Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-07
California InSurgent Leaders De-
clare Roosevelt Is Chief
of Republican Party
PLATFORM IS PROGRESSIVE
LiSSner Named as Head of the
New State Central
Committee


discordant note, coming late tonight
when the deliberations of the Repub-
lican state convention were nearly at
their close, broke in upon the tran
quillity of the party delegates who had
assembled in this city today to adopt
a state platform, choose a central COM
mittee and indorse the candidates NOM
mated at the primaries on August 16
After a day of harmony, such as
promised to make the convention men,
orable as one in which not q single
negative vote was cast on any question
that came before 1t, a storm broke
when the committee on platform sub
mitted it's report.
Chairman Harris Weinstock of the
committee had finished the reading OF
when John McNab Of Mendocino coun-
ty. leader of the regulars" was rec
ognized by Chairman Devlin.
AIcNAB OBJECTS
Advancing to the platform, Mr. Nc
Nab complimented the committee on
the graceful tribute it had paid to
Theodore Roosevelt, and then launched
into an eloquent eulogy of President
Taft. He had spoken for some min
utes In censure of the platform build
ers for not having given stronger in
dorsement to the present administra-
tion, when Meyer Lissner of Los An
geles, who was later elected chairman
Of the state central committee, arose to
a point of order.
Mr.. Lissner declared the speaker
was obviously advocating an amend
metn to the platform, and under the
rules adopted by the convention such
amendment must go to the platform
committee without first being read in
the convention.
Chairman Devlin ruled the point of
order was not well taken, as Mr.. Nc
Nab was speaking upon the motion
before the convention, and the Mendo-
cino delegate was permitted to pro-
ceed.
BOOSTS FOR TAFT
"The Republicans of California
should not hesitate" shouted Mr.. Nc
Nab, Ito go before the people and say
that we are unquali1edly proud of
President Taft"
There was a chorus of protests and
several delegates arose to declare the
speaker out of order.
Mr. McNab at this juncture produced
a resolution indorsing President Taft,
and offered it as an amendment to the
platform. He was declared by the
chair to be out of order, as the reso-
luton had not been submitted to the
the convention adopted the platform
as originally submitted.
Save for this instance, no echo of
the acrimony that marked the late prt-
mary campaign was heard during the
deliberations that attended the last
transfer Of party control from the
conservative faction to the victorious
insurgents.
CONCESSIONS TO REGULARS
Concessions had been made to the
former before the convention was
called to order, the younger element
among the progressives insisting the
"old guard be granted fair represen-
tation on the state central commit
tee and the committees appointed by
the convention chairman.
Leaders of the conservatives in re-
turn offered never protest against
the course mapped out by the DOM
inant faction.
Throughout the proceedings the ma
tional leadership of Theodore Roose-
welt was recognized in speech and res
olution. Every mention Of the former
presidents name was received with
tremendous applause, while in at least
one instance-during the reading OF
the platform-a reference to President
Taft passed unnoticed.
CALLED TO ORDER
Philip Teller, chairman of the Re
publican state central committee,
called the convention to order, in
brief speech which indicated the con-
servative faction of the party nursed
no grievance born of the recent con-
test at the primary.
''I trust that the deliberations of this
convention today" said he, will re-
suit in rolling up such a Republican
majority next November as was never
known before in the history of Cali
fornia."
There were patriotic selections by a
band and quartet conveyed the
melodious prediction that What Artha
Johnson Done to Jeff, Hiram Would
Do to Bell"
The roll of delegates was called, pro-
longed cheering greeting the announces
ment of the name of each prominent
insurgent leader.
NO PROXIES
Several delegates having Announced
they were there by virtue of proxies,
Meyer Lissner arose to a point of
order that proxies were not permissi-
BILE in the convention under the terms
of the primary law, and the chair
ruled the point was we'll taken.
Nominations for temporary chair
man being in order, Marshall Stimson
Chester A. Rowell of Fresno. Refer
ring to Theodore Roosevelt as the
leader of the Republican progressives,
Mr.. Stimson said:
"The greatest leader the Republican
party ever had is Theodore Roosevelt
Republicans of California have needed
his ringing cry Fall in for this new
movement for human rights that is
stirring the people throughout the
country"
Mr.. Rowell received the unanimous
vote of the convention.
ROWELL's SPEECH
In assuming the chair Mr.. Rowell
said:
Gentlemen of the Republican state
convention: / am glad to have received
this gavel from the chairman of reg
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