The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1903, Page 4

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COMPLETES ITS TICKET ADJOURNS WITH CHEERS FOR ALL ITS NOMINEES AND Great Enthusiasm Shown by the Delegates. it Nominees Promise| | to Work for Ticket. THE NOMINEES. | Mayor, [ &— HENRY J. CROCKER. Auditor, HARRY BAEHR. Treasurer, JOHN E. M'DOUGALD. Tax Collector, EDWARD J. SMITH. Sheriff, . HENRY H. LYNCH Public Administrator, WILLIAM E. LUTZ. Recorder, LOUIS JACOBS. Assessor, CHARLES LAUMEISTER. City Attorney, PERCY V. LONG. District Attorney, EDWARD S. SALOMON. Coroner, DR. T. HE MORRIS. Police Judges, HENRY L. JOACHIMSEN EDWARD S. SWEENEY. C JOHN Clerk, GREIF. ¥ Supervisors, HARLES BOXTON, HORACE WILSON, FRED N. BENT, L. A. REA, FRED EGGERS, GEORGE ALPERS, W. W. SANDERSON, J. 1. STEPEHEN, THOMAS C. DUFF, M. L. ASHER, T. E. LUNSTEDT, ROBERT VANCE, MAXWELL McNUTT, E. H AIGELTINGER, GEORGE R. WELLS, ‘ WILLIAM BARTON, GEORGE DIETTERLE, JOSEPH S. NYLAND. conve work r rn ble in the g « stanc the T oice of the con- promised un- whole ticket along: the line to the Fonty- ted with cheers. as created by one Judge George the platform to in nomination for s overcome by an beginning of his 1 the platform was onel John C. Currier ct. The incident ion in the ranks of supporters, leading he hope that opposl- had vanished. in the proceedings i was selected by representing the ‘Forty- Dist a member of of the Repub- 1sco. new gover: an party NOMINATIONS ARE MADE. Staunch and True Men Offered to the Voters. dge called the Republi- wention to order at 9:15 ning, one hour and a quar- ter after the time scheduled for the meet- ing. The @ was caused by some trou- X making the slate satisfactory to the friends of J. George Boyne and Colonel Thomas F. O'Neil, who were candidates for the nomination of County Clerk. The first business of the evening was the nom- ination of Public Administrator. Wil- jam E. Lutz was placed in nomination by Jobn T. Williams of the Thirty-ninth District. Mr. Williams spoke as follows: Thirty-ninth Assembl s residents a candidate Administrator has the District has for the office Ours is a young dis- shartest this city an: ates of county, egation © sug gested youngest lace his 1 as being appropriate Iy district. name for this of- is city and county Yy years last past nch, earnest worker When 14 years of north of Mason and in the Northern army : his career there commended. To- iber of the George think that you kuow whom [ this convention as r consideration for nomina- Public Administrator of rn Dixon’s line. and fought thr was gallant thils clty and county William B Luts. (Ap- plause It perfectly apparent to me that the delegates to this convention know who Billy know him. Lutz u all seem It is a matter of the local history of this city that Mr. Lutz was the secretary of the executive committee of the Grand Army of the Republic —b THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25 1903. - | | | | | | | 'Commend Ticket for Undoubted Strength. 7 that the encampme support of the d th rty-t Assembly District, which Hon. Thomas D. Riordan Is the Jairman. And gentlemen, by way of political ment, permit me Yo say this: A Rtordan, whom you all know, has worked indefatigably in promoting the candidacy vf Mr. Lutz, and it has been told me by friends who I know tell the truth, those Who are older than I am in politics, that Mr. Riordan has worked thirtegn or fourteen years in the effort to aid honest Revublican politics and he has asked nothing. I will say this, that iIf My should come before this onvent to nominate a man who was honest and tried, Who wag not availab candidate, then 1 would say it is vour duty to turn him down; but on the other ha when Mr. Riordan, & falthful warhorse, gives you a man who is honest, fair, square and upright—(Confusion and eries of *'T! tlemen, 1 see that you are here for action dg mot care to hear from Jve, and I that ydy all feel as 1 do cohcerning Mr. 1 Therefore, 1 again place for nomination bet this convention for the office of Pubii ministrator the name of William E. | (Applause.) . | NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION. Charles Sonntag seconded Lutz's nom- ination. He praised the candidate for his high standing ‘as a Republican and as a soldier. He sald Lutz would add strength to the ticket if nominated. There being no further nominations, Lutz was elected by acclamation and the secretary of the convention was directed to cast the bal- lot of the tonvention—319 votes—for him. There were loud cries for “Billy” Lutz, and the popular candidate was escorted to the platform amid great applause. In part he said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven- tion: I desire to thank you for the unanimous nomination for the office of Public Administra- tor and promise to support this ticket from top to bottom and do the best I can for the election of every man who {s nominated in this 1 thank Ad Lutz. | convention from now on until election. you. Nominations for Recorder were next on uty in the Sheriff’s office, was nominated without opposition. Mr. Jacobs had many friends in the convention and they ap- plauded loudly for him. Walter 8. Brann piaced Jacobs in nomination. He said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven- { tion:™ All of you Republicans and members ot 1 take it that you have. You want the reeords end title of that property kept all right; y: want to know when you go to the Recorder's office that your title on the records will be h that you can find out what you own, and evers. body else can, unless it is your creditors. There is & man here before You who wishes to hawe his name go before this convention, who has been connected with various public offices and bas always dome his duty well. T refer to Louis Jacobs of the Fortieth District. If you give him the nemination of this convention he will be our mext Recorder and he will be a g00d one. T place him in nomination, Judge Aitken and others seconded the nomination of Jacobs. There were no further nominations and Jacobs received the entire vote of the convention. Upon being called before the delegates to in- dorse the platform Mr. Jacobs said: 1 thank you for the honor you have bestowed upon me. I heartily indorse your platform, | and if elected T promise you that I shall eon- | argu- believe | tz. | the programme, and Louis Jacobs, a dep- | i | | |+ duct the office with honor and with credit te myself. (Applause.) LAUMEISTER CHEERED. | When Charles Laumelster's name was placed before the convention ag a candi- date for Assessor, it was received with | genuine enthusiasm. Willlam J. Herrin | placed the prominent eitizen in nomima- | tion. Throughout the address the dele- | ates applauded the candidate. There | were kindly words uttered on every side. Laumeister is looked upon as a splendid candidate and will be able to glve Asses- | sor Dodge a hard fight for re-electfon. | Herrin's speech was as follows: { | I wish to place in nomination for the im- portant office. of Assessor of this city and | county a man well known to all of you, who | some ‘years ago was nominated for the office | of Sheriff of this ¢ty and county. He was | elected by a majority of several thousand | votes, and he filled the office with credit to | himsélf and with honor to the people. He was afterward elected upon the Railroad Commis- | sion of this State. That commission came in | under the new constftution, and it has been one of the most useless commissions we have ‘hud. but when Mr. Laumeister was elected | to it he felt that a public office was a public trust. Where @id you find Mr. Laumeister { when he was upon ° that commission? You | found him on the side of the people; you found him reducing the rates on grain and on ofl. | He took 4 bold and o fearless stand for the people of the State of California, and that is | the kind of a man Charles S, Laumeister is; wuch as 1 wag the | this convention are men who have property; | De IS a bold and a fearless man, and he feels delegation I should | it to be his duty to fill his office for the ben- 2 | €At of his constituents. | Mr. Laumeister js popular with the working ; people; he employs a lot of men in his mills | and he has the good will of those people, and we need just such a man as he Is at | this very time when we are between the up- per and the lower millstones, when we are under the State Board of Equalization, which seems (o think that it has to assess the | property of this city for more than it should | be essess We need just such a man as | Laumeiste: as Assessor of this eity, who will and up and do his duty and say to the -State Board of Equalization, ‘‘You shall not, with my consent or my approval, raise the | assessment of this city and county, so far as | I can preveot it." (Applause.) ‘ It will serve no msefi' purpose for me to £0 on Fere and eulowize Mr. Laumelster, be- cause he is wwvflhm;'n wfll all that eulggy is unuecesecary. I say that he is a vote-getter: h« can't he beaten. Mr. Lau- meister wiil take his biackboard, and he wiil 80 through the different districts of this city, = dl A Lo WhLis L i ———— = < ) — s Larnzy Tpogs. Fvshner) Dors / + o, N NOTABLE SELECTIONS FOR OFFICE BY REPUBLICAN MUNICIPAL CONVENTION. —_— % and he will take his record and his figures and put them upon that blackboard, and when the third day of November comes Mr. Dodge, It he bo the man agalnst him, will have to dodge behind an avalanche of votes, because I am certain that Mr. Laumelster will' be elected. (Applauee.) LONG'S WARM GREETING. Edwin J. Lynch took the floor to second the nomination of Mr. Laumeister. He also paid many tributes to him as a citl- zen and public official. When the cheer- ing had subsided Mr. Laumeister was nominated by acclamatioy and a commit- tee was appointed to bring him before the delegates. ' Unfortunately Mr. Laumeister was not in the hall and the delegates nad to forego the pleasure of listening to his speech of acceptance. If the applause for Laumeister was great that which greeted the name of Percy V. Long, the convention’s nominee for City Attorney, was an ovation. The convention hall was filled with excited delegates, who were on their feet half the time cheering Long. Mis popplarity ap- peared to be very great and his nomina- tion was received with hearty applause by the delegates. John T. Willlams took the platform a second time to make a nominating -+ speech. In placing Long's name before the convention he sald: Gentlemen: I am here to-night merely us one delegated by the young Republicans of this convention. L glieve that every one of them is absolutely ungqualifiedly in the fight of the man that I @&m to name. They have worked most ardously in his behalf; they have gone to their co-delegates in this con- ventlon and conferred with them concerning his candidacy, and, gentlemen, there is no use golng any further—you know who I am going o name—and 1 place in nomination for the office of CityeAttorney af thig city and county Percy V. Long. (Cheers) I see it is abso- lutely needless for me to o on and talk con- cerning Mr. Long and tell of his qualifica- tions, but I want to say this to the gentlemen is convention, that Mr. Long was an at- torney-at-law—(a voice, ‘‘Judge Long’')—Judge Long, if you like it better; it will soon be City and County Attorney Long. Judge Long had been practicing law for nine years prior to his occupation of one of the judicial benches of this city, and during those nine years he had a very aetive practice. He is regarded among the members of the profession as an hopest, square man; as a friend, socially and fraternally, he is admired by all, and as & judictal officer there is no one but admires Judge Long's record upon the bench. It is nothing but honest. Gentlemen, I again place before this convention as the nominee for City Attorney of this city and county Percy V. Long. SECONDS PLENTIFUL. Delegates in all parts of the hall arose and added their meed of praise in second- ing Long's nomination. L. 8. Beedy in behalf of the Forty-first District was tfe first to do so, and he was followed by Lu- ther Elkins of the Forty-third District, E. M. Ritter of the Thirty-fourth District and Ralph L. Hathorn of the Thirty-fifth Assembly District, ‘Who llkewlse seconded the nomination. There was no opposition and Long was nominated by acclamauon. He was escorted to the platform and ten- dered another ovation. When the enthu- siasm had subsided Mr. Long spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven- C & Lavrersrzz, Dercy VJows, 1 Assms80% \ \ ) 7y - Crry AV T OREEY: <& Bahne? Zhot ™ Nada. = P d iPurity Committee Is Named by Chairman. - + have been miany humorous things of my candidacy, some in in jest, and all that I can ny nice things sald of me I e able to fulflll should I be y and county y indoree the dopted by you in com- e ticket from top to rt. Should I be se- rve as City Attorney y law I shall make it im and purpose to sustain in its entirety ter which was adopted by the people and county some years ago. (Ap- >) 1 shall so endeavor to conduct my that the rights of the people of the city unty of San Francisco will be protected and I belleve that the great Re- publican party, which is the exponent of good government and law and order, expect me to do this. Gentlemen, I thank you. THE FIRST CONTEST. The first contest of the convention opened when nominations for District At- | torney were called for by Chairman Part- | ridge. Thomas E. Haven took the plat- form to nominate Hon. Frank McGowan, |and behind him strode Judge W. Schell, |who was to place General Edward S. Salomon in nomination. Haven was first to be recognized, and amid cheers for Me- Gowan he delivered the following eulogy on'his candidate: There are three departments of our city government which are of peculiar interest to the residents of this city, because to them is say is that the hope that I will lected by the pec their Clty Att committed the Drotection of our verson and the safety of our homes and famjlies: and not the least among these three depaftments is the office of District Attorney. Our police department may be never so efficient; our Police Judges may be never so courageous and consclentious, but unless the public prosecutor is a man capable and efficient in his office this city will become the home of the footpad and the asylum of every other class of crim- inals known to mankind. A District Attorney should not only be efficient, he should be thorough; he should be a man who is well grounded In the law, Who stands well in his protession, and who at the same time has a thorough knowledge of men. The average crim- inal is nobody's fool and it takes a sharp man to prosecute him: the prosecutor should be fully as keen as the man whom he prosecutes. The man whom I propose to nominate is one able to perform the dutles of this office. Starting in this State as a printer, he has by his own industry and efforts, and only by his own Industry and efforts, raised himself to a position in his profession of eminenge. e has servea his State in the Legislature for fen comsecutive years: one term in the lower house, two terms in the uppver house. While in the Semate he was chairman of the most important committee .in that body, the Judi- clary Committee. He was the author of and obtained the passage of some very important will always remain of benefit to the residents of this State; such acts, for instance, the act Which established the tate high schools: such acts as that which made the office of State Printer elective; such acts as that which provided that it was a misdemeanor to place a laborer's name upon a blacklist simply because he belonged to a lubor union. At the termination of his term of office in the Senate he was made, as a to- Ten of esteem for the service which he had petormed for his constituents. an Ronormes member. of a typographical unfon. His sym- pathies are naturally and strongly with the laboring people. His experfence has emabled him to judge of men, to put himseif in a po- eition to know men when he sees them. It With feelings of confidence that the gentl man whom I am about to name will be nom. {nated by this convention, and with a feeling of confidence that if nominated he will be elected, that 1 have the honor of placing be- fore this convention for nomination for Die. trict Attorney of this city and county the Hon. Frank McGowan. (Great applause.) CREATES MERRIMENT, Lincoln E. Savage took the platform to second the nomination of Mr. McGowan, He spoke at length and created some merriment by the earnestness of his plea for his friend’s nomination. At the con- clusion of Savage's address Judge Schell attempted to make a speech, but was stricken with stage fright and had o de- sist. He was greeted with loud calls for legislation which has always been a benefit and | Two Contests En- liven the Con- vention. ——— Districts Select New Govern- a e McGowan by the friends date, who were anxi slate. Colonel John (' the platform and and in an earnest speech friend. He spoke as follows hed It was my pleasure to know a distingu old soidier who fought ugh war his country, and I am proud to bear the dan ner of his tofls here to-night has been eloquent in the halls of one who has distinguished himself walks of life. 1 was not him in nomination befors th it seems Judge Sch therefore I have a lieve it to be, to ation to-night for torney, General Edwa | Salomon has a disting served through tb He served four years s during that time he for a gentleman who egisla dozen Dbattles. Gemeral not only known here, reputation. He has b clal positions, and In every post tinguished himself and A with great honor and his country. I ask that dist gentleman, plause.) SECONDED BY WALDHEIMER. M. J. Waldheimer of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District_seconded the nom tion of General Salomon. A roll call so developed that McGowan was not in It Near thecloseof the roll call Savage moved that General Salomon's nomination be made by acclamati cast the vote for Salomon was invit when the ap| . follows: This episcde in th of my younger days. I liked and tests were of joyed this ome. I do not say any Gowan may ta young gentl and while I you with al me that you could not h I could Frank McGowan t Under the circun first contest there you will pardon than you desire to lican. 1 heartily a the declaratica of princi you last night, but thing me to cated, applauded and the Republican p ham Lincoin until The gentleman who r for City Attorney. a man, was ment of the younger be a representati one of those whe | this great ana carrled our country to ui prosperity and success. And t 1 am worthy of the placed In me, I w from this minute w e had has been in t a few m w i am an old hear. was pr us November 3 w with all the little ability is whole Republican | fleld; and I | der ine prese | harmontou sent, ¢ i Such kind word. you gentiemen shown I extend acknowledge your any better than by e With all my for et I you th n and when elected end Quttes of ner that you wi a selecting me MORRIS FQR CORONER. Nominations for Co were next in | order an rge A t | econd Assembly 1tk the platform and plac | T. H. Morris before th | spoke. as follows: an ob- Republican 0 an apparent ligation whi party for re position of obscu and ng it > the gaze of the emtire world as one of f prom: mmercial citfes n it furth the eftize ¢ this of anxiously waiting for the opport onstrate that spirit by electing nominees that this convention has placed befcre them without exception. The nominations that have been made by this convention are those of men of sterling character and worth, as well as of stupendous political value. it is my pleasure at this time, and likewise an hemor, to_place before you in nomination for -the office of Coroner a y resesses the worth, private s of character 'that his bus quires, equal if mot superfor to that of any who have beem placed in nomination before this ccnvemtion. It is my pleasure to place in nomination T. H. Morris for Coroner There was no opposition to Dr. Morrig and he was nominated by acclamation. In accepting the nomination the doctor sald: 1 thank you for this homor and the confl- dence you bave reposed in me in selecting 8s your nominee for the office of Coroner. am thoroughly in accord with th of the party as stated in t heartily indorse them. It is me to state that I have been Dr. princh atform am a publican; that I have lived in the last eighteen years, practiein, slon. During the I work for my entire Republ! I will use m: office in a business way anc tion of the entir POLICE JUDGES. P. A. Bergerot nominated L. Joachimsen for Police speech Mr. Bergerot spoke s 1 rise before you t consideration a e: whose very name success. The gentleman I have | s been identified with the b T since it came to ex! n called time and again by and he has never been kr fail of election. or when on: true to the trust repo and brilliant career | deared himseit every one W has come in contact. If yo tieman I am about to na Hean ticket T am confident upbn first of mext year he will agaln d charging the responsible ¢ that portant office with his same fairness, with the characteristic ability whic s made for hi an enviable record in th t i wit leasure that I « f that ploneer great sense of personal mit to you the honored name Republica Judge H. L achimsen M. J. Waldheimer of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District placed the name of Edwin M. Sweeney in nomination for Po lice Judge. He spoke as follows It affords me great pieasure to propose for the office of Police Judge & gentleman who will administer the offle | ras | ome th credit, one wi had a few days’ experience in that office who ever since he Fas been a mem! | the bar of this city has devoted his time | the practice of the profession in the criminal | departments of jusgce: & young man who w reared in the officé® of such able and b gentiemen as Mr. Dennls Spen. wh a memory, and Mr. McEnerney. wh day an honored member of the bar of this and county and of this State: a gentloma aven with the ability surrounding him masters in the Democratic party, was moved from the principles of true R ism. I take pleasure in nominating f fice of Police Judge of this city a Edwin M. Sweeney. Both candidates received the nomina- Continued on P-.éo 6, Column %