The San Francisco call., 1898-08-16
PATTON |S A
 EAvOR|TE FOR
 CHA|RMANSH|P Big Delegation From
 the South. A HUNDRED AND FORTY-0NE OPPOSITION TO FUSION CAN DIDATE VAN DYKE. Los Angeles Asks for the Nomina- tion of Joseph D. Lynch for
 the Office Of Secretary
 of State.
A HUNDRED AND FORTY-0NE
OPPOSITION TO FUSION CAN
 DIDATE VAN DYKE.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, Sacra- mento, Aug. 15.-Topics connected with the organization of the convention en- gage the attention of delegates and candidates. George s, Patton and lsl- dore Dockweiler of Los Angeles arrived to-day and during the afternoon held quite a conference in MT. Patton rooms at the Golden Eagle Hotel The personal relations existing between the two candidates who have been brought forward for the position Of temporary chairman of the convention are of the most cordial character and nothing is likely to develop which Will disturb the existing harmony
 Indications point to MT. Patton as the winning man. He possesses fine ability as a presiding officer, being endowed with qualities of mind which enable him to act with prompt decision. Tact counts for a great deal in the manage ment of a large body Of earnest dele gates, and this prime quality IS one oI Patton's gifts.
 The numerical strength of the Los Angeles delegation is eighty-one, and judging by expressions used by MT Patton in an interview for The Call, the delegation will act as unit Tn the main propositions of the convention.
 The Sixth Congressional District, by reason of the large vote cast for Bryan will Wield a powerful influence in the convention which assemblies tomorrow Apart from the eighty-one delegates from Los Angeles County, there are sixty delegates from five other coun- ties of the district, making a total strength of Al votes. The Fourth Congressional District of San Fran cisco swings but S9 votes in the con- VentiOn.
 Many of the delegates from Southern California are supporting the candidacy of A. w Hutton for Justice of the Su- preme Court, although Van Dyke, the accepted fusion nominee, is from that region. The claim for both Judgeships is based on the fact that Southern Cal ifornia has no representative at present In the Supreme Court.
 The candidacy of R. Y. Mcbride for State Printer is gaining headway under the pressure from the South and his nomination is now predicted by many who have given the subject close study.
 Southern California comes to the front with a candidate for Secretary of State in the person of Joseph D. Lynch, formerly editor of the Los Angeles Her aid. The facttha MT. Lynch has been a resident of San Francisco for a year or more does not deprive him of the honor and distinction belonging to a citizen of the south land.
 For the State Board of Equalization, Fourth District, Los Angeles comes to the front readily with two candidates. One is w. H. Workman, ex-Mayor of that city, and the other Manuel Mer- ritt.
 The pleasant and cordial greeting ex- tended to John T. Gaffey of Los Ange- les tends to establish the knowledge that the old war horses of the Demo- cratic party are admired if not re- warded.
 Major Harney, Harbor Commissioner and straightout uncOmpromsing Dem ocratic stalwart, came up from the bay this afternoon and at once produced a receipt showing that he had hired hall. Fusion may have it's allurements but still Democrats of the Harney school have champions. No one can tell just now what the convention will do with the 154 delegates chosen at the primary elections in San Francisco but the common talk among groups of un- trammeled delegates from the interior is not complimentary to the plan of appointing delegates by committee and sending men to the convention by proxy.
 Major Harney is receiving many tele- grams of good cheer from the incom- ing delegations The wired messa ges tell him to stand firm as the boys are with him. Some of these messages tend to convince the major and his follow CTS that the vital spark of the old-time party organization has not been ex- tinguished by the wet blanket of fu- SiOn