The San Francisco call., 1908-05-14

complication of the man on the slate
refusing to take program from the
slate writer's.
WANTS VOTE FIRST
L am not going to be squeezed into
the chair by anybody" declared knight,
with copfous gesticulation. Before I
touch that gavel I am going to be
elected on a vote and a roll call I do
not recognize the right of any commit
tee to dictate to the convention who its
chairman will be.
If there is another candidate for
chairman l want to face him and fight
1t out. So I will see to it that I am
placed In nomination for the Office and
the action Of the executive committee
in choosing me goes for naught.'
When the stand taken by Knight was
called to the attention OF General
George Stone. who presided at the
showed no sign of being disconnected
at Knights frank way of peering into
the jaws of his gift horse
This committee is not concerned
with whatever stand Mr.. Knight may
take" the general declared with look
Of hauteur.
SEES TROUBLE COMING
I'VE have carried out the instructions
of the Santa Cruz convention. which
directed that we appoint the temporary
chairman of the convention. As to
what the convention may do, I cannot
say. If there is opposition to Knight s
appointment it will develop on the mo-
tion to adopt the report of the execu-
tive committee. If the convention turns
down the report other nominations for
chairman will be in order.
While thus entertaining the idea that
the convention may not accept the slate
made by the machine. General Stone In
sists that the organization will control
the convention.
The generals claims in this regard
are confined to careful generalities.
From the action taken by the excu-
tive committee in choosing Knight
chairman 1t follows that the opposing
forces of the convention will line up
for the fray as soon as the convention
is called to order by General Stone and
the report of the committee Is laid be-
fore II.
LEAGUERS FOR DAVIS
Just what shape Knights fight
against his own appointment will take
remains to be seen, and it may be
that his fever for battle against the
slate will abate with further consid-
Grafton. However, as the Lincoln
Roosevelt leaders will not submit to
the tactics of the push" and will
place William R Davis of Oakland be-
fore the convention as their choice
for chairman. there will be pretty
struggle for supremacy from the drop
of the hat.
On one important point the organi-
zatfon men who were at the meeting Of
the executive committee are guardedly
silent, and that is whether or not the
machine favors an instructed delega-
tion for Taft.
The purpose OF the machine to send
an uninstructed delegation was bung-
lingly betrayed by the Chronicle this
morning and has aroused the Lincoln
Roosevelt leaguers to additional activ-
ity IN favor of Taft and the selection
of delegates at large pledged to the
Roosevelt policies.
Here again Knight is at ioggerheads
with the programmes of the organiza-
tion. Knight declares that he is for
Taft all the time and that he will not
be a delegate at large unless the con-
vention instructs Tor his candidacy.
KNIGHT Is FOR TAFT
ct am a candidate for delegate at
large and / am for Taft" Knight de-
clares "I will not cross the continent