The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
LEGAL TALENT
IS AVAILABLE
Many Superior Judges North
Ask for Promotion to the
District Courts of Appeal
FREMONTERS TO RALLY
Twenty-Five State Senators
to Be Chosen at the
Election Next November

At the State election this year nine
Justices Of the District Court OF Ap-
peals are to be elected. There are three
districts. and for each district three
Justices are to be chosen. one to serve
four years. one eight years and one for
twelve years One Of the Justices OF
each of the District Courts of Appeal
ia the presiding Judge thereof, and as
such shall be elected.
In the northern district the list of
aspirants for service In this judicial
capacity Is large and growing larger.
1t is quite we'll understood that the in
cumbents, Justices Chapman. Buckles
and Mclaughlin (the last named q DEM
ocrat). who were appointed by Gov
ernor Pardee to serve until January,
1907. are candidates for nomination;
but there are others Judge John F.
Ellison of Tehama County, a we'll
known lawyer, who was a formidable
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court, is classed among the as
pirants. Lake County will probably
submit to the convention the candidacy
of Morton S. Sayre. who is an able law
yer and the present Judge Of the Su-
perior Court of that county. Judge ].
M Mannon Of Mendocino County and
Judge z. C. Hart of Sacramento are
mentioned as candidates. w. H. Md
dlecof of San joaquin, Superior Judges
John C. Gray of Butte, Stanley A. Smith
of Sierra and ls. E. Gaddis of Yolo may
enter the contest for nomination.
There will be quite legion of Fre-
mont voters at the Santa Cruz conven-
tion of Republican clubs next month.
The first vote that Paris Kilburn ever
cast was for John c. Fremont for Pres
ident At that time he was one Of
the election board in Pope Valley, Napa
County, and brought the returns from
the precinct over to the Ritchie School
house in Napa Valley. r. H. Sterling,
now living in Napa, was on the board
with Mr.. Kilburn. Charles F. Bassett
Of San Francisco voted for Fremont in
1856, and has voted for every Repub-
lican Presidential candidate since that
time.
F. L. Caughey. Auditor of Mendocino
County, was in the city yesterday. He
is candidate for Republican nomina-
ton for the Office of State Surveyor
General, and Is cordially supported by
many friends.
General George Stone. chairman of
the Republican State committee, has re-
turned from the famous Manhattan
mining district. There will not be
general meeting of the committee to fix
the time and place for holding the State
convention before the latter part of
May.
The voters of California this year
will elect twenty-five State Senators,
one in each Of the even numbered SEN
atorial districts, one to fill the vacancy
in. the First District caused by the
resignation of Thomas H. Selvage, who
was recently appointed Postmaster of
Eurekas and one to fill the vacancy of
Eli Wright, Twenty District,
who was expelled from the Senate and
who fed to foreign country to escape
trial in the Superior Court of Sacra-
mento County. The resignation Of
Thomas H. Selvage is in the hands of
the Governor. John H. Nelson Of the
Twenty fifth Senatorial District may
decide to resign his State Office, as he
was elected Recorder of San Francisco
last November to serve for a term of
two years.
The "pollies" at the Palace court
mold that Nelson will send his resigna-
ton as Recorder to the Board Of Super
visors just before the Legislature meets,
and that the board will appoint some
one to serve for two months. who will
resign in Senator Nelson's favor when
the Legislature adjourns sine die This