The San Francisco call., 1896-07-31
TO PLAN A HOT
STATE CAMPAIGN,
Republican Leaders Are
Gathering for Important
Conferences.
OUTLINING THE WORK.
The State Executive and Cen
tral Committees Will Open
the Campaign.
SPEAK <Rs AND LITERATURE.
Congress IN Louis Renomination at
;hs Convention To-MOrrow %
>.:s:.. Seems Certain. -
SPEAKERS AND LITERATURE

To-day and tomorrow the Republican
i. leaders of the State will hold important
conferences, decide when and how the
State campaign shall be opened and out
. line the work to be done.
This afternoon the executive committee
will hold meeting at Golden Gate Hall,
and to-morrow afternoon the State Central
Committee will meet at the SAME place.
= 'There is little to be said in advance of
the meetings" said Chairman Frank Nc
Laughlin last night. '"rhe work of the
literary committee in the preparation of
campaign literature, the selection of
speakers, the raising of campaign funds
and some. such business matters will be
taken'up. 1 expect large attendance and
that there will result general infusion of
. still more Republican enthusiasm"
Jacob II. Neff of California was one of
number OF committee members from the
interior who arrived Yesterday.
H. u. Osborne came up from Los Angeles
a day in advance of the other members
who will attend and he informally took
hold of the affairs of the executive COM
mittee of which he is an important mem
Der. Mr.. Osborne reported that the South
ern California auxiliary executive com
mittee, which is to be composed of the
members of The executive committee from
south OF Tehachaip, would soon be organ
iZed and at work.
"The committee has not been formally
organized" F." said Mr.. Osborne "but it will
be TOMORROW, and we will organize and get
to work right away after the meeting of
the committee here. We have already
opened headquarters in the Westminster
. in Los Angeles adjoining the headquarters
OF the Sixth District Congressional Com
mittee and the Los Angeles County Com
mittee. The southern Democrats organ
lied such an auxiliary committee two
years ago, and Il think that ours will be
. quite an advantage to the Republican
cause.
sit is.too early yet to talk very defn-
itely about the political situation in South
ern California, but our prospects are yery
bright. 1t is noticeable that great many
Republicans who got out and declared
themselves for free silver at the beginning
of the craze. are now for Mckinley. The
Longer the Republicans talk the silver
question the fewer talk for Tree silver, and
the more there are who realize what else
there is in this campaign besides"
From all over the State come reports of
and She early exhibition of campaign in
terest.
The indications are that Congressman
Eugene +. Loud will receive nearly unani-
mouSly the Republican nomination for
Congress in the Fifth District at the con-
yention which will meet in Golden Gate
Hall tomorrow afternoon.
County Clerk G. F. Curry mas with
draRsh from the race, and it was yesterday
doubtful whether Julius Kahn would al.
low his name TO go before the convention.
Kahn is considering the adyisability of be-
coming an independent candidate
% Loud has secured the practically unani-
nous support OF the Santa Clara and San
Mateo delegations, and this, with his
strength in the San Francisco delegation,
makes the victory to appear com pIetely
his.
: The army y'veterans of the Thirty-fourth
Dlstrict are organizing big Mckinley
clilbeu under the leadership of Edward Nc
Cormick, Joseph Becsy and others.
On Wednesday evening the Perkins
Republican Club of the Forty-fourth Dis
trict, young and prosperous organlza-
ton, installed its new officers and enioyed
a. long programme of music and speech
Colonel John II. Roberts address ed the
Mckinley Zouaves at their regular meet
ing at 1905 Mason street last evening. A
large number of new mem bers signed the
roll