The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-14
DELEGATES ARE READY
The Republican Committee Will
Make Known Its Choice To-
Morrow Night.
A Keen Desire on the Part of the
Boilers to Be Taken Into
Camp.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
908 Broadway. Jan. Ii.
The delegates to the Municipal Repub-
lican Convention will be named Friday
night, and next Monday evening the con-
vention will assemble. DR.. Pardee has
proved during the past few days that all
that his friend Leach has said about his
grit and energy during the past four years
has not been undeserved. The doctor has
completely ignored the suggestion of his
late friend to retire, and the result has
shown that he has carried almost the en-
tire Republican party and in fact two
thirds of the voting community with him.
At last nights meeting DR.. Pardee
greeted the feIlow-membe of bis COM
mittee as Fellow Boodlers," at which
there was an uproarious laugh. Great eff
forts have been made by the boilers to
creep under the protection of the regular
Republican camp, but they have not been
met half way, as their influence is re-
garded as nil, and all the oyertures have
come fiom the small side.
Nobody believes the sensational stories
that were circulated about Doodle and
rival water companies, and they have
been hurled back into the camp
whence they came with terrific force, and
the stupid attempt to disrupt the Repub-
lican party for selfish or other motives
has been fiat failure.
In explanation of his position Mr.. Leach
published the following statement to-
night:
Happily the gentlemen constituting the
committee are above reproach or suspicion of
wrongdoing, and By the cry that has been
raised it is probable that each one OF the COM
mittee will have q keener sense OF the re-
sponsiblities they have assumed, and will in
sist on selecting his quota of the convention
without allowing some outsider to do 1t Tor
him. and iNthis way the schemers and pur-
vented from reaping the fruit OF the infamous
bargain.
Under the circumstances the committee and
convention have very difficult task to per-
form, but with the proper exercise OF yig-
lance and attendance to the duties imposed, it
is possible for them to create city ticket that
will be acceptable to the people and one that
viii receive the support OF the Republican
party.
The gentlemen who have this responsible
work in hand want to bear in mind that it is
TO the formation OF the Council that the efforts
OF schemers IS particularly directed It's true
that these parties have had seleci ed for sew
eral days The men whom they intended should
be nominated Tor the council from each ward |;
that for the positions of Mayor, City Engineer
and City Attorney they had no particular in
terest except as 10 the trading value the NOM
nations possessed. 1t is we'll known among
che boys il not outside OF that circle, that
votes oil parts OF wards were being freely offered
for support to be given certain individuals as
nominees fer the Council.
Now that these things are known and the
political knavery has been exposed the way
for the committee has been made somewhat
clearer, while the duties have been made more
responsible.
DR.. Pardee and the other representa-
tives OF the Republican party who are
arranging for tue convention declare
openly tnat they do not wish MIR. Leach
or any one else to try and explain what
they do not or will not understand, much
less do they want them 10 utter any apol-
ogies for the committee OF twenty-one.