The San Francisco call., 1906-09-08
Los Angeles Delegate Glad
Cattle Law Is Observed.

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. "A. Ruef and
James L Gallagher OF San Francisco
have been the center all evening of a
crowd busily engaged in holding an
autopsy on the convention and specu-
lating as to what the Democrats are
going to do. The nomination of Will
lam H. Langdon by the independence
stoned no surprise and the possibility
Of his Endorsement by the Bourbons is
being discussed. Gavin McNab is in
control of the State machine and the
contemplation of Mr.. McNab and w. R.
Hearst in the same band wagon is too
much even for those willing to admit
that politics makes strange bedfel-
lows"
Those who attended the Democratic
convention of two years ago. when
Hearst, after exhausting everyspolitical
trick in the deck held by his manager,
Mike Tarpey, secured the Endorsement
Of his candidacy for President of the
United States, are trying to remember
all Of the things McNab's representa-
tives and Hearsts supporters said OF
one another on the hoors Still the hope
that victory may result from com
bination of the Democrats and the In
dependence Leaguers might cause Nc
Nab. who has longed for many years
to feel the thrill OF success to join
hands with Hearst and get behind
Langdon in his fight 1t certainly
would insure an interesting campaign
But, returning to a discussion of the
convention just closed, no incident has
occasioned more comment than the dis
closure Of the fact that before the con-
vention went into session Commissioner
of Works Maestretti OF San Francisco
made a strong fight In the face of the
opposition of Ruef to pledge the entire
San Francisco delegation to the sup
port OF the candidacy of Mayor Schmitz.
To this end Maestretti circulated pc
tition among the various delegations
that is remarkable as political docu-
ment. The petition was worded as
follows:
We hereby pledge ourselves to sup
port the candidacy of z. z. Schmitz for
Governor OF California and to, do every
thing in our power to bring about his
nomination and hereby agree to allow
necessary to accomplish this purpose
The words and allow ourselves to be
traded in any manner were too much
for us. used as we are to machine
methods" said one of the San Fran
cisco delegates today. Had the pcti-
ton simply called upon US to indorse
one of US would have signed T. but
the trading provision was too much.
Again. we were finally told that the
petition originated in the Thirty ninth
district and was aimed to crush the
powor OF Ruef. When we heard this,
the petition went into the waste basket.
Then Schmitz came to Santa Cruz and
the San Francisco delegation was
forced into line for Gillett. AS mat
ter of fact, Mayor Schmitz was the man
who gave the nomination to Gillett on
the first ballot" 3
There is one more thing to be dis
cussed and that is the splendid manner
in which the delegates were cared for
by the people Of Santa Cruz. Fred
Swanton. manager of the tent city cor
poration, housed the convention in
splendid, manner and not a feature was
neglected. No detail was overlooked
The press and telegraph companies
were grouped so that their work could
be accomplished TO the best advantage
and with the least delay. The location
OF the convention tent town by the sea
was ideal and every delegate voted that
as a convention city Santa Cruz had no
peer in California. Manager Leonard