.' A’contesting delegation headed by Ben. F. Geis and composed of ' Harvey L. Young, V. C. Cleek, A. G. Burgi and Michael Golden appeared before the committee and ap- pealed to be seated as members of the convention. VICTORY IS FREEMAN’S. Geis was the spokesman for his dele- gation. He sald to the committee that the delegation had been selected' by the county convention and was entitled to seats. He read a long report showing that the county convention had acted within its sphere. Freeman lucidly asserted that the dele- gates he represented had been duly elect- ed at a primary election held in the county. : . A vote was taken and it was decided by a vote of 16 to.5 to seat Freeman's dele-, to divide:the vote of |- een_the contending’ gation. A the delegat factions was defeated by 13 to 8. Milton Young of Los Angeles, who is a member of the committee, decided to file.a minority report. The committee then adjourned. COIIQ’VENTIQN PROGRAMME. First Nomination Will Be That of Candidate for Governor. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Sept. 2.—Immediately after the adjournment of the convention this even- ing the committee on permanent organ- ization and order of business went into | session in the parlors of the Capitol Hotel. Chairman John A. Hicks called the mem- bers to order. Charles T. Hughes was ap- pointed secretary. The only question that was discussed at length was that as to the number of Democrats who should compose the State Central Committee. After some talk it was decided that 126 members were necessary. The following report was then drafted and will be sub- mitted to the convention to-morrow morn- ing for ratification: To the Chairman and Delegates of the Dem- ocratic Convention—Gentlemen: Your ~com- mittee on permanent organization and order of business begs leave to report as’follows: First—That the temporary officers of this convention be the permanent officers thereof. Second—That R. P. de Witt. E. M. Schorn, J. J. McDonald, Al Whalen, Byren Millard, F. ‘W. Yokum; A. B. Barnham and’ G. R. Lumley be_made assistant clerks of this convention. d—That no change of = votes shall be benefit of the American people. Under existing laws it is rapidly the hands of private syndicates and cor- porations, ‘““Waters and forests—We declare that the -storage of flood waters and the pres- ervation of forests are the foremost eco- nomic questions in California to-day. We arc opposed to private monopoly of nat- ural streams. of public flowing to the sea. To this end we favor the creation of a State board of con- trol of waters. of a comprehensive system of public works' for the storage of flood waters, and for the drainage-of lands subject ‘overflows. “We denounce the veto of Senate bill'7, which provided “an -appropriation expended by United States engineers to in mission in exploring reservoir sites. demand the prompt re-enactment of this measure by)the next Legislature. TAXATION OF FBANC!{ISES.. to be the assessment and taxation .of corporate property, including franchises. The failure to properly assess this char- acter of property is a crying evil which throws upon the owners of real estate and che farming community undue and unjust ‘burdens. We ,demand that. the State Legislature pass laws and estab- franchises ~ that will make . corporate wealth share proportionately with other kinds of property the burdens of taxa- tion. “Use of voting machines—We ask that the Senate enact the following section: The Legislature -of the State of Califor- nia at its regular session, commencing on the 7th day of Janmuary, 1901, two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the houses of saild Legislature voting in favor thereof, hereby proposes that arti- cle 2 of"the constitution of the State of California’be amended by adding theresto | a new section to be known as section 6, and reading as follows: “Section 6—The inhibitions of this con- stitution to the contrary notwithstand- ing, the Legislature shall have power to provide thdt in different parts of the State different methods may be employed for receiving and registering the will of the people as expressed, at elections, and | may provide that mechanical devices may be used within designated subdivisions of the State, at the option of the local au- that purpose. “Direct Legislation.—We favor the con- stitutional amendment No. 14, which pro- vides for local option in the use of bai- Iot machines in the State, cities and coun- ties, as we believe it would tend to im- prove the conduct of elections. We favor the submission of a constitutional amend- ment providing for direct legislation by means. of the initiative and referendum, in Continued on Page 3, Column 2. State, county.and municipal affairs. & “We cnndmn the action of the Republi- passing into | We-favor the creation | for the distribution of irrigation supples | to-be | co-operation with an unpaid State com- | We | “We believe the most important ques- | tion now before the people of this State | lish a rule for the assessment of these| | I | 4 We demand the assertion ! authority over all the water | | | thority indicated by the Legislature for | INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM | tion of the Initiative and Referendum Epecial Dispatch to The Call. - | can members of Congress from California 2—The | in failing to procure an appropriation for construction of a model highway lead- ing into the Yosemite National Park. We pledge our nominees in Congress to an active effort to secure an appropriation for that purpose, sufficient to secure the construction of a safe and casy highway into the Yosemite Valley, free to all, “We favor legislation providing for a system of permanent highwdy construc- tion. Under existing laws over 32,000,000 are expended annually upon our roads, chiefly in making temporary repairs. We believe that a portion of the money annu- ally raised for road' purposes should be used for permanent highway construe- tion.” ONE REJECTED PLANK. The following resolution was rejected after a long discussion: “As a party of the people, recognizing the right which the people have to pro- tection from . intimidation, exvressed or implied, we denounce the act providing for the apnointment of policemen by the Governor for railroad and steamship cor- porations, as passed by the State Legis- lature on March 23, 1899, and pledge our- selves as a party of the people to do all in our power to effect its speedy repeal.” The following resolution submitted to the committee by Laura de Forte Gordon was laid on the table: “Believing that the great Democratic principle that ‘governments derive thelr just powers from the consent of the gov- erned’ should be recognized as the only safe foundation for. the perpetuity of our republic, we favor the enfranchisement of the women citizens of our country, om equal terms with men.” DISCUSSION GROWS WARM. After a heated discussion, the following resolution: was submitted to the sub-com- mittee: ““We condemn tHe action of the Repub- lican miembers -of . the State Board of Equalization in acting as the subservient tools of the railroads and other wealthy corporations by reducing.their taxes out of all proportion.to those imposed upon the small property-holder and which place the heavy burdens of taxation upon the poor and take the proper share of _such burdens from the property of the rich. The Republican members of the Board of Equalization ‘have by such con- duct burdentd the people with the taxes which should be borne: by the railroads and’ other large combinations of wealth. We commend the Democratic opposition to this pernicious system which has com sistently favored an equal and just di® tribution of the effects of taxatiom.™ The following resolution was adepted: *“We favor the placing of all public ap- which are not administrative in their na- ture, upon the competitive merit basis, and we strictly advocate the passage by the Legislature of such enactments and the adoption of such constitutional amendment as will be necessary to ag- complish fully this reform. NAVIGATION AND MINING. “The prosperity of the Sacramento Val- ley is largely dependent upon the Sacra- mento River being kept in proper condi- tion for its successful navigation and we demand that our Congressmen exert their utmost efforts to have sufficient appropri~ aticns made for that purpose, and, after | such apprepriations are secured, that they see that such appropriations are ac- tually used for the purpose for which the | appropriation is made. “We recognize in the mining interests of the Western States and Territories a factor of immeasurable prosperity. Be- lieving that all mining claims will beven~ dangered if pretended agriculturists un- | |-pointments, State, county and municipal, ! der the guise of scrip locations may be Continued on Page 3, Column 8Su