The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
EPUBLICANS
ARE IN LINE
Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of
the Treasury, Will Open
Campaign Saturday Night
NOMINEES TO CONGRESS
McKinlay, Gillette and Need
ham Ready to Begin Battle
in Respective Districts

Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of
the Treasury will arrive in San Fran
cisco next Saturday, and in the evening
of that day will speak in the Alhambra
Theater. The meeting will be held un-
der the auspices Of the Republican
State Central Committee, General
George Stone chairman. 1t is expected
that large audience will assemble at
the Alhambra to hear the eminent
speaker. The meeting will signalize the
opening of the Presidential campaign in
California. Secretary Shaw speaks at
Portland, Or, this evening. He will
leave San Francisco Tuesday evening"
September 6, and on Wednesday even
ing, September T. will speak in Los An
geles.
Activity prevails at the headquarters
of the Republican State Committee in
the Palace Hotel. The party nominees
for Congress are preparing for a thor
ough and vigorous canvass of their re-
spective districts.
j. n. Gillette. who so ably represents
the First District in the House of Rep
resentatives, is on his way to MOdoc
County. He will speak at Alturas, Su-
sanville and other points in that region
of the great district early in the cam
paign.
Duncan E. McKinlay of Santa Rosa,
the able and eloquent nominee of the
Republican party in the Second Dis
trict, will speak to the people of Sono-
ma County this week. McKinlay was
nominated for Congress by the people
of the Second District. The large and
enthusiastic convention at the Casino
in Santa Cruz registered the will of the
people. The Democratic Congressional
Convention at Santa Cruz was a small
cut-and- dried affair. The gathering in
the ladies' 9arlOr of the st. George
Hotel consisted of twenty-five dele
gates by actual count and few petri-
fled politicians. who were ready to
adopt the resolutions of 1898.
Duncan McKinlay in Congress will be
able to accomplish something for the
farmers who dwell in the great valley
of the Sacramento. His abilities will
command a hearing and his position as
a Republican will give him recognition
in committee work. Reports come from
every county in the Second that the
district will be redeemed in November
by the triumphant election Of the Re-
publican nominee.
j. c. Needham. who was first elected
to Congress in 1898 and who has served
with distinguished ability in every ses-
sion since that time, will begin his
campaign for reelection on September
10. A little bunch of Democrats, thir
teen in number, met at Santa Cruz last
week and nominated William NJ. Con-
ley of MADEIRA to run in opposition to
Needham. Conley. of course, will
traverse the Sixth District and talk
pleasantly to the voters, but in the end
he will share the fate of Castle, Crich-
ton and Ashe, who went down to de-
feat in a struggle to wrest Congress
sional honors from the Republican
standard bearer, ]. c. Needham. The
impression that Judge Conley is vote
getter is misleading. Official records
show that he fails to get the average
vote of his party.
The Republican State Committee will
soon be advised of S. c. Smiths tour
of the Eighth District and of the cam
paign of E. A. Hayes in the Fifth.