The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30
News Of the Counties Bordering San Francisco Ba
TICKET IS NAMED
IN SAN MATE0.
Many Victories Are Gained
by Young Politicians at
Republican Convention
CONTESTS ARE CLOSE

SAN MATEO, Sept. 29.-One of, the
hardest political lights ever carried on
in the county was brought to issue
ton here today. wlien many of the old
time politicians were defeated by
young men who entered the political
held Tor the first time. The San Mateo
delegates stood firm for the nomina-
ton OF the candidates from the north
ern part of the county. and to this is
attributed the success of so many of
the young men,
The contest developed shortly after
the convention was called to order by
W. r. Lawrence chairman of the
county central committee, when the
members were called on to decide as to
whether the delegation from Pesca-
dero should be seated, their election
having been protested as having been
obtained by fraudulent means. The re-
turns We're brought before the con-
vention. still sealed A motion to have
them opened was strongly contested,
but finally carried
Upon the opening of the returns it
was discovered that LIE report had not
been signed by the election board, nor
did IL mention the names of the dele
gates elected, but merely stated that
the three candidates for Supervisor
who had placed their delegates in the
held had received the stated number
of votes opposite their names. This
led to another contest, in which a mo-
tion to seat all fifteen delegates was
declared illegal by George c. Ross, who
announced himself as an attorney en-
ployed to look after the interests of
Edgar Shaw, whose delegation he
claimed had been duly elected.
DELEGATES SEATED.
After some protest a motion was
carried to seat ]. c. Williamson, Harry
Dearnborn, George H. Steele, James
Braghetta and Manuel Isidor Betten-
court, the delegation known to be ia
vorable to Shaw.
A contest then arose for the chair
manship of the convention between w
j. Martin of South San Francisco and
James T. O'Keefe of Menlo Park, which
was decided in favor of Martin. Hall
G. Ross was unanimously elected secre-
tary of the convention.
Martin, before taking the chair
made short speech, in which he told
why he was a Republican and pointed
out many things he said he considered
disgraceful in the Democratic party.
Chief among these was the nomina-
ton of w. R. Hearst for Governor of
New York. He advised every true
Republican to uphold the Republican
nominations from the top of the ticket
down.
After the appointment of several
committees the convention adjourned
for lunch. After reconvening a reso-
luton was adopted in which the con-
vention declared its allegiance to the
principles of the Republican party as
set forth in the national platform of
1904 1t also added plank in the
platform favoring good roads, which
is as follows:
Now therefore this convention does
harahU 10 bot u, ;fc
Judgment 1t is the duty of the Board of
Supervisors of this county to at once
take steps to facilitate travel be-
| tween San Francisco and San Mateo
counties and provide good roads there
for; and this convention does therefore
hereby recommend and request proceed
ure by said Board of Supervisors as
follows:
The appointment by said board of at
least one thoroughly competent en-
gineer and at least one other citizen
and travel to act with the surveyor
OF said county as a commission to as
certain the best method of inviting and
facilitating travel between said city
and county of San Francisco and the
county of San Mateo, whether by i'm
proving the highways now in existence
or by opening one or more new roads
or by combination of the two, and the
probable cost thereof and to report to
said Supervisors the results of the in
vestigation by said commission and the
recommendation of the commission in
the premises
NOMINATIONS CONTESTED.
Several nominations were preceded
by contests and several candidates
failed of the honor of being unani-
mously elected. R. H. Jury. candidate
for the Assembly, was the only candi-
date before the convention who had no
opposition. After being nominated he
took the platform and declared that
should he be elected his record would
be as clean in the future as it was
during the last session.