The San Francisco call., 1908-08-07
BERKELEY CAUCUS
ELECTS DELEGATES
Five Hundred Members of the
Lincoln-Roosevelt League
Join in Demonstration
Meeting Adopts Resolution
Pledging Nominees to Sup
port Anti-Machine Forces

BERKELEY, AGg. 6.-A remarkable
demonstration. unique In the history of
Alameda county. took place tonight
when 500 members of the Lincoln
Roosevelt republican league of the
fifty-second assembly district met In an
open caucus and selected delegates for
the primary election Tuesday, to the
state. congressional and county repub-
lican conventions.
The meeting was held at Armory
hall in Addison street near Shattuck
avenue. the auditorium being filed to
It's capacity. The scene was memoir
able as inviting attention to the new
politics. the kind which works in the
open and is truly representative of the
people.
The situation impressed itself upon
the large audience. which was, in fact,
convention in itself. brought together
IN singleness of purpose to smash the
Herrin ring and give back to the peo-
pie the control of the republican party.
Stirring speeches were made by John
III. Eshelman. former assemblynian
from the district and Chester II. Ro-
well, the Lincoln republican
league leader of Fresno. Fred w. Foss
presided
1lOhEI9 MA HELD
The delegates were chosen in con-
formity with the lines laid down by
the machines infamous gerrymander.
The lists and the unanimity of their
selection makes all Berkeley certain
TO the good government forces. The
lists follow:
State-w. f. Mcclure, Prof Irving
Stringham. Robert E. Bush. ]. J. Ma
son. F. E. Lynd. We're w. Hunter. Peter
linda, Roy ]. Young.
Congressional-W. H Payson, Prof.
James 7. Allen. DR.. Horace Henderson.
Prof. r. T. Crawford, Robert Edgar,
Prof. w. c.. Bfasdale, Conrad Bast.
County: Central Berkeley-E. E.
Newton, George H Richardson. Friend
w. Richardson. Fred w. Foss, Max
Theien, Ray Bailey, Prof. W. E. Ritter.
w. F. Morrish, F. p Nutting, w. E.
Woolsey, Lyman Allen. Lee Foss. c. c..
Young. George Leonard. Arthur Elston,
E. E. Nichols, Clifton Price, S. n.
Wyckoff. West and South Berkeley
George Gelder. Robert Greig. c..
L. Hedemark, Walter Sorenson. t.
]. Newell. H. D. Irwin, Charles
Hadlen. j. J. Donohue. Nels OIL
sen, William A. Stewart, Oscar
Barber, Walter Webb. e z. Keyes, w
II. Hammond, DR.. NJ. NJ. Rowley.
PLEDGE FOR LEAGUE POLICY
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas. The contest in the primary
election on August IL in Alameda coun-
ty is, as far as republicans are con-
cerned. clean cut fight between the
county ring and its machine forces on
the one hand and the Lincoln -Roose-
welt republican league and the prin-
ciples for which it stands on the other;
and
Whereas, The issue of this contest
depends upon the control of the county
convention; now, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Lincoln Roosevelt
republican club of the ffty-second as
sembly district that 1t hereby pledges
each and every one of it's nominees for
delegates to the republican county con-
vention to vote for such candidate for
chairman of the county convention and
for such plan of organization of said
convention as shall be proposed by the
Lineoln-Roosevelt republican forces in
said convention.