The San Francisco call., 1904-06-30
PREP PARATIONS
FOR THE RALLY
Speakers Listed for Great
Republican Ratification at
the Alhambra Theater
ENTHUSIASM OF PARTY
Hardis Faction of the Labor
Party Votes in Favor
of Calling Conventions


The Republican rally and ratification
meeting at the Alhambra Theater Wed
nesday evening, July 6, will be
notable political demonstration. Emil
nent and eloquent leaders of the party
will address the people. Singers from
Berkeley and city bands of music will
entertain the audience.
A joint committee of the Republican
State Central Committee and the ex-
ecutive committee of the California
League of Republican Clubs is devising
a programme of exercises and ar
ranging the order of speeches. Senator
George c. Perkins, Samuel M. Short
ridge, John T..Dare. George A. Knight,
Henry c. Dfbble, Senator e. l. Wolfe
and Cary Van Fleet are on the list of
speakers for the occasion. 1t was at
first intended that General George
Stone, chairman of the State commit
tee, should preside, but he has yielded
to the solicitation of Republicans in the
south and accepted an invitation to at
tend the banquet in Los Angeles in
honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the
birth of the Republican party.
WOLFE WILL PRESIDE.
In his absence the chair of the pre-
siding officer will be occupied by Sen
ator Wolfe. 1t is understood that
George A Knight, who has just re-
turned from Chicago, will be given
ample opportunity to speak of the
events and incidents of the national
convention. The joint committee will
meet at party headquarters in the Pal
ace Hotel at noon next Saturday to
complete arrangements for the rally.
A Roosevelt Republican club was or
ganized in the Thirtieth Assembly Dis
trict at 1888 Mission street last evening.
A resolution indorsing the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt was
adopted with cheering enthusiasm.
The club indorsed George B. Keane
for the State Senate and Francis Nc
Namara for the Assembly
The Hardis- -Berges faction of the
Labor party met last night and issued
the call for the Fourth and Fifth Con-
gressional conventions and also for the
general convention. The Fourth will
have 108 delegates, the Fifth 113 dele
gates and the general convention 209.
No dates were set, but the chairman
and secretary were delegated the power
to fix the time for all the gatherings.
TRACE is ELECTED.
V. NJ. Trace of San Jose was elected
chairman of the Fifth District and H.
j. Powers Ncretary. While the COM
mittee was preparing the certificate to
be filed with the Secretary of State E.
]. White of Santa Clara entertained
the members with his views on the
political situation. Among other things
he said he hoped the Labor party
would nominate their candidate prior
to the Democrats selecting their man,
as he believed if that was done the
Democrats might indorse the Labor
candidate. He had inside information
that Jackson Hatch was going to be a
candidate, but If the Labor people
would get to work they could beat him.
Secretary Berges is to take the Off
cial papers to Sacramento to-day and
file them with the Secretary of State
The next meeting will be held Wednes-
day night, at which time the committee
will have some word from the labor
unions regarding their intentions OF
participating in the selection of q
ticket.