The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23
|BOURBONS MEET IN
|. COUNTY CONVENTION
Adopt Platform, Nominate Ticket
and Elect Central Commit
tee in Oakland
Declare War on Corporation
Rule and Favor Initiative,
Referendum and Recall

OAKLAND, Aug. 22.-The democratic
county convention ofs180 delegates met
at Germania hall today, adopted plat
form, nominated a full ticket. with the
exception of candidate for the first
supervisoriaI district, and elected
county central committee.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman j. ]. Mcdonald or the
central committee, and Clyde e. Abbott
of Berkeley was chosen as temporary
chairman. @H w. Brunk of Berkeley
nominated Abbott.
The convention disposed Of its work
with dispatch which brooked no in
terruption save frequent and prolonged
cheers for Bryan
The platform declares for the over
throw Of dominant corporations and
special interests in politics through the
initiative, referendum and recall
Pledges will be enacted of democrats
elected to the state legislature to vote
against any candidate for United States
senator who is controlled by railroad
or corporate interests.
Demands for a modern reformatory
for first offenders instead of the over
crowded penitentiaries, efficient pubic
school administration, abolition of the
city and county government OF terri
tory east of the San Leandro creek.
We're plans Incorporated in the plat
form. The state university at Berkeley
should be kept out OF politics, accord
ing to the platform.
The present county government
regime was denounced as wasteful, ex-
travagant and inefficient, due to party
bosses employing the various offices to
perpetuate themselves.
Judge Thomas Powers was nominated
for taf .fha fbirtalnt n
senatorial district and j. Llewellyn
from the fifteenth.
NJ. l.. Rawson of Oakland. Walter
Gallagher of Alameda and w. II. H.
Gentry of Berkeley were the nominees
for superior judges.
S. ]. Sill OF Berkeley is candidate for
supervisor from the fourth supervis-
orial district and J. II. Cregan of Oak
land from the fifth.
Candidates for assemblymen are:
Forty-sixth district. Edward j. Hol-
land; forty-seventh district, William c.
Donolly; forty eighth district, Thomas
A. Sexton; forty-ninth district, Robert
p. Gale; fiftieth district, James B. Mont
gomery; fifty first district, ]. j. O'Toole; !;
fifty-second district. II. w. Brunt.
Committees were appointed by the
chair as follows:
Platform-L Ruschni, r. e. Kelley,
Carl Abbott. J. w. Dutton, j. e. Baker.
Robert A. Mills, Brenton A. Hayne.
Organization and order of business
J. ]. Macdonald, ]. ]. Callahan, It. c.
Stoddard John Cox, /. Less, j. G.
Downey, j. II. Cregan.
Credentials. Walter Smith, j. j.
O'Toole, ]. A. A. Galett, G. w. Ross,
M. L. Rawson, ]. w. Griffith, Alex
Hirschberg.
j. j. Mcdonald was reelected chair
man of the county committee, With
Clyde Abbott as vice chairman. Alex
Hirschberg was elected treasurer OF the
committee and s. Bachrach was re-
elected secretary, position which he
has held for 20 years.
The following county committeeman
were chosen:
Forty-sixth assembly district--N. w.
Armstrong, j. J. Callahan, Henry Rei-
mers, John ]. Peary, ]. A. Gallett.
Thomas Turney, Henry May.
Forty-seventh-C B. Rich, c.. A.
Snow +. N. Dodd, r. E. Kelley, c. f.
Banta, T. c. Stoddard. w. e. Scully.
Forty -eighth-H. H. Luttrell, C. III.
Abbott. M. Ryan, w. B. English, J. B.
Mcdonald, r. w. Miller. j. c. Mcleod.
Forty-ninth--S. Bachrach, j. Less, ].
W. Griffin, ]. w. Dutton, II. w. Wilford,
j. E. Gracia, w. c. Fletcher.
Fiftieth-1sidore Cohen, Alex Hirsch-
berg. S. Ringolsky. J. j. Mcdonald, D.
W. Cronih, f. w. Yoakum, d. M. Stew
art.
Fifty -frst-H. E. Harwood. Victor
Gilardin, H. Pascoe, NJ. j. Kerwin, Rob
ert A. Mills, A. w. May. J. H. Reilly.
Fifty-second-R. B. Bell, c. e. Abb
bott. c. f. Fraser, J. III. Cregan, B. A.
Hayne. d. Newell, w. A. Powell.