The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO h ANCISCO, T ; EMBER 4, 1502. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, PRICE FIVE CENTS. LANE WINS DEMOCRATIC BATTLE AND HEARST IS AMONG THE SLAIN o — e e . | ACRAMENTO, Sept. 3.—Myfight for the nomination began six months ago, in the counties out of San Erancisco. The country papers were the first to take it up, and the Democrats in the country knew about the fight long before the | people m San Francisco knew of it. I owe my wvictory 0" the coy 1éry delegates and my nomination was captured ouiside of San Francisco. I did not need the San Francisco votes, as the country delegates came in strong. My campaign was an independent one; I had my own forces on the convention floor, as I have friends all over th: State. I was nominated without a pledged vote, without a promise, and I was not associated with any combination. % FRANKLIN K. LANE. e— R — e Party Leaders Defy the Journalistic Ciub. Refuse to Be Driven Into Examiner Camp. State Convention As- serts Its Inde- pendence. Special The Call Dispatch to HEADQUARTERS, SAC- A\MENTO, Sept. 3.—The bat- | of the convention is over. K. Lane is victor | st is among the | As predicted by The‘ as nominated for Governor ary did not develop justify his admis- To-night there is anti-Hearst camp by the forces sus- conven tion which finished its work t was not great in point of ora- y or skiliful as a platform t it did g s in a high de- gree resolute spirit of co ority of the delegates implied instructions s to support the sorts of bulldoz- to compel them 1 of their choice. n the of of their refusal mortal delegates cause tality, the .weapon ve been more effective. Again s a the Hearst newspaper openly proffering the Democratic nomina- this or that man éxcited a itment the minds of | in se in its dignified | ce istered to the squad a rebuke, the like of which was before given by a deliberate ¥ in California. GAVIN McNAB'S STRATEGY. T will >w much Gavin McNab = nomination of Lane. | known now: He made a armony when the con- e defeated easily Patton and | t he readily sacrificed | ference for the sake of | 1 the convention. At | ession he knew that | and Geary would con- | = a confession of weak- | and of forced acquies- ands of Hearst, but his his persor his side ting speeches to-day the | € party ran up danger sif§- ngauge was used and ugly er tioned. Judge J. F. Sul- | but he was bold and | ntion gave a mighty | tion when he accepted | of Geary and Budd and | | the llenge s gauntlet at the Hearst faction. pictured the battles of the past restc of the Democracy, for of the party from its He spoke of the long | bosses. le which culminated in the election of Stephen M. White to the United States | 1d remarked that the Democrats ed the fight in behalf of the party aid comfort from the c newspaper in San Francisco. | NO CRIFGING TO BOSSES. | b s ved no or on gave another round of | when Sullivan proclaimea | American. The meaning made plain that the true Amerx:zm1 iges to the lash of bosses. an was not swerve ‘the delegates force they began to ply the arts of pe svas They even went to Ed White, | brother of the lamented and fllustrious | Stephen M. White, and implored him to | n with the Hearst faction to| »e nomination of some one | Lane. When it was consid- ered that the influences hostile to Lane | were conspicuous for hostility to Steve | White, the desperate extremity of the Lane forces was comprehended. he delegates to the convention revere the memory of Senator White. They are pre of his achievements, of the ser- vices that he rendered to his country, his State and his party. An elogquent tribute to the worth of this departed statesman was rendered to-day. When the reading olution in respect to his memory the delegates of their own ac- arose en masse and listened to the | This eloquent testimonial of their | was not suggested by a motion, not prearranged or preconcerted. spontaneously from the heart d =oul of the assembled Californians, et one faction of the warring De- racy sought to use its prestige to de- stroy the candidacy of Lane. BUDD AS A PROPHET. Ex-Governor Budd made two cpeeches in the convention. Iy the first he predicted the nomination of James V. Coleman, and w cord moc sirmanship became bitter. | | [ [ 2 DEMOCRACY’S STATE TICKET. GOVERNOR... LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. .. IO PRDENE viitienens... FRANKLIN K. LANE of San Francisco en the opponents of Lane saw that | ...... ISIDORE B. DOCKWEILER of Los Angeles | . -.....d. K. Law of Merced Associate Justices. . . ....Eldred C. Farnsworth of Tu Secretary of State... ...Alexander Rosborough of Alameda State Controller... Fred W, Harkness of Santa Barbara | $o— State Treasurer .....Samuel H. Brooks of Contra Costa ] W. A. Gett of Sacramento i Surveyor General. Charles H. Holcomb of S8an Francisco | State Printer Edward I. Woodman of Sacramento i Superintendent of Public Instruction......E. W. Lindsay of Fresno Clerk of the Supreme Court..........Lawrenee H. Wilson of Sonoma Attorney General. oS &y one knows now that he was a false | health, although somewhat improved by prophet in the first forecast and all the | the bracing atmosphere of the waterfront, to overcomeé that majority. A JUDAS IN THE CAMP. Lane’s election is on a par with his pre- diction of Coleman’s nomination. The ex- | Governor won some laurels in the selec- | tior. of George 8. Patton for chairman, | but he was not willing to rest with this | apparent victory. He went forth to achieve other conquests and Jlanded un- | horsed in the ditch. Budd, however, is a good talker and a popular, picturesque Democrat. He is a sagacious, far-seeing politician, and is very careful not to inflate himself with hot air. When his friends urged him to go to the front as the leader of the Dem- | Republicans believe that his prophecy ut" | tective on his. trail. was cast for William McKinley in 1900 | that he should be ‘“‘shadowed.” was not sufficiently rugged to enable him other memhers of the conference decided & FRANKILIN DPEMOCRAN TS Noxrr: NEE SOVERNOR /“v L2 SR LANE TOR SAN FRANCISCAN WHO HEADS THE DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. &3 & & Geary, Budd, Livernash and Drew un- | the report came that Witkins was in com- covered a traitor in their camp to-day. Mumication with Gavin McNab. Liver- | They suspected tkat Prison Director J. | pash called Wilkins to account for his H. Wilking of San Rafael was playlng | treachery. The latter at first denied the both ends, and, conséquently, put a de- | impeachment, but, when the proof was At a secret confer- | presented, claimed that he acted on the ence of the leaders of the Hearst faction, | advice of Geary. When Geary heard this at which it was reselved to withdraw he promptly dGenpounced Wilkins as a liar. Geary and spring the name of James V. Livernash: applied the epithet *“traitor” Coleman on the convention, Wilkins was | ireely and openly to the exposed Wilkins present. Everyone attending was pledged | and the latter sought safety in retreat. to profound secrecy. Fearing ‘that wu-? It transpires that the name of James V. | Democratic State Committee, to succeed ocracy in the gubernatorial campalgn, he | kins would not respect the obligation, the { Coleman as a‘candidate for Governor was took account of the 40,000 majority which | { o b, 4 — GEARY WILL SUPPORT THE TICKET | i SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3.—I am not at all disturbed over the defeat. It was represented to me before going to the convention this afternoon that the votes that Coleman and I could poll would defeat Lane. I see now that I was misinformed. I withdrew politely from the fight becausz I thought that Lane also would withdraw in the interest of harmony. The votes that were to have come to me failed to materialize; that is all there is to it. I will support the ticket and do all in my power to elect Lane. I have no ill-feeling over the re- sult. i T. J. GEARY. g - + tion. Thcy expected that Coleman and | the Fourth District Congressional nomi- Toland would cast sufficiént strength to | nation presents some features. of popular | prevent the nomination cf Lane. How old stagers like Budd and Geary wcre misled interest. E. J. Livernash of the Examiner is an aspirant for the honor of represent- as to Lane's actual strength Is a topic | ing the district. It wds reported to-day of comment, but they were confident that Lane could not win on the first ballot. JUDGE SHIELDS WAS SHY. Efforts were made early in the day to induce Judge Peter Shields of Sacramento to get into the fray as an opponent of | Lane, but the Judge would not listen to the proposition. Gavin. McNab never exhibited slightest apprehension that the Hearst faction could put a winning candidate into the field. He did not prestige or proclaim that other candidates had no show, but he was apprised of the true situation. It is said that the next chairman of the Senator Sims, will be J. W. Cochrane of | used without hiz knowledge or consent. | San Rafael or Judge J. F. Sullivan of San | The Teaders of the anti-Lane faction de- ' in the second the election of Lane. Ev-|and came to the conclusion that his| Shortly after the ‘“shadowing” beganlvhefl a scheme to stampede the conven- Francisco. . The fight#in the Democraiic camp for the | boast of Lane's ' f that Livernash went to J. C. Sims and | asked the Senator, who has ben roasted time and time again by the Hearst press, to nominate the Examiner's candidate in the Democratic convention. — Sonoma Repubiicans Name Ticket. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 3.—The Republican County Convention here to-day made the following nominations: State Senator, E. F. Woodward; Assemblyman, Thirteenth District, F. A. Cromwell; Assemblyman, Fouftenth District, Victor Plezzi; Sheriff, John K. Smith; - County -Clerk, Will S. Adams; District. Attorney, Charles H. Pend; Auditor, W. C. Nolan; Recorder, F. G. Nagle; Coroner and Public Adminis- trator, Frank L. Blackburn; Superior Judges, A. C. Burnett and S. K. Dough- erly; Supervisor, First District, G. J. Armstrong; Supervisor, Fourth District, J. B. Coolcy; Superintendent of Schools, Miss Leonore Gautler; Surveyor. Newton V. Smythe, and Treasurer, Glen Murdoek. : s L Geary Withdrawsand Coleman’s Name Is Presented. Ruse Fails to Stemthe Stampede to Lane. San Franciscan’s Ma= jority Is Over- whelming. Special Dispatch to The Call. i ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- | RAMENTO, Sept. 3—The del- egates were as usual tardy, so that it was nearly 3 o’clock before Chairman Patton called the afternoon session of the Democratic State Convention to order. The announcement that the first business in order was to be the’nomination of & candidate for Governor attracted a large audience, including many ladies. The declaration of the chairman that nominations for the office of chief execu- tive were in order evoked cheers. The first person to attract the notice of the chairman was J. J. Barrett of San Fran- cisco, who took the platform and in a speech which was virtually an appeal for the recognition of the labor unions of California by the convention placed ‘James V. Coleman in nomination. He said: | When this morning there broke in upon this | august body, turbulent within with a feeling of | apprehension, a feeling of uncertainty and of doubt, a feeling of grave apprehension for the tuture, a feeling that perhaps the most mag- nificent opportunity that ever came to the great Democracy of Califérnia, might be cast away and forfeited—when upon that scene there seemed to descend with all the magic as if it cgme from an angelic presence above, the mem- ory of sainted Stephen M. White (cheers and applause); 1 believed and felt that while that spirit was fooking, down upon this assemblage, ivith the same concern that it did in the body, that his benediction wculd surely descend upon | us, that our full opportunities would be realize: and over our grave fears and doubts there would descend a spirit that would animate us all to sacrifice everything for the better good of the party that he loved and served so well, and in the cause of which he vielded up his honorable and peerless life. (Applause.) I draw my text, gentlemen, from plain. con- ditions. At this hour there are gathered in this State.labor forces whose might and pewer can- not be exaggerated, and who are standing off as if in sullen distrust of those who should be their friends and of whom they would be the willing and_ valuable allies; who wait upon us, look to us, wait with apprehension to see what we shall do by way of recognition of the great cause that is paramount for them, upon which the life and death of them and their cause de- pends. They are mot interferers for two rea- sons: They are of the rank and file of the Democratic party. They do not interfere on the first score of numbers, because, gentlemen, | let us face the fact, they to-day represent in California a majority of the voters of this State. Let it not be said that they are inter- ferers because their cause does not concern this body. May the day never come, may the hour never descend upon us, particularly in times like this, when we shall refuse to face, to rec- ognize and to interpret correctly, that great, plain, overshadowing propoesition of the hour, that to-day in California, on the Pacific Coast, in the United States, there is no cause—there is no interest so great, so valuable, so_over- shadowing, as the great cause of the futlire of the laboring man. (Cheers and applause). And, gentlemen, if there is any place where that cause should receive a listening ear, should re- | cetve a response, where is it, except in the | party that claims to-day to be—that has made §00d the claim—that in the past it always has been the party and the exclusive party of the people who toil. (Cheers and applause.) Gentlemen, it is the hour of peril and of op« | portunity. The hour of peril, because the man blinds himself to plain facts who does not ap- preciate that the labor organizations,of this State have grown out of- the infancy, out of the youth when it would be possible to deceive or mislead or tmpose upon them. They have grown and developed into the fullness of vigor- ous manhood; and they stand to-day, not to be | deceived; they stand to-day claiming recog- nition, and if we would consult their good and | ours, we must give them recognition in good faith. (Applause.) Gentlemen, it is an hour of opportunity for this reason: The great Republican party in this State, representing wealth and influence, turred down and repudiated one of the great- est and sincerest friends of labor that this | State ever had, and they turned him down bde- cause he had teen too good and too true & friend of the laboring party, and at this hour, with that situation before us, recognition given to them within duc bounds is not only that | which is due them but it is that which will operate for the good of the Democratic party. Gentlemen, 1 propose to this convention the ,mame of a man glorious In his past, whose Democricy was never questioned, who stands | to-day the peer of any Democrat in California, | with an unsullied eareer, and above all, & | career stainless from the standpoint of the working man. I nominate that tried and true triend of Democracy, James V. Coleman of , San Francisco. (Cheers and applause.) | In oftering that name,®gentlemen, let the propesition not be mistaken—that it will be | received with approbation; it Will be received | with favor; it will be received with all the recognition and all the promise that we have hoped for and prayed for through the days { ot _torbulent deliberation that have preceded this hour. And I assure you that that gentles men, as you all know him, is of the same brand of Demoeracy as the great man to whose | Continued on Page 2, Column 1.