The San Francisco call., 1908-10-21
REPUBLICANS PLAN
TWO BIG RALLIES
Governor GiIlett and John L.
McNab of Ukiah SpelIbinders
of First Meeting
Efforts Made to Have This the
Banner Affair of the
Campaign

Two big republican mass meetings
will be held in this city before the cam
paign is brought TO an end. For the
first of these, which will be held next
Monday night, October 2s, in Dreamland
pavilion, arrangements are now being
made by the chairman of the repub-
Iican state central committee.
Governor Gillett and John l.. McNab
of Ukiah will be the spellbinders of
this meeting. For presiding officer II
looks as though General Charles Wood
run. L. S. A., retired, will be chosen,
although there is some talk of inviting
-ex-Goxernor Henry T. Gage to do the
honors Woodruff was in the Philip
pines with Taft and is a talker of un-
usual eloquence, and the balance leans
his way at headquarters.
Every effort will be made to make
this meeting the banner affair of the
campaign. There will be good music
and lots of enthusiasm. Republican
clubs in some of the districts will
march to the pavilion in bodies. the big
club of the thirty seventh being the
first TO suggest this departure from
former methods OF assembling. Gillett
and McNab have had good crowds
wherever they have spoken, and are ex-
pected to be in fine oratorical fettie
when they face their San Francisco all
dience.
The second big meeting which will
be held will be addressed by Presi-
Dental Elector Samuel NJ. Shortridge
and viii mark the completion of his
speaking itinerary. Arrangements for
this meeting have not yet been COM
pleted.
Advices received from shortridge at
republican headquarters yesterday were
TO the effect that he has had splendid
meetings wherever he has spoken.
Shortridge comments on the falling of
in enthusiasm as compared with the
last presidential campaign, hut states
that he has never before found audi
ences so attentive TO argument
Chairman Phil Teller of the state
committee has received from national
headquarters copies of the correspond
ence between Roosevelt and Taft re-
garding the latter's acceptance of the
presidential nomination, which was re-
Gently made public by New York
ma gazine- The national committee sug-
gests that these letters be used BY
stump speakers as much as possible
WAGER ON RESULTS
VIII Davis, secretary OF the state
central committee, is one OF the most
optimistic republicans in the state. He
thinks that Taft will carry California
by plurality OF so 1000, and made the
wager OF a 80 hat to that effect yester-
day with Will Ashe of Glen Ellen
Ashe is as enthusiastic on his side as
Davis is, and promptly countered with
the wager OF $40 hat that BRYAN
would carry California. Davis took the
bet and expects to win SIS worth OF
headgear.
George A. Tracy. democratic candi-
date for congress, will address a meet
ing in the thirty-ninth district at 527
Clement street tonight. On THURSDAY
night he will speak at Ocean View. on
Friday night at San Mateo, and on Sat
urday night at Mountain View and
Menlo Park.
The democrats of the forty-fourtfl
and forty-hfth districts will hold a
joint meeting in Garibaldi hall on Fri
day night. Speeches will be made by
legislative and judicial candidates