The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

Santa Cruz, the beautiful little city
that is whispered to by the waves of
the Pacific and bowed to by the pines
on the mountains at her back, will be
the scene of the Republican State Con-
vention This was determined at
meeting of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee held yesterday after
noon in the maple room of the Palace
Hotel. San Francisco, through E. r.
Pease, a member from the Thirty fifth
Assembly District, was put in nomina-
ton for the honor of entertaining the
delegates to the Republican State Con-
vention. Before the discussion had
proceeded far, he withdrew his motion,
leaving no other municipal aspiTant
for the place of the convention other
than Santa Cruz, which was awarded
the trophy by unanimous vote of the
committee.
The discussion over the selection of
a place for the delegates to the con-
vention was carried on by H. f. Kron,
the member of the central committee
from Santa Cruz; Duncan Mcpherson,
the veteran editor of the Santa Cruz
Sentinel, who attended on a proxy
from John w. Woods and bore an in
dorsement from the Mayor and all of
the citizens of his town for the prom
ises of hospitality that he made, and
Senator Davis of Amador, who stated
that his second for the meeting Of the
Republican delegates at Santa Cruz
was dictated large as a recompense
to her citizens for the unruly mob of
Democrats who lately infested her pre-
cincts. He thought that the State of
California owed TO Santa Cruz the
spectacle of an orderly State conven-
ton in the pursuit Of its political pur-
poses.
OFFICIAL CALL.
When Pease withdrew his support of
San Francisco as the center of the con-
vention the blank in the official call of
the Republican State Central Commit
tee was filed with the name of Santa
Cruz and the date was set for Thurs
day afternoon, August %, at 2 o'clock.
At the opening Of the meeting Judge
Dibble of San Francisco introduced a
customary motion that twenty one
members of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction of business,
which was unanimously adopted. Fol-
lowing this Jacob Shaen was selected
to act temporarily as assistant secre-
tary in place of Jacob Steppacher. who
is plotting the Republican delegation
to the national convention.
Then came the selection of Santa
Cruz, after Kron and Mcpherson had
promised the committee that the dele
gates would have all the comforts of
home.
RATIFICATION COMMITTEE.
Chairman Stone, at the suggestion of
Senator E. l. Wolf and Judge Dibble,
appointed a committee of three from
the executive committee of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee to con-
fer with a committee of three from the
State League of Republican Clubs,
heretofore appointed, for the purpose
of arranging for meeting to ratify
the choice of the Republican National
Convention for President and Vice
President of the United States. The
chairman appointed E. F. Woodward
of Santa Rosa, Frank A. Schmitz and
]. K. Wilson of San Francisco to repre-
sent the executive committee of the
Republican State Central Committee
State Senator E. 1. Wolfe Thomas
Rickard of Berkeley and Judge Dibble
Of San Francisco will represent the
State League of Republican Clubs in
the conference, which will be held on
next Tuesday afternoon. Then the
date and place of the big ratification
meeting will be determined upon. 1t
will probably be held in the Alhambra
Theater on the night of July 6, which
is the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of the Republican party.
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