The San Francisco call., 1898-08-25

And Shanahan the Pop.
 Why they Il never know what struch thehi
 In their Cfubernatorial Rage,
 As they follow the procession
 After Governor Gage <cho.,s,
 With our banner brightly waving,
 And make Henry Gage our Governor
 A straight Republican
 And when his administration ehos
 We are sure you will agree
 To lead hosts to victory
 For Governor Pardee 1cLo-,.N
 Hurrah for Gaget
 Hurrah for Pardee!
 Hurrah for Alameda county! Hurrah for the 1ssg1se, fSung Men f'epu'''O''''
 Hurrah for the fighting "Pondinkies!
 Alameda's example of courage and de- votion to Republican principles Tn the hour of disappointment was recoshl%eu D' An announcement was made that d q great Gage demonstration Woulu De Lletu at the Macdonough Theater, Oakl4,lu. 4J So onen the campaign in the banner Repup- lican county of the state: o,d,ence MT Gage was received by the auaieLicd9 a'sned rising and cheering. He was introduced bv Chairman Nen, and made a speech Thanking pS t, the convention for the high honor conferred upon ,aiIaarant hlm, Governor were next in order Chairman Neff left his place in the chair and II; z, fsosp Osporiae | Munroe of Humboldt named Thomas H Selvage of that county as candidate: R. H. Lloyd of San FGancisco Era placed Ill George A. Knight of San Francisco m a spirited speech, in which he declafSSo req the time was opportune TOT p.tahiiIS IS.IIr I-I MctSiowan. Colonel T. V. Eddy of San Francisco went to the plaTtotfm ,stnn that fr1t the San Francisco delegation was pro- E F. Preston seconded the nomination
 SnepCh Frank McGowan went to the platform and spoke few words: promising ms a,,,,t, to If chosen to fill the office. Many or the delegates fancied that MT; McGowan was vas going forward to withdraw rom th the 8eld and were a little surprised at the speech. , ,,oo-,,, to the finish and when oyer 40o rsa yyIes hao Knight on behalf of Selvage ana NC Gowan moved to make Mir Nen cholce unanimous. The motion prevailed amid Jacob Hart Neff was called for, and his appearance on the platform was slgnal for another demonstration or ehtnusiaShIn He gracefully accepted the honor oe- slowed but did not retard the conVen- tion with a set speech. :. The convention adjourned to meet at The delegates assembled for the even ing session with commendable alacrlty. The convention was called to oFoer py Chairman Neff. On motion or C. t Lacey of Monterey, nominating speeches were limited to five and seconding speeches to two minutes.
 Judicial nominations were declared in order The roll of counties was called The first response was from Los Ange- les, by E. A. Meserve. lie came toro ward and presented the name of Judge w. H. Clarke for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 T. B. Hutchinson of Napa put beIore ha rla mo n A of Solano County. The speech, depicting the heroism of Judge Buckles on the field of battle where he lost a leg; won from the convention storms of applause.
 General E. s. Solomon of San Fran cisco seconded the nomination of Judge Buckles.
 field Stanley A. Smith of Sierra County. F. D. Seward of Sierra seconded the Charles T. Jones of Sacramento named for the consideration of the convention Judge T. B. Mcfarland; Judge Van R. Paterson of San Francisco sec seconded the listened with marked attention to the speech and gave Mir Paterson three A. L. Hart of San Francisco also sec onded the nomination of Mcfarland.
 George A. Knight went to the platform naend aen San m uGee % 8an San Fleet. MT. Knights appearance was the signal for an outburst of applause. His
 
 F. C. Hart of Sacramento seconded the nomination of w. c. Van Fleet.
 Frank H. Short of Fresno spoke in be- half of Judge Van Fleet.
 John F. Davis of Amador spoke of the judiciary as the balance wheel. He asked the convention. to make no mistake in ju- Van Fleet as a lawyer of fine ability and a judge of undoubted Integrity. nomPnaton oh1 F. Elson of that m ty He said that generation had come and gone since Northern California had MafoeP ine kepf Phe conyenton n roar of laughter He made the only witty speech of the week, and when he closed, Charles A. Garter of San Francisco added a few words in commendation of Judge Ellison.
 Ernest Weyant of Colusa seconded the nomination of Judge Ellison.
 Orestes Orr of Ventura brought to the attention attention of the convention @ the claims of the Supreme Court. He placed in nomina- ton Judge Benjamin I; Williams of Ven seSerg ar of seeonded the nomination of Judge Williams.
 H. C.. Firebaugh of San Francisco sec The chair announced that the delegates should vote for two candidates. The first ballot resulted:
 154 Ellison, S5; Williams, 164; Smith, 27; The chair announced that Van Fleet and Mcfarland were the nominees of the con vention. A motion to make unanimous the nominations of Van Fleet and Nc Farland was carried after the announcement of the result of the Supreme Court ballot motion was made to adjourn. Some confusion en- sued, but the motion was put and lost The convention then proceeded with the regular order of business.
 For Secretary of State, A. l.. Hart nom- mated c. F. Curry of San Francisco
 lfay nf ta Iar put in nomination Paul P. Austin of that county for Secretary of State. Judge Seward of Sierra seconded the nomirla- tion of Austin.