The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

district committee. Now, then, the call
puts it in the language of the National
Committee. 1t puts the power to call the
primary election for the selection of deie
gates to the Congressional Convention in
the hands of the Congressional Committee
alone. They have absolute control of the
whole question so far as it relates to the
selection of two Republican delegates to
the National Convention and it provides
further that the State shall be entitled to
four delegates at large, and that these
must be selected by the Republican State
Convention. The call provides also that
the Congressional conventions shall also
four delegates at large"
Guy c. Earl of Alameda asked what
Congressional districts had Congressional
committees.
Il don't know, sir" said Judge DAILY. II
suppose such committees were created in
all the districts during the last campaign.
However, that is q matter l have nothing
the details of the situation"
The motion to adopt the report was put
and carried unanimously.
Then Sacramento was selected in short
order as the place of holding the State
Convention. Judge Cooney made the mo-
ton to insert the name OF that city in the
blank in the report put and adopted and
Ii,
observing: Santa Clara votes for Sacra-
mento on the understanding that San Jose
gets the convention two years hence"
Frank ID. Ryan of Sacramento said that
the delegates would be we'll treated and
that the expenses of the convention would
be paid and received applause.
w. A. Kinney of Los Angeles also Sec
onded the motion and then by unan-
imous vote Sacramento won the conven-
ton.
The only thing remaining to be done
was TO make provision for carrying out the
primary plan mbodied in the call adopted
and S. A. Sheldon of Los Angeles arose
with typewriter resolution providing
that the chairman of the executive COM
mittee should appoint a committee of five
to create congressional committees such as
contemplated in the call in districts where
such committees do not exist. He OBJ
served that there were probably no such
committees in any of the Congressional
districts.
Sheldon's resolution was not fully
grasped by many of the delegates and a
second reading was called for. George A.
Knight read the resolution again. The
resolution was as follows:
WHEREAS. The National Republican Commit
tee, In Its call of December H. 1885, requires
that In any Congressional district where there
IS no Republican Congressional committee the
republican State Committee shall appoint
from the residents of such district committee
for the purpose of calling the district conven-
non to elect delegates; whereas, there may be
In this State Congressional districts without
Congressional committees; now, therefore, in
pursuance of the instructions of the National
Committee, providing for such cases, be it
Rcsolued, That this State Central Committee
select committee of five persons to ascertain
at once ii there be any Congressional district
In this State where there is no Republican
Congressional committee, and If any such
there be, to proceed at once in the name of,
and for this State Central Committee to ap-
point committee of seven persons from the
residen is of such district to act as a Congress
sional committee thereof and in whom shall
be vested all of the powers and authority given
to regularly organized committees of such dis
tricts.
Resolved, That the following named gentle.