The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
BY. Frederic w. Bishop.

and II there is a candidate comes be-
fore this convention that is tainted, or
even suspected of being tainted Of con-
troll Of these great corporations, you
must put him away from your minds.
We must have men nominated for Of
fec that we know are absolutely pure.
BY doing this we shall be assured of
good government. Remember that the
voter of the present day is very inde-
pendent. Remember that the democ-
racy Of Roosevelt made him popular
with the democratic masses of his
party. The democracy of Roosevelt
has made popular that grandest cit
izeE and statesman who resides with
in the boundaries of the United States
toeay, William Jennings Bryan.
At the conclusion of his address,
Chairman Spellacy announced that the
Sacramento committee had selected
temporary officers as follws: Secretary,
Ed z. L cake; first assistant, Tom
Cleary; second assistant, J. H. Miller;
sergeants at arms, c. w Griffin, Dan
Meagher, F. E. Trainer and Tom Bo-
han.
Nominations for temporary chairman
were called for and J. ]. Mcdonald
named Robert Fitzgerald of Alameda,
McNab's candidate. He said:
I have been attending Democratic
conventions for great many years
and this is the first time that 1 ever
appeared before you to make a speech
and am going TO make a very short
one now I am here for the purpose
Of placing in nomination for the office
Of temporary chairman Mr. r. NJ
Fitzgerald Of Alameda County. I de-
sire TO assure you, gentlemen of the
convention, If you do not already know
it-and 1 think great many of you
do-that Mr. Fitzgerald in the past has
been the chairman of Democratic
state convention: and that he is a per-
son who is in all respects eminently
qualified to fill that position
NAMES WHITES BROTHER.
Processing to see error in the pos
sible selection of Fitzgerald. but mani
festly the mouthpiece of the -Inde-
pendence League, w. R. Jacobs of
Stockton placed the name of Edward
White. brother of the late Senator
Stephen NJ White before the conven-
tion, saying: THE eyes of the people
of this State are upon this convention
The history of the Santa Cruz conven-
tion is too fresh in the minds of the
people for its transactions to be for
gotten at this time Can it be denied
that that convention wore a corpora
tion collar and was boss ridden? No.
Do you not know that the people from
the finger-prints of the political boss
upon the throat of that convention? !?
Many independent Republicans left
that convention in humiliation and
with resentment, and they, with the
independent manhood of California, are
appealing to this convention today to
nominate a ticket free from corpora
tion influences and boss domination.
II desire to suggest for your consid-
Grafton as temporary chairman of this
convention, a man of the people. man
who possesses the same sterling in
tegrity, broad sense of justice, and
pure democracy that endeared to every
Democratic heart throughout the
length and breadth Of this State his
distinguished brother, the late Stephen
NJ. White of Los Angeles. suggest
the name of Edward White of Santa
Cruz"
THAT INEVITABLE ROW.
]. Aubrey Jones of Alameda spoke
for half an hour, when the question
was called on the motion that nomina-
tions close. On all questions but the
one on issue the delegate was prolific
and continued until patience was ex-
hausted and he was urged from the
platform by cries Of sit DOWN. con-
cluding his address by indorsing the
candidacy of Stephen B. White
Fitzgerald was elected by the close
vote Of 369 to $40, but not until after a
row had developed in the Thirtieth
District, the announcement that seven
stood for Fitzgerald and six for White
raising a howl OF protest which was
not stilled until after the sergeant at
arms had taken a hand and the notori-
Gus Billy" Bell of San Francisco had
been driven from the hall.
The roll Of the district was finally
called and White secured ten votes and
Fitzgerald three.
From San Francisco Fitzgerald re-