The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21

tIe capltat city were Mayor N L
Beard. Judge X p Chiprna.. state -
orarian James L. ellis. District Astor-
ney A. NJ Seymour. Coroner William
GOrmeley, eX-SuperVfs0r II J D5l3tna-
sheriff David Reese, ex-Judge A. G
Hinkson, County Treasurer Daniel Car
michael, County Clerk William B
Hamilton, James Touhey. Thomas Fox.
Frank Ruhstaller Jr.. ". H Porterfeld.
John \. Stafford. D. d. Sullivan and
Talbot. Il Wallis
Arthur Seymour presented the
claims OF Sacramento to the committed
giving fourteen reasons why the dele
gates should assemble there. It was
set forth that the city was compact,
the street car service frst-class. hotel
accommooations were good and tele-
graph and press facilities ample
Moreover. il was noted that the con-
rention hall would hold 5000 people
and that small halls were available for
district conventions. The citizens COM
nittee agreed TO pay the expenses of
convention attaches. Mayor Beard
was introduced TO the committee He
said in response to the introduction:
We come from Sacramento to ask you
20 name that good old town as the
place for holding the convention. When
the time comes for loyal support you
VIII find US at the wheel"
on motion of Frank Finlayson Sac
The time OF meeting was fixed at
Tuesday, September II. 1906.
The apportionment, which was
adopted, on motion of Thomas Z. Cur
ran. gives one delegate for each 200
votes cast for Franklin P. Lane for
Governor. and one delegate for q ma
5ority fraction of such number % vqtes
DELEGATES APPoRTIoN.aD.
The apportionment is made by As
sembly districts, excep. whore more
than one county is - blaced in any
Assembly DtG-<-- fcs 723 delegates
are thus ap. s>sNNt ed to the several
counties:
Del Norte >. siskiyou 10. Trinity 3.
Humboldt ,. shasta II. Modoc ). Las
sen ? Tehama 6, Piumas ?, Sierra 3,
MencOcino u, Butte II, Yuba 5, Sut-
ter 4, Nevada 10. Placer 9, FL Dorado Z.
AmadOr 6. Calaveras Z, Alpine l. Mono
7, Glenn 4, Colusa s, Lake 4. Sonoma 21
Napa s. YOlo s, Sacramento 20, Solano
y, Marin S, Contra Costa 10, San
Joaquin Il. Stanislauss Z, Merced g.
MADEIRA 5, Tuolumne 8, MaripoSa s, Tu-
San Franclsco-Twenty- AS
sembly District 9, Twenty ninth As
sembiy District u, Thirtieth Assembly
trict u. Thirty second Assembly Dis
trict Il, Tnirty-third Assembly District
8 Thirty fourth Assembly District g.
Thirty ffth Assembly District 9, Thir-
ty-sixth Assembly Distri@t 10, Thirty
seventh Assembly District 10. Thirty
eighth Assembly District 10, Thirty
ninth Assembly District Z, Fortieth As
sembly District s. Forty-f1rst Assembly
District =. Forty-second Assembly Dis
trict To- Forty third Assembly District
3, Forty-fourth Assembly District 9,
Forty dfth Assembly District s.
Alame0a-Forty- sixth Assembly Dis
trict S. Forty seventh Assembly Dis
trict 5, Forty eighth Assembly District
:. Forty-ainth Assembly DISTRICT 8,
Fifrieth Assembly District Ia, Fifty
first Assembly District 6, Fifty second
San Mateo Z. santa Cruz 10. Santa
Clara 2S, San Benito 5. Monterey 10,
Fresno p, Kings 5, San Luis Obispo 10,
Los Angeles SIS. San Bernardino 10.
Orange s, Riverside 4, San Diego u.
3. F. Gels Of Glenn County called at
tention Of the committee TO the fact
that many OF the county central COM
Inittees where the primary election law
is not obligatory had already appointed
delegates. He asked that the call be
amended so that interior committees
would not have TO be called together
again. The point was covered by
amendment as requested.
c. o. Dunbar of Sonoma introduced
a resolution in support of good roads
throughout the State and requesting
the chairman to appoint a committee
Of FIVE TO investigate road laws and
resolution was adopted.
subsequently Chairman Timothy
Spelacy appointed as such committee
c. o. Dunbar. A L. CowelI Frank Fin
Isyson. J. }. Wells and CASTOR Ashe.
SUGGESTS ARBITRATION.
L H AIOoser of San Francisco intro
cuced a resolution requesting imme-
date arbitration Of the existing strike
on the water front and rendering the
services of the officers of the commit
tee to assist in the adjustment of the
contention. The resolution was
adopted.
William J. McGee Of San Francisco
submitted the following, which was
adopted:
The Democratic Central Committee
OF the State of California IN session
assembled in the city Of San Francisco
expresses its sincere gratitude 10 the
American people and the citizens and
governments OF foreign countries Tor
the generous and timely AID extended
great fire. We thank the Presioent
and Congress of the United States Tor
the magnificent gift of the national
government to our relief fund and we
respectfully petition Congress ana the
President to Immediately remove the
tariff tax from all building materlais'
and san Francisco will rapidly rise
greater and grander until 1T becomes
the metropolis of the world
Curtis Hillyer was not quite satls-
fed with the wording of the resolu-
ton. but failed to convince the author
that any improvement in phraseoiogy
was required.
Chairman Speliacy named William
Cannon. J. Il Mooser and w j. Nc
Gee as a committee to join with an
equal number from the Republican
state Committee in presenting TO the
Board Of Election Commissioners GER
tains points touching the registration
Of voters.
Thomas T. Walsh, secretary OF the
democratic organization, read TO Inc
committee the letter from the Re-
publican executive committee wherein
Joint action was proposed.
Sixty-seven Democratic war horses
attended the session. In the open
nothing was said in favor OF any
aepirant for the gubernatoriai noml-
nation. Thomas J. Geary had force
of supporters within call 70 resist any
attempt to boom James d. Phelan TOT
Governor The talk Of the Sonoma
aeiegates Indicated that they expected
that Geary would be a Formidable can
didate for the first place on the ticket