The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
SHOULD Be HELD HERE,
7. Sloat Fassett FavorS This CITY
for the National Con.
Vention.
There Are Eight Developed Candidates,
and May Be More-Long Ses.
sion Probable.

J. Sloat Fassett, the able Republican
leader of New York. is in the City. He
came with Colonel Fred Croker in the
latter's private car and will be here several
weeks.
Mr.. Fassett has been a Senator of the
Empire State, Collector of the Port OF New
York, and was nominated by the Republi-
cans for Governor against Roswell P.
Flower and gave him a lively race for his
money. He owns a big newspaper at
Albany, seems scarcely out of the 30's, and
is as full of fire and energy as any one
need be who has the world before him.
The rising statesman makes no bones of
the fact that the next Republican National
Convention should come to San Francisco.
at should do so, both as matter of
justice and of sentiment" he said. at
would be good for you and the members.
too. The fact that California has raised
more money to have it held here than
Chicago or any other place has done, and
that she has got more delegates in favor of
San Francisco than there are for any other
place, ought to bring it here.
"Still nobody can tell. Chicago is lying
low. One thing that will be urged against
San Francisco is the long distance. An
other is the time it would require to come.
Another thing is the probability of a long
convention.
There are no less than eight developed
candidates for the Republican Presidential
nomination, Or you might say six, leav-
ing out Steven B. Elkins and Robert T.
Lincoln. Then you have got Reed, Nor
ton, Mckinley, Harrison, Allison and
Cullom. Now while l say these are
developed candidates, oddly enough
scarcely one of them admits he is In the
field.
at is the fashion, you know, for the
American people to believe that some
CincInnatus should be called to the
front. Hence the modesty of these other
wise well-known candidates. 1t is part of
our school of politics.
Now this reticence to let ones self be
| announced beforehand as an emphatic
candidate, combined with the certainty
| that whoever is nominated will be elected,
will probably cause other States TO put up
favorite sons. We shall have bully time
evidently, and, therefore, instead of as
many as eight developed candidates at
| the time of the convention. we shall not
| improbably have magnificent field of
| them.
ITO my mind the convention will be
held either here or at Chicago, but this is
| the place for it. Chicago is fortunate in its
admirable central location. Then, too,
| there is always lot of enthusiasm about
| that city's people that often causes it to
| win at the final showdown.
San Francisco, to get it, must work
hard and continuously. 1t should never
| let up.
II want to say word for Governor and
ex-Vice-President Morton. Ii should be
remem bered that ne beat Hill in New
York by $50, 900 votes. This shows that he
| has tremendous power. That victory oil
his in the Empire State must have much
weight, think, when the delegates get to
thinking of it."
| Mr.. Fassett is staying at the residence Of
| Colonel Croker. He visited the horse
show after his arrival.
The Michigan Association of California
| IS also doing some good work by way o.
assistance, and yesterday the following
resolution was adopted by the association
as body:
| MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF California;
| SAN FRANCISCO Cal, Dec. 2, 1895.
| ResotUed, That the Michigan Association o
! California is heartily in favor of holding the
| Republican National Convention in San Fran
cisco in 1896; and be il further
ReSotued, That NJ. Cooney Esq, president O
| the association, correspond with the Michigan
member upon the National Committee and
| with General Alger and others for the purpose
Oh securing their assistance in that behalf.