The San Francisco call., 1908-05-18
CANDIDATES FROM
DISTRICTS PLENTY
Election of Congressional Dele
gates to Denver Next in Inn
pOrtance to Convention

FRESNO, May 17.-None of the con-
gressional district conventions for the
selection of delegates to the national
democratid convention in Denver has
yet been held, but with the arrival of
complete delegations tomorrow from all
parts of the state the delegates will
busy themselves with this feature of
the convention session.
In some of the congressional districts
states have already been made up and
Will go through without opposition, but
in others there will be some decided
contests-contests of sufficient import
to affect the working out of the state
convention tangle.
Chief in interest is the situation in
the fifth congressional district, as this
includes a portion of the most bitterly
contested battle ground of the McNab
and anti-McNab factions, and is also
the bailiwick of Nicholas Bowen.
Bowen was considered for some time
as the probable McNab candidate for
chairman of the state convention, but
at the eleventh hour his name was sud-
denly erased from the slate to make
room for that of Mayor Harper of Los
Angeles.
Bowen has accepted the change with
out a murmur. He declared tonight
that the use of his name at any time in
connection with the state craftsmanship
had not been authorized. but that he
was a candidate for election as dele
gate from his district to the national
convention.
McNAB is FEARFUL
1t is understood that the sudden
change is due in no small degree to the
fact that Bowen is a Southern Pacific
attorney. At the present stage of the
game. with a determined fight being
made against him on the charge that
he is under corporation domination,
McNab is said to be afraid to court fur
ther hostility through the acceptance
of man so closely allied with Southern
Pacific interests. 1t would sound too
much like the old familiar toot of the
whistle and SAVIOR in no small degree
of the dainty handiwork of William T.
Herrin.
So Bowen is now an out and out
candidate for delegate from the fifth
district. However, he is being given
serious opposition. H. A. Blanchard of
Santa Clara has already received the
pledge of his own county and the gen.
eral support of the district. The usual
custom is for a division of the two
places on the ticket between a delegate
from the southern part of the district
and one from San Mateo or San Fran
cisco. Should this plan be carried out
Bowen would be left out in the cold
and one of the places on the ticket
would probably go to Hugo Hornlein or
John P. Allen of San Francisco, both of
whom are aspirants for the honor.
CANDIDATES IN FLOCKS
In the third district S. ]. Sill of
Berkeley and Robert McKillican, for
mer sheriff of Alameda county are
slated for the places of delegates. But
Solano and Contra Costa counties may
not take kindly to the idea of being
left out Of the running and one or the
other may present a strong candidate.
Judge NJ. B. Harris of Fresno and ex-
Mayor George E. Cats of Stockton are
the favorites for delegates from the
sixth district.
Assemblyman J. o. Davis of Hollister
wants one of the places, but in all
probability will not make a fight for
the position If he finds the delegations
lined up in favor of Harris and Cats
Eugene E. Capps of San Diego, Judge
West of San Bernardino and Louis
Lamy of San Luis Obispo are the lead
ers in the eighth district race, while
the seventh has an unusually goodIy
crop of aspirants, including Isidor
Dockweiler, Mattison Jones, Milton X
Young and Martin Bertkouski, all of
Los Angeles.
Tom Fox of Sacramento is practically
assured of one place on the ticket from
the second district, and for the other
there is a race between I. G. Zumwalt
of Colusa and W. P. Lynch of Chico.
Most of the district conventions will
be postponed until tomorrow afternoon
and held Immediately after the adjourn
ment following the afternoon session of
the convention.