The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-09
SESSION OF CALIFORNIANs.
Every Honorable Means to Be Used to
Secure the Convention.

Every Honorable Means to Be Used to
Secure the Contention.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 8.-The
California convention boomers were in ses-
sion until late hour tonight at rooms in
the Arlington Hotel. The following were
present of the regular executive COM
mittee: General Chapman, General Freid-
rich, II. z. Osborne and NJ. II. de Young,
National Committeeman for California,
and the following members of the auxil-
larry committee: George A. Knight of
San Francisco Frank RAIDER, Mayor OF
Los Angeles; C. A. Hale of San Jose,
Lippman Sachs of San Francisco, and
Representatives Grove L. Johnson. Bar
ham, Mcguire, McLachlin, Hilborn and
Bowers.
Osborne ard RAIDER. vino were the first OF
the California committee to arrive and
who have been hard at work for week,
were called upon to report progress and to
give their views of the situation. Osborne
responded and stated that he and RAIDER
had canYassed among committeeman and
leading Senators and Representatives and
believed that there was good chance for
San Francisco to win.
General Chapman and General Fried
rich also addressed the meeting, stating
their views of the situation, for the inform
alton of Mr.. De Young and the other late
arrivals.
After De Young and Hale and Sachs had
the situation explained to them it was re-
solved that each man present should be
given an assignment to interview some
member of the National Committee. 1t
was decided that the presentation of Cali
fornia's claims to the National Committee
on Tuesday should be made by California s
representative on the committee. On mo-
ton of Osborne, General Chipman and
George A. knight were selected to make
the addresses in behalf of San Francisco
The National Committee list was checked
off, and eighteen or nineteen votes were
counted who would support San Francisco
and several more were probable support
ers. The committee decided TO make no
deals, but, as expressed by Osborne, to
stand pat.
Colonel Isaac Trumbo, who arrived this
morning, stated that he had seen the ex-
ecutive committee and had presented Salt
Lake for the honor of entertaining the
convention, but that his suggestion was
not received wsth any degree of favor.
The committeeman said that if the con-
vention went to the far West they would
rather go all the way to San Francisco.
Colonel Trumbo thereupon said:
well gentlemen, you can count US in
for San Francisco, fer her selection will be
of mutual advantage to Utah and to Cali
fornia." Colonel Trumbo said that the
committee appointed to come here in
Utah's behalf would work theoretically
for San Francisco, as Salt Lake stood no
chance. Colonel Trumbo was assigned TO
look after Mr.. Youngblood, Alabama's
committeeman, and he may yet be brought
to San Francisco's support.
Yesterday it was decided bv leading
supp orters of Chicago, St. Louis and Pitts
burg that San Francisco must not be
allowed to carry off the prize, and the
prospects of st. Louis were greatly strength
ened to-day by the arrival of twenty prom
inent Missourians, who announced that
they had raised $4,000 against Chicagos
$4,000 The st. Louis crowd proved to be
great hustlers, and as Chicago is not well
represented here st. Louis stock went up.
The Missourians were not inclined to agree
to the combination against San Francisco,
especially when reminded that in 1888 the
Californians virtually gave the Democratic
Convention TO ST. Louis.
The California men wired Governor
Francis of Missouri to remind the st.
Louis men of that fact. Francis was Mis-
souri's committeeman at the time of that
contest and he we'll remembered that CAL
hoI 10 ha - =
Louis. He telegraphed the st. Louis dele
CATION here to support San Francisco if
st. Louis could not win. Congressman
Joy OF Missouri, who spent considerable
time in San Francisco with his brother
during the past year, also opposed any
com bination against San Francisco and
favored San Francisco in case st. Louis
could not win. Ex-Congressman Frank,
now Mayor of st. Louis, was also partial
to San Francisco. In short st. Louis has
concluded to do some flirting with San
Francisco and endeavor to secure her sup
port in order to "do up her great rival,
Chicago. On the other hand San Francis
CO is coquetting with st. Louis in the
hope that if the city cannot win she will
throw her strength to San Francisco.
A dinner was given by Stephen B. Elkins
at his residence tonight at which were
present General CIarkson, Senators Quay
and Carter and Committeeman Hahn,
Manley, Campbell, Kerens and Fessenden,
Thomas Z. Platt and Colonel Isaac
Trumbo.
Those present denied that this dinner
had any political significance Senator
Quay acknowledges privately that Pitts
burg stands but little chance. He believes
the convention lies between Chicago and
st. Louis.
In a Position to Dictate.
The New York Herald of December /