The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07
MANY CLASHES in
STATE DELEGATION
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amount to anything, but everybody who
70 against Bell used it as target to
nre their brickbats at Even the
stahch Bell men had a few uncomph-
mentary things to say about that
boom.
BELL BRAVES FLOOD
The papers today tell in elongated
capitals how Bell, Drawing flood,
starts for Denver in wagon" He is
IN the eye of all the delegates. A
natlonal figure, the man who is to rap
the convention to order and deliver
row tuning fork from any of his
california comrades. These distinc-
tions might make an ordinary delega-
uon proud of its leader. But among
the ~ Californians there are from IL
10 II who are not proud of Bell and
Will not acknowledge his leadership.
some of them would suffer no pang
= ne tailed to reach Denver in time
10 call the convention to order. 1t
may seem brutal and unjust to say
these Things, but I am not exaggerat-
ing the feeling that prevails. 1t be-
gan with the Fresno convention and
has been growing in bitterness ever
since, reaching its climax in the fight
on the train when Bell bolted the meet
ing OF the delegation.
If we could get Bell back to the
position he occupied before the Fresno
convention it would be a great thing
Tor the party" said one of the men op-
posed to him. But Bell does not go
back; he is always driving forward.
and never seems to know why he is
supposed, by the ordinary rules of the
game, to be beaten.
WARNER STARTS RUMPUs
Out of the fight on California ma
tional committeeman grew another un-
pleasantness last night, which. added to
the disquiet of the delegation and may
go further. This time not Bell, but
Silver Dick" Warner of Los Angeles
is the protagonist. Last night in the
lobby of the Brown Palace he hurled a
few firebrands of oratory at the Okla
homa delegates, who like that sort of
thing. His speech at Fresno in denun-
citation of Goings was nothing to this
high altitude effort. The men from the
youngest state applauded and yelled for
more. and, getting reckless, SILVER
Dick delivered TRADE at our state
political conditions, in the course of
which he declared that B. F. Thomas
of Santa Barbara and Eugene E. Capps
Of San Diego were subsidized by the
Southern Pacific political bureau.
Fortunately for Silver Dick" these
two delegates from the eighth con-
gressional district were not around
when he appeared at California head
quarters. this morning. His voice was
completely gone on account of his eff
forts at the Brown Palace, but when
he tried to whisper a salutation to Mil
ton K. Young OF Los Angeles he was
abruptly rebuffed.
II don't think I care to speak or
shake hands with you,' said Young.
"SCALAWAG," SAYS THOMAS
irresponsible scalawag," is the way
Thomas characterizes Warner. Capps
says little, but intimates that he will
throw Warner downstairs If he comes
around. Warmers attack was probably
due to Thomas and Capps' advocacy
of Cole, to whom Warner was bitterly
opposed.
If barometer were hung in the Cal
ifornia headquarters il would indicate
persistent stormy weather. The only
men who can really boast of serenity
are Judge Conley, who relieved appre-
tensions by arriving from Salt Lake
this morning, and Isidor Dockweiler,
who spent most of the day preparing a
speech for Knights of Columbus cele-
bration at which he figured promi-
nently tonight. Owing to the high alti-
tude Judge Conley was taken i'll and
decided to break his journey in two;
hence his desertion Of the delegation at
Salt Lake.
Conley is too high In the mountains
to feel like fighting; Dockweiler is too
busy. The rest took their daily prac-
tice in the tack hammer chorus with
exemplary regularity.