The San Francisco call., 1910-09-06
Well Planed PIanks Promise
Harmony on Floor of the
Convention
Initiative, Referendum and Re.
call Likely to Be Indorsed
by Delegates
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

forecasts made by The Call, and abso-
lutte local autonomy in the election and
organization of new state central
committee, is the simple program
mapped out for the republican state
convention which assemblies in Lyric
hall this afternoon
There will be few incentives to min
ority turbulence. The platform viii
contain a fortnight denunciation of
the Herrin machine, which was crushed
at California's statewide direct pri-
mary. II the minority desires to make
an issue Of that denunciation it will
have the opportunity. Beyond that
there viii be little to arouse either the
ire or disgust OF any except the con-
hrnned retrogressionists.
1t Is believed that the convention can
organize, complete its labors, listen TO
z keynote speech by Hiram ". John
son, receive notificat ton Of the COM
pleted organization of the new state
central committee and adjourn sine die
before midnight.
RoW-ELL TO PRESIDE
Chester H Rowell of Fresno, presi-
dent of the Lincoln Roosevelt league
Of republican clubs, viii be temporary
chairman Frank r. Devlin OF Vallejo.
first president Of the league, will be
the permanent chairman. Charles r.
Detrick, secretary of the Lincoln
Roosevelt leagues state organization.
viii be temporary secretary and un-
doUbtedly permanent secretary and
secretary Of the new state central COM
mittee.
Harris Weinstock of San Francisco
probably viii be appointed chairman OF
the committee on platform, and Mar
shall Stimson of Los Angeles will head
the committee on permanent organiza-
ton and order Of business.
That Meyer Lissner of Los Angeles
will be chairman Of the new state
central committee appears to be an
odds on bet Daniel A. Ryan of San
Fra ncisco viii be vice chairman and
personal director of the campaign in
northern and central California if
there are no slips in the party leaders
plans before the new committee or
ganization IS perfected.
The state central committee will be
organized along the lines upon which
the incumbent committee was built. eX-
cept that there will he no fungus eX-
ecutive committee composed of mem
bers appointed by influence outside the
convention to make the state central
committee an ornamental adjunct of
Tie party.
STEAM ROLLER DITCHED
Tie much discussed steam roller will
n0t appear in the state central COM
luttcee organization work. It was given
ouf althoritativeiy yesterday afternoon
th-t the local autonomy rule would
be followed strictly. The direct pri-
mary law does not attempt to regulate
the size of State central committees
beyond fixing a maximum Of at least
laree members from each congressional
district That provision will in nowise
interfere with the adoption OF the old
plan Of a representative for each
county, and in the case of counties
comprising more than one assem-
bly, district, one for each district That
plan results in a committee of 95, to
which have been added by appointment
25
The committee selected today prob
ably will be of the same proportions.
The difference will lie in the fact that
the 25 appointed will be simply mem
bers at large. and that the committee
itself Will telect It's officers and choose
its executive committee from its own
membership.
The platform will be different from
any Of its predecessors. It will signal
ize the new order in the republican
party Of California II will align the
dominant party in California with the
advance guard republicans in the mid
die western states VINO have carried the
progressive banner to victory. It will
consist Of clean. carefully planed
planks, every one of them a definite
affirmative pledge binding the, republi-
can party and its candidates for state
and legislative Office TO progressive re-
forms.
CONSISTENT AND PROGRESSIVE
1t will be consistent with Johnson
personal primary platform and it will
be consistent with the Lincoln -Roose-
welt leagues original declaration of
principles. It will be progressive. but
# will not be loaded down revolution
sry or visionary clap trap for the edi-
1ication Of the wild eyed radicals 1t
will be different in that IL will be pro-
Eressive and definite. but it will be re-
publican and the faddists who have
hoped for injection of a batch of ''isms'
are in for keen disappointment.
Two omissions may result in some
disappointment to the conservatives
in both the regular and insurgent
wings. The platform will not contain
any hysterical laudation for any in
dividual or set of individuals, and it
probably will not contain q separate
congressional delegation platform.
A scare rumor TO the effect that the
Los Angeles delegation was opposed
TO the Panama-Pacific exposition plank
was enectually stilled by the delegation
plank and by the suggestion that some
Of the Los Angeles party leaders would
20 to Sacramento to advocate the pend
ing exposition Legislature.
no issue raised in the primary cam
paign will be evaded. The platform
upon which Hiram w. Johnson and his
associates will go TO the people will
be a fortnight declaration for the
things ordered by the people at the
primary polls.
ISSUES MET SQUARELY
California's repubiicanism will be
squarely and unequivocally defined by
an unequivocaI Endorsement of the
ticket nominated by the people and by
an equally unequivocal Endorsement of
the national republican platform adopt
I'd by the Chicago convention in 1908.
California's repubncanism,> IS repre-
Tented by the new party control, will
be further exhibited by hard and fast
Endorsement of the protective tariff as