Show IS LOSING GROUND Geary Faction Among California Democrats Close After Lane SacramcntorCaL Soot 2The Democratic Demo-cratic Stale convention convened this afternoon af-ternoon T JE Gibbon of Los Angeles was elected chair man without opposition J F Coonun who wan the candidate of time machine withdraw from the chairmanship chair-manship contest before time convention met In the Interest of harmony After the appointment of the usual committees the convention took a recess until tome to-me rrow Franklin K Lane the organization candidate for the nomination for Governor Gov-ernor was nasuied of triumph last night PonlRht some of his closest friends admit that he has been steadily losing ground and that unless the vote Is takfcn before tomorrow afternoon Thomas J Geary may have the support of a majorltv ot Die delegates The Geary forces claim a triumph In the outcome of the contest for chairman of the convention It Is explained that Lane had many friends amonc the dcl jnicB who Insisted Insist-ed upon voting for Patton for chairman Irrespective of their gubernatorial Inclinations Inclin-ations and It was deemed the course of wisdom to avoid the friction that might be engendered by a preliminary skirmish Mr Lane maintains that the withdrawal of Candidate Coonan had no bearing whatever on his prospect The opposing clement retorts that the rctlrcmtTit of Coonnn was virttuill > a confession of weakness and n disinclination to a shoo sho-o hands The convention Itself wan sub dued and the spirited enthusiasm characteristic char-acteristic of almost every Democratic gathering was abacnt |