The San Francisco call., 1908-09-03
HOT CONVENTION
FIGHT PROMISED
McNab People Resent Plan for
Expulsion of Machine From
Democracy
Dove of Peace Takes Flight Be-
fore Demand OF Los Angeles !
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STOCKTON, Sept. 1.-The compulsory
resignation of National Committeeman
Nathan Cole Jr., the appointment of a
committee to handle the Bryan cam
paign fund in California and the formal
ratification of their. attempt to purge
democracy by reading seven of their
fellow townsmen out OF the party, are
a few of the modest demands the Los
Angeles contingent, led by Joe Simon,
purposes to make upon the democratic
state convention when 1t meets tomor~
row afternoon. =
The white winged dove of peace,
which alighted in Stockton when Gavin
McNab announced that he would not
attend the state convention and that
his followers would not interpose any
objections to Bells management Of the
convention and campaign took hurried
flight today. When the Los Angeles
crowd put in an appearance the rosy
dreams of a peaceful democratic con-
vention in which the credulous had
been indulging themselves were rudely
shattered. The convention will be or
thodox. There will be trouble and
plenty of 1T.
The McNab people will not object to
the organization of the convention by
Bell. They will not oppose the election
of Senator George Cartwright of Fres-
no as chairman, nor of D. S. Mathews
of Stockton, who is apparently slated
for secretary. They did not come here
for that purpose, but an attempt to
force the resignation of national
committeeman and to secure the state
conventions Endorsement of the expul-
sion of seven stalwart machine men
from the councils of democracy are
quite different matters. The McNabites
object most strehuously.
SPOILING FOR FIGHT
The Los Angeles people are spelling
for a fight. They got taste of blood
in their local convention August 20,
when they read Tom Savage, Scotty
Allen, H. E. Weiss, ]. ]. Clayton, Eddie
Morris and Pete Froelich out of the
party. They purpose now to rub it
into McNab by getting formal in
dorsement of their work from the state
convention. Then they will go one bet
ter and force Nathan Cole to resign
| from the national committee. They
plan to turn the campaign fund over
to a national committee.
A committee to consist of James d.
Phelan, Theodore A. Bell and lily
white democrat to be selected from
Southern California.
The hunters of Coles scalp assign
general incompetency" their
ground of complaint against Cole,
Hls1C TIC 1SB SOY tncil nSHt Oll
Cole is actuated both by spite and
desire to get their hands on any stray
funds that may be sent to California
TO further the cause. Bell is hustling
around tonight to pour oil on the
waters which the Mc-Nab men insisted
he troubled. The regulars are girding
up their loins to protect Cole, whom
they desire as their original Bryan
man." taking no cognizance of the
claims of Charlie EdeIman of San
Francisco.
Prominent anti -McNab men, among
them Senator J. 3. Sanford of Ukiah,
are preaching peace and strenuously
deprecating any action on the part Of
the state convention with reference
to the reading out" of the seven Los
Angeles stalwarts.
The Los Angeles contingent has no
intention to stop at downing Cole,
though it has other trouble breeders
up its sleeve. 1t wants "a plank calling
not for the abolition of the railroad
commissioners, but for the impeach-
ment of its members. ALI of which in
dicates that in spite of the absence of
McNab, tomorrow's convention will be
Enthusiastically democratic.
CARTWRIGHT FOR CHAIRMAN
The election of Senator George w.
Cartwright as temporary chairman and
I
ably be unanimous Beyond these the
state convention officers will probably
not be completed until tomorrow after
noon. AT midnight the chairman of the
platform committee had not been
chosen by the powers that be, and only
an outline of the platform planks
adopted.
The platform will indorse the Denver
| platform. The anti-Japanese plank
| Ill Al
that In the national platform. 1t will
declare unequivocally against further
Japanese immigration and against the
naturalization of Japanese. The labor
plank probably will be a reproduction
of the national anti-injunction declara-
| tion.
There Will be strong declaration
against the removal of the capital from
Sacramento. A declaration from the
| islative expenses; for the abolition of
the railroad commission; abolition of
poll tax, and strong direct primary
plank; proposed plank indorsing
constitutional amendment No. 1 pro-
viding for the separation of state and
| local taxes.
Ex-State Highway Commissioner w.
L. Ashe of Sonoma county is on the
! ground with his good roads planks
| The presidential elector slate has been
made up. The second, fifth, sixth and
seventh districts are blessed with no
| more than one name for discussion in
connection with the honor for electors
at large. James ID. Phelan of San
Francisco and Judge d. x. Trask and
Eugene German of Los Angeles seem
| to have the field to themselves. The
selection of Phelan will be easy, but a
caucus will be necessary for the seiec-
| ton of Judge Trask and Germain.
MAIL POUCHES TESTED
| Tests of the 50-odd mechanical ap-
| pliances for receiving and discharging
mail pouches from fast moving trains