The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
REPUBLICANS
TO The FRONT
State Central Committee of
the Party Will Meet in
This City Next Saturday
CALL FOR CONVENTION
Plans Maturing for the Next
Biennial Meeting of the
League of California Clubs

A meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the Republican State Committee
will be held tomorrow evening at the
Union League Club. Next Saturday
in Golden Gate Hall at p. m. there
will be, meeting of the entire State
committee. The executive body to-
morrow night will frame a call for a
State convention of the party to select
delegates to the National Republican
Convention. Four delegates at large
and two from each Congressional dis
trict. making a delegation Of twenty,
will constitute CALIFORNIA; representa-
ton in the national convention of
the Republican party. Some questions
touching the confirmation of Congress
sional district delegates may be dis
cussed at the meeting of the State
committee next Saturday. The call
framed by the executive committee will
doubtless be adopted by the general
committee.
1t is the judgment Of party leaders
that the several Congressional dis
tricts are invested with authority un-
der the call of the national committee
to select their own delegates. The
primary election law of California,
however, provides how delegates to all
nominating conventions must be chosen
in the cities of San Francisco, Los An
geles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose.
San Diego, Stockton, Alameda, Berke-
ley, Fresno, Pasadena and Vallejo
The law bearing on the subject reads:
In the year 1904, and every four years
thereafter, primary election shall be
held in the territory and political sub
divisions where the provisions of this
chapter are mandatory or in force, on
the first Tuesday in the month of May.
for the purpose of choosing delegates
to State and district conventions to
select delegates to a national conven-
ton"
Intelligence comes from Alameda
County, the home of statesmen and
the Eden of office holders, that Repub-
lican leaders of the Third Congress
sional District have decided to respect
the law. Harmony with a big H per-
vades the zone. The story comes that
Congressman Victor II. Metcalf steps
aside TO give Governor George c. Par
dee the right of way as a candidate for
delegate at large. There is a general
impression that the State convention
Will not make special haste to select
the holders of high office to represent
the party in the National Convention
at Chicago.
1t is quite probable that John Jacob
Luchsinger, postmaster of Vallejo, and
George w. Reed of Oakland will he
selected as delegates to represent the
Third Congressional District.
Lieutenant Governor Alden Ander-
son, president of the State League of
Republican Clubs, has called for a
meeting of the executive committee of
the league. Arrangements will be made
tomorrow or the next day for the
biennial convention of the organiza-
ton. 1t is the general talk that the
Republican State Convention will be
called to meet at Sacramento on
Wednesday, May Is, and that the BIZ
ennial meeting of the league clubs
will take place on Monday and Tues
day, May 16 and II.
There will be a dinner under the
auspices of the Union League Club of
San Francisco in the Maple room of
the Palace Hotel next Saturday even
ing. Acceptances to the number of 200
are already listed. In a certain sense
the dinner is to be wide open to good
Republicans, as each member of the
league is privileged to invite two
guests. 1t is expected that campaign
oratory of the best style will enliven
the occasion. Many eloquent speakers
have consented to talk.
NJ. F. Tarpey Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee and leader of the
Hearst forces in California, has open
ed headquarters in the Grand Hotel.
The Harbor Commissioners yester-
day elected former Registrar of Voters
w. A. Brown as wharfinger to sue
ceed D. c. McGanney, at Washington
street wharf. There is gossip to the
effect that Brown was recommended
by the organization" whatever that
may mean. The statement is also
made that McGanney is a Republican
and capable wharfinger.