The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-13
CHAIRMAN, NOT
DICTATOR OF
DELEGATION
Editor of San Francisco and Ne
vada Yields to the Sway
of Stone
De YOung's Claim of Capturing
Utah Contingent Is
Imaginary
OTIS May Be Elected to Fill Va.
cancy Too Late for Him
to Reach Chicago
By George Van Smith
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI


ON BOARD THE CONVEN-
TION TRAIN, GREEN RIVER,
Wyo., June l2.-General Michel Henri
de Young joined the California repub-
lican delegation this afternoon fred
with confidence in his ability to pre-
vent the nomination of Roosevelt
candidate for vice president. He sub
sequently discovered that he was only
chairman, not dictator, of the Cali
fornia delegation. The California re-
publican delegation picked up its
chairman and ndanembarrassing situation
this afternoon. The temporary embar-
rassment was occasioned by the col
lision Of the diverse programs fathered
by Chairman de Young OF the delega-
ton and Chairman Stone OF the state
central committee. When the clouds
rolled away De Young was on the Job.
bur Stone had taken its supervision.
The missing editor Of Nevada. and
san Francisco. for whom Stone has
yearne5 ever since the Delegation left
The san Francisco ferry building,
turned up at ogden this afternoon. He
tured the Utah delegation for John
HAYS Hammond for vice president and
that he purposed to perform a similar
operation on the California delega-
ton. De Young pointed to the press
reports Of the Endorsement of Ham
mond By the Utah delegation in cor
roboration Of his tale that the trick
had been turned by himself. Pressed
for details Of his personal efforts on
n to- !
nit that he had seen any of the Utah
delegates. and some Californians were
unsympathetic enough to suggest that
the Guggenheim interests might have
had some part in the coup for which
De Young assumed responsibility. An
hour later. and after he had been
closeted with Stone, De Young an
nounced that he had not considered at
any time the advisability Of delivering
the California delegation TO Hammond
and that in any event the. delivery
would be postponed.
TWO GENERALS DISAGREE
A caucus Of the delegation called by
De Young at 4.3O O'Clock this after
noon demonstrated that the two gen
erals were again disagreed in the
matter OF their battle formation plans
De Young announced that the caucus
would be held for the purpose of filling
the vacancy on the delegation caused
by the absence of Delegate at Large
Jacob Nef and his alternate, Charles
s. Wheeler.
The program which a majority of the
delegates were prepared TO swallow.
and which they Will probably take raw
when they meet in Chicago on Monday,
contemplated the election of Harrison
CRAY Otis vice Neff, and General
George Stone vice Wheeler, Neff's al
ternate. Stone had previously an
nounced that under the law the dele
cation must elect both delegates at
large and alternate and that neither
could be chosen from the alternates
elected at Sacramento. That ruling
barred Harold T Power Of Auburn, who
is packing Neff's proxy to Chicago. hop
ing TO save TO the Lincoln Roosevelt
league its representation Of one dele
gate at large
STONES ASTUTE RULING
Quite aside from the question of its
legality stones ruling was astute.
stone is the only eligible for alternate
with the party If Otis were chosen
vice Nen and Stone vice Wheeler. Stone
would sit in the convention. But the
Job must not be completed too quickly.
The programmers purposed TO defy the
people Of California by naming Otis
for the vacancy in spite Of his repudia
ton by the convention, but they did not
intend 10 help Otis save his face" un-
I'll II was TOO late for him TO reach Chi
cago- De Young wanted to fill the
vacancy but did not want to caucus on
delegation candidates for the eight or
ten committee places in the national
convention which viii fall to Califor-
MA Stone was willing to caucus on
and select committee nominees, but he
insisted that IL would be monstrously
unfair 10 nh the vacancy on the deleea-
ton without consulting the FIVE mem !
bers who viii join the party al Chi |
cago. Neither could Stone hear be
Youngs vice presidential Endorsement
talk. The net results OF the little bat
tie Of cross purposes was a caucus
which decided TO do nothing until 10 /
O'Clock Nondhy morning. when the
California slate will be made al chi
cago headquarters.
PASSES HUGHES SIGN
When Stones ears We're assaulted nv /
the John Hays Hammond din made bv
De Young he promptly passed the
Hughes sign down the line, and when
De Young had finished his luncheon
the Californians made a noise like a
section OF any delegation When the
Hammond talk was quieter Hughes
went back in the betting at a tremen-
dous rate. and poll Of the delegation
after the caucus adjourned showed the
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