The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
/. NJ in the rooms OF the Union League

A. NJ in the rooms of the Union League
Club.
The convention will be held outside of
the district on account of the convenience
of meeting in San Francisco. The only
business before the convention is tue
nomination of a Congressman, and this
business will be soon finished.
The convention which meets to-day is a
new one, the delegates to which have been
appointed by county committees within
two weeks, or since the First District Con-
vent1on, which met in Sacramento at the
time OF the State Convention, early in
May. Some of the other Congressional
conventions ad journed to later date to
make nominations for Congress, but in
the First District delegates TO the second
convention were newly appointed.
Many of the delegates arrived in the
City last evening, notably those from
Mendocino. Sonoma and Napa counties.
Congressman Barham came down from
Santa Rosa on the train with Senator
Rsgsdale, G. B. Baer Of the u verdale
Reveille and majority of the Sonoma and
Mendocino delegations. Frank L. Coon bs
is here among others of the Napa delega-
ton A mum Der Of the Hum boldt delega-
ton are expected to arrive this morning.
It appeared certain last evening that
Barham would get the nomination with
practical unanimity. There will be SO
votes in the convention and his friends
say that more than majority are in
structed for him, while most OF the other
delegates are solid for him.
The Congressional convention which
met in Sacramento unanimously Endorsed
Barham, and when it adjourned there was
no other candidate in the field. Within a
week. however, Judge E. Y. Spencer of
Of Tph a n
nounced themselves in the race. Then
the popular Senator, Frank MCGOWAN of
Humboldt, went into the fight and his pros
poets seemed especially strong.
Matlock withdrew on the 18th INST in
favor of Barham at a meeting OF the Te-
hama County Committee, which then in.
structed its five delegates for Barham.
Judge Spencer has been in the City for
three or four days, but has likewise with
drawn as Barhams majority developed,
and his name will probably not be pre-
sented to-day.
MCGOWAN has the solid delegation from
Hum boldt County with him and an I'M
certain number OF supporters scattered
among the other delegations. 1t was
doubtful last night whether or not Nc
Gowan would allow his name to go before
the convention.
Barham has three things especially in
his fayor-his record in Congress, the fact
that he ran twice tc be elected once and
the consequent feeling that he is entitled
to another term, and then the fact
that he and his friends were earliest in the
field.
This was the way Senator Ragsdale of
Santa Rosa stated the convention pros
poets last night.
"Seven counties have instructed for
Barham, and they are: Tehama, with five
votes; Marin, six votes; Mendocino, nine
votes; Sonoma, nineteen votes; Plumas,
four votes; Del Norte, two votes, and
Shasta, five votes. That makes fifty votes
out of ninety-six. Nspa has endorsed his
his course, and we understand that ten OF
its eleven votes are for Barham. We
count on Slskiyou and Sierra solid with
eight and six votes respectively, and ex-
pect part or all of the votes from Trinity,
Modoc and Lassen. You see, Barham has
it won, hands down.
''Barham has made fine record in Con-
gress and will be an exceptionally strong
candidate, but aside from all that there IS
a feeling that he is entitled 20 another
term. Six years ago we begged people TO
take the nomination and Frank MCGOWAN
was one of them. Finally, when the cam
paign was half over, Barham went into
a losing fight and lost. Frank MCGOWAN
has many friends among Barham,s sup
porters who might vote for him if it were