The San Francisco call., 1906-05-23
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FRAME PLANS
State Committee Will
Meet Here Early
Next Month.

The executive committee of the Re
publican State Committee viii meet
in this city early in June and arrange
for general meeting of the whole
committee. 1t Is probable that the
executive body will meet at the resi-
denco of General George Stone,
chairman, and follow the usual Gus
tom of framing a call for a State con-
vention. which will be submitted to
the whole committee for amendments
and adoption.
The convention will be called to
meet in Sacramento or Santa Cruz the
last week of August or the first week
OF September. Each city has strong
advocates and the vote. in the COM
San Francisco there is an active SEN
timent in favor of holding the con-
vcntion in Sacramento. In many
towns of the interior Santa Cruz, on
account of its location by the sea and
its agreeable temperature in August
IS preferred.
The list of aspirants for guberna-
torial nomination Is not growing
larger. The prompt and efficient work
performed by Governor Pardee dur
iny the recent emergency is highly
commended in California. When the
true history of the eventfEi period is
written. in the light of all the te,e-
grams exchanged between California
and Washington. it will be shown that
the Governor did not lose his nerve
or his head.
POLITICS IiL TIMED.
Politicians of the baser sort who
attempted to do politics when the
people were staggering under the
blow OF misfortune, were compelled te
seek newspapers other than those
published in California to publish re-
Elections on the Governors manage
ment OF State affairs.
Men who We're at the outset in
clincd to criticize the Governor for
refusing 80 issue an Immediate pro-
clamation to convene the Legislature
in extra session are now giving thanks
that their advice was not followed.
Imagine what would have followed If
the Legislature had been called to
consider everything that excited law
yers and property owners had seen fit
to suggest
1t is practically settled that an ex-
ira session Will take place to con-
slider u few subjects of vital impor-
tance to the State, but the session will
be brief
GIII4ETT'S POSITION.
Congressman 7. N. Gillett is a can
didate for Republican nomination to
the office of Governor. On April is.
in Washington. two days before the
fire in San Francisco. he wrote as fol-
lows to The Call:
Editor Call, San Francisco.
Dear Sir-Having noticed many stateI
ments in the California press to the ef-
feet that. although / am a candidate for
Governor l am also endeayoring to re-
tain hold on the congressional nomina-
tion. may / ask the favor of presenting
a short statement in response thereto?
At no time since l became candidate
for Governor. several weeks ago, have I,
nor has any one in my name. or by au-
thority. made the declaration that 1 am
candidate for Congress or desire to be
considered for that nomination. Through
the advice of my friends and in response
to encouraging letters received by me
from all parts of our State / am a can
didate for the nomination for Governor
and for no other place on the ticket and
in this connection will add that the
many assurances of support which /
have received satisfy me that the State
is willing to acknowledge the appeal of
Northern California for recognition and
to indorse it's candidate.
Respectfully yours,
]. n. GILLETT.
The San Francisco delegation of
the Legislature will meet again to-
morrow at 10 a. m. in the Office of
the Harbor Commissioners The del
egation will insist that all measures af-
fecting San Francisco shall receive its