The San Francisco call., 1898-09-30
COMPLETES
 ITS DUTIES
Close Of the LeQis1atiUes
 Judicial and Educational


 With cheers for the standard bearers of their party, the delegates to the Republi- can legislative, judicial and educational convention concluded their labors at an early hour last evening and adjourned. The convention completed its work by nominating twelve School Directors and by filling the legislative ticket. The hour set for the opening of the convention was z o'clock, but it was three-quarters of an hour later before the delegates were in their places and chairman B. l. Wolfe called them to order.
 The chairman announced that the com mittee of five to whom was referred the selection of twelve candidates for School Directors was made up of the following delegates: Richard D. Faulkner, chair man; E. w Williams, T. P O'Neil, Charles Mayors and Bernard Lennon. The platform upon which the nominees of the convention will base their claims upon the suffrages of the people at the forthcoming election was then read by R. D. Faulkner. The reading was punctuat- ed by applause as the strong blanks in the instrument were set forth. Upon mo- tior lE Delegate Guilfoyle it was received siiiA adopted as Inc platform of the con vention. Delegate Morgenstern proposed a vote of thanks to the committee for its able efforts in framing the platform.
 
 the stage, this time to read the report of the special committee which selected twelve School Directors from 167 names submitted. He prefaced the report with some remarks. saying, among other things, that If the schools of the county are lacking in any qualities 1t is the fault of the people-they should pay more at tention to that branch of the government. The report follows:
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2s 1Sss
 To the Officers and Members of the Repub- lican Judicial Educational and Legislative Convention-Gentlemen: In accordance with a
 etea d 9y body at ing September 2S. 1898, the undersigned were appointed n committee of five 2 to report S and of twelve candidates for the office of School Director to be submitted for your considera- tion out of the names suggested and handed in to the secretary by the delegates of this con- vention. Your committee would respectfully re- port that after their appointment by the chairman of this convention they duly considered the names and qualifications of all 1S7 in number-and after such consideration they beg to report that out of the multitude sition they have considered it advisable and esDeaentt ,S to to s the s M the as the % nomnees of the Repuscan pay for the office of School Director: J. B. Cole, Ed + Head Ws Regp sEsw J0hH GSnGf IT. N Dr. Josef I. Manson G. E. Armstrong. Dr. E. H. Gedge, P. A. Bergerot and William c.
 
 The attention of the delegates was then called to the fact that on the previous evening they neglected to nominate g candidate for the @ @unexpired term m of in nomination and was elected unani- mouSly.
 Delegate Faulkner said the same lapse had occurred in the matter of School Di- rector, the delegates having overlooked the naming of person to fill the unex- pired term of the late Director Halstead. ing no opposition he was elected.
 The various delegations were then heard l from in the matter of nominations for Assemblymen, where they had not been | announced on the previous evening. When | the Twenty-eighth District representatives | cad np9n to hfr that they had been unable to agree upon l candidate. The fact of an office going | begging amused those present. The laugh | or Becsy hastily made his way to the | place where the Twenty-eighth District | delegates were seated. His advice was ap- | parently not desired as he was greeted | coldly and made his way to his seat in | crestfallen manner. was completed by the addition of John A. Hoey in the Eighteenth Senatorial and | by adding F, A; Devote in the Thirtieth Assembly; F. x. Sullivan In the Thirty | second; Robert Mccullough in the Thir- ty-third; J. G. Boobar in the Thirty-sev- enth and Leon E. Jones in the Thirty nlQIn. 1Qe nOIulueeS TOT these OfnceS then | indorsed the platform. No oratory was | permitted, the men being restricted to | the plain statement that they indorsed the | platform.
 Fred Lees introduced resolution to the | effect that the present Republican County | Committee of this city and county be em- powered to fill all vacancies that may oc- cur between now and the election, either by withdrawal, death or otherwise.
 Gaston Straus presented resolution that Harry N. Gray, P. H. Prendergast. A. Ruef. M. l.. Asher and C. A Went worth be appointed the auditing connit- tee of the convention and of all the Legis- lative, Assembly and Senatorial districts thereof, with. all the powers and duties vested in such committee under the pro- visions of the purity of elections law.
 Chairman B. I. Wolfe, Chairman Burdette, Secretary Casey and his assist gates for their work. whereupon the con vention adjourned sine die