Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-12
ALL ROADS LEAD
TO SACRAMENTO
REPUBLICANS ON WAY TO THE
CONVENTION
REGULARS PREPARE TO CROWD
PROGRAM
LincoIn=Roosevelt Organization Hope
full That District Delegates Will
Support Its Prosram-Demo~
Gratis to Leave Saturday

Every train that travels toward San
Francisco these days is bearing dele
gates, and politicians who may not
have been fortunate enough to be dele
gates, to the Republican state conven-
ton. Most of them will stop at the
Gate city, where both elements of the
Republicans are arranging their con-
vention preliminaries. Tomorrow night
the bulk of the politicians of the state
will be on the way to Sacramento, al
though many of the leaders will be
there tomorrow morning getting ready
for the preliminary committee meet
ings. The convention will meet Thurs
day and may be in session two days.
The executive committee of the Re-
publican state central organization has
been called by General Stone, chair
man, to meet at Sacramento Wednes-
day night At this meeting the COM
mittees on organization, credentials
and resolutions will be named by the
committee and George A. Knight will
be chosen as temporary chairman by
the committee on organization. 1t is
the program of the regulars to indorse
Knight for permanent chairman and
whatever Sacramento man is chosen
by Sacramento's delegation for tenn
porary and permanent secretary. This
program of course assumes the abso-
lutte control of the convention by the
Herrinites, and latest advices are that
this is to be about the real situation.
In fact, the regulars, instead of wor-
rying, appear to be certain that the
Lincoln Roosevelt organization will not
have over 200 delegates out of the 629
elected.
In Southern California. of course, the
real situation is not known, but the
deaguers here have been assured that
the state machine will not have the
control that it counts on.
Leagues Chief Reliance
The league executive committee, in
session at San Francisco today, will
determine on it's course of action and
what candidates for convention honors
may be most useful in the fight to
control In it's plans it is having as
sistance from those delegates who have
sought requital for their ambitions
of the Herrin machine, which, not be-
ing able to give every one what was
asked, has made some soreness. How
useful this element of the delegates
will be remains to be seen.
But the leagues chief reliance is on
the men of character who are on the
delegations claimed by the machine.
In many counties that are free from
Herrin control the county committees
named delegates as there appeared to
be no division of sentiment as to the
preferences at the Chicago convention.
These delegations are counted with
the leaguers and with assurance, it is
said. Others who were put on ma
chine tickets are said to have given
assurance that they will be with the
league stalwarts. The league mDst
have 315 votes to control. and in it's
effort to get them many prominent men
from all parts of the state will be at
Sacramento to lend their assistance.
The announcement that Gavin Nc
Nab. the San Francisco Democratic
boss. would attempt to prevent instruc-
tions for Bryan at the Fresno conven-
ton next Monday has brought strong
demand from all parts on the Demo-
cratic delegates to support the instruc-
ton policy. Appearances at San Fran
cisco are reported to be Overwhelming
Iy in favor of instruction, and it looks
like McNab would not have much to
back up his demand. Even some of his
own delegates have refused to follow
him in this demand, it is reported.
Southern California delegates will be-
gin the journey to Fresno next Satur-
day, in all probability. The Los An
geles delegates will make up car on
the train leaving here Saturday night
at 1880, and Chairman ScnWdIlIIio III
the letters he is sending out to them,
is urging that all go at that time.
While the delegates have not met to-
gether since their election. it is be-
lieved they will support Thomas o.
Toland of Ventura who is the anti
McNab candidate for chairman of the
convention.
Harper and Cole
Mayor Harper and Nathan Cole, who
went to San Francisco last week, are
expected home today or tomorrow. 1t
is understood the object of their mis-
sion was to arrange" things for the
Southern California Democrats. AS
both are stanch Bryan men it is not
believed their arrangements will have
anything to do with the success of the
McNab program, and delegates from
here who are friendly 20 both hope that
they will not embarrass the delega-
ton. 1t has been understood for some
weeks that McNab was holding a seat
for Cole on the delegate at large plat
form.