The San Francisco call., 1904-08-24
Republican Hosts
Capture City of
Santa Cruz.
Manv Seek Place
on Electoral
Ticket.
Special Dispatch to Tn. can.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2S.-It is ex-
pected that Senator Thomas S. Bard
Frank P. Flint, Henry T. Oxnard and
George A. Knight. leading Republican
aspirants for the United States Senator
ship. will attend the convention Of the
marty in this city. Congressman j. C.
Needham arrived to-day and it at the
Sea Beach Hotel U. $. Grant Of San
Diego will be here tomorrow evening
| and Governor Pardee may look IN on
his return from AtascaderO. Lieutenant
| Governor Alden Anderson is on the list
of visitors.
General George Stone. chairman OF
/ the Republican State Central Commit
/ tee, accompanied by Senator E. F.
/ woodward, secretary OF the committee.
arrived here this evening and both are
| pleased with the outlook for har-
mOniOus convention and the prospect
of completing the electoral ticket with
\ out friction and on an equitable basis
/ 1t is pretty well settled that e. H
/ Vance Of Eureka will be named for
| electOr 10 represent the First Congress
sional District. c. NJ. Hammond Of
Lake County the Second District, F. Nj.
Smith Of Oakland the Third and Frank
I
George H. Pippy viii be named from
the Fifth District and U. s. Grant will
be one of those named at large from
south Of Tehachapi.
]. o. Hayes Of San Jose may be
named as electOr at large. RI n. Bulla
is on the list of the a~alable from the
/ south. There would be no question
about the selection Of John F. Davis
| Of AmadOr for eIectOr if he was not
holding the Office of Code Commits
siOner.
| MUSIC FOR DELEGATES.
There will be no lack of enjoyment
for the delegates to the convention. for
the reception committee of Santa Cruz
has prepared not only to make them
comfortable in the new Casino near
the Sea Beach Hotel. but to provide
music and a good place 20 ENJOY re-
/ freshments, together with every Op-
pOrtunity to take a plunge in the surf,
if one is able to stand the cold water.
II not, warm plunge is near at hand.
| A heavy rain, followed by light show
| ers. interfered somewhat with the dec
orators to-day. The convention hall
is a great Improvement over that in
which the Democrats held their con-
ventiOn. II is capable Of seating 1000
persons comfortably and there are
| number of adjoining rooms for COM
| mittees and district conventions
The decorations will be principally
flags and electric lights. Around the
galleries, Of which there are two paral-
leling each side of the room, are clus-
ters of small American flags, each with
a handsome lthOgraph picture of Pres
| ident Roosevelt. Incandescent lights
are scattered along the side of the nall
and three stringers of globes are
stretched across from the galleries at
the ends and in the center. A large
cluster of flags and huge banner.
draped gracefully from the ceiling. viii
be caught at the wall by a number of
red. white and blue streamers OF bunt-
ing. over the platform two immense
flags will be dTaped and a row Of lights
placed back of these. Portraits Of
Roosevelt and Fairbanks will be hung
along the walls and on the rails Of the
galleries. There viii be no evergreens
used in the decorations.
The convention will open with ser
enade to the delegates and songs BY
a double quartet that Jake Steppacher
says can make itself heard above the
most animated discussion that might
take place prior to the calling of the
convention to order.
Delegates will be met on the trains
by the local reception committee head
ed by Mayor Clark of Santa Cruz.
and escorted to their hotels
The Sixth Congressional District will
hold its convention tomorrow after
noon and ]. c. Needham win be re-
nominated for the Office he has so ably
filled for six years. Needham Is here
quartered at the Sea Beach Hotel. So
far as the Republican State convention
is concerned present indications are
that II will be more largely attended
than was that of the Democrats.
DEVIlIN FOR CHAIRMAN.
Robert T. Devlin Of Sacramento will
be placed in the chair without a con-
test and H. S. Wanzer OF this city will
be named as secretary. Henry Lynch
of San Luis ObisDo, who is contesting
with Thomas Flint for the honor OF
representing the Thirty-frst District in
the State Senate, arrived to-day. II
is foreshadowed that ]. N. Gillette of
Eureka will be the nominee for Con-
gress in the First. Duncan E. McKinlay
OF Santa Rosa in the Second, J. c.
; Needham Of Stanislaus in the Sixth
Nomination. have already been made
in the Third and Seventh. There is a
: hot fight in the Eighth between M. l.
| Ward Of San Diego and S. c. Smith OF
I Kern The Fourth District convention
will not meet until September %. The
: Fifth District delegates have not fully
/. decided whether to nominate in Santa
Cruz or adjourn to San Jose. To-mor-
row l.. L. bennett will make the lead
+. ing speech, nominating j. c. Needham
! | for q fourth term In c,nna-raas