The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-08
He Wants a Free and Fair Fight
With No Bad Blood
Left.
LEADERS CALLED TO CANTON.
A Gavel With History-Quarters for
Colored Delegates Causing Some
Anxiety.

ST. LOUIS, NO., June by common
consent the advance guards of the several
| Presidential booms made this day of
| rest from the arduous tasks imposed by
| politics. At the hotels these gentlemen
were "out" to all callers. Hon. Chauncey
/. Filley took a party through the show
part of the city and eventually brought
them up at the "Mosque." as his Beau
mont-street residence is known.
| If there have been doubts as to the leader
| de facto of Missouri Repub licans, it has
been dispelIed by the demands for counsel
| and advice made upon Mr.. Filley by the
prominent Republicans already here.
! When the claims were made yesterday by
Major McKinley's friends that their cam
didate would be nominated by accla-
| nation on the first ballot Mr.. FiIley
| promptly objected.
at is not good politics" said he, ''for
Mckinley to be nominated on the first
| ballot. There is no occasion for it. No
club should be used. No forcing is needed.
A free, fair fight is the thing. We don't
want any bad blood left. To rule out
every other candidate would be q dis
courteous act, which no friend of McKin-
| ley should countenance. Perhaps an in
formal ballot should be provided for first,
| to be followed by a formal ballot later.
| But certainly the roll must be called
| through to the end. There will be dele.
gates here to discharge their instructions
| for other candidates It would be neither
courteous nor right to do anything which
would prevent every delegate having his
| vote recorded and announced by the chair
| man before McKinley's nomination is
| made unanimous"
Mr.. Filley also took occasion to talk
| about Mr.. Platt, and insisted that the
| New York leader would only make an
honorable fight in opposition to Mckinley.
| Apropos of Mr.. Filley's leadership, it will
be recalled that be defeated the aspirations
of Hon. R. c. Kerens, Missouri's National
com mmitteeman, and ex-Congressman Ma
than Frank to control the State conven-
| ton. Last evening these two gentlemen
| lett this city together for Canton, Ohio. A
| telegram from Mckinley yesterday was
| the cause of this trip-a telegram asking
! Mr.. Kerens to come for a conference.
| Messrs. Kerens and Frank arrived in Can
| ton at o'clock this afternoon. They will
remain until 8 P. NJ, returning to St. Louis
via Chicago.
| The brief telegraphic message gave no
| hint of the object of the conference, just at
this stage of the ampaign but it prompt
| ed much speculation among those who un-
! derstand the bitterness of the local strug-
! gle. Among the arrivals this evening was
| w. B. Gaitree of Columbus, Ohio, who will
decorate the Mckinley headquarters at
! the Southern Hotel and superintend the
distribution of badges, Autographs and
! literature. Tomorrow there will be dis
tributed in this city 10000 Autographs of
Mckinley, and badge will be given out,
being red ribbon bearing McKinley's
picture and the words, patriotism, Pro-
lection and Progress, Our Nations
Choice"
The gavel which will be used in calling
the convention to order was made from a
piece of timber in the building in which
Missouri's ordinance of secession was
passed. The gavel Is now in the hands of
Lee d. Bell of Neosho, Mo. On May %
he wrote to Chairman Carter, rendering
him the use of the gavel on opening the
convention. Mr.. Carter answered prompt.
ly, accepting the offer The gavel is the
handiwork of James Moore, an ex-Confed-
crate soldier and Republican.
The matter of accommodating the negro
delegates at the hotels has begun to as
sumo troublesome Importance. There are
sixty-six OF these, including contestants.
The Business Mems League, desiring to
carry out every promise made in securing
the convention, felt called upon last night
to issue general circular from which the
following is taken;
1--WE ask that all public places of enter
tainment, hotels, boarding houses and bar
rooms, at least for convention week,
accord to the reputable colored men who
will come here representing their section
and their people in the Republican party
such treatment as any reputable and re-
spectacle person would receive. 1t is not
believed that great many would want to
accept the privilege, but it will be very
humiliating if one of them, with their col
leagues and friends or alone, should pre-
sent himself in any public place and be re-
fused admittance or service. 1t is hoped
that all will endeavor to meet the situa.
tion as justice and propriety require
number of enterprising local negroes
have rented the old Calumet Club on Lo-
Gust and Thirteenth streets and fitted it
up to entertain the colored delegates.
KANSAS REP UBLICARS.
The State COnventton adopts No ResOIss-