The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23
Sterling Republicans County Primary

Of East Oakland. The selection OF A
p Leach as chairman and his subse-
ouent election as chairman of the new
county committee were evidences of
he temner of the convention, Leach
being a type of the strong, clean gov
ernment forces which were so happily
represented
LEACH CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
The convention was held at Hamil-
ION halI. Thirteenth and Jefferson
streets. and was called to order at
10:45 a. m. by Chairman George w.
Reed Of the retiring county central
committee. Immediately after heeo
had concluded his opening speech SlIy
Councilman Albert Elliot OF oakland
nominated Abe p. Leach OF Oakland 1or
temporary chairman. Leach was elected
unanimously and subsequently MADE
permanent chairman OF the conven-
ton Further and more distinguished
honors were heaped upon the young
attorney when he was elected CHAIRMAN
81 the reorganized county central COM
mittee
The other officers of the convention
were. Secretary Robert J. Callahan
assistant secretaries, John stewart, l.
b. Hunt and Z. P Talbot; sergeant at
arms, w. H. J. FRANKIE and sherman
Phillips.
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
Chairman Leach appointed the fol-
lowing convention committees:
Permanent organization and order OF
business-Chairman c. z. Shook; forty
sixth assembly district. w. H Donohue;
forty-seventh. W. H l. Hynes; forty
eighth Earl Wade; forty-ninth, Oliver
Ellsworth: fiftieth, F. II. PARCELS; htty-
first, W. A Dow, and ffty-second, J. H.
Mayon-
Committee on observation-disclosures
fa or-fN N-Sf
assembly district. II. W. Meek; forty
seventh. J. II. Walker; forty-eighth,
O. r. Wood: forty ninth. Edwin Meese;
hftieth. Carl Schilling; fifty-frst X ID
Cross, and fifty second, w. ". Woolsey.
Platform committee-Chairmau, DR..
r. B. Holmes; forty-sixth assembly as
trict. Joseph o. McKown; forty seventh,
J B. Lanltree: forty-eighth, F. h.
Mott; forty-ninth, Colin Chisholm; hf-
1ieth, Mortimer Smith; ifty-first, I. III.
Gardiner. and ffty-second, o. T. Barber.
BERKELEY'S CANDIDATE WINS
District conventions were held during
the noon recess. Interest centered
chiefly around the fourth supervisorial
district, where a lively scrimmage de-
veloped between Fred W. Foss and
Supervisor II. d. Rowe, who sought re-
nomination. Berkeley's candidate, Foss,
won out
In the fifty-first district convention
an attempt was made by R. H. Cross
10 question the assemblyman, George J.
Hans as 10 his stand on several public
matters, particularly how he would vote
en- an anti-racetrack gambling Dill.
Hans was not permitted to answer. At
the close of the general convention
Hans arose and announced that he in
dorsed without reserve the plank COW
ering that subject in the platform.
HORNER RENONIINATED
In the first supervisorial district w.
II. Donahue Of PIeasanton was chair
man and George ". Beck of Livermore
secretary. Supervisor c. f. Horner was
renominated without opposition.
The fourth district convention proved
TO be a center Of interest. Scores of
delegates crowded around the section
of the hall when the district dele
gates were called to order by Oliver
Ellsworth. J. A Elston presented Foss
name as the choice of the Berkeley
delegation He insisted that the college
town be given the supervisor. because
il cast one-fifth Of the total vote Of the
county. W. A. Dow Of East" Oakland
placed Supervisor Rowe in nomination
being seconded by John T. Bell c. c
Young of Berkeley seconded Foss. The
name OF G.. T. Aitken Of East Oakland
was also presented Foss declared upon
invitation that he was in the fight toI
clean politics and that he was pledged
TO civic decency.
Rowe argued that the was entitled
to the nomination on the ground that
he had been the accepted candidate
before the primaries.
Foss DEFEATS ROWE
A ballot gave Foss 30, Rowe IS, Ait
ken 6. Rowe got II from the seventh
ward and a scattering 6. Aitken's
came from the seventh ward south OF
Fourteenth street and were handled by
County Clerk Cook. Foss got is from
Berkeley and the remainder, with ore
or two scattering votes, from the M
tieth assembly district.
Foss is one of the representative
men Of Berkeley, successful lumber
and building materials merchant, active
fn public affairs and a stanch supporter
Of the Lincoln Roosevelt republican
league.
MULLINS FOR SUPERVISOR
city Councilman John F. Mullins was
nominated for supervisor from the fifth
district without opposition His pri-
mary campaign against the railroad
machine made him a favorite Edwin
ATeese placed Mullins In nomination
Arthur H Breed was chairman and F
n Hanson secretary of the subconven-
tion.
NAMED By ACCLAMATION
In the thirteenth senatorial district
H W Meek named F. X. Strobridge
who was nominated by acclamation, as
was John ". Stetson in the fifteenth
district. 7. NJ. PARCELS presented Stet-
sons name. Stetson said that his rec
ord in the assembly was known and
that he purposed to maintain his OWL
integrity in the further service Of the
people.
Thomas II Silver Of Pleasanton was
unanimously chosen as the candidate
from the forty-sixth assembly district
In the forty-seventh Frank Otis was
renominated by acclamation.
The forty-eighth selected James T
Feeley without opposition.
John W. Mott was nominated unani-
mously in the forty-ninth. Harry w
Pulcifer was chosen from the fftieth
by acclamatien.
WOULD PROHIBIT TRACK GAMBLING
The delegates adopted resolutions
pledging their nominees TO vote for the
enactment Of laws to prohibit racetrack
gambling and TO permit the formation
Of consolidated city and county gov
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