The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-15

manner in which the California delega
tion has treated him and his candi-
date for the vice presidency, John
HAYS Hammond. The delegation
which De Young conhdentiaIly an
nounced he would deliver to Ham
mond not only refused TO be deliv-
cred, bnt with Spartanlike fortitude
refused today to accept Hammond's
invitation. extended through De
Young, to a dinner.
Hammond called on the californians
this afternoon. He was present when
De Young promulgated the dinner in
vitation. None appeared to hear the
chairman. and after tour of the head
quarters De Young announced. There
will be no dinner tonight"
Hammond left few minutes later
and De Young loosed some of his peni
ND and sorely outraged feelings
They make me sick he growled
I'm not going TO try to bulldoze them
or do anything like that with en-
They're in on a dead one Talking fol-
Hughes. who can't be nominated ano
who is not a candidatei ] have not any
interest in Hammond. He is a good
fellow. q Californian. ] was asked &c
vote for him. and why should not / dc
lit? No" continued De Young. =
wo1ld not vote for him If the delega-
tion don't want it, but they're crazy
and the chairman of the hosts from
California dismissed them with shrue
of commiseration.
lssTONE F'LANKS DE YOUNG
De Young was sorely hurt yesterday
when it was made plain TO him thai
the California delegation would have
nofbing to do with the Hammond candi-
dacy until it had received instructions
from an authority higher than its dis
+inrufshed chairman. The brevet rep
rasentative of California's real power
was present in the person of General
George Stone, and General Stone had
ordered his signal corps to wigwag
Nothing doing" for Hammond. The
ras,,l+ IF stones flank movement was
the Hughes talk, which caused De
young to revise his opinions about the
collective intelligence of the warriors
he had thought he led But the iron
entered his soul today when the dele
+ian declined to break bread with
Hammond.
Hammond declined to make a state
ment for publication, but he is ap-
parently very much in earnest in his
That he has a chance and that If he
co1,ld get the California delegation not
alone TO indorse him but to stay with
him and night for him he would have
more than an even chance
The appearance of E. A Chase OF
Riverside. an alternate at large, pulled
the aelegation out of an embarrassing
situation this afternoon. In spite OF
Herrin's telegraphic orders to elect
Harrison Gray Otis Mex to the va
caucy caused by the absence of Nen
andfhis alternate, Charles S. Wheeler
+he lob was blocked. The Lincoln
Roosevelt league delegates, Bancrofi
and Marvin. were against the pro-
gram as a matter of course. Grant
Halliday of Vallejo rebelled John d.
DAILY of San Francisco declined to adj
NIT that he relished his anticipation OF
the result in San Francisco, If he SUBJ
nitted to the program. S. NJ Augustine
of San Rafael insisted that ii would be
bad politics. George Ross of San Ma
teo saw his fifth district congressional
aspirations go glimmering il he was
forced to vote for Otis
FEAR WRATH OF PARKER
George w. Reed of Oakland LET ii be
known that he did not like the scheme.