The morning call., 1894-05-29
Preparation for the State
Convention.
REPUBLICAN CLANS READY.
Hanford Elects Delegates TO Go
to Sacramento.
MCGOWAN is OUT OF THE RACE.
Governor Pennoyer of Oregon Never
OVerIooks a Chance to Be
Childish.


pacheT, assistant secretary of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, is in the
city making the preliminary arrangements
for the State convention to be held June
49, He says that the New Pavilion will
make magnificent place for holding the
convention. When the work of fitting up
the hail is com eted the room Will be of
an octagon shape and a good view of the
stage may be had from every point. Both
the Western Union and the Postal Tele
graph companies will run special wires
into the building.
The Central Committee will have its
headquarters at the Golden Eagle Hotel,
and rooms will be opened on The Saturday
preceding the date of the convention. All
of the leading hotels and many Of the
fashionable ng-houses have already
received large orders from delegates and
candidates FIR accommodations
Secretary Steppacher says it never was
understood that any intoxicating liquors
would be sold in the convention building,
and the San Franclscans who set up
| howl for fear that temperance voters
would be lost, squealed before they were
hurt.
HANFoRD, May 2S.-The Kings County
Republican convention to elect delegates 10
the State and District conventions met at
Lemoore to-day. Every precinct was rep
resented. Resolutions indorsing Hon. ".
| W. Bowers course in Congress, also a resO-
luton indorsing Frank a. Blakely for
State Senator were adopted.
The following were elected to represent
the county at the State Convention: j. Il.
Fox, George B. McCOrd, j. n. Hoyt, J. H.
Barton and Fred a. Dodge The delega-
ton is uDpledged. The convention to nom
mate a county ticket will be held at Han
ford Tomorrow.
EUREKA. May 28.-The Times tO-mor-
row morning will publish a card from
Senator NJ Gowan announcing his with
drawal from The candidacy for Congress
man from the First District The cause
for the action is i'll health. " hich will not
permit him TO make he campaign.
Los ANGELES, May 28.-At a meeting
of tie committee OF one hundred, held to-
night, the postal primary plan was adopted
by a majority VOTE and the plan will be
submitted to the central committee of the
several political parties for approval or
disapprOval by them. II approved by one
or all of the parties the plan will be given
a practical trial at the coming fall primary
election. The plan, a synopsis of which is
herein given, is looked upon with favor
by all citizens desiring electoral reform.
| This is a synopsis Of the measure as
adopted tonight:
Urinary elections are to be carried on
through the mails, instead OF the old way, for
the choosing Of delegates to conventions and
expressing the Individual preferences of the
voters for candidates for county or city officers
ballots being sent to each voter for that pur-
pose.
2-Ar political parties adopting the postal
primary plan shall hold conventions composed
| of not 10 exceed 800 delegates for a county
convention and not to exceed $50 delegates for
a city convention.
3-The plan is TO be set In motion by the cen
trail committees of the existing political par
ties with the assistance of the County Clerk or
other authorized official, but without public
expense.
4-Ample public notice of the holding OF the
! postal primary election to be given; existing
| legal penalties are pointed out; the methods Of
and time for presenting candidates (bv petitiOn)
re-explained; the powers Of the Central Com
mittee are defined
5-Separate postal primaries are to be held
! by each of the political parties on different
dates; all electors are TO be classified by par
! ties and listed accordingly; the presentation of
petitions iOf pdceS on the primary tickets Is TO
cease at a certain time; provision is made for
/ the correction of the lists; for the printing
! sending out and returning of the ballots; the
method Of filling out. certifying to and signing
! the ballots is explained; provision Is made for
challenging voters, applying park tests and for
! revising and correcting the lists, and prevent
/ ing frauds, Implications and ballot box stuffing
| CARSON. New. May 28.-The election
/ for School Trustees was held to-day. Two
| tickets were in the field, Citizens Nom
/ Partisan and Republican. Counting is
! now in progress and it is evident hat the
! Republican ticket was successful. There
was large amount of scratching.
/ PORTLAND. Or. May Ex-Governor
! PenDoyer was advertised to address a
! POpulist meeting at Hood River on Decora-
ton day. The Grand Army post there
adopted resolutions deploring the fact til at
any political party should hold a pubic
meeting on that day, and asked tn at it be
postponed. The Governor to-day made
the following Characteristic reply: "The
resolution of your post was duly received
and considered. Although the Savior of
mankind. while on earth, allowed on the
| holy Sabbath the pulling of an OK or an
ass out Of PIT, yet your post objects to
any effort on Decoration day. such as the
pulling out of the pit of financial disaster
| the starving men, women and children of
! our unfortunate country. ]. however, can
! Gel my appointment at Hood River pursu-
! ant TO your request"
/