Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-25
NAME RYAN
FOR MA YOR
SAN FRANCISCO REPUBLICANS
TURN DOWN TAYLOR
LANeDoN NOMINATED FOR Dis
TRIcT ATTORNEY
Turbulent Scenes Mark Convention.
Minority Struggles In Vain
to Stave OFF De-
feat
sv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-The Re
publican convention tonight. by vote Of
iO3 to 45, nominated Daniel A. Ryan for
mayor. and by acclamation nominated
District Attorney William H. Langdon
for reelection
The nomination of Ryan was not accom-
plished except as a termination of long
and bitter fight. Almost from Its outset
the convention was a turbulent one. The
first test vote, passed on the adoption of
a minority report of the committee on
platform and resolutions, showed that OF
the 149 delegates seated 90 were Tor mayor
Edward r. Taylor and 81 for Ryan. By
tnat vote the majority report, which
called for further delay and conference
with the conventions of the Democratic
and Union Labor parties, 1t being the
hope of Mayor Taylor's supporters that
If they could stave off final action to-
night they might force the Republican
convention to nominate him as fusion
candidate.
BY every device of parliamentary law
known to them, the minority delegates
sought to worry the convention. into either
the Endorsement of DR.. Taylor or the
Withholding of action.
At times during the tumulous scenes on
the floor the minority spokesman raised
the cries of Gag rule" I'VE want a
square DEAL" and "Why don't you keep
your boast of wanting to put citizenship
above partisanship?
Ryan was placed in nomination py b. n.
Dam in a ringing speech, In which ne
appealed for Industrial peace in San Fran
cisco. abandonment of the idea of class
distinction, and called upon the leaders of
the Union Labor and Democratic parties
to '.quit doing politics" and fuse for the
good of the city.
Mayor Taylor was nominated by M. c.
kellogg, who placed him before the con-
vention ION his merits" He was re-
ferred to by the nominator as one VINO
had never sought the office ne now occu-
pies, but was chosen n-partisanly as
the ideal man in a great public Crisis.
TayIor's Men Desert
The voting on nominees showed that
ten of DIR. Taylor's supporters had de-
serted since the opening of the con-
vention and gone over to Ryan After
the announcement of the result no ef-
fort was made to have the nomination
made unanimous. Mr.. Ryan's speech
of acceptance was one of unusual force.
| He appealed as had his nominator to
l. P. H. Mccarthy to take his hands on
| the Union Labor convention ana to
| Gavin McNab to take his hand or OF
the Democratic convention, and give
| those two bodies cnance 10 vote tneii
own free wills.
District Attorney Langdon in his
speech of acceptance made it the CEN
trail idea that it is up to the people to
decide whether or not they want the
bribery-graft prosecutions continued
| If they approved the work thus far
done in the publication of San Fran
cisco by prosecution he would be glad
to accept recollection" at their hands
and would guarantee full continuance
of the work; If they wanted the prose-
cution stopped they could so express
themselves by rejecting him.
The Union Labor convention Will
meet for nominations tbs Thursday, and
the prediction is that they will fuse on
Ryan.
The Democratic convention will not
be held until week from tomorrow or
Thursday. 1t is possible that Gavin
McNab will withdraw his opposition
and allow the nomination of DR.. Taylor.
The Democrats as the price of fusion
with the Republicans demanded all of
the patronage office-mayor, assessor,
public administrator, sheriff, the two
police judges and nine of the eighteen
supervisors. The refusal of the Re-
publicans to agree to this was followed
by the nomination of Ryan tonight.