The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-05
&. 0. P.LEADERS
/. LIMBERING lip
|. FOR CONVENTION
Delegates Flock to City and
Struggle for Chairmansi1ips
Is Taking Form
Chester RoweII, Frank DevIin.
John Stetson and Meyer
Lissner Are in Race

All republican political paths led into
this city yesterday The delegates to
the state republican convention. singly.
doubly and in groups, stroued into the
Lincoln Roosevelt league Headquarters
to get any advance information on the
convention which will open at D. m
Tuesday at Lyric hall. AS the delega-
lions came in from the north and south
and settled themselves about the lobby
of the Palace hotel there appeared on
the political horizon Just the semblance
of a preconvention struggle for the of
fees of chairman of the convention and
chairman of the state central COM
mittee. AS the day wore on Chester H
Rowell of Fresno, Frank Devlin of
Vallejo and John Stetson of Oakland
were spoken of as the probable selec-
tons, while an indifferently organized
movement was started by Marshall
Stimson of Los Angeles to pledge
whole delegations to Meyer Lissner for
chairman of the State central commit
tee. Friend w. Richardson of Berke-
ley a member of the Alameda county
delegation, took up the slogan of Slim
son and declared the bay county men,
bers of the convention for Lissner
1t was pointed out that Lissner's eff
forts would be controlled by the state
central committee absolutely because
the primary law provides that the
chairman of that committee shall be
selected by the committee itself The
counties with the largest representa-
ton on the committee probably will
control that office
The Stetson candidacy, boosted some
what by the Alameda county delegates,
is said TO be embarrassed by the ses-
sion of the legislature, which will de-
mand StetSon'S presence in Sacramento
for two or three days. He is not max
ing any active canvass.
Congressman Needham, Chester Row
ell and M. B. Harris of the Fresno
delegation were together later in the
evening, while the Alameda and Los
Angeles politicians conferred and de-
liberated without any attempt at eau
Gus. From across the bay, Perry Temp
kinS, Arthur Ellston Arthur Arlett B.
j. Bither, Friend Richardson and a few
others were about Headquarters, while
most of the Los Angeles delegation ar
rived yesterday. r. L. Thompson of
Santa Rosa, Max j. Kuhl, Kemper P
Campbell, Clarence NJ. Taggart and a
number of city delegates were holding
short talks with party leaders all day.
The leaders have done much to get
the platform in order, and the declara-
ton was made up and down the line
that it would be actively progressive
if not decidedly insurgent:
While it is not positively known when
Hiram Johnson will reach the city
from Lake Tahoe. it is promised that
he will be in the city tomorrow and
that he will have few planks of his
own design in the platform when it is
submitted to the convention.
In speaking of the convention and
the plans for the program to be ar
ranged. Chester Rowell said:
While a platform has not been de-
signed l am at liberty to say that it
will be decidedly progressive, and that
it will aim primarily at the elimina ton
of the Southern Pacific railroad from
California'S politics. There will be
some 454 delegates to seat, and the
usual committees will take care of that
Johnson will be present at the conven-
ton, and we look for much party en-
thusasm.
I'VE look for no aggressive contests
The state central committee will be
selected by the convention, and that
committee in turn will select its chair
man. / have been mentioned, as have
also Devlin and Stetson for both chair
man of the convention and the state
central committee. I think there will
be temporary chairman and a per-
manent chairman of the convention but
l am not able to say who it will be-
Suffragists Aroused
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4-Stirred by
the report that the republican state
central committee intends to consign
the women's suffrage plank to oblivion
members of the political equality
league sent Mrs. Charles Farwell Edison
to the north tonight to appear before
the committee to argue for it's incor-