The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty San Francisco _a THE WEATEER. Forecast made at San Fran- midnight, May 18: Cloudy, unsettled ‘weather Wednesfiay; cooler; showers; fresh southerly winds, | hours ending and vicinity— possibly Columbia—"“A Madiee Grand—' Chutes—Vaudeville. press Theodora.” Orpheum — Vandeville. Mati- nee to-day. Tivoli—“A Runaway Girl.” Parisiazr. Ro- 7 'OLUME SAN FRANéISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Majority of Nineteen Votes De- | cides Question in Lively Session. Special Dispatch to The Call TA CRUZ, May 17.—By a major- tes the Democratic to-night voted the Democratic will ly 6, instruct- last for Wi which gat McDonald of the pany and vention from the ict were told open- e convention after on had been ta noon Gavin M n that Mc delegation ot the resolution to by the Los An- t wild It was order could be not end the hur- tine work that was convention had be e Hearst adherents ad- THIRTY-EIGHTH CHANGES. jority of that threw ere the solid Thirty-eighth and ssembly districte of San - however, the » the Thirty- elg s and instruct -the an attributed nti-Hearst men the part of the 5 zation in not an- r 2 € to Hearst as soon i the primaries sStrong pressure some of us to s ship fight battle for s satisfied. Harmony i from now on all good will stand to- I consider the t may well ted The success due to the turn- e worked . -eighth District until Harmon: TUMULT IN MORNING. Up-Country Delegate Creates a Scene at Early Session. NTA CRUZ, May 17.—Rough ‘house, good old Democratic rough house, ushered in this morning’s ses- sion of the convention. An up-country delegate, the fires In his bosom fueled by the fumes of alcohol, insisted on meking a speech. Twelve times he was arose to hiccough his sentiments. The one that went to make the bak- s grasped by the sergeant at arms stled toward the doox. He hand- the sergeant the wallop and the geant handed it back. This recalled ories to the members of the e -eighth, between whose lines he battle was raging. Then things got busy. A hundred men were surg- ing and shouting in an instant. The ‘efforts of the chair to restore order avere futile, until above the din a cry for adjournment was heard and order- ed. Then the crowd surged into the street where Jim O'Brien, disguised as dove of peace, brought order out of the chaos. % Chairman Gould called the conven- tion to order at 10:30 o’clock and asked for the reports, majority and minority, of the committee on credentials, which were presented but not voted upon yes- terday and that of the committee on permanent organization and order of business. These reports were printed . in full in to-day’s Call. Assistant Sec- retary Cleary “had taken to the woods™ with the reports. The question was put over temporarily. The resignation of T. E. Murphy of Contra Costa as a member of the com- _mittee on permanent organization and order of business was presented and sccepted and Frank Gavin substituted. to canced the ad- | is our victory and we | prevails and | ered to his seat; thirteen times he | dozen signaled his Waterloo. He | \ | At this point Mr. Cleary returned and the reports of the credentials commit- tee was presented. for the vote of the nvention. After a warm debate, the nority report was adopted, thus de- 4+ | | g priving San Bernardino County of three votes, allowing it but ten under the legal apportionment of votes as decided by its Supreme Court, ballots | | nt number to entitle the coun- dditional delegates having | of suflic ty to three been thrown out as illegal. i1 The re anent was n of the committee on per- | nization and order of busi- t presented and adopted | Adjournment until 1 as then ordered.as the com-: n without change o'clock w mittee or not reads HEARST LOSES IX_\\]S_CONSIN Demoecratic Convention In-| structs Its Delegates to] Vote for Edward C. Wall| A 7 e MILWAUKEE, May 17.-——The sup-1 porters of Edward C. Wall defeated | the adherents of W. R. Hearst in the | Democratic State convention to-day. | ution instructing the Wisconsin | ates to the national convention to | e for Wall being adopted. | The convention adopted a platform | which “recognizes the last national | platform as the code of national Democracy until a new platform is| adopted.” | SR L TP 8 ANTI-HEARST TRIUMPH. | to submit its report. Montana Democrats Decline to In- | dorse Editor’s Candidacy. GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 17.— | Senators “W. A. Clark and Paris Gib~ son and Governor Toole were unani- mously chosen to-night as three of Montana’s delegates to the natjonal | convention at St. Louis by the State | Democratic convention, and the dele- | gates at midnight were still debating | the selection of three more delegates and six alterantes. The efforts of the Hearst followers to secure the indorsement of the con- | vention for the candidacy of the New | Yorker for the Democratic nomina- | tin for President met with defeat in | | the committee on resolutions, the | | platform adopted calling for an un-| | instructed delegation to St. Louis. The Hearst contingent is said to be a| strong one, and resolutions of instruc- tion may yet be proposed on the con- | vention floor. The convention inddrsed the Kan- | sas City platform. { | e R, “STAND-PATTERS” RULE. | Platform Problem the Only One Con- fronting Towa Republicans. DES MOINES, Towa, May 17.—With |the “stand pat” element of the Re- | publican party firmly in the saddle, | the only problem which arises before |the Republican = State Convention | which will meet in this city to-mor- | row is the nature of the platform that | will be adopted.. This has been the | subject of anxious discussion among the party leaders assembled in this |eity to-day. It is certain that the | platform will contain a plank strongly |indorsing the protective principles. It |is generally conceded that Senators Allison and Dolliver, Governor Cum- mins and J. W. Blythe will be named as delegates at large to the national ; convention. R “OLD HANNA GUARD” WINS. Easily Carries Republican District Conventions in Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 17.—The fea- ture of the Republican State Conven- tion came to-day after the business of temporary organization had been com- pleted. Senator Foraker and Lieuten- ant or Harding are considered Dick and of another, platform and resolutions was ! ., [ A F IV oo » ZOS ANVGELE;S ooe L EX with George B. Cox of Cincinnati hold- | ing the balance of power. routine business was disposed of the Foraker men got the first call and the senior Senator made a rousing speech. The Dick men afterward got counter demonstration and the junior Senator also made a speech. ernor Herrick -had made the keynote speech as temporary Harding men insisted on getting their | favorite to the platform, but the rival- ry was shut off by an adjournment and Harding’s refusal to respond. The “Old Hanna Guard” carried the district meetings so completely evening that there was no interest in the mectingd of the committee. temporary organization was made per- manent, so that Governor Herrick con- tinues as presiding officer. ‘While it is settled that Herrick, For- aker, Dick and Cox will be delegates at large there is no slate for alternates at large. night. newed MEN SELECTED BY CONVENTION FOR ST. LOUIS DELEGATES AT LARGE. arpey, Alameda. anta Clara. ael, Sacramento. M. F. D. M. Delmas, W. Carmic] D. Joseph Simons, Los Angeles. FIRST DISTRICT. Thomas E R. McSorley, Calaveras. . De Witt, Siskiyou. SECOND DISTRICT. P. G. Cohn, Sacrs ento. J. B. sanford, Mendocino. THIRD DISTRICT. James Keys, Solano. John J. McDonald, Alameda. FOURTH DISTRICT. M. Jasper McDonald, San Fran- cisco. W. J. McGee, San Francisco. FIFTH DISTRICT. J. A. Hicks, Santa Clara. 'W. M. Cannon, San Francisco. SIXTH DISTRICT. T. C. Butler, Salinas. Henry Brickley, Fresno. SEVENTH DISTRICT. Martin Marsh, one vote. E. W. vote. D. J. H. McCarthy, one-half vote. Edelman, All of Los Angeles. EIGHTH DISTRICT. D. F. Garner, San Bernardino. W. E. Shepherd, Ventura. | one-half o WHO OCRATS ¢ THE N ol | | 'Otators to the Fore in Debate Upon In- struction. | [ (| | | | S | | |Champions of Hearst Tilt With Their , Foemen. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, May 17.—The -after- noon session opened with an invocation by the Rev. James Nodell of this city. Intense silence prevailed throughout | the big hall, but it was only moment- ary. He had ceased but a moment when the storm broke. The roar of heated argument throughout the hall grew louder until Wells of Tehama took the platform to pay a tribute to the memory of distinguished members of the party that have passed away since the last convention. J. E. Coonan, chairman of the com- mittee on platform and resolutions, next took the stand and placed before the corvention for its approval the . -4 chairman, D b e YATES STILL IN THE LEAD. their fidelity Fruitless Balloting Continues in Illi- nois Republican Convention. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 17.—Two breaks in the voting in the Illinos Re- publican Convention to-day, one for Frank Lowden and one in the interest of C. 8. Deneen, failed to break the deadlock and at 9:25 p. m. the con- vention took a recess until 11 a. m. The Yates men are standing firm to- The Lowden delegates held a meeting to-night, at which they re- Lowden. Deneen gained a few additional votes, but there was no stampede to him. The thirty-eighth ballot, taken just before the convention adjourned to- night, resulted: Yates, 490; Lowden, the leaders of one faction and Senator | 393; Deneen, 411; Hamlin, 113; War- Goveraer Herrick ner, 37; Sherman, 2; Plerce, 25, to After the up a As Gov- the this The platform. Judge Raker of Modoc moved that the platform be adopted. The motion was seconded and carried with- out a dissenting voice. Mr. Coonan next presented for the consideration of the convention a reso- lution on the parcels post and building of Government vessels, as follows: We, your special committee on resolutions, beg leave to report the following resohitions to the committee and urge their adoption by the committee and report to the convention: Resolved, That this committee, belleving that the solution of the question is the imper- ative need of to-day, hereby demands, as an mmediate partial rellef, the inauguration of an up-to-date parcels post at the lowest prac- ticable rate. Resolved, That the Democratic party of the State of California deprecates the practice of awarding the bullding of Goverfment vessels to private concerns, and unqualifiedly favors the building of all such vessels by the Gov- ernment at the various Government Davy yards. DOUBLE TRACK RAILROAD. The ballot was called for on the fore- going resolution and it was passed, after which the following resolution, favoring the construction by the Gov- ernment of a double track transcon- tinental raflroad, was presented and adopted: Whereas, The Democratic party js the party born of Thomas Jefferson, and made everlast- tBe conditions and needs of mankind, and be- cause of such devotion to the needs of the peaple Jefferson made of the Democratic party that dominant political power which for more than forty years ruled unbroken and supreme in the hearts of the American people and laid the foundation of our grand nation and the prosperity we now enjoy; and Whereas, The enduring principles of Jeffer- son should ever be adhered to, but should al- Ways be applied to the present day needs of the country; and Whereas, Government ownership of rail- roads would bring great relief to the farmers, fruit, cltrus and orange growers of California by reducing the exorbitant freight rates now wrung from the people and would be a greater factor in the disolving of trusts and mergers and for the opening anew of the markets of the country to free. mmd fair competition than all the sham and evasive attempts of the administration to force the anti-trust act; and ‘Whereas, Jefferson in his first inaugural ad- LOUIS F CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS IN CONVENTION AT SANTA CRUZ INSTRUCT THE DELEGATES TO ST. — OR HEARST Announcement of Vote at Night the Signal for a Scene of Pandemonium. SANTA CRUZ, May 17.—The night session began with Ben B. Geis of Glenn as the first speaker to take up the burden in favor of the adoption of the minority report. He was very much In favor of the instructed dele- gates and intimated that an umin- -0 MO OC - 2 RESOLUTION CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS Resolved, That our delegates to the national convention to be | held in St. Louis July 6 be and they are hereby instructed to 1‘ | | vote tor Willlam Randolph | Hearst for the nomination for President of the Uniied States and to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. dress advocated ‘‘Encouragement of agricul- lture and of commerce as its handmald"; therefore be it Resolved, That for this' purpose the encour- agement of agriculture, commerce, farmin free, open and falr competition, and the co sequent reduction of all freight and passen ger rutes and tariffs. that the Democratic party, in every way, continues in now, and in future, to advocate the Installation of a new double-track transcontinental railroad which shall be installed, owned and operated exclusively by the Government of the United States; be it further Resclved, That the delegates now to be elected to’ the Democratic convention to be held at St. Louis July 6, 1904, be and they are hereby instructed to work for the secur- ing of such action as will result in the adop- tion of such plank, to be made permanent and prominent in every Democratic platform. | whether in State or national politics, until such ownership of railroads shall be so ac- complished, maintained and controlled; and, furtker Resolved, That the secretary of the State Central Committee is hereby Instructed to have | rinted, published, promulgated and circu- ated coples of this resolution among the va- rious Democratic State and _national dele- gates, officers, representatives and nominees of the American Union for said national conven- tion in 1904 and until said resolutions shall a prominent plank in the national platform of the Democratic party. SPELLBINDERS WARM UP. At this point the excitement of the convention began. ' Coonan read the majority resolution relating to the in- struction question and a motion was immediately made and seconded that it be adopted. Before the question could be put, however, the minority report was presented. This precipi- tated the debate and for the rest of the afternoon the spellbinders orated. George E. Faw of Alameda took the platform and opened the fight against the pro-instruction programme. After paying a tribute to the distinguished parents of the aspiring editor, he took up the editor himself and his oft re- peated attacks upon those that sought, as he was seeking to do, to send in- structed delegates to a national con- vention. At this point M. F. Tarpey interrupted the speaker, saying. “I want to ask a question. Did you not get the statements you now make out of the newspapers? I am sure you did, and I want to inform you that the newspapers are not in- fallible.”” “In answer to that question,” said Faw, “I will inform the gemlemanl that the facts set forth by me are of ing by the application of human principles to | a delegate and entered in a fight led | by Mr. Hearst to prevent instructions ceedings of a convention twelve y ago, in which you, Mr. Tarpey, were for Grover Cleveland. I am reminded that this is ancient history, but if you want any more of it I have got it.” Tarpey remained silent and the speaker continued: “We want men whom we know will voice the sentiments of the State, and men whose principles are unimpeach- able. We want men that will assist | in directing the campaign that is to be | waged in St. Louis only a few weeks in the future. We do not want mes- senger boys. We also want to know that the men we will send to St. Louis are capable of meeting the different " Continued on Page 4, Column 6. H AT/ e flM‘;?IM)EE ' osos o MFEEP my personal knowledge of the pro-r . TIARTELL - BAXERSTIELD structed delegation could not possibly do justice to our great State. He never overlooked an opportunity to pass out a few sweet scented compliments to Hearst. No one took him seriously and finally he decided to call it off, while the crowd yelled and had a lot of fun at the expense of the up-country ora- tor. The roll call began and cheer after cheer went up as the votes for the mincyvity Péport began to add up and when the Thirty-eighth cast its full quota in favor of the Hearst faction, cheering lasted for fully five minutes. The roll call was completed at 9:15 and when the official announcement was made the Hearst crowd went wild and for fifteen minutes @ pandemonium reigned. CALL FOR DISTRICTS. Tarpey moved that for the ‘balance of the deliberations of the ccnvention speeches be limited to five minute each. Districts were called to di cover whether they were ready to re- port on their choice for delegates to the national convention. While the secretary was compiling the lists presented by the chairman of each de ation, general handshaking was indulged in by both the victors and the vanquished. Good humor pre- vailed on all sides and harmony with a capital H stalked through the hall. The Solano delegation marched around the hall with their drum beating and banner high in the air. Keeping up its pace of squabbling, Los Angeles delayed the gelection of delegates to the national”convention for over an hour while they fought among themselves over who should go to St. Louis. The fight was centered on J. H. McCarthy and D. W. Edel- man. McCarthy had the best of the game, scrap that it was decided to give each one a half vote in the St. Louis con- | vention. Shanahan of Shasta placed the slate ticket in nomination DECLINATION OF DE William Denman was placed in nom- ination by Curtis Hillyer, but declined to serve on account of the resolutions against Hearst which he had intro- duced last night and which he still be- lieved the proper expression for the Democrats of Californta to have made. Shanahan moved that the secretary be instructed to call the vote for the nom- inees as made. Contra Costa objected as also did Kern. A vote was taken and a division was called for. The roll was called on the motion and resulted in its being carried. . The d'strict delegates to the national convention and members of the State Central Committee were delighted. A vote of thanks was tendered to the people of Santa Cruz and also to' the officers of the comvention. The latter vote was given standing with three cheers for Gould. Mr. Gould thanked the convention for the thanks. thought enough talking had been done and at 10:55 declared the convention adjourned sine die. FIGHT IN COMMITTEE. Framing of the Resolutions Costs _Time and Temper. SANTA CRUZ, May —The great work of the convention to-day fell upon the committee on platform and resolu- tions. In its hands was the work of shaping the policy of the convention and determining the manner in which | it should be called upon to settle the | question of instruction or no instruec- tion. Although the sub-committee of the committee on platform and resolu- tions worked until 2 o’clock this morn- ing it was 11 o'clock before the report was ready to submit to the general body in the ladies’ parlor of the St. George Hotel. B. D. Murphy, as chair- man of the sub-committee on platform, then reported. The tariff plank brought out consid- erable discussion. Many of the mem- bers wished the tariff plank to stand pat for free trade. The matter was brought to an issue by Thomas J. Geary moving the adoption of the re- port as read. He took the ground that revenue was absolutely essential to the econduction of the Government and that the platform as it appeared was in strict keeping with the principles of the Democratic party at the present time. An amendment was offered by Har- | | committee but there was so much of a| He | {rell of Kern, which in reality nullified the entire plank. The question was vith animation until Chair- an end to it by saying there must b recess taken as the chairs which were being used by the committes were required in the dining- room. If the delegates wanted - any hance to eat their lunch it would be neces y to take a recess. In order to facilitate matters the report was re- ferred back to the committee with in- structions to make such changes as the discussion had suggested. The committee was increased by the addi- n of four members who wished to have their ideas incorporated in the tariff plank It was almost 2 o'clock before the committee got together again, but as soon as th did the platform as amended w adopted. The next order and the one considered the as the report of the sub- on resolutions. Upon the appeal for harmony, with the under- standing that a resolution would not sanction instructions, William Denman withdrew his resolution denouncing Hearst and the committee reported for an absolutely free and uninstructed delegation. This led the Hearst men to introduce the following resolution: To the Democratic Convention of the State of California: The minority of the committee on platform and reso- lutions hereby revort and make this amendment to the resolution reported by the majority: “Whereas, William Randolph Hearst, a native son of California, is a candi- date for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States; and, ‘Whereas, William Randolph Hearst has performed distinguished services for the peonle of the United States, as recently evidenced by his splendid bat- tle against the coal trust: We therefore commend the candi- dacy of W. R. Hearst to the national convention, to assemble in St. Louis uly 6, 1904, for the nomination for President. “We offer Qe following as a substi- tute: “Resolved, That our delegates to the national convention, to pe held in St. Louig July 6, 1904, be and they are here. by instructed to vote for William Ran- delph Hearst for the nomination for President of the United States, and use all honorable means to secure his nom- ination. And we recommend its adop- tion. “Frank R. Wehe, for the minority of the committee on platform and resolu- tions.” The discussion was rapid-fire work, as a compromise of the situation a titute was presented by Pemberton of Mendocino. which became the body of the majority r t. as follow: Whereas, Will Randolph Hearst, a native son of California, is a candi- date for the Democratic nomination for ent of the United States: and, Whereas, William Randolph Hearst has performed distinguished services for the peonle he United States, recently evidenc his tle against the coal trust “We there commend the candi- am R. Hearst to the na- to assemble in A for the nom!nation ional conven Louis July 6, r President During the consideration of the resc lutions to Indérse and the compromis offered by Pemberton of Mendocino by the committee on resolutions there was considerable display of temper, and Judge Coonan had to repeatedly warn the members not to indulge in person- alities. Geary made a strong speech in opposition to instructions and wound up by saying: “If it is a fight you want, we will fight, and fight you to the end.” Shanahan took exception to several of Geary's statements and made & strong plea for the instructions resoMt~ tion At the close of his remarks Geary corrected Shanahan's idea that Sonoma County had sent an instructed dele- gation to the convention by saying that Sonoma County had sent an instruct- ed delegation with instructions not to accept any instructions nor to sup- port any instructions for any partic- ular candidate. At that point in the proceedings Tarpey interrupted Dby | saying: | “I would like to ask Mr. Geary if | the delegation to the convention from | Sonoma County was elected by the people or whether they were not simply picked out by the County Central Com- mittee and sent as delegates to the con- vention?” There were cries around the parlor to “Cut it out!™ “What's the use™ and “That is all side issue.” Geary stood his ground when order was restored and stated he would answer the question propounded by Tarpey. He said: “The Democrats of Somoma County | can conduct their own affairs without any orders from you. We of the So- | noma Democracy are responmsible to the Democrats of our county and not to you. We do sometimes elect a Congressman in our district, and that | is more than you do in yours.” 2 i Denman of San Francisco said the | people of California revered the father | and mother of Hearst, but they had not given to Willlamg Randolph Hearst a unanimous indorsement of his can- didacy, and it was certain that the convention had placed its disapproval of Hearst and his methods. Tarpey took the floor. and said he had personally talked the matter over with Hearst and he had told him that if the people of California would in- dorse him he would highly appreciate the honor, but he would like to have an instructed delegation. Tarpey pleaded for instruction, and wnunda 1904, | his remarks with the statement t the decision of the convention wor be acceptable to the Hearst leaders. Pemberton of Mendocino replied in a strong speech to Tarpey's remarks, and said that if the majority of the delegateg expressed their heartfelt feel- ings regarding W. R. Hearst it would be anything but complimentary to Hearst. There are a number who bitterly oppose him for his attempt- ed dictatorship and Czarlike _aection. If such a resolution as originally pro- posed to imstruct the delegates to St. Continued on Page 4,