The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07

Is proud Of the great administration of
William Howard Taft. We should not
merely commend William II. Taft be
cause he has stood for the Roosevelt
policies, but for what he has done him
self with his own policies Who was
81 took the Standard oil by the throat;
who brought the law on the great cor
pOrations; who by one stroke made the
railroads change their rates and or
oered them TO appear at the White
House with the white flag? Who was
II caused the laws to be passed
The insurgents" shouted some one
sn the rear.
why not bring in Ballinger?"
shouted another
McNabS' Resolution Fails
That interruption made the conven-
tion crackle with heat Lissner arose
10 his former point Of order and Nc
Nab made ii tenable by offering his
views in the form Of a resolution.
Chairman Frank r. Devlin ruled that
the point OF order was well taken. Nc
Nab died hard, but his resolution did
not get a chance. as the platform was
adopted fortnight.
The resolution which McNab had TO
Offer was as follows:
That we unqualifedIy indorse the
administration OF William H Taft. We
honor him for his heroic struggle for
AAlr AAAAllL-lAtEAlA u lAlS party p46OE6S anu
believe that q continuation Of his patri-
Otic services viii entitle him to a re-
nomination at the hands OF his party"
PrOgressiVes Are Honored
Chairman Phil S. Teller Of the re-
firing state central committee called
the convention 70 order at 2:15 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and read the call
Tor the convention. Then there was
music by the band and by the Golden
Gate quartet. The rollcalI Of dele
gates embraced 42s names. The par
1icularly progressive" character of
the convention was shown as the
names OF favorite leaders of the Lin
coln-ROOseVelt league were called and
cheered. The men who had been
thrown to the lions at previous con-
ventions were the lions themselves
yesterday.
Among those honored| with en-
thusiasm by the delegates were Ches-
ter H ROweIl OF Fresno; A. J. Wallace
OF Los Angeles, candidate for lieu
tenant governor; Mayor G. w. Alex
ander OF Los Angeles, Meyer Lissner
OF Los Angeles, L. A. Dickson of Los
Angeles. Marshall Stimson Of Los An
geles; Max Kuhl c. H. Bentley, Paul
Bancroft. Harris Weinstock, Ralph
Hathorn. Thomas E. Haven, Thomas 5.
Williams. who had been chosen
spokesman for the San Francisco dele
cation. all Of San Francisco; Irving
Martin OF San Joaquin, J. O. Hayes
and Charles r. Detrick Of Santa
clara. Frank r. Wevlin Of SoIano,
Ralph Thompson Of Sonoma.
Nomination Given ROweIl
Teller. as his last act as chairman
of the republican organization in Cali
fornia, called for nominations of a tenn
porary chairman. Marshall Stimson
took the platform and presented the
name OF Chester II. Rowell Of Fresno.
In nominating Rowell as the tenn
porary chairman of the convention
Stimson spoke as follows:
L am proud that I am a republican
and am proud to be here in this con-
vention today. I am proud to be
republican because the republican
party has the faculty TO engage in a
stirring contest within the party lines
over questions involving great prin-
ciples. and when the rank and file OF
the party decide what principles shall
be followed the republican party falls
snto line 10 enforce that mandate and
10 carry those principles to success.
This country has had great material
prosperity, but it is not the splendor of
upbuilding material wealth that must
count. but the high standard of citizen
snip. which has been urged by that
great leader-the greatest leader that
the republican party has ever had and
the greatest leader that the American
s5eopie have ever had-Theodore Roose-
welt (Cheers).
Tribute TO Roosevelt
And Theodore Roosevelt. since his
return to this country, has uttered this
cry. Fail in for the new movement
for human rights that is sweeping the
people OF this country.
And I am proud TO say to the repub-
lican party in California that you have
p the opportunity 10 fall in line with
Theodore Roosevelt by selecting for
temporary chairman of this convention
the Hon Chester H Rowell." fCheers).
AT the mention OF Roosevelt's name
the convention broke loose with cheers
The nomination was seconded by Guy
C. Earl of Oakland, who said that Ala
media was proud to place a laurel
wreath on Rowell."
There We're no other nominations
Rowell declared unanimously elected
was escorted TO the chair by Stimson
and Earl amid the waving mass of
delegates. The triumph did not sub
side until ile had been on the platform
Tor several minutes. His keynote"
sddress was received with as much en-
tbusiasm as greeted his election and
appearance
The speech is published in full in an
other column.
Al its conclusion there were three
cheers for johnson and three more for
Wallace.
Wallace and johnson Cheered
Beasley. OF Santa Clara placed in
nomination Charles r. Derrick for sec
getary. Derrick was seated as secre-
tsry.
The motion being put for the ap-
pointment of committees. Temporary
chairman Rowell relinquished the chair