Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
TO VOTE TODAY
FOR PRESIDENT
TEN ELECTORS ARRIVE AT
SACRAMENTO
MEN WHO EALLoTED FOR ROoSE-
WELT HOLD FETE
Interesting Fight Scheduled for To-
night, When Joint Caucus Sc
lects Senatorial Cam
didate
[By Associated Press.]

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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1O.-The ten
presidential electors, who according to
law must meet tomorrow at noon and
cast their vote for president and vice
president of the United States, viii
form notable group at the capito'
building after the adjournment of the
senate. Most of the electors arrived
tonight and at once communicated
with the secretary of state
Heretofore much has been made Of
the important gathering, but this year
there is less excitement
The men who cast their votes for
President Roosevelt and Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks four years ago, met in
the assembly chamber with packed
galleries and a program of music ap-
propriate to the occasion.
The electors who will cast their votes
for President Taft and Vice President
Sherman, with their respective dis
tricts, are as follows:
List of Electors
First district-G. w. Dwinnel, Yreka;
Second-Alden Anderson, Sacramento;
Third-F'rancis NJ. Smith, Oakland;
FOURTH. w. Dinkelspeil, Bakersfield;
Fifth-D. o. Druffel, Santa Clara
Sixth-Thomas ]. Field, Monterey;
Seventh-Byron Erkenbecker, Los An
geles; Eighth-Lyman NJ. King, Red
lands; at large-Samuel NJ Shortridge,
OF San Francisco, and u. S. Grant, Jr.,
of San Diego.
They will meet in the senate cham
Der and organize by electing a chair
man and secretary, after which they
will cast their ballots on roll CALL
Three copies of the ballot will be
made, one to be sent to United States
Judge De Haven, of this district, an
other to be deposited In the postoffice
and the third to be placed in a beauti-
full redwood box and carried to Wash
ington by a special messenger selected
by the electors.
There will be an interesting fight in
the Democratic joint caucus on the
election of a candidate for United
States senator which will be held at the
capitol tomorrow night. Seven of the
nine members Of the minority in the
agreed upon Harry P. Flannery as their
choice and will walk out of the meet
ing if after a presentation of their ul-
timatum it appears that a majority of
those present favor some other can
didate.
The names of Francis J. Heney, The
odore, Bell, Senator J. B. Curtin. James
D. Phelan, I. B. Dockweiler and others
will be presented.
The argument Of the Flannery men
is that the complimentary honor should
go to some member Of the party from
San Francisco who has rendered no
table service on behalf of the Democ-
racy.
Flannery's supporters say that in the
recent political camnaign he contrib
uted $4,000 to the Bryan cause. They
claim nine votes and have hopes of
winning over at least six more. which
would be just enough to control the
Democratic caucus. The nine who are
placed in the Flanenry column by his
friends are as follows:
The "Flannery Column"
Senator Hare and Assemblymen
Black, Collum, Hopkins, Lightner,
ONeil and Wheelan Of San Francisco;
Assemblyman Baxter of Yosemite val
lev and Assemblyman Julliard of Santa
Rosa.
Senator Kennedy is not included il
the Flannery list for the reason that he
has declared that his vote in caucus
will be cast for District Attorney VIM
H. Langdon.
On the Republican side the only un-
certainty is as to how large the ma
jority for United States Senator George
C. Perkins will be.
He is sure of eighty-five votes, and
may receive two or three more. The
only Republican who openly declares
his intention to vote against Perkins is
Assemblyman E. J. Callan of the Thir-
teenth district, San Francisco.
Most of the legislators who went
home Friday and yesterday returned on
the late trains tonight and numerous
lobbyists also arrived to be on hand
when the lawmakers gather tomorrow,
Delegations of woman suffragists ar
rived from San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Jose.
Also among the arrivals were the
presidential electors, who will meet to-
morrow to cast California's votes for
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