The San Francisco call., 1906-09-22
BELLS NAME upon
LABOR TICKET.
Party VIII Seek to Get
Place on the Ballot in
November by a Petition

Labor delegates from the counties OF
san Francisco. san Mateo and Marin in
separate conventions last night began
10 strafghten the tangle in which the
state labor convention is involved over
the nomination or Endorsement or The
odore A. Bell for Governor. A govern
ing board was chosen with power to
petition for a place for the labor ticker
on the State ballot.
Hardly had the officers been seated
when Works Commissioner Tom Egan
obtained the floor and introduced q res
oiution placing the State labor conven-
tion's Endorsement Of Bell in another
light The other district conventions
adopted the same resolution and side
stepped the embarrassments OF the
larger convention. The resolution is as
follows:
Whereas. Reports have been spread
broadcast. through the press and by
word OF mouth, calculated 70 confuse
and 10 place q misconstructlon upon
the action OF the State Labor conVen-
tion. held on September l9, 1906, IN an
attempt TO compiicate the position OF
the Union Labor party with reference
10 the candidacy Of Theodore A Bell
for the Office Of Governor Of Cahfornla'
whereas. In order to set at rest all
doubt as to the position OF the Union
Labor party concerning this important
its position regarding the establish
ment OF q State party and the candi-
dacy Of Theodore A. Bell; therefore
be Il
Resolved That this convention in
dorses and ratihes the action of the
Labor convention Of September 19, 1906,
in nominating Theodore A. Bell for the
Office of Governor and the appOintm en-
Of a governing board or committee for
the purpose Of selecting candidates for
a full State ticket headed by Theodore
A. Bell;
Resolved. That the governing board.
comprising the following names-to
wit. o. A. TVeitmoe. San Francisco,
chairman; J. s. Parry, San Francisco.
secretary; c NJ Hayble. Los <-ngeles
l. 3. Higgins, San Francisco; O. Fred
erickson, Los Angeles; J. J. Swanson.
San Francisco. c. F. Brewer. Santa
Cruz; A E. Smith. San Francisco; w. j.
Dickerson. Monterey; J. j. Fnrey, San
Francisco; ". G. MathewsOn, San Jose;
Charles Duncan, san Francisco. NJ. +.
Connors, Sacramento; George A. Ira
cey, San Francisco: NJ. J. Barhgard,
cisco: J. ". Maloney. San Rafael;
Charles j. Williams. San Fran
cisco; Frederick Forget, Santa Rosa
George J. Berger. San Francisco; Vim
cent BellO, San Francisco; Joseph Bel
let. San Francisco. Los Montgomery.
San Jose: James A. wilson San Fran
cisco; Timothy Ryan. San Francisco
be and the same is hereby ratified; and
be IL further
Resolved. That this convention re-
spectfully recommends that said gov
erning board meet and, complete the
state ticket on or before Monday even
Ing. September "a, 1905.
In urging the adoption of the reso-
lution Egan maintained il was intend
Cd FOR the purpose OF setting at rest
the Wagging tongues OF Gncontrollab 3 lie
gossip and the erratic pens Of an incon-
sistent press" The resolution was
unanimously adopted, as was also the
platform OF the state convention.
Without further parley the conven-
tion then proceeded to the nomination
Of State Railroad Commissioner Su-
perVisor J. J. Furey noEainated Andrew
IL Wilson, the present. Supervisor, who
has also the Republican nomination
After the chairman had been empow
cred to appoint minor committees, the
convention adjourned.
The San Francisco district convention
tor the purpose of nominating a mem-
Der OF the State Board OF EQUALIZATION
then met. Charles J. Williams was
chosen president and l. T. Jacks secre-
tary. Joseph H. Scott. the former Tax
Collector was chosen to represent
union labor in the fight for the place
He is already nominee on the Repub-
lican ticket
The delegates Of the Fourth Congress
sional District with John c. williams
as chairman and James Kennedy as
secretary then nominated Julius Kahn
for Congress. Kahn is also a nominee
on the Republican ticket
z. A. Hayes, the Republican nominee
for Congress, was also placed on the
labor ticket in the Fifth Congressional
District by the delegates. George J
Berger acted as chairman and Law
renee Buckley as secretary OF the con-
vention.