The San Francisco call., 1903-01-14
LEGISLATURE ACCOROS PERKINS
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candidates. There was praise to-day and
plenty for Perkins and the also-rans, and
while it bristled with superlatives to the
last echo il was many chips shy in elo-
quence. 1t must be said in justice, how
ever, that some of the speeches were
maiden efforts and badly handicapped by
an epidemic of stage fright. Even the
veteran Lukens in the Senate was com
PEELED to take furtive glances at bunch
of typewriter manuscript on his desk
while his delivery was one long drawn-out
monologue. destitute of infection and
spirit
The secret of it all was the absolute
lack of inspiration. There was nothing
in the cut-and-dried affair to stimulate
them. And after the roll had been called
and the result announced the only sign
of enthusiasm was a desuitory clapping
of hands among the Senate manufactur-
ers themselves.
The looms that finally spun out the
Perkins toga first began to whir in the
Senate chamber. Governor Pardee and
his interesting family were among the
first guests to arrive and occupied seats
of the chosen within the forbidden rail.
resolution calling for the election of
a United States Senator to succeed Georse
C. Perkins was offered by Leavitt of Ala
media and adopted perfunctorily. Senator
Iukens fell into line and nominated Per-
kins as the choice of Alameda and Lard
ner of Auburn seconded the nomination
ORATORS TO THE FORE.
The next on the programme was a
bouluet of verbal flowers by Senator
Sanford as mark of his high esteem for
Franklin X Lane whom he announced
as the choice of the Democratic min
ority for the empty honor of their COM
plimentary vote. At the mention Of his
defeated rivals name Governor Pardee
gallantly started the first really spontan-
eous applause of the day.
Then Emmons of Bakersfield sprang
into the breach with prompt second and
came near creating a sensation with the
following impromptu remarks:
'.It gave me great pleasure to second the
nomination of Franklin X. Lane be-
cause the people of California at the CUB
ernatorial election had cast a sufficient
number of votes that IL all votes should
have been counted as cast it would have
resulted in a declaration of Lanes cleo
ton. / am not caviling with the result, as
the interests of this State are safe in the
hands of the Governor-elect, but when
time rolls on and the people have recov-
cred from their insanity caused by the
mad rush for power, place and money.
the doctrine enunciated by that great
est Democrat of them all, Thomas JEFF
ferson, will again animate the minds of
the people and Democrats and Democracy
will be triumphant with our motto now as
then, equal rights to all and special priv
ileges to none. Therefore, take great
pleasure in seconding the nomination of
Franklin X. Lane for Senator of the
United States, as the leading exponent of
Democratic ideas to-day in the State of
California -
RESULT OF THE BALLOT.
Bunkers of San Francisco caught the
presidents eye at this point and lost no
time in placing the name of Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco as the prefer
ence of the Union Labor party for SEN
atorial honors
Bunkers, being the only member of the
party in the Senate, there was no second
I.rk