The San Francisco call., 1898-08-10

uO ldck OI men Tn the RepuDIlcdn party who possess these qualifications in an eminent degree, the name of any .one or whom will satisfy the people of the State that under a Republican admins tration he will give a clean and honest government, with due regard for the
 rights of all and just and fearless execution of the laws of this State. 1 This is the interest of every citizen, and l trust will be the endeavor of ev- cry member of the convention.
 D. S. DORM, Attorney-George Par dee of Oakland is the strongest political candidate for Governor, though they are all good men. I mean that think he is the strongest politically as he has a strong backing and friends who will | make fight for him.
 COLLECTOR OF THE PORT JACK SON-Um. ahl No opinion. Federal officer. Not allowed to talk politics. Will express my private opinion at the polls when I go to vote.
 THOMAS D. RIORDAN-I cannot say anything in relation to the subject because of my connection with the Re- publican County Committee. If I were not in politics-simply a private citi-
 Zen-I could give you an opinion, but under the circumstances 1t would not
 be in good taste for me to do so. GEORGE W. DIXON, ex-Assembly-
 man from the Thirty-seventh District Was favorably disposed to either Gage or FeltOn, both were good men, but
 he considered that if Gage would come into the convention with a solid home delegation he would come very near carrying away the plum, and in case
 he should go before the Republican
 party would be a very strong candi-
 date. Thought that Felton stood well
 with his party and with the people of
 the State and would be a very hard man to defeat if nominated
 JULIEN SONNTAG, General Mana ger of the Giant Powder Company Favored Gage, or in the case of his not getting the nomination then Felton; as he considered both very strong men. 1 Gage, who is a new man in politics, is not as we'll known as Felton, and some times this is an advantage in running for office. But Gage should, in order to go strong before the people, have his home delegation with him to a man.
 | PHILIP L. ARCHIBALD, Grand Die l tator of the Knights of Honor-Had i just returned from an extensive trip l through the San Joaquin Valley, and | was free to express it as his opinion l that while Davis, Gage and Brown were well spoken of, yet Davis was in the ISFQ ana WOulu unuOuDteOIy pOu the stronger vote from the Republicans in that section.
 W. R. MORTON, President of the
 Morton Special Delivery Company, and at one time a Republican County Com
 mitteeman-Had paid but little atten-
 ton to the list of candidates mentioned.
 but from what he had heard his men say he was under the impression that
 Lou Brown was far stronger than any
 other candidate that he had heard men,
 toned Brown had good clean record
 to go before the people with. and that is what is required at this period LOUIS POCKWITZ, member of the
 State Central Committee from the Thirty ninth Assembly District, ex- pressed himself as being satisfied with either Flint or Brown as both are strong men before the people, yet talk ing it all together he considered Brown to be the stronger of the two. This conclusion he reached in consequence
 of Brown being a present in office and
 thereby being much better known by
 the people of the State He would not
 have to De introduced, a 1t were, to
 the Republican voters when the time
 arrived for them 10 cast their votes for
 the Republican nominee.
 JUDGE F. W. VAN REYNEGOM
 was not well posted on the list of can-
 didates coming before the Republican
 convention and consequently had not
 thought much over the merits of any
 in particular, except as to Attorney
 General w F. Fitzgerald. 'If," said
 he, Judge Fitzgerald should enter the
 race and get the nomination l know
 of no man better fitted for the office
 of Governor of the State He would be
 a very strong man before the people and one that the Democrats would have
 r0 ont haiT Var- leader
 to defeat. Judge Fitzgerald is well and favorably known throughout the entire
 State. Since he first made his ap-
 pearance in State politics some ten
 years ago in the southern portion of
 this State where he had resided for a
 with much esteem by all who came in contact with him. Since coming north
 he has held very responsible positions. He was a Supreme Court Commissioner and afterward a Justice of the Supreme Court, which place he left to take charge of the office of Attorney-Ge eral of this State. He was elected by a very handsome plurality and the manner in hich he has conducted the office reflects the highest credit on him. His handling of the railroad case before Judge McKenna has conclusively shown that he is for the people against cor porate bodies when he believes that the
 peoples rights have been infringed
 upon. On the whole I firmly believe that no better nomination can be made than that of Judge Fitzgerald. He has
 all of the qualifications befitting the
 high office of Governor of a great
 State like California
 OSCAR LEWIS. Manager of the
 Manufacturers and Producers Asso- citation, is of the opinion that Henry T. Gage would make very strong man
 for a fight against the Democratic, Populist and pinto combination of these two parties. He said: There is but one thing that the people will hold