The San Francisco call., 1908-08-29
GOOD GOVERNMENT
! FORCES VICTORIOUS
Ernest S. BirdsaII of Placer
County Wins Nomination
in Third District
Defeat of Machine Fails TO Break
the Fifth Assembly
Deadlock

BY the nomination of Ernest S. Bird
sail of Placer county in the third SEN
atorial district convention yesterday the
good government forces won a signal
victory over the regular organization.
The name of BirdsalPs opponent,
George w. Root the machine candl-
date, was not even placed before the
convention, and BirdsalIs nomination
was made unanimous.
When the convention was called to
order w. /. Redding, district attorney
of Sierra county, was in the chair w.
B. Lardner OF Auburn presented Bird
salfs name and he was given the NOM
ination by acclamation.
The senatorial victory, however, has
not changed the deadlock in the fifth
assembly district, and the assembly dis
trict convention adjourned yesterday
afternoon after five ballots had been
taken without a single change in the
position of the three aspirants for the
nomination.
j. w. Finney of Downieville, the
anti-machine candidate, still holds the
lead over his two opponents, but when
it was found that Frank E. Gilmore,
delegate from Tehama, would not con-
sent to withdraw his support from e.
B. Walbridge of Tuscan Springs and
throw it to Finney the adjournment
o0o NCNi0CQ npOH. AAC SOiN NSAiSAOiA 4o
to meet at the call of the chair, and
probably will eventually be held in Sac
ramento.
FAIL TO WIN FINNEY
Tehama county still lines up with
three votes for NJ. J. Cheatham and one
for Walbridge, while the four votes of
Plumas and Sierra counties are stead
fast for Finney. The opposition to
Finney is based principally on the fact
that he has remained steadfast to the
anti machine principles and stood up
straight for Birdsall for the third sem
atorial. district nomination.
Walter Parker and George Hatton
engineered the machine fight and made
every effort to draw Finney off from
the support of Birdsall He was first
threatened with outright defeat If he
did not stand and deliver to George;
Root, and then was promised that If he
would turn against Birdsall he would
receive the machine support in his own
deadlock fight for the assembly and
that his nomination would be assured.
Finney simply laughed at the threat
turned down the offer of support and
refused to consider a proposition that
he pledge himself and Birdsall to vote
for Senator Perkins
An effort is being made by the or.
ganization to break the deadlock in the
fifth assembly district by naming Her.
bert s. Cans OF Red Bluff as com
promise candidate, but Finney has re-
fused absolutely to yield and there is
little chance of a compromise. An eff
fort was made to bring out q. d. Dod-
son, editor of the Red Bluff Sentinel,
against Finney. but he refused to ac-
cept the candidacy
HARD FIGHT IN TENTH
d<I,
sembly district, Charles Dunton of Ell
Dorado was given the nomination yes
terday afternoon to succeed Birdsal,
who received the senatorial nomination
In the third district. Eight ballots
were taken without a nomination, four
votes being cast for Marx of Rockland
two for John NJ. Fullweiler of Auburn
and five for Dunton. Secret ballots
were finally adopted and resulted in
six votes being given to Dunton, after
which his nomination was made unanf-
nous.
In the twenty sixth assembly dis
trict, comprising Tuolumne and Mari
posa counties. determined fight Is
being made by the regular organization
to add another vote to the majority
which it will control in the legislature.
The district is and always has been
democratic, but E. NJ. Baxter, the pres
ent democratic assemblyman, has re-
fused a denomination and no democrat
has been found who is willing to make
the fight.
The republican organization has CEN
tered its strength on c. M. C. Peters
of Jamestown, machine man, and his
nomination probably will ensue when
the district convention is held next
week at Sonora.
CONVENTION TO BE HELD
The twenty-fifth assembly district
convention will be held next week in
Merced. r. K. Whitmore, the present
assemblyman, is not a candidate for re-
election, and L. L. bennett of Stanislaus
and c. w. Wagner of MADEIRA are out
for the nomination.
A. III. Hewitt, present assemblyman
from the eighth district, comprising
Yuba and Sutter counties. probably
will be denominated at the district con-
vention which will be held in Sutter
county on a date not yet set.
The convention of the twelfth assem-
bly, district, comprising the counties of
Glenn, Colusa and Lake, nominated
William Ash of Colusa for the assem-
bly,.
The date for the twenty seventh as
sembly district convention. covering
Tulare and Inyo counties has not been
announced.