Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-26
CONVENTION TO
BE AT OAKLAND
AUGUST 27 DECIDED ON BY
REPUBLICANS
CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Electoral Candidate viii BE Selected;
Also Those for Some State
offices-August II Urged
for Primaries
BY Associated Press

By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-The Re-
publican state central committee met
at the Fairmont hotel here today and
selected the city of Oakland as the
place for holding the next state Re-
publican convention and named Au-
gust 27 as the date for holding the
convention.
There was no opposition to Oakland
for the honor of entertaining the men,
bers of the convention.
The purpose of the coming conven-
ton Is to nominate ten candidates for
electors of president and vice presi-
dent of the United States and to NOM
mate candidates for such state offices
as are to be voted for at the election
to be held on November 3, 1908.
Just after the meeting was called to
order by Chairman Stone there was a
lively tilt between the members of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league on one side
and those not members of the league
on the other.
Led by r. l.. Hathorn of San Fran
cisco, Marshall Stimson of Los An
geles and Chester A. Rowell Of Fresno,
the leaguers insisted on the election
of new set of officers for the central
committee.
The opposition maintained that the
officers elected to preside at the ex-
ecutive committee meeting were duly
qualified officers of the central COM
mittee.
Motion Is Defeated
A motion to elect new officers was
defeated by a vote Of So to 80.
The executive committee of the CEN
trail committee met In the morning at
the Fairmont and prepared the call for
the convention. which was adopted at
the meeting of the central committee
in the afternoon.
The convention will consist of 629
delegates, the basis adopted being one
delegate for every 200 votes or fraction
thereof cast for Gillett for governor at
the last election.
The central committee recommended
that county committees call primary
elections in counties and assembly dis
tricts where primary elections are not
required by law, on Tuesday, August
II, 1908.
w. r. Davis Of San Francisco was
elected a member of the executive
committee in place of Thomas Flint OF
San Benito, who has resigned.
The executive committee effected per-
manent organization by electing Philip
s. Teller of Alameda as chairman and
Will H. Davis of San Francisco secre-
tary.
Votes of thanks were extended to re-
firing Chairman George Stone and As
sistant Secretary Jake Steppacher, who
Is about to leave the active political
field.
The matter Of appointing successor
to Steppacher was continued until the
next meeting, which will be at the call
of the chair.
Max Thelan of Alameda in the CEN
trail committee meeting offered an
amendment to the primary clause pro-
viding that when electors are not salts
fed with the selection for delegates
made by the county committee they
may hold primaries and the state con-
yention must seat the delegates elected.
There was much opposition to this,
several speakers saying 1t was no time
to discuss uch matters. but that all
should unite in seeking the election of
the Republican candidates for presi-
dent and vice president The amend
ment was defeated by vote Of II to 30.