The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
GOVERNOR CAGE
HAS MOST VOTES
But Is Far From the Guberna.
toriaI Nomination.
FLINT is A CLOSE SECOND
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN CON-
VENTIoN IN SESSION.

| L
y publican state convention reas-
sembled this morning and after
| the presentation of committee reports,
/ adopted a platform. in part as follows:
The untimeIy death of President
! William Mckinley is deplored. The
administration of President Roosevelt
is endorsed and ne is especially
thanked for his support of measures
particularly beneficial to the interests
| of the Pacific coast. such as the rec
! lamation of arid lands. the exclusion
| of Chinese and the isthmian canal leg
! islatiOn. The resolution endorses ~
| firm but enlightened policy pursued in
| the Philippines which has secured
| peace in the islands, and the work of
/ education, civilization. upbuilding and
( development begun. The platform urges
! that contention over our policy in 3ne
| Philippines should now cease that the
| beneficient plans of the government be
! given the united and cordial support of
! all the people.
The convention recommends that lib
| eral pension provisions be made for
the soldiers and widows of the late
/ civil and of the war with Spain. and
| the work of those armies in maintain
| ing the dignity of the flag is highly
| commended. On the questions of trusts
: the convention expresses itself as fol-
| lows:
1--WE condemn all conspiracies and
| combines to restrict business, to create
monopolies, to limit production or to
| control prices, and favor such <egisla-
| ton as will effectively restrain and
! prevent all such abuses. protect and
| promote competition and secure the
! rights of producers. laborers and all
/ who are engaged in industry and COM
] merce, and we approve and commend
! the efforts of President Roosevelt to
enforce the laws against Illegal COM
( binations in restraint of trade. and
/ pledge our hearty support in all his
efforts to protect the people from all
! oppressive combinations of capital
The platform recommends the con-
| struction of government ships in gov
! eminent navy yards, and urges the
| adoption of an eight-hour schedule for
J labor on all government work, whether
| performed in public or private estab-
| lishments. The platform opposes all
| reciprocity treaties inconsistent with
| the protection to the American labor
| industry" and any reciprocal policy
not laid down in the Republican plat
| form of 1900.
The platform also favors legislation
j which will so regulate the process of
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| in abridgement of the right of free
I speech or peaceful assemblage- The
| platform rejoices lin the fact that the
/ act providing for the cutting of a canal
| between the North and South American
| continents was passed by Republican
| congress and signed by Republican
! president
1t was quickly noted by the followers
| of Governor Gage that the platform
I failed to endorse the state administra-
| ton and a warm debate followed, it
/ being declared that the omission was
for the purpose of prejudicing the cause
of Governor Gage, who is a candidate
| for denomination. The matter was
! finally compromised by the adoption of
a resolution endorsing all the state Of
! ficials-
Five candidates were placed in NOM
| nation for governor. namely, Henry
T. Gage. incumbent; e B. Edison, pres
| ent railroad commissioner; DR.. George
| c. Pardee of Alameda; Thomas Flint,
! ir.. of San Benito and J. O. Hayes.
Of San Jose. Three ballots were taken
] without result, the last one standing;
/ Gage, 1921: Flint, 279; Pardee. 12112,
| HAYES. 81: Edison. 80. Adjourned till
tomorrow morning.
| The day was an exciting oneNfrom be-
| ginning to finish. The scenes attend
ant on the balloting for governor We're
/ full of the deepest interest. Almost
| equal in degree to the intensity OF the
| delegates was that which was shown
by the large crowd of spectators which
| filled the large space in the rear of the
delegates The first ballot was taken
without the least confusion. and there
was no prolonged applause when the
vote for some special assembly district
was announced. The situation had been
! canvassed so carefully that the result
/ II -,rtea
! bore out substantially conservative
predictions.
The first bollat stood;
Gage. 500; Flint. 25116: Pandee. 1874;
Edison, IL: Hayes. g.
On the second ballot Edson's support
began to break away. Most of them
went to Flint. Hayes also lost some
ground Governor Gage and Flint in
creased their vote in the third effort
! The second ballot was as follows:
Gage. S25: Flint. 1884,; Pardee, 1884,;
Hayes, so; Edison, %.
/ Governor Cages increase of strength
! was not sufficient to satisfy those VINO
are managing his campaign and they
sought an adjournment before proceed
| ing further.
! The Flint. Edison. Hayes and Pardee
people wanted to take more ballots
| For a time great confusion existed in
the hall Delegates were clamOTing for
recognition by the chair and making
various motions to adjourn till 7:3o p
m.
A vote by rollcan was called for. Be
fore il was concluded majority
against the motion was apparent and
the call was diconunued- 1t was then
moved to -adjourn till 10 a M tonor-
row. Another roIIcaII was ordered and
it also was never finished, as all oppos-
ing forces concluded they wanted Plen-
" of time to work on combinations ana
consented to adjourn