| Show his lieutenants say that meeting of democratic state convention will answer yes and instruct its delegates santa cruz ofal hay 13 the dem socratic state convention ahl meet here tomorrow to aea delegates to the na convention all Int creet centera in the questions or endorsing the candidacy ot win R tor the dency and of instructing the delegation to vote tor him at st louis As california is mr hearses He arsts home otate his lieutenants have been making efforts to control the convention and they claim that has awarded their efforts acut their elalia are disputed by tha antl hearst factions it Is conceded that the fian francisco delegation of hold tha balance of pow w but vant men trani the metropolis will do has not yet been divulged it 1 that the vt control wll be decided in the fight for chairman the selection of candidates or tern horary chairman waa made tonight former lieutenant gov J J jetter 0 santa cruz has bean chosen aa depre tentative of the hearst forces and F II 11 could of ban francieco Franc leco will receive suffrage a of choso opposed to ln the california delegation to support congressman heat abo ee lection pt candidates for chadman la the only substantial development to algat doth the hearst and antha hearal tact lons the waa alvrn up to and work the result of which will not appear vote on chair roan Is counted tomorrow the indications tonight point to a heavy contest some delegates who have awa attending the democratic conventions la california for many years look or this convention as the most interesting one the question over which the battle will wage la shall the delegates to st louis be instructed or beant or not who favor He arsta candidacy to nothing but out iron bound instructions opposed to hearst put forth the argument that while they are opposed ins tb delegation they are not opposed to election of delegation the majority of whom favor the candidacy 0 hearst this will be question which will be fought out on the convention floor following the usual custom of alv ing the 0 the convention to th country where the convention Is held M P netherton has been chosen secretary of the convention georce J clay of san francisco will be assistant secretary the district Sale gatea will be R H dwight lyou thomas daan humboldt A C Cam amador thomas fox sacramento J II 11 hurly baci ran M P cochran marln J A solado john A hicks santa clata D T C butler monterey cebre Ce ore colts san faaiu laco dr E C K V gerner pan bernardino W A hard ventura it Is not expected that the convention will complete its business before tuesday tomorrow will be consumed in forming organization the hearst forces held a conference tonight while no figure were given out it is chalmel that the caucus developed a majority of sixty exclusive of tho san francisco delegates upon their arrival the los angeles delegates entered into caucus and elected A S petterson as chairman of the delegation Pet tereon Is regarded as a strong antl hearst man it Is claimed that while a majority of the delegation arr favorable to hearst it was deemed inadvisable to contest the selection of petterson to have done so would have engendered much controversy nearly all the delegation have arrived except tha san francisco delegation which Is jue at noon tomorrow the heairet coders eald walt until the voting begins we will then show that we have more than of the delegates the antl leaders said we have assurance that the delegates will go uninstructed to st louis |
