Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-17
THE POLITICAL WORLD
HEARST rs LIKELY TO LOSE HIS
HOME STATE.
Secures Only Three Men in Florida
Delegation-sh Shaw Delegate If
Cummins Withdraws.

A dispatch from Santa Cruz, Cal, says:
At the opening of the California democratic
convention yesterday to choose delegates to
the national convention William r. Hearst
failed to gain control Of the assembiage
by vote of 367 to 345
me test was on the selection of tenn
rorary chairman. Frank H. Gould Of San
francisco, formerly speaker Of the Califor-
MA assembly, leader of the delegates who
are opposed to Hearst as a candidate for
PRESIDENT, was elected chairman over for
mer Lieut.. Governor w. T. Jeter of Santa
Cruz, Hearsts candidate for the chair.
Th1s complexion Of the convention, it
Is said will preclude the sending to the
national convention of a delegation in
structed for Hearst Goulds election was
cisco delegation
Delegates opposed to Hearst are willing
to pass laudatory resolutions, and will not
even make a hard fight to select delegates
Known TO De opposed to the candidacy of
Hearst, but they will oppose the passage
OF the unit rule. Hearst adherents are not
willing to accept the vote as a final test.
They say that personality entered into the
those who voted for Gould, they say, are
favorable to fnstructing the delegation for
Hearst.
Florida Not for Hearst.
At Jacksonville. Fla. In the recent pri-
| mary, two tickets for delegates to the DEM
ocratic national convention were in the
! race. One was put out by the Hearst clubs
and the other was in the interest of no par
| ticular candidate. Returns show that three
| of the Hearst men were elected and six
OF the others. The tenth delegate will
probably have to be chosen In the second
primary. No fight was made on Hearst
| from any of the campaign headquarters
back of the several state and senatorial
| candidates. The six anti-Hearst delegates
are uninstructed, but all have expressed
themselves as in favor of the nomination Of
Judge Parker.
| At Cincinnati the convention for selec-
| ton Of delegates to the democratic national
tricts of Ohio chose delegates who. though
Eet instructed, are understood to favor
Judge Harmon for President.
Secretary Shaw for Delegate.
A dispatch from Des Moines Iowa, says:
| Secretary Shaw may be candidate for del
| egate-at-large in case anything should hap
| pen to influence Governor Cummins not to
| accept the position at the hands of the
| stand-pat majority in the state convention.
| The governor has not made public state
| ment of his intentions since the tide set
strongly toward stand-patism, but before
| A. B. Funk, who was candidate against
L
| drew, the governor published a signed
statement in which he said:
| IF it shall happen that am selected as
| one Of the four delegates-at-large, 1t must
be understood that will do everything in
my power to incorporate in the next ma
| tional platform the plank of our last state
| platform respecting the tariff and reciproc-
| ity."
| If the SLATE" is smashed, and Secretary
Shaw SHES his castor into the ring, 1t Is
| probable both LATE" Young and Repre-
sentative Hepburn would be voted for, and
| then the fifth district might take notion
| to make a break for Representative Cou-
sins.
Notes.
| At Indianapolis the socialist labor party
Of Indiana Endorsed the national platform
and named for governor E. ]. Dillon Of
Marion, and for lieutenant governor. Ernest
| viewegh of Bridgeport The platform calls
upon the wage workers of the United States
| and upon ''al other honest citizens" to or
| ganize under the banner of the socialist la
| Dor party so that summary end may be
| gut to the class struggle.
At the seventh Illinois republican district
convention Representative Philip Knopf was
| renominated.
| Republicans in the ninth Illinois con-
| gressfonaI district renominated Henry 3.
| Bouten for fifth term in Congress
| The republican congressional convention
| at Raleigh, N. c.. was unable TO ma a
| congressional candidate and 80 postponed
| the selection OF one to the first Wednesday
1 in August.