The record-union., 1898-08-23
REPUBL ICAR CLANS GATHER.
THE STATE CONVENTION TO
MEET TO-DAY.
Gage and Pardee Are Still the
Leading Aspirants for the
Governorship.

Sacramento contains nearly a thouS-
and delegates to the Republican State
Convention. 1t will convene at the Pa
vilion at 2 o'clock to-day to nominate
a Republican candidate for Governor
and complete State ticket. Enthusl-
Rsm everywhere is marked.
Most of the delegates were here with
their fights yesterday. They came from
all directions men of all ranks and con-
ditions, representing the spirit of the
party that cherishes the memory OF
Lincoln and Grant, and renders tribute
to the civic and military record of Pres
1dent Mckinley and his Administration
In spite of many differences and OF
the heat Of party strife, the men now
gathered have come to nominate an en-
tire ticket and to rest the living issues
of the day with the people of the
State.
Patriotism rather than men, prin-
ciples rather than the drag net of ex-
pediency, constitute the watchword OF
the delegates now assembled. AS re-
suit they gave way to enthusiasm last
night. There were bands of music,
there were volleys of cheers for this
or that man, while colors dipped here
and rose yonder, as mems names Were
mentioned, or as mems idols passed in
the busy throng, but over all was the
spirit Of patriotism.
By night the sky was filed with
rockets, and long before midnight there
had been more real battles among the
clans of rival delegations, more enthusi-
asm among both leaders and followers,
and more of the din and hurrah of
political war than characterized the
three days of the late Democratic con-
vention. The convention just finished
was programmed in advance and split
into factions; the one about to convene
will meet untrammeled and will sup
port the nominees to a man.
1t has been many years since SO
much enthusiasm has been displayed at
any convention in California as that
which characterized the preliminary
demonstrations of yesterday.
By noon there were crowds around
the hotels and various headquarters
and by night these crowds had grown
so great that streets We're blocked with
enthusiastic thousands. Bands of mu-
sic and eager throngs with waving flags
characterized the scene, the fight cen
1ering on the Governorship.
About 8 o'clock last night the Los
Angeles delegates cheered a Sacramento
band. Half an hour later the Alameda
delegates and their friends marched by
the Golden Eagle Hotel, with a band
playing "A Hot Time In the Old Town"
This was followed by loud cheering for
Pardee, followed in a few minutes by
cheers for Gage.
This is fine looking body of men,"
said Judge Williams of Ventura, "and
they seem anxious to study over every
step of the ground before they act"
That was the general sentiment heard
everywhere. Something of the old
time spirit of the Republican party
reused the delegates to prolonged cheer
ing, and it was remarked by the most
casual observer, as well as by the
trained politician, that there was great
feeling and spontaneity among the dele
gates from every quarter of the State
1t was generally noticed that the con-
Vention was free from combinations
and trades, and that there was every
where desire for the success of the
party rather than for the success of
any one man.
There is no question that the Pavilion
will be elegantly arranged by the time
the delegates assemble The city is al
ready filed with a representatives. look
ing class Of guests, and the great meet
ing hall has been arranged in beautiful
shape for their convenience.
One of the conspicuous features of
the seating this time will be that the
delegates from small counties will be
seated well forward, while those from
San Francisco, Alameda and Los An
geles Will be further back
Instead of pictures like those of Budd
and Cleveland, as last week, the great
spaces back of the platform will be
ornamented with photographs of such
immortal heroes as Lincoln and such
living eXponents of American heroism
as Dewey and Schley. Potted plants
and flowers Will be numerous all over
the hall, and there will be many things
all through the great Pavilion to OBJ
scure the memory of the uses TO which
1T was lately put by the miscegenation-
lists Of the Democracy.
One Of the most conspicuous features
in the meetings and greetings Of dele
gates yesterday was the fact that all
seemed absolutely free. With the ex-
ception of partisans here and there, the
delegates seemed singularly free to
weigh the claims of those in rivalry,
and the spirit of conservatism pre-
vailed.
sacramento was thronged with dele
gates all day yesterday. There was
much difference between the appear
ance of these delegates and those who
were here at the Democratic Convention
last week. Those who throng the CITY
to-day look like men who are here to
fight for their candidates, while those
who were here last week came to carry
out a program that was settled. Ma
guire being the pill that was already
prepared by the Populists.
Conspicuous among all the delegates
that arrived yesterday were the badges
showing their preferences. While there