The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

of Los Angeles.
Alternates-at s-at-Large-J. NJ. Gleaves of
Shasta. ID. L. Knight OF Yuba, George
Stow of San Francisco, James A. Lout-
tit OF San Joaquin.
ors-at-Large-Charles It. Crocker
of San Francisco, Irving NJ. Scott of San
Francisco.
Lieutenant -Governor-John c. Lynch
of San BernardinO.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 6.-Bossism
in San Francisco was downed to-day. The
dirty finger prints OF Kellyism will be no
longer permitted to sully the fair throat of
Republicanlsm; the clammy, unclean
Democratic paw of Raineyism was
brushed from the shoulder of Republi-
canism in the metropolis, and thuggery,
ballot-box stuffery and the thousand and
one named and unnamed political in
iquities which have disgraced not only
the Bay City but the entire State, have
been swept away.
1t was a hard battle to fight in the face
of the combined power of all that is low,
unscrupulous and selfish in human
/ nature; but decency, the cause of good
order, of clean government won the battle.
There was one man who had the pluck,
the indomitable courage, tie strength of
character, the will power to lead the hosts
of decency against the myrmidons of cor
ruption. That man, John d. Spreckels,
triumphed against all the combinations
and all the odds that had been arrayed
against him, and he did it with the help of
the honest, the respectable and the loyal
Republicans of San Francisco, backed by
the decent Republicans of the entire State.
The calumnies which had been heaped
upon him and shot at him from ambush
in dark corners fell broken and useless for
harm against the armor of the Justice of
the cause of which he was the champion
The Republican party of California to-day
is dominated by no boss. 1t does not need
one. 1t has wise and able leaders, and
among them John D. Spreckels is far from
being the least wise or the least able.
The Republicans of the State were not
ungrateful to the man who had done SO
much for the party, for Mr.. Spreckels was
this evening elected National Republican
Committeeman from California to succeed
NJ. H. de Young.
As an evidence of the completeness Of
Mr.. Spreckels' victory the fact is empha-
sized that out of total vote of $50 in the
convention to-day he received 565, lack
ing only seventy votes of being elected
unanimously. Mr.. Spreckels, in an inter-
view given in another part of this issue,
said that he was thoroughly and COM
pletely satisfied with the result of the
convention, and that he would faithfully
carry out the wishes of the Republicans of
the State of California.
The victory means much that is good
for the State. In the clearer atmosphere
after the shower, the bluer sky after the
clouds have melted into rain, NAV be seen
the peaceful augury of Republican success
in the great battle that must be fought
when the leaves have turned into the sere
and yellow of the fall.
In the convention proceedings to-day
there was pleasing variety of features
George A. knight and Senator Spencer
furnished the tragedy, with the Minneapo-
lis convention as the stage setting, and an
A1AAd.1AAa4J Adoby AlLO OldO0 dS IQ0 deadly
weapon. Colonel Kowalsky, A. Ruef and
Tom O'Brien supplied the opera bouffe
part of the entertainment and hoarsely
sang their disappointment over the dis
agreeable and unexpected turn of the po-
itical tide. Mr.. Taylor of Alameda gave
q clever imitation of walking for the cake,
when he, at the suggestion of the chair
man, arose from his seat in the Alameda
delegation, followed by Ruef and the re-
mainder of his colleagues, and marched
with bold front out of the convention.
Joseph Spear of San Francisco made a
good second, but Mr.. O'Brien took the
cake. He was too mad to eat it. however.
Mr.. Spears political acting is of the
forid or old Bowery style. The gorgeous
ness of his Mckinley banner YESTERDAY
and the silence of the hurrahs he expected
to receive were of about the same degree
of intensity. The convention was willing
enough to cheer for Mckinley, but it did
not see why it should cheer for Mr.. Spear
His acting to-day was not quite so forid.
1t was rather of the subdued or intense
French school, where the actor does not
strike any attitudes, but walks along un-
ostentatiously, as though going to see
man between the acts. He walked out
after Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. O'Brien by the
left lower entrance and did not return, the
act being necessarily very brief.
The last desperate attack of Kellyism
was after the reading of the report of the
committee on credentials by Ruef and
others. but it fell short and died in the
Iast ditch.
Three of the planks placed in the plat
form this morning had been and are ad-
vocated very strongly by THE CALL,
namely the anti-funding resolution. the
plank on the free coinage of silver at the
ratio OF 10 to l and that on woman's suf-
frage. 1t is the consensus of opinion here