The San Francisco call., 1906-09-08

OAKLAND, Sept. AFTER partly
completing it's State ticket. leaving the
holes to- be filed by a vacancy com
mittee. to consist of the members of
the executive committee. the State
convention of the Independence League
of California adjourned sine die to-
day in Woodmen'sS Hail. The addi-
tjonal nominations made were: Secre-
tary of State, O. E. Swain, Alameda;
Treasurer. Edward Tedford, Santa
Ana; Controller, George w Hack.
Sacramento; Attorney General, Gesner
Williams, Los Angeles; Surveyor Cen
eral, Isaac N Chapman. Alameda; State
Printer. John S. Collins, San Francisco:
Clerk of the Supreme Court. Edward
Rainey Santa Barbara
The offices for which no nominations
were made today and which are to be
filled by the vacancy committee are:
Lieutenant Governor, superintendent
of Public Instruction. Supreme Court
Justices. State Court of Appeals, Board
of Equalization and Railroad Commis-
sion.
The name of William E. Smythe of
San Diego, who was Yesterday men
toned as a likely candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, was not presented to
the convention. 1t is understood that
Smythe is not averse to making the
race for Congress in the Eighth Dis
for the nomination of Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The officers of the executive
committee, which, acting as a COM
mittee on vacancies, will complete the
State ticket are J. ]. Dwyer, presi
dent; Dent H. Robert, vice president;
George ]. Cleary, secretary.
LANEDON IS PRESENT.
William H. Langdon, District At
torney of San Francisco and the nomi-
Governor of California, was a visitor
to Woodmen's Hall for a few minutes
before the convention was called to
order. He had planned to attend again
in the afternoon and address the dele
gates, but was called away on urgent
business and was unable to return be-
fore the convention had adjourned.
When the nominating work of the
convention was completed this after
noon three resolutions supplemental to
the platform adopted yesterday were
adopted One pledged the Congress
sional nominees of the independence
League to support an act of Congress
giving to San Francisco as measure
of relief because of the recent catas
trophe absolute free trade for five
years with foreign countries on all
building materials. Another resolu
ton favored the making of liberal
appropriation by the State to improve
the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers
for the purpose of navigation and
bring about the reclamation and drain
age of the fertile lands along those
waterways. The third resolution ia
vored the amendment of the State law
so as to provide for just protection to
employees of corporations and private
persons in cases of injury arising from
the negligence of fellow employe.
COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
The county central committee of the
independence League for Alameda
County has been made up as followsc
j. E. Henderson. Oakland. chairmani
B. F. Sitter. Alameda, secretary and
treasurer; ]. F. Peck and c. p Fox,
Berkeley; I. N. Chapman, c. c. Boyn-
ton, ]. E. Messer, Alameda; E. B. Nc
Ginty, Berkeley.
The county convention Is to be held
in Linderman Hall, Alameda, on Sat
urday, September Is, when full
county, township, Assembly and Senate
ticket will be named The Congress
sional convention for the Third Dis
trict is to meet on the same date in
the same hall and name a candidate
for Congress. Among those who have
been mentioned as possible selections
are J. F. Peck Of Berkeley; r. A.
Dague of Alameda, c. c. Boynton of
the same city and Judge E. M. Gibson
of Oakland The Sacramento County
of the Independence League
is to meet at Sacramento on Septem-
Der Is.