The San Francisco call., 1899-10-06
HORACE DAVIS ACCEPTS
REPUBLICAN STANDARD

friends Of the candidate in the conven-
uon, but the concluding sentence of Mr..
CoEs speech brought down the house
lie yelled; Show the respectable minor
lJy mat you are not going TO walk all
over them Give US Graham and let it go
1T that
J. 6. Boyne again took the floor and
named Charles a. Low for a position on
The ticket. In seconding Judge Low, Wal
lace Bradford won the enmity Of the
l0ooy by his biting words Of censure.
lAey We're aimed at the delegates who
La9 SHOWN a willingness 10 break their
pledge to the caucus, and were made with
d view 70 whipping them into line. He
said: I rise to second the nomination
OF Judge Low, and in doing this | wish
10 say that with a majority Of members
oI IhlS convention / went into a caucus
caucus. tliisses and applauseD Cats can
MSS ana so Go snakes. Considering my
seII an honorable man, whose word is as
BoeG as MS bond and who the first time
a ON IS ohered pays 1t dollar for dollar,
W9ulo not care to enter a caucus and
WITHIN WITHIN. a few days go into political con
Neluon and fall down." (ApplauseD
Delegate Currie arose to a point Of or
der, that the speaker was not talking
inauon. Mr.. Bradford tried to continIIa
ms onslaught. but Abe Ruef sprung mn
YIN YIN 9noth9r point of order He said Mr..
BradIord had no right to spoil the
chances of any candidate bv 6ffendine
every man in the convention Bradford
tAhen asked X he had not the right to tell
the nomination of Judge Low bIIt tbe
salety would have none of it, and Chair
nan nan h9euogg thought he had spoken suf-
nclently on the subject With a concIud-
ing word of praise for his candidate he
sat Down, and then Arnold W. Iiechti of
me Ln9nTty-eighth District took the floor
Eng audeQ his need of praise to what
4ao ALREADY been said of Judge Graham
ne was also interrupted by a point of
Dryer Q, from Delegate Sargent, but Liechti
ig{1uSeu 20 pause, and the lobby was with
MN with its roar Of appreciation At last
Lhe chairman heard wnat Attorney Sar-
sent SAD and ruled against him The
delegate from the Thirty-eighth District
conunued his speech and was loudly
Sneered for his expressions of good opin-
second the domination of Judge Low, but
was unklndIy received by the gallery.
7,i2t" Rawson Mayer followed by placing
Judge Joachfmsen in nomination. The
speech was g. strong one, but did not
raise much enthusiasm, as the crowd was
Gra6an first, last and all the time. Abe
torty-fourth District indorsed Thomas F.
Graham, and also made an appeal for
mara seconded Graham and said he had
seventeen votes for him. Max Goldberg
regretted that 70 one seconded Judge
Joachimsen, and he took that duty on
At the conclusion of his remarks nomi-
nations were closed, and Wallace Brad
ford moved that each delegation arise
when its vote was recorded. This was
carried. A short recess was then called
canvassed vote. Wallace Bradford un-
wisely entered the lines Of the enemy and
SGTTls.ated a S(am1pede He Went over TO the
TO remonstrate with them for in
oorsing Graham, which was contrary to
when they were taken in in. 'tS Sheirma5 eTGoqs
Lieohu roughly pushed Mr.. Bradford
away, and the latter tripped over some
CHAIRS and fell to the floor. AS he arose
Norris Riordan, another member of the
delegation, tried to hit him, but the ser
Efga3{-aL7arms Efsrad farj rms prevented fight Mr..
seat ana When the meeting was again
called to order J. K. Jones, who had sec
onded the nomination of Judge Graham
hotly withdrew his second. in View IF the
disgraceful attack on a fellow member.
A vote was then taken, and while the
secretaries We're counting them the next
order OF business, the nomination Of a
superior Judge to I'LL the unexpired term, !
was called Delegate Haynes, a member
OF me commlttee to examine into the |
candidates for the position, moved that |
the matter be referred TO a committee on !
Charles L. Field. chairman of the com
mittee on Supervisors, then arose and |
placed the names of eighteen well-known
citizens in nomination for Supervisors.
He said no eulOgy was necessary at his |
hands: that If the convention nominated |
them it would confer a favor which would |
be ratified at the polls by the people of |
this city. H. D. Byrne seconded the nom
iuauons and moved that they close. The |
motion was carried, but not until AttOr- |
ney Ruef had voiced the statement that |
the members of the Forty-fourth District !
did not care 10 vote for the whole list
He asked to have it called separately. |
This created some noise and more debate |
but in the end Ruef withdrew his request, |
and the original motion was adopted.
When nominations for Mayor were |
called i. l. SOlomOns took the platform. |
Delegate. Metzner of the Thirty-tlfth Dis |
trict called for three cheers for the |
attorney, and after they were given |
the gallery gods interrupted proceedings |
for five minutes by calling for cheers for |
everybody.
SolomOns said:
The campaign about TO be inaugurated is in |
many respects novel one. For the first time |
IN the political history Of San Francisco the |
assertion has emanated from men who call |
themselves good Republicans that because a |
democratic official has proved himself faith |
ful public servant for two terms ii would be a |
polltica! crime for a Republican convention 70 |
oppose ms thlrd term candidacy: he sugges- |
tion has even gone forth that this convention |
giving pubic testimony OF the iact that honesty |
and ability are unknown quantities in the Re |
publican party. Whatever may be the condi- |
ton Of our political opponents in that regard, |
the Republican party confesses to no such pau |
The spectacle Of good Democratic Mayor |
may be and no doubt is so remarkable to |
excite universal admiration. but it IS a car |
diual principle of political faith that no |
is to be 'eulogized for doing his simple |
DUTY. The Republican party refuses TO wor- |
emp as moral nero any pupnc oIhclal whose !
great private fortune has placed him beyond !
reach Of temptation, and by the same token it |
Stamps Win lts seal OF dlsapproNI that over
leaplng ambition which approaches danger |
ousy the verge Of demagogism. The philan- |
thropst for political ends is no different from |
the philanthropist for revenue only. We the |
reorganized Republican party Of san Francisco, |
IN the first municipal convention held under |
the changed conditions and the new primary |
law. have pledged ourselves and do pledge our
selves tonight 70 GenOunce and destroy poti- |
cal bossism in San Francisco, whether Demo /
cratic or Republican.
The Republican party has in it's ranks
hundreds OF men whose attributes Of local |
statesmanshU are fully equal to those Of the |
estimabe gentleman who is the present Mayor |
Of San Francisco. But We have selected the |
king among them all, a man on whom we can |
without question confer the title Of the fore |
most citizen Of san Francisco. our candidate |
comes ct good ancestry was educated IN the !
public schools of Massachusetts, graduate of |
Harvard College, graduate Of Harvard Law |
school a pioneer of California, for ten years |
president Of the Produce Excnange, two years |
president Of the Chamber of Commerce, tr1ls- |
tee Of Stanford University. for four years |
president Of the University Of California, |
a trustee of the James Lick School Of Mechani- |
cal Arts since its foundation and since its |
active operation the president Of the same, and |
tor ten years n trustee Of the Public Library.
An old-lue Republican he espoused the |
daughter OF that great Republican preacher. |
that eminent divine, that sweet-voiced orator, |
that st9pt-hearted Unionist and apostle Of hu-