The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
TWO CHAlRMEN FOR
LOCAL CONVENTION
Bert Dam, Legally Elected, Will
Be Opposed by Harry Worth
ington, the Herrinite
Clash Promised When Repub=
Iican Delegates Gather in
Pavilion Tonight

When the delegates to the republi-
can local convention meet in Walton's
pavilion tonight there will be two
chairmen of the county committee
ready to call them to order.
Bert Dam of the thirty ninth district.
member of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league and the legally elected chair
man of the local governing body of the
republican party, will be ION the job.
So will Harry Worthington of the
thirtysixth district, the Herrinite who
was chosen for chairman when the split
in the county committee occurred.
Worthington uplift to the chairman
ship has the Endorsement of the execu
tive committee of the state central
body. Dam, however has formally re-
fused to recognize the right of that
body to arbitrate the dispute, and be
will be on hand tonight as chairman
of the county committee to perform
his function of calling the convention
to order.
The powers that be, meaning John
c. Lynch and such of the district lead
ers as are honored by his confidence,
have not yet agreed upon chairman
for the convention. There is plenty
of material to pick from, and the list
of safe and sane programers will
be gone over today for the final choice
For Secretary John ]. Sweeney, a
clerk in the justice court, has been
chosen. Honors are thickening about
Sweeney, for it is practically settled
that he shall have the assembly nomi-
nation in the forty-fourth, despite the
services of Mamie Strauss and the
Spanish dinners of Mattias, the two
active candidates for the honor.
No nominations will be made tonight.
The convention will be called to order,
the gavel being welded by Dam or
Worthington, according to the fortune
of war, temporary Organization will be
effected. and if the delegates feel like
getting down to business, credentials
will be passed upon and the report
of the committee on permanent or
ganiZation will be made and adopted.
This was the expeditions course adopted
at the Oakland state convention, and
if it is followed the second session
.of the convention, which will probably
be held next week, will begin with the
report of the committee on platform
and resolutions.
SLATE NEARLY READY
The slate of nominations is pretty
nearly written up. Tom Finn, in the
seventeenth, and Eddie Wolfe, in the
twenty first, are sure of senatorial
nominations. In the twenty-third sena-
torial district there is a deadlock be-
districts which probably will not be
broken until the convention meets to
make nominations. Jack Barr of the
thirtieth is not acceptable to the dis
trict controlled by the Lincoln -Roose-
welt league, and, on the other hand, it
looks as though no league candidate
could get the right of way from Barr.
In the twenty-ffth district the nominal
ton has been see saving between Les
ter Burnett of the forty-first district
and Johnnie Nelson of the forty fifth.
The teeter is toward Burnett al present.
Richard j. Welch is the only sena-
torial candidate in this city who has
been actually nominated The sena-
torial convention was held Sunday in
Mission Masonic hall and organized by
electing Fred Sanborn of the thirty
fifth chairman and Frank J. Fitzpatrick
of the thirty y-second secretary. Welch
was placed in nomination by d. J. Wren
of the thirty-second. who told briefly
but forcefully what Welch had done in
the state senate for San Francisco,
making particular mention of Welch's s
splendid work for the Islais creek prof.
ect. DR.. Castelhun of the thirty fifth
seconded the nomination, which was
made by acclamation.
Senator Welch was pledged to sup
port the- direct primary law, and in
his speech of thanks promised to work
for that and all other measures that
Will benefit the city. Welch has de-
clared that if elected he will not sup
port for United States senator any
candidate who does not pledge himself
to work for the institution of a sub
sidiary navy yard at Hunters point
WILL NAME MACAULEY
Tom Finn will deliver the assembly
nomination in the twenty-eighth to
Walter Macauley, and in the twenty
ninth, very probably. TO Dennis GUM
lan although John Cullen persists III
thinking that denomination would
vindicate his Legislative record.
In the thirtieth Tom Roberts helped
Jack Barr to beat Billy Bell and has
the promise of the nomination, but
there is opposition to him which may or
may not result in getting the district a
better representative.
In the thirty-first Jerry Lucey won
handily for the machine and is to have
his reward. In the thirty second the
delegates are divided between Joe Ken
edrick and Harry Kelly. In the thirty
third Paul Fratessa, after many heart
burnings and frights, is finally sure of
the nomination. In the thirty fourth
the leaguers have chosen David Grid