The San Francisco call., 1904-02-17
REPUBLICANS
TO THE FRONT
Chairman Cutter Ready to
Send Out Notice for Meet
ing Of the State Committee

William NJ Cutter Of Yuba, chair
man Of the Republican State Commit
tee, is in the city comforting with
Charles z. Shook, secretary, and Jacob
Steppacher, assistant secretary of the
committee. To-day notices will be sent
out advising members that a general
meeting Of the committee will take
place at Golden Gate Hall, San Fran
cisco, on Saturday March II, at p. m.
The executive committee will meet
at the Union League Club at p. m,
March H. In line with the preliminary
precedents. the call for the State con-
Nentlon VIII be discussed by the execu-
tive committee Decisions of the ex-
ecutive body respecting the time and
place Of meeting and the appointment
OF delegates TO the several counties Of
the State are usually confirmed by the
general committee.
II is already indicated that the State
convention viii consist Of 738 delegates.
The basis Of representation is one dele
gate Tor every 200 votes cast for Gov
ernor Pardee in 1902, and one delegate
for each majority fraction Of 200 votes.
INTERIOR WILL DOMINATE.
II is clearly foreshadowed that the
country delegates will dominate the
convention, and party leaders maintain
that this domination is Just as the
country supplied the voting strength
for the achievement of Republican sue
cess in the gUbernatorial campaign in
1902. San Francisco will enter the Re
publican state convention with dimin-
lshed prestige. The number of dele
gates accredited to the metropolis is
l2l, or less than one-sixth of the whole
body.
Los Angeles viii come to the conven-
ton With increased power. The dele
cation from that county will be ninety
strong. In the last gubernatorial cam
paign Los Angeles cast an exception
any large and San Francisco an un-
usually small vote for the leading nomi-
nee on the Republican ticket. The dis
tricts south Of Market street in this
city, which gave Lane such an over
Whelming vote, will have but a slight
representation in the Republican con-
ventiOns of this year.
Sacramento County viii not cut
much Of figure in the convention.
as the Republicans Of that county in
the last State election failed to sus-
tain the head Of the ticket San Joa-
quin and SOlano viii have to be satis-
fed with small delega tions.
The national convention Of the Re
publican party will meet in Chicago
June p, and delegates thereto must
be chosen thirty days prior TO that
.
ing delegates TO the State convention
must be held, according to law. on the
first Tuesday Of May. Therefore the
State convention cannot be held much
later or earlier than May 18
NEW REGISTRATION.
1t is the general impression that the
first Republican State convention of
the campaign Will meet in Sacramento.
The chief business of this convention
viii be the election of four delegates
at large TO the national convention,
the confirmation Of Congressional dis
trict delegates and the selection Of a
new State Central Committee. A State
convention late in August or early in
September viii nominate Presidential
Electors. At the same time Congress
sional nominations will be made by the
respective district conventions.
George p. Adams, Registrar of Vot-
ers' San Francisco, is sending out a
general notice advising all citizens
that pursuant to law, a new and COM
plete registration of all voters is now
in progress at the City Hall and that
such registration is good for two years
and VIII cover all elections held in the
years 1904 and 1905. All previous reg
istrations have been Cancelled.
The Registrar is anxious to impress
upon the minds Of the voting public
tAielt al iSslS tIdtlOnS pTlOr 10 January
j, 1904, have been Cancelled The first
primary election of the year will take
place Tuesday, May g. and If an early
awakening to the Importance of this
event does not occur the vote will he
very light. When the time comes for
holding an election to choose delegates
10 the State convention many Repub
licans as well as Democrats will he
denied the privilege of voting. simply
because Of their neglect to register.
1t is the talk in political camps that
the primary election in May will re-
dound to the advantage of a small
clique Of organized workers IL the great
body Of voters neglects to register.