Amador ledger., 1900-09-07
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
A Surprise Sprung at the Second Co,
gressional District Convention.

a DuAPriso sprung et the second Cen
gressional District Convention.
SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 5, 1eO0.-Sauta
Cruz is in Autter with decorations.
The regulation flags, banners and
transparencies proclaiming party dog.
mas that usually line the streets are
missing. The efforts of r. b. Pringle
and his committee have been directed
towards Transforming the big naval
reserves armory into tostefuily deco
rated convention hall. The interior is
mass OF bunting and flags. Every
rafter and every whitewashed board Is
hidden by festoons of red, white, blue
and yellow. The edge of the ladies'
gallery, where Sheriff Besse will pre-
side as the sergeant at arms, is grace
fully draped with bunting, representing
golden stars and field of blue. An
elaborate centerpiece is suspended from
the ceiling. 1t consists of the national
colors, woven and interviewer, draped
and festooned in graceful and strik-
ingly effective manner. The ceiling
has hangings of bunting and the walls
are screened with streamers and ever
green's. On all sides are pictures of
American heroes. A sounding board
has been built back of the speakers
platform. The platform is q mass Of
flowers. The outside decorations con.
sist of streamers of flags.
About a thousand strangers have
suddenly put new life into Santa Cruz.
Just as the dull period following the
departure of summer visitors was about
to begin, 10! 800 delegates and at least
400 sappers, blowers, strikers and
steerers, the parasitioal horde always
in evidence on such occasions, appear,
and the town becomes red hot.
All last evening there was much wild
talk of well-organized attack upon
the programme. 1t was the story for
time that J. W. McKinlay of Los
Angeles had jumped the traces and re-
entered the fight for the chairmanship
of the convention against Van Fleet.
The rumor was based upn 80 solid
foundation that when the managerial
clique of the State Central Committee
went into caucus the alleged McKin.
lay aspiration was one OF the chief
topics Of consideration. The fact that
McKinlay was originally slated for the
honor and had been turned down by
George Stone in favor of Van Fleet
gave ample color to the story Of his
boiling.
AS it turned out after the caucus,
McKinlay had to declare himself satis-
fed with the craftsmanship Of the COM
mittee on platforms. Part of that
all-important document he has already
prepared and another section is in the
hands of Chairman Stone. Still other
paragraphs are to be submitted this
afternoon by dozen others who have
given careful consideration to Republic
can policy. No platform or statement
of principles is yet formulated.
There will be two committees sp-
pointed other than the platform franz
ers. B. A. Greeninger of Santa Clara
| will have the Craftsmanship of the com.
mittee on organization and order of
business, and ex-Assemblyman W. NJ.
Simms will be named as chairman Of
the committee on credentials. Max
Goldberg of San Francisco, who has
had no small experience az committee
chairman, will explain to the delegates
assent bled that because of certain fam
lily troubles in the metropolis and pos.
sible contentious San Francisco asks
the outside counties to name the chair
man of the credentials committee, in
order that there may be q general as
surance of fair play. It Is after Gold
berg's speech that Simms will be elect
ed by acclamatiOn.
The Congressional Conventions were
harmonious, but genuine surprise
occurred when E. A. Forbes of Yubs
| was turned down and S. D. Woods of
Stockton nominated for Congress In
the Second District The COMPRESSION
al nominees are as follows:
First Congressional District-Frank
L. Coombs Of Napa.
Second Districts. D. Woods of
San Joaquin.
Third District-Victor b. Metcalf of
Alameda.
Fourth District-Julius Kahn of San
Francisco.
Fifth District-Eugene F. Loud of
San Francisco.
Sixth District-James McLachlan of
Los Angeles.
Seventh DISTRICT. G. Needham of
Modesto.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
AT lsrge-Samuel M. Shortridge Of
San Francisco, W. ]. Barrett Of Los
Angeles.
First District-J. w. Ryan of Hum.
boldt.
Second District-U. T. Powers of
Placer.
Third District-W. r. Davis of Ala.
media.
Fourth District-C. B. Rode of San
Francisco.
Fifth District-Frsnk MCGOWAN Of
San Francisco.
Sixth District-Warren Porter Of
Monterey.
Seventh District-Jsmes McFadden.
VOTE IN ID DISTRICT.
Following Is the vote by ballots
which resulted in the nomination OF S.
D. Woods of Stockton, for Congress:
FIRST BALLOT.
Woods. Forbes. Walling
Amador. ...... ........
Butte ....3 ......5 ....... 2
Calaveras .... 6 ...... ....... !
Inyo ......... j ...... ........ /
Mono ...... ........ -
nevada. = ...... ........ ~