SNAPSHOTS OF* CANDIDA TBS r A ND DELEGA TES1NSA CRA MENTO
of the Southern Pacific, headed by John
Daggett of Siskiyou and "Ole" Bill Eng
lish of Alameda, in sympathetic touch
with the toiling masses, Is something to
maJte lhe angels weep. Fantastic tricks,
indeed, are these old political chattels of
the railroad corporation playing 1 before
the high court of the people.
DISRUPTING THE PARTY.
The sight of the old Democratic guard
The supporters of Geary claim for their
candidate . the voting strength displayed
fcjr the column of workingmen which
inarched in San Francisco yesterday. The
story goes In the Geary camp that Liver
nash has authority from the labor leaders
to assure the convention that Geary ?s
the favorite of the labor unions and that
the nomination by the Democrats of any
other candidate than Geary or Budd
•would cause the labor party to put a
fctate ticket of its own into the field. In
order to convince ! the delegates that
Hearst means to be obeyed, newspaper
'. clubbing is resorted to. Old line, high
toned, fire-consuming Democrats of the
• Jcffersonlan school affirm in tones of In
jured dignity that the party is bigger
'> than Budd, bigger than Geary and bigger
than Hearst.
Men who are making Lane's fight on
the principle that he is fair and able
have wired to San Francisco to ascertain
it Hearst 3s telling the truth concerning
the atlldue of the labor unions. This
quick response came from W. W. Cope
land, president of the Typographical
Union :X
"San Francisco, Sept. 2, 1302.— To John
H. Marble, Convention Hall, Sacra
mento, Cal.: Franklin K. Lane is the
strongest candidate named among the
printers. He Is popular with the work
jnginen. Will have our support.
"W. W. COPELAND."
H. L. White, secretary of the Typo
graphical Union, replied In this style:
"San Francisco, Sept. 2, 1902.— To John
II. Marble, Convention Hall, Sacramento,
Cal.: Replying to your inquiry I will say
that Lane is most acceptable to working
men, especially printers. Know of no
other candidate mentioned who would be
fco strong. H. L. WHITE."
DECEPTION IS EXPOSED.
ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC
JBr T HAMENTO, Sept. 2.— The
g| Democratic State Convention
assembled here is sullen,
gloomy and apathetic. Ora
tors of the party— the educat
ed lungsters of the great unwashed and
untempted Democracy — fail to inspire en
thusiasm in the delegate body. The bru
tal clubbing of Lane's supporters by the
Hearst San Francisco paper causes deep
seated resentment. It Is suspected by -a
majority of the delegates that Hearst's
first choice for Governor is ex^Congress
xnan Thomas J. Geary. "Already the
gleam of flashing knives Is visible—
kni\-es ready to be us^ed in the event that
the convention is clubbed to. Its. knees
by Hearst. A prominent Democrat to
night proclaimed:
"If Geary is nominated I will take- the
Etuiup and use the files of the Examiner
to show his record - In the Bob Morrow
case; to show his record as a. lobbyist on
the funding bill, and to show that he is
unworthy of public confidence. The files
of the Examiner contain all the ammu
nition required to put Tom Geary out of
bubiness as a candidate for Governor."
"SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 2.— To Hou.
J...F. Sullivan, Convention Hall, Sacra
n:ento. Cal.: Franklin K. Lane would
be a sure winner for Governor. He . not
ordy is a representative of the truest
De-mocracy, but <ie'is and ever has been
a recognized champion 'of. the rights" of
labor. jfiBB "JAMES H. BARRY."
In many respects this is the dullest and
There is talk to-night that Geary's can
didacy will be withdrawn before the bal
loting, for Governor begins, and that T.
O. Toland of Ventura or James V. .Cole
man of San Francisco will be presented
to the convention as the candidate of the
Hearst faction of the party. Late to
night the friends of Lane make the claim
that he would receive 468, votes -on the
first ballot. Now comes James H. Barry
of the San Francisco Star, who flashes
over Lane's longest leased wire this mes
sage: ¦
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 Lbs
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. '.-»'. . •, . '
GEARY MAY WITHDRAW.
The -anti T Lane forces ¦ were, anxious to
arrange anorder for business that would
place the judicial nominations first on the
list, but, after consideration, the commit
tee determined to recommend -.that the
nomination of a ', candidate^ for Governor
come first. vl',. ¦ ."
The number of votes required to nom
inate Is S44. According to the foregoing
figures Lane will have a clear majority of
C8. ' v ";. ¦ -^ ¦'¦ ¦ ,
Delegates who are active in the contest
to bring about the nomination of Lane
are confident of success on the first ballot.'
They claim that their candidate wil}' get
at least 412 votes,] from the following
counties: "¦
Alameda ..; 30 Sacramento : 23
Amador ..... \ 7, San Benito '- ". C
Caiaveras ""T.San Bernardino ..;.-12
Colusa | ....• <• H: Kan Diego ........'. 7
Contra Costa .- 0|£aJi- Francisco ....100
Freeno '....• 0 San Joaquin ....... 12
Jnyo -li&in Luis Obispo...' «
Kings -.-.< 31 San 'Ma too 4
Lake S Santa Clara ....... 16
Los Angeles ' 33 Stanislaus ......... 7
Madera 5iSutter ../..' ;.. 4
Marin 5 : T-ehama 0
Mariposa ; . - 4, rularfe -12
Merced C 1 columtje ¦ 9
Modoc 4 Yolo- . . . r. ......... ¦• 5
Monterey 10 Yuba 3
Napa -5 • " 4 . -
Xevada * 7 Total .......412
Placer 7 . : • . ¦.
CLAIMS OF THE LANE MEN.
Gavin McXab, the inventor of the noise
less machine in politics, is serenely conn
dent that Lane will be nominated to
morrow. His fine hand was shown In the
adjustment of the chairmanship "'.'fight.
Nothing disturbs his equanimity and no
danger signals are flying In his camp.
"Ole Bill English here ' shouting; . for
Tom. Geary and Jim "Budd!" ''exclaimed
an old Iroquols warrior. "Why, he hasn't
voted a Democratic ticket for eight
years."
And so it goes. If Lane Is nominated
Hearst will endeavor to defeat the nom
inee by appeals to the labor unions. ¦ If
Geary is nominated, the anti-Hearst fac
tion will endeavor to defeat the standard
bearer of the party by appealing to the
files of the Hearst newspapers. I
Special Dispatch to The Call*
Hearsfs Arrogant Dictatorship Angers Dele
gates and Democratic Knives Are Being
Whetted for Use if He Should triumph
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CONVENTION PROGRAMME.
Candidate for Governor.
First Nomination Will Be That ; of
. CALL HDADQUARTERS, ; , SACRA
MENTO. ; Sept. 2.— Immediately after the
adjournment . of the co'nveritlon " this even
ing jthe . commUtee". on . permanent organ-.
iza tion arid 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 a'p—
pointed'sec.retary:;.*The only question that
was discussed at ' length . was •that : as to
the number .•*' of -J Democrats". who 1 should
compose: : the .State;' Central; Committee.
After some » talk' If was \ decided 1 that 126
miembers were" necessary. ." The following
report wasi then drafted and will.be sub-"
mitted to the convention to-morrow morn-
ing for ratification: -.:¦• t-;i . . > . -
:;'.. ToTthe" Chairman "and Delegates of;.the,Dem
ocratic Convent.lon^-rG ent l elnen . : '' »"Tour v com
mittee on •¦ permanent'- organization and i order
of j business': begs" leave ' to . report ¦ as * follows :
X First— That the ; temporary,' offlceVs^ bf ¦ this
convention be the permanent of fleers'- thereof.
' Second— That " R. • P. ; de Witt.' * E. . M." Schorn,
J.' J.; McDonald,: Al Whalen.rByron Mniard, F.
,W;' ,Yokunv"A." B.^Barnhamand'jG.t R/ Lumley
be- mad'e' assistant clerks of 'this ] convention. ¦
;,- Third— That -no : change of j> 'votes >' shall ; be
file, a" minority report.' The'committee then
adjourned.'. ¦ ; -'.>Vr.^--»>i-i '-. ¦ ¦''¦' -v 1
factions was defeated by 13 to 8."
Milton. Young of ,Los Angeles^ who is
a member of .the^committee,^decided to
"'a; vote.' was , taken' and'lt'.was'^ decided ;'by
aTvote of 16 • to.5;tOfSeat'Freeman's,*deie
'gatlon. '¦¦; A;(njotlon Ho "divide ' the l Vote '¦ of
the* delegation '^between '" the
- Freeman 1 lucidly, asserted, that. the ¦ dele
gates he ' represented \had : been duly elect
ed at a ,'primary. election , held Tin -i the
county.. ¦¦ ', '¦.-'•'.! ¦" : '••"••' ~V -Sry. ; •-; ,;>• '/¦ \
: Gels : was • the ; spokesman for 'i his dele
gation. ; He .said' to 'the , committee that
the delegation ;had : been - selected ¦: by .the
county convention" .and. .was - : entttled- to
seats, j He-- read? a i long ,' report .showing
that the county .convention^ had •, acted
within' Its 'sphere.'. ;,' .'; . ' ' ; ¦.';':'. :'' • ¦': "•". ¦ ' ; ¦'.;
VICTORY • IS ; FREEMAN^S.
The only | contest that .came before" the
committee -r was .from Gienn County.
Frank Freeman headed a.delegatloii com
posed of Thomas Brown,' J. *H. .'Ball* John
H. j Duhr and' J.- E.f Knlghtl' A*contestlng
delegation^ headed ¦ by Ben!! F. Gels 'and
composed 'of s ' Harvey-' L.; Young, V. " C.
Cleek, A. 'and -Michael Golden
appeared • before - the' committee ¦ and • ap
pealed _to be I seated as ; members • of ' the
convention. ';.*-, ,v % . «-•..*"''* - : '-, .- . •:
George F.'McBride.'-J.J. Barrett for S.
E. Vermllyea, Charles Wesley -Reed for
R:J F. Johnson, ; Dr.- R.. W. ,Hill ; for " Carl
NJelsen,' ; .Wiiliam \F. . Beasley, \ P.! Jordan,
R. B. Sargeant, Dan Neuliart and George
Slramptohi'John'T.Boyd f6r A: F. Brad-,
shaw, John : Alexander Xor.'J. J. Bevaris,
C. H..Braynard; for J. H*- Leveck, S. B.
Burke fpr J.vF.' Parr, Charles B.' Younger
Jr. I for Thomas B. Dakan, Dr. -R. ¦ W. ; Hill
.for/J.'W. Counselman.'.arid-J; Whitney for
James Fitzgerald." ! - '. ¦•¦ -. '•.¦-;
; The t following proxies are now in \ the
hands , of the . secretary: .*" A.\ S. : Wagiier
¦ for A. C.-: Armhurst, George : E. Catts for.
Frank ; J. . Corcoran, , R.. R. DeW,itt^for
J. AV.Davls' name wfls added to the list
of delegates of Stanislaus County, it hav-.
ing^Leen* omitted; by the printer. . *
JffEN, WHO HOLD PROXIES. \
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
proxies have not been provided. ;
Charles 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. i 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.
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. •
HEADQUARTERS, SAC- ;
¦if' '''HAMBNTO, Sept. 2.— The corn
el mlttee on credentials decided at
.fiL- . ¦jJ its meeting to-night to fecom-
mend to the convention to-
Special* Dispatch to The Call. :'
Absentees Are So Numerous xThat the Credentials Committee De»
cides to Report inlFayOrof^ the Use of Proxies.
. >^ ALL HEADQUARTERS/ SA
a ;¦'': .the .nomination of Franklin K. ;kane for Governor .on"; the first; ballot- pf the Demo- ':
8L^- cratic State Convention. -His friends claim "that he has ample •strength 'to win.; The \.
. . opposition to Lane is chiefly represented :by the men behihd ; .Thpmas';J. .Geary. ;. While :,
they. do not openly concede' the success;of Lane, they refuse to give figures to prove that" Geary
has any considerable following^ ./,.:,. -- : , ; V ; ': "
It is believed that Geary's^ managers have ¦practically decided to withdraw his name on v
of his vulnerable recordyAvhich has. been published in the .'Examiner. - r .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 of
; James V. Coleman, the young millionaire of San Francisco. .:'¦!.'
Special Dispatch to The Call.
ANTI-LANE MEN SEEKING
"DARK-HORSE" CANDIDATE
-The: failure to properly,- assess this char
acter of r property .is a crying evil which
throws ' upon \ the owners of real estate
and .'the , farm ing ; community undue and
unjust ''burdens.. .We .demand that ,^ the
State Legislature , pass, laws and . estab
lish: a "rule" for" the assessment 'of these
franchises ; that- \wilj : make • corporate
-wealth share proportionately with othef
kinds of property, the .burdens, of taxa
tion.. \ . .;",''. •.'«". ;:/'.V-j>!
-f'Useof 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 January, 1901, two-thirds
of ; ail ". the members elected ; to each. of
.the houses; of. said Legislature voting in
: favor thereof* hereby proposes that arti
cle-2 of the constitution of the State of
Callfoinla'be* amended by:addlng thereto
'a'riew 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 ¦ thift 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
thority indicated by \ the^ Legislature for
.that purpose. .......
INITIATIVE; AND REFECRENDTTM
. Legislation:— We favor the con
stitutional amendment No. 14, which pro
vides for local option in- the use of bal
lot machines in the^ State, cities and coun
ties, as we . beiieve it would tend to Im
prove the conduct of ; elections. We favor
the submission of a constitutional amend
ment ;proyidirig. : for -direct legislation by
means, of the" initiative and referendum,' in
State, .county. and -municipal affairs. '
": ,"We condemn the action of the Republl-
"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
are opposed to private monopoly, of nat
ural streams. .We demand the assertion
of ! _ public- , authority over all the water
flowing to~ the sea.' To this end we favor
the' creation of a State board of con
trol of -waters.: We -favor the creation
ofja; comprehensive 'system of public
•works** for* the storage of flood waters,
for*;the distribution" of irrigation supplies
and -for the: drainage 'of lands subject' to
'overflows. _.<: >.-,'.. - . i-c-\ "¦'-"'
;. "We denounce the veto of Senate bill --I,
which- provided "an -appropriation to;-"be
expended • by vUnited ; States engineer^ > In
co- operation! with "an unpaid State 'com
mission In exploring reservoir sites. jWe
dcmatid the prompt re-enactment of 'this
measure <by> the. ¦' next Legislature. . . "•'*,'
. TAXATION OE FRANCHISES/ :
: "We believe the most important ques
tion now before the people of this State
to be the.iassessmentt and taxation .of
'corporate j property, including franchises!
propriation for this purpose in the efirly
future.. We declare that the^ remainder of
the public domain' must be saved for the
benefit of the 'American people. Under
existing- laws It is rapidly passing into
the Iiands of private syndicates and cor
porations. • -
"We recognize - in the : mining Interests
of the Western States and Territories a
factor of immeasurable prosperity. Be
lieving that all mining claims will be*en
dangered if pretended agriculturists un
der the guise of scrip locations may be
'"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
ations made for that purpose, and, after
such appropriations are secured, that
they see that such appropriation*' are ac
tually used for the purpose for which tho
appropriation is made.
NAVIGATION AND MINING.
"We favor the placing of all public ap
pointments. State, county and municipal,
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 ac
complish fully this reform. .
• "Believing that the great ' Democratic
principle that 'governments derive their
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, oa
equal terms with -men."
% DISCUSSION ; GROWS -WARM.
After a heated discussion, -the following
resolution-was submitted to the sub-com
mittee: -,
> "We condemn *thV action' of : the Repub
lican members -of- the State Board of
Equalization in acting. as the subservient
.tools of the railroads'. 4 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^rpm, theT* property of the
rich. .The Republican "members of the
Board of- Equalization have by such con
duct burdened 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 coa
sistently favored an equal and 'just di»
tribution of .the effects of taxation."
The following resolution was adopted:
ONE REJECTED PT.ATTK.
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, expressed or
implied, we denounce the act providing
for the appointment 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 Force Gordon
was laid on the table: '...-..
can members of Congress from California
In failing to procure an appropriation for
tj» construction of a model highway lead
ing into the Ycsemite National Park. W«
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 easy highway
into the Tosemlte Valley, free- to all.
"We favor legislation providing for a
system of permanent highway construc
tion. Under existing laws over J3.000.000
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 - construc
tion." .-:;« -i ¦V-.^-- ¦*¦:--
.... . planks of the platform; -
' "National irrigation— We rejoice at the
passage of .the national irrigation act.. It'
,wa§ .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-
¦^ ¦»» ALL. HEADQUARTERS, SAC-
Jf y . RAMENTO, = Sept. 2.— The
S committee on resolutions held
WL b. long session to-night and
agreed on the following
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Platform Drawn by Resolutions Commit
tee Contains a Plank Favoring the Adop
tion of the Initiative and' Referendum
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
VOLUME XCII-NO. 95.
SAN FEANGISCO,^ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1&02.
LANE'S FOLLOWERS, CONFIDENT OF VICTORY ON FIRST BALLOT,
DECLINE TO BE CLUBBED INTO THE CAMP OF GEARY AND BUDD
AND DISRUPTION THREATENS THE DEMOCRACY OF CALIFORNIA
The San Francisco Call.