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Republican Gbnventipn Pledges Siipport^^
Portraits of Daniel A. Ryan {upper hjt)?T»Kb "u>as- nominated for mayor .by the' republican convention
last night, and F. H. Dam, n>ho placed Ryan in nomination, :* Below is a scene in the convention hall, photo
graphed by a Call staff artisL ' \u25a0\u25a0'.'>. \u25a0'/. ,
* ontiiuieil From I*«sl«» 1, Coltu 6 and 7
hy the republicans, contending that the
Taylor supporters were In the ma
jority or that Ryan would be
pulled down. P. H. McCarthy, the
new convention leader of the union
lsbor party, in response to a direct
qqeslfon yesterday; parried by saying
tiiat Itynn l:ad a great many friends
rirtir.rj tho union labor delegates, but
« :;f>t a«tion those friends might take
r>uiu not he deter lined and certainly
not Jn advance of Ryan's nomination
iiy his own convention. Recorder John
IC'lson. one of the Big Six, has been
i rfually diplomatic as regards tlie
::nlon labor nomination, but he, too,
hz% admitted that Ryan nas a large
number of friends Sn the union labor
• -v.vr'ntiori. Few of the ran^and file
«f the' r-onvenj.)on . sail yesterday that
i'lry *: % pected Ryan's name to be pre
5-^nted by the now powers that be, and
t'iosf m^n belong to both wings of the
Some of th'-ro owe allegl
or.ee to McCarthy and the Big Six: some
«\u25a0>.' them to Thomas F. Eagan, chairman
of the county committee,-- who went
oown to defeat in th<» fight for che or
g-.inizat^oii of tbe convention.
CO>"VEXTIO>MS ITXBOSSED
The convention which . nominated
Ryan and Langdon last night was a
distinct departure from the accepted
tiling in republican nominating bodies.
It was unbossed and It exhibited that
fact by indulging itself In a protracted
aad wordy warfare, which the first
showing of hands demonstrated could
end but in the one way — by the nomi
nation of Ryan.
The Taylor forces changed their
plan of attack at the last moment and
decided to go In not with a fight for
the nomination of Taylor, but with an
attempt to secure the adoption of a
minority report on permanent organiz
ation, which included the authorization
of the appointment of a conference
committee'- to thresh out the situation
with the conference authorized by the
democratic convention.
The minority report aleo provided
for a county committee of 81 members
apportioned to the assembly* districts
on the basis of one commitieeman for
each two derogates and one in addi
tion for those districts -whose delega
tions were not ' exactly , divisible by
two. '\u0084".- . Bfefiß
GALLERY WITH MI>ORITV
The big: gallery of approximately
1,500 persons was with- tt>e minority.
The board of public works employes
were present in force 'in the- rear 'of
the pavilion and a well drilled band
of school boys held down the upper
portion of one of the side sections of
feats. The minority enthusiasm was
by no means confined to these agencies,
but it was Jed by them. Within the
reservation roped off for the deleg-ates
the Ryan forces were in the ascend
ancy by about th<earae ratio that the
Taylor forces prevailed outside . the
ropes — by about two to one.
John G. Rapp of the thirty-seventh
district moved for the consideration of
the minority report section by section.
Both factions within" the roped inclo
*ure and. in the galleries sent up de
termined howls and Chairman Hathorif
v declared the motion lost Another howl,
\u25a0 this time mingling anger and exulta
tion, went up and Hathorn ordered a
roll call, while C. A. Son of the forty
first was trying to raise a point > of
order. :•„'
Tempers were beginning, to show
*igns of wear and M.IL Esberg- of the
thirty-ninth strenuously objected to the
presence of Sergeant at~Arms Thomas
McGee. whom he accused of attempting
to proselytje in, t;h«" thirty-ninth, delega
tion. Motion* and^cp.unterTTiotionsflew
thick and ; fact; ", Oratory was 'loosed,
but when thp showdown -came the ma
jority report' prevailed by a vote of 94
, 10 sfc. * •\u25a0\u25a0'..'..,"« * \u25a0 . /
Defeated In thtjr a^temptVto gain
time and' secure a\conf ere'nee, * the Tay
lor men came, into the open and put
Taylor ,in nomination.-/ Another « half
hour was devoted to' Oratory and in
the md Ryan was nominated by a vote
of 95 to 53. The nominee delivered a
stirring speech of acceptance; Lang don
\u25a0was nominated,byAcclamatlon,7accept
*d and the convention -adjourned, "sub
ject to the s callNjr" - th'ej chair.! which,
translated from its original ! political
language.. meant to watch _the actions
of the union labor and democratic con-
INTERESTIIfG ACRIMOX V.,
There was^ap ]exhlbltion_'of- sufficient '
1 acrimony ,t<* % sp^ta^n the , interest, and*
'one charge tnaie^ by- John Rolf e Wilson
was resenteifi'byißyan in his speech of
\u25a0 acceptance. * In hisL speech nominating
Ttyan, F- H. Dfini* of the: fortieth dis
trict contended that Ryan was: th«?
choice of the" whole people and not of
a class, and declared that If P. H. Mc-
Carthy and Tijomaii F.Eagan.; would
tt'ke their hands ojT. the- union labor
convention 'and 'Gavin MoNab ..and
Thomas W. Hickey would, p^rlprra'sa
lilce service, for the"- democratic;' con
vention Ryan could be the- nominee of.
the thr*e parties.
Seconding the nomination of T&jior,
Wilson declared that if the hands of a
boss were taken off the republican con
vention it .would nominate Taylor. - In
Ms speech of acceptance Ryan chal
lenged this statement and asked Wil
son to stand in his seat and point out
the hand that controlled .the -conven
tion. Wilson 'was pushed to his feet
by the Taylor enthusiasts -from the
forty-first district, a storm of howls
and- cheers rocked the building, but
Wilson sat down without pointing to
Ryan, as overy one In the big crowd
expected he would.
Ryan's speech was electrical and car
ried with it temporarily at least the
men who had bo vigorously opposed his
nomination. He insisted repeatedly
that "he had not sought the nomination
and challenged any one to say that he
had ever asked any delegate for his
support "It is a pleasure/; said Ryan,
"to face a convention that has placed
its standard In my hands and said 'it
wants to march with- me to decency.
This nomination has come' to me en
tirely unsought. Once in the history
of this city the republicans of San
Francisco are in convention, unbossed.
I have said that I would never accept
a nomination to public office. This was
because never before . could I have
taken such a nomination except at the
hands of a political boss. I stand here
free. I accept thl* nomination without
qualification." • ;
Referring to Dam's nominating
speech, Ryan said significantly: "This
Is not an age of. class. The word class
should be stricken from our .vocabulary.
If I have the confidence of, the working
people I have the "confidence of the
people of San Francisco. This nom
ination comes _from clean hands. I ac
cept it, fully conscious of the responsi
bilities I assume. I pledge myself, my
citizenship, my ambition and my honor
to the service of the people Of San
Francisco." )
' ULSGUOS ACCEPTS
District Attorney William H. Lan A
don, the unanimous nominee of the
convention, was Introduced to the
cheering crowd by Chairman Ralph L.
Hathorn as "Our district attorney and
the next district attorney." Langdon's
speech- of acceptance, like Ryan's, was
entirely free of any political "flub dub"
and vote catching' molasses. /He- said:
"I am to say something for myself, I
want to make not so much. a personal
pledge as an oath of allegiance to* the
public Two years ago I made a sim
ple pledge to the people In every quar
ter of this city. I said then: 'The laws
are on the statute books.' All may
know them. I pledge myself to enforce
those lawß alike far the rich' and the
poor.', That, gentlemen of the con
vention, is the only pledge I made then.
It Is the only .pledge I shall make
now."
That Ryan is confronted by an or
ganized bolt, .in the event that he is
not nominated by the union- labor con
vention, is hinted at by the dlsap
polnted Taylor men, but none was will
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ing last night to make his hint a tan
gible threat. -
The surface indications . yesterday
were that Taylor will be; nominated by
the democratic convention, which will
not meet for at least a_ week and -prob
ably not until after "the v republican
and union labor conventions have fully
disclosed what their tickets 'are to be.
The democratic leaders ; say • that the
'delayed date for, their convention will
be made necessary by their search for
the very best possible material for su
pervisorial nominations. -They are not
prepared to assert definitely that Tay
lor wlllhead their ticket and. some of
them dodge when the name of Lang
don is mentioned. - This opposition "to
Langdon Is not, however, the majority
sentiment, and I believe" Langdon will
get the democratic nomination.
XO FUSIOV IX SIGHT
The prospects of democratic. and re
publican fusion, never bright,
went glimmering when the democrats
named their "price. That.McNab: may
not have,, been serious when, he Indi
cated how he purposed to; slice the fu
sion pie is possible. C ;He must' Jiave ex
pected some dickering, if the deal was
Xfj, go through, and he may have, put
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W. J; SHOTWELL, Gen. Agent.
the price hish 5 enough' to stand ' several
fciits and. stllliyJeld iliroflt 'on' the. in
vestment of a- minority .vote. ;Tn.any
event.; he^^ selected- all the, places -that
would furnish -I patronage to « feed an
oiganizatioh.. He asked; for the mayor,
assessor,; sheriff, .: public 7 administrator
and .-nine supervisors.'- This 'division
Mj^uld " leave 4 for j the republicans .l th«
district 4 . county clerk," auditor,
tax collector/, city 'attorney, coroner and
nine supervisors. .; .. \u25a0'.-'\u25a0-
\u25a0 The combined patronage carried by
the 'of fices that McXab was willing-, to
permit the >cpub!icana Ito \u25a0; nominate to
.would j equal about one-half that car?
rled:;by theassessor'sh nomination, and
an insignificant percentage . of that at^
tached. to -the^mayor's iot flee.'- Thlslat
iter^was-.offset by' the fact that "Taylor
"was ;,\the 'democratic .sugg-estioh- for
mayorand theVdemocrats contend that
If! Taylor, is elected be would not par£
eel out'anything; .to' them or. to the' ref
njjblican 7 organization. '. , Dodge^'.was -of
I course'McNab's choice for 'assessor.' ;M.
J. -Hynes was his public administrator
candidate,' which meant , the admlhisr
trator's f attorney'sx berth for Chairman
Thomas- W.Hickey^ of the" democratic
county committee." . t<arry Dolan > was Co
have the nomination^ for sheriff and the
police; bench ; nominations were-*to go
to the' Incumbents, Cabaniss and Wel
ler. \u25a0 '..-. ::\u25a0/;.- '\u25a0-]\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0. .
Convention in an Uproar; v
> , throughout Entiref Session
Supporters of Taylor Fight Va/-
Ikntly,. Urged on by Gallery
By John Taylor -Waldorf
There were 2,000 persons in Walton's
paviliorilast night and everybody pres
ent took a keen interest in the battle.
Frony the time the committee on perma
nent'organization and order of business
reported until Daniel A. Ryan compiet
ed his speech accepting the republican
nomination for mayor all was turmoil
and dissension. :: . :
Chairman Hathbrn called the conven
tion to order ; at S:SO o'clock. lie ap
pointed -G. W. Lewis and Alfred 1 Allen
assistant 'i; secretaries.' The : committee
on credontialsmade its perfunctoryj re
port, I . declaring : the -registrar's list: of
delegates con-ect. "' Then John Ralph
Wilson,' chairman of the cornmlttee on
permanent organization and ", order of
business, , took . the platform and the
trouble started. Wilson had a minority
report to which he was the only : sub
scriber. The majority report .said noth
ing about further conference in aji: ef
fort to -bring about? a nonpartisan
agreement, but recommended that nom
inations, be /made In the following' or
der: Mayor, district "attorney, tax col
lector/ auditor. \u25a0 treasurer, county clerk,
city attorney, assessor, sheriff, recorder,
public administrator, coroner, two po
lice judges and 18 supervisors.. ; The
same "report -recommended that candi
dates'appearbefore the convention arid
pledge .themselves' to support the re-
Rubllcan : , tlckt. Its* sponsors were
Harry /Beasley, Walter Macauley and
Paul Fratessa. \ v
DIFFERBSNCE IN REPORTS
Wilson's report r called for the ap
pointment of ancther. conference com
mittee, the new one -to be /empowered
to treat with either the democrats or
laborltea or, both, . to r dlscus3 an agree
ment for; a' nonpartlsan ticket for all
offices or any office and to report" back
to the convention next' Friday night.
Another.. difference: between the : re
ports was that thei majority wanted
the governing committee ' and the
county ; committee *' appointed ;by ,the
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SOYER $200,000.00 WORTH SOLD TO BON^ FIDE-PUR- -
i , CHASERS; :THIS FACT NOT ONLY INSURES THE SUC-
CESS OF.CRAGMONT, : BUT TO THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE
' ; HATJ;SOME DOUBTIAS TO>WHETHER OR NOT CRAG-
PROVES CONCLU-
THE BEST PROPOSITION
, EVER OFFERED TO-THE: PUBLIC! IN REAL, ESTATE
. EITHER FOR 'INVESTMENT OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF
HOME BUILDING: IS THEREv ANY STRONGER ARGU- '
MENTiTOsCONVINCE YOU THAT CRAGMONT IS AT
LEAST WORTHY OF YOUR PERSONAL INSPECTION
gTHAN: THE 'FACT THAT THE -: PRESENT PURCHASERS •»
HAVE BOUGHT CRAGMONT LOTS TO THE EXTENT OF
OVER ; $200,000.00 WORTH? THESE LOT PURCHASERS
HAVE-AGTED AS A .GREAT JURY. THE QUESTION BE-
FORE THE JURY; WAS, "IS CRAGMONT WHAT IT IS AD-
VERTISED :TO; BE AND 'WORTHY OF INVESTMENT?"
THEIR VERDICT, "GUILTY." THEY SAID, "YES, CRAG-
MONT; IS AS REPRESENTED," AND .TO GUARANTEE
THEIRSINCERITY'THEY PUT UP THEIR GOLD COIN AS
DEPOSIT ON THE PROPERTY. WE DEFY ANY ONE TO
SHOW US A TRACT THAT HAS EVER BEEN TAKEN HOLD
: OF SO READILY BY TI^E PUBLIC AS HAS CRAGMONT.
A PUBLIC ANNOUNGEMENT
; Of interest to those who have not purchased in Cragmont
' .We wish to state that a large section o£ Cragmont, comprising
about 50 acres, did. not have its streets laid out last Saturday and
..";*;. 'Sunday during the big sale and therefore prevented prospective buy-
' ' ; ; ers«from viewing the ground from the autos. This large section will
;-' have the streets ready by the coming Saturday and Sunday and you
r v' pwill then have the opportunity of picking out the choice lots.
WHY GRAGMONT?
BECAUSE-
First— CRAGMONT IS IN BERKELEY, the fastest growing city on
• -the Pacific Coast— its population has trebled within the last seven years, from
Second— GRAGMONT : IS IN BERKELEY, whose means of com-
\u25a0 munication : with - San ; Francisco is . most advantageous-r^nine trains hourly
connect with* the great metropolis — six in each direction with the-Key Route
,' and three via the Southern Pacific. Streetcars will connect .with these trains
_ Third— CRAGMONT TERMS are positively the easiest ever offered on
HILLSIDE PROPERTY; Show usa HILLSIDE lot in ANY city in .
, California the size of Berkeley that can be had for 10 per cent ..'cash \u25a0 and
\u0084 * 1 -per cent a "month— there* are none to be had aside from CRAGMONT.
v . - . -475.00 gives you /absolute control 0f. a. 5750.00 lot in CRAGMOXT— it belongs
to you— the balance -jdue: of 5675.00 weiloah.to ydu.without interest^ or taxes
for \3^a years.' -you^tofpay us back at $7.50 a" month.;: These very "ea'syter.ms
; rare" offered, :as against; the/usual terms of. other, tractsof the same class as
": CRAGMONT, of one-fourth cash and one-fourth each year thereafter, with
F6urth---CRAGMONT PRICES are the lowest of any HILLSIDE
PROPERTY of : its kind in the state. Lots' averaging sOxl3O*range in price
from£ssoo.oo up— the "/'majority 'oi \ them run at* $750.00 apiece, or $15.00 a " j
foot,'.\vith'all r street work, sewers and water/mains free to all lot purchaser?.
'/r-.':'l / For : :lots- situated, as these are, ;-with the [grandest sweep of shill -and '; marine" '•-
panorama on the coast,, the ; prices are ridiculously- low.
•:;\u25a0 ; ; COME TO THE BIG SALE
SATURDAY or SUND^ if possible.
A Dainty Free Lunch Will Be Served.
Autos take you to the*prppertyfrom our Main Office.
/ v. Frorn San Francisco 'take Key Route : or S. P..tb Berkeley. Station.
From .Oakland take": Telegraph i :Av. street cars to Center Street. -v"\
Ask or sendjfpr our Iliustratejd Folder contaimng a beautiful Blrdseye View of
the tract and surrounding country. ' a •
«*At,Ke^ Route Terminus"
2 12 .1 SHATTVCK AY. > BERKELEY, CAL.
.Harold Havens-^^^^ Schihidt-Skming Co.