The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-03
THE EXECUTIVE BODY MEETS.
Active Competition for the Con-
Vention.
SANTA CRUZ AND SACRAMENTO.
Which of the Contestants Will Win
TO Be Decided To-Day by
the State Body.

There were many Republican politicians
from various parts of the State in the
city Yesterday, and it was the first consid-
cradle gathering of the kind for this polit-
ical year.
There were three events which called
them together. Editors of party news
papers came to organize a Republican
league, and a meeting last night of the
executive committee OF the State Central
Committee called together not only the
members of the committee. but large
number of prominent men who are inter-
ested in the question as TO where the Re
publican State Convention shall be held.
Then the Central Committee meets this
afternoon. and many of the members az
rived day ahead in order to do a little
talking over the business in hand.
delegation of citizens arrived from
Sacramento during the afternoon to press
the claims of the capital for selection as
the place best fitted for the assembling OF
the body. The members of this party
were: D. Lubin of the firm of VEIN
stock & Lubin; a. l.. Hart, the attorney;
w. 7. Knox, the lumberman; William
Johnston, A. j. Johnston, State Printer;
T. II. Wallis. ex-Librarlan; Robert DevliD.
State Prison Director; Frank d. Ryan,
District Attorney, w. .. Bowers, pro-
prietor of the Golden Eagle Hotel, and
Thomas B. Hall of Hall, Luhrs q Co. All
are registered at the Grand and speak
quite hopefully OF Sacrsmento's chance in
the race with Oakland and Santa Cruz.
From Santa Cruz came Mayor-elect Rob-
ert Effey. John r. Chace, ". 4. Porter.
II. F. Kron. District Attorney Carl E.
Lindsay. 7. j. Kron, j. T, Sullivan.
There were also representative men from
Pasadena. San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Jose and Riverside. All these southern
Republicans are in the fight for Santa
Cruz. and to their energies are added
those Of Major Frank Mclaughlin OF Orc
Vile.
The lobbying began az the meeting of
the executive committee last night at the
State Central Committee rooms at Suffer
and Kearny streets. This committee, of
course, does not decide the question. which
is the special province of the general body,
put what the executive committee recon-
mends usually prevails. and it was good
opportunity for effective work.
There was a very full meeting of the
T. II. Meyers. Treasurer F. n. LiIenthaI.
Secretary e. F. Bassett, E. F. Preston, ].
n. E. Wilson, T. G. Siebe, Colonel c. l..
Taylor, J. Il. Mahoney, Wendell Easton,
Horace Davis. William Mcdonald, A. 81.
Vail, r. G. Meyers. Allen B. Lennon, E.
K. Taylor. ]. W. Wilson. w. R. Pond, Il.
Z. Osborn. Thomas Flint Jr., Scipia Craig,
o. A. bale, NJ. A. Luce and l.. NJ. Foulke,
leaving only seven voices unrepIesented.
The meeting was executive, but from
the snteroom it could be discovered that
the proceedings took very wide SCOPE
Colonel Lubin of Sacramento could be
heard discussing the tariff, and one men,
Der with loud voice was heard talking
about the advantages that would result if
the Government owned the railroads, and
other equally germane subjects.
The Santa Cruz contingent was very
much chagrined to find that the prevalent
impression was that Santa Cruz had been
destroyed by fire and would not be able to
give the delegates to the convention either
a place to sleep or hall to assemble in.
both of which obstacles they declared to
be wholly mythical. Only one small lodg-
ing-house had been burned at the big fire,
and the town, they declared, was better
prepared to entertain a State convention
than any place in the State.
Oakland made no showing among the
lobbyists and it seemed foregone coaclu-
sion that it was not in the race.
Mr.. Lubin set forth Sacramento's claims
very fully. They were that 1t had the
Capitol building and was central. The
Santa Cruz men harped On the usual con-
dition of the thermometer at the capital In
August. in which month the convention
will probably be held. Mayor Effey was
admitted to the committee-room and came
out stating that mem ers of the committee
had informed him that the body would
make no recommendation as to the selec-
ton of place.
1t was haIf-past IL o'clock when the ex-