The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
County Convention Decides Not
TO Instruct Its Legislative
Delegates on SenatOrship
Strong Speeches of Opposition
Kill Endorsement Proposed
by Committee
Judge Denny Wins Nomination
for Superior Bench in
Exciting Contest
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 1.-THE So
mona county republican convention
which met here today refused to in
struet its legislative candidates for
United States Senator George F. Per
kins to succeed himself, although his
record and work at Washington for
the state was heartily indorsed.
The matter came up on the report
of the committee on platform, which
contained d resolution of Endorsement
and instruction. ]. w. Rose of Heads
burg was on his feet Immediately the
motion to adopt was put and made a
strong speech against the resolution
I have nothing against the senator
personally" he declared. but why give
one man the job for eternity? There are
hundreds Of men as well fitted and as
capable OF representing the state as
our senior senator and I see no reason
why we should not leave the way open
for them to have the opportunity
Rose was followed by former Sheriff
, Samuel J. Allen in a ringing speech.
I do not believe in sending men to
the legislature with shackles on said
he. We elect men who have brains
and a mind Of their own and should
give them some opportunity 10 use
them instead Of shackling them with
instructions as to how they should vote.
How DO we know what viii occur by
The time the legislature meets which
would change the present conditions
and cause Us 10 want TO have our men
vote for some one else2
A number spoke on the other side.
tion was stricken out by consent with
out q roll call.
The following ticket was nominated:
Assemblyrnen - Thirteenth district,
W B. Whitney OF Healdsburg; four
teenth district, II. W. a. Weske Of
Santa Rosa
Superior Judges-Thomas c. Denny Of
Petaluma, TO succeed himself, and Jo-
seph P. Berry Of Santa Rosa
Supervisors-First district, G. J. K
Bigelow Of FL Verano; third district.
Herbert ". Austin of Santa Rosa; fifth
district, Isaac J. Button of Occidental,
10 succeed himself.
Delegates were elected as follows:
Thirteenth assembly district-State.
T. n. Norton, h NJ. lie Baron, George
S Adams. Z. W. Ormsby, J. Mello, a.
". Garrett. ]. A. Walls, J. B. Rodd, II.
A Richardson and E. 3. Voris; congress
sfonal. @. ". Kingsbury, Thomas Mea-
CHER. r. J. Mott, DR.. F. H. Phillips. NJ.
H Federicks, E. W. Ormsby, z. NJ.
Norton, a W. Garrett. H NJ. LIE Baron
and II. A. Richardson.
Fourteenth assembly district-State,
DR.. s. s. Boyle, Frank Muther Sr., E. f.
Woodward, ". T. Price, ]. X. Smith,
G. A Laughlin. W. T. Brush and y. r.
knight; congressional, Major c. z. Ha-
ven. W ". Felt Jr., ". H. Pyburn,
Henry silvershield, Alexander Bruce,
John Leslie. J. H. Weise and G. ]. X.
Bigelow.
There was a very close and exciting
contest for the judgeships. Judge
Denny was given 90 votes, while Berry
received IS 10 c. II. Ponds 81. A Pet
aluma delegate protested the vote on
the ground that one vote in that dele
cation had been thrown out by the
delegation because ii was for one man
only instead of two. 1t was learned
later that this vote was for Pond and
II counted would have made a tie The
chair refused to consider the protest.
although il was made both before and
after the announcement Of the result