The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1895. THEY MEET BUCKLEY, A Compromise Weighed at a Surprising Con- ference. BUCKLEY'S CONCESSIONS. His Friends Met Maguire, Wel- burn, Wise and Others Yesterday. NEW POLITICAL VISTA OPENS. A Conditional Surrender to the Deu- prey Committee in the Inter- est of the Party. The local Democratic situation took a very important turn yesterday—one from which may proceed changes in the pro- grammes of both the Junta and the Buck- Jeyites as they have recently appeared during the shouting and preparations for battle. Leaders in the Buckley and anti-Buck- ley camps came together and talked com- promise yesterday afternoon. Buckley is a past r r of compromise and he recog- nizes party harmony as one of the prime s of success at the polls. It makes essen him tired to hear good Democrats abusing one another. To him success at the polls is the one thing for which all political work is to be done. If a party is divided neiicher faction wins, somebody else gets the juicy plums and the politicians would better have been nursing pumpkins. So in this situation his chief problem is, How to get the party pulled together in fairly good working shape with his friends getting a fair show 1n the game? Thus it was that a meeting was ar- ranged for yesterday afternoon by Buck- ley leaders. The Buckley wing was prop- and officially represented by John McCarthy, the rich tea merchant and pres- ident of the Occidental Club. and by J. J. president of the Iroquois Club. » Garber was expected to also aid in representing the Buckle interests, but business prevented his presence. The other inf ial Democrats present did not include fierce fighters and uncom- promising enemies, like Gavin McNab, Samuel Braunhart and Max Popper, but they were men thought to calmly and sen- sibly have at heart the best practical inter- ests of the party in a broad way, and to be 1 to quietly talk political common- sense. John H. Wise was one of them and the meeting occurred at his office at 218 San- some street. Mr. Wise's attitude has been somewhat doubtful during the recent en- tanglement, but what little he has said has been anti-Buckley, thongh his son, Harry Wise, has been an active worker in the Buckley camp. Mr. Wise didn’t call tl.e meeting at all. He was asked to pro- vide his office and his presence and he Ny did Congressman Maguire, 3uckley and anti-Daggett, was there. Internal Revenue Collector 0. M. Wel- burn, who has been backing the present Buckley battle, was the third member of the Federal brigade vresent. The in- terests of these men are apart from and bevond the offices and clerkships at the City Hall and they don’t want to disap- pear from the scene and see the party defeated in the State and National cam- paigns because a lot of Democrats in San Francisco can’t agree on the local machine. Colonel W. P. Sullivan, the chairman of the Deuprey committee, resolutely op- posed to Buckley, but assuming a calm and sensible attitude, represented the im- portant factor in the situation, and Eddie Ring was there to represent the Fire De- partment, which cuts so large a figure in the battle array. The conference lasted for three hours, but, as far as reliable reports leaked out last night, no definite results were at- tained at that meeting. Messrs. Me- Carthy and Fiynd presented the considera- tion that they represented a powerful wing of the party, and that tnough they had a majority in the general committee that was a comparatively small matter in the foreground. Success vequired har- mony and unification. They wanted that, and would go to any reasonable length to meet fair-minded opponents in the party. The Buckley side presented two plans. They believed in a primary election for a new general committee, and that was Democratic principle. They didn’t want to hog everything at a primary; they wanted it open, fair and clean. They would agree on any reasonable plan for holding it—probably under the ausbpices of the Deuprey committee. At this meeting the Buckley side did what no Buckley man had openly done be- fore—recognized the legitimacy of the Deuprey committee, but its sovereign power to reorganize the party regardless of the general committee was not recognized. The objection of the anti-Buckleyites to a primary—that Buckley would run and win it somehow, and that a primary could not bé safely held except under the new primary Jaw next year—was considered. Then the Buckley side went further and made a surprising proposition. If a pri- mary couid not be agreed upon they would accept a new general committee appointed by the Deuprey committee, waiving all technical objections, if they were given a fair representation and if the Deuprey committee did its work entirely independ- ent of the Watkins committee of twenty- five appointed not long ago to act with it. This committee was fixed up by the junta of rabid anti-Buckleyites who are largely controlled by Messrs. McNab, Popper, Braunhart, Daggett and Welburn. The Buckley compromisers said that the Deu- prey committee itself appointed at the last convention was mainly composed of good and fair men, and they would accept and approve its work if it acted fairly. The urging of a primary in some com- promise arrangement and the offer to bow to the Deuprey committee under certain conditions were the only definite proposi. tions advanced as far as known. The dis- cussion resulted in a pleasant arrange- ment to meet again next week with half a dozen additional leading Democrats. “They are talking compromisé be- cause they know they are beaten,”’ say McNab, Braunbart, et. al, “but we have the works and have nothingto compro- mise. There can be no compromise be- tween decency and indecency. They are on the run.” “Our position in the general committee 18 as strong as ever, but we desire har- mony, have sense enough to know that it is necessary and are ready to agree to 0. the fair thing,” was the way Buckley leaders talked last night. Colonel Sullivan gave a brief account of the conference last night saying: “The power of the Deuprey committee was recognized and a primary election was urged. I favor a primary on principle, as does Mr. Maguire and others, but I deem it inexpedient now, because it would be run by certain elements and would not be an expression of the will of the people. We listened to what the gentlemen had to say, but nothing definite was ar- rived at. The Deuprey committee will go right ahead with its work, and we will give the Buckley wing a representation by men we know to bc clean men—we would not give them more than a small minority perhaps. Itis hard, in fact impossible, to satisfy every element, but we will do what we can in the interest of harmony, and for the rest take the bull by the horns in the interest of the party.” So adeeplaid scheme for party unification by far-reaching combinations and a great variety of influences is under way by Buckley’s direction. The meeting of the Deuprey committee may pessibly be post- poned for a while, there may appear a new aliecnment of forces, the Deuprey com- mittee may do something else and, in fact, many things may develop from the sud- denly changed situation. Buckley says that Democrats always get together in the end. Has Buckley the Deuprey committee ? COMES FROM KENTUCKY. A Grandson of A. Campbell Takes the First Christian Church. At One Time the Christians Were Called Campbellites—Local Congregation. The First Christian Church on Twelfth street, which has been without a pastor for the last year, has taken a sudden lease of life and activity, which promises to bring it into the front rank of active, working churches. A new pastor has been appointed to the First Church, Rev. R. M. Campbell, of Bethany, W. Va. Heis the grandson of the founder of the Christian Church; in- deed, in early days, members of that de- nomination were known as Campbellites, though they always repudiated the cogno- men themselves as a nickname and clung to the appellation *Christian.” Alexander Campbell, the grandfather of the new pastor of the First Ciurch, was brought up a Presbyterian, but he hecame imbued with the idea that if people would only fling aside creeds and cline to the simple truths of Christianity there would be less contention and more active work. Alexander Cam pbell preached and evan- \ Rev. Mr. Campbell, the New Pastor of the Yirst Christian Church. [From a photograph.] Selized in a number of States of the Union. n more than one occasion he traveled from West Virginia to Cincinnati on norseback, crossing frozen rivers and preaching wherever he went. He came as far west as Illinois, which was considered a good deal further west in the forties than it is now. It was ir the forties that Alexander Campbell published the ‘“Harhinger,” which was open to_the discussion of any Christian theme. In its pages he entered into a discussion with the famous innbdel, Robert Owen. The ‘“Harbinger” ran to forty large volumes, and it is still pre- served intact in a number of theological libraries. Campbell had many followers, and to-day his views are still gaining ad- herents. In Kentucky they number over 100,000, and in Missouri tbey are 130,000 strong. It is said that during the last ten years this sect has increased 53 per cent. Bethany College, West Virginia, was founded by Alexander Campbell, and it was there that his grandson, the new pas- tor of the First Christian Church, received his divinity education, he supplemented his studies there by a special Bible course at the Kentucky Universityy, in Lexing- ton. After becoming a pastor, he evalge’i ized for a time in Kentucky and afterward took the cure of the Christian Church, in Lincoln County, Ky. It was this church that he gave up in order to come to San Francisco. Rev. R. M. Campbell is a tall, dark young man, very earnest in his manner and full of enthusiasm and energy for his work. He is advanced in his views and firmly believes in the good that can be wrought by an institutional church. “I am heartily in accord with our brother Gardener of the Westside church in that respect,”” he said yesterday. ‘‘The church must be brought home to the lives of the eople. In Boston and other cities of the Ess: the institutional churches, which various denominations have started, have been most successful. Eventually I think it will revolutionize church work, that all the churches will have an insticutional phase. They will be forced to it in the cities, though the idea may take longer to develop in the country.” Over the prospects for his own work in ths City Mr. Campbell is enthusiastic. He bas no hope of doing anything in the institutional way immediately, but it is his object in a short time to get each member of his flock to take an active part and re- sponsibility in the church work. The various societies have. already begun to work with zeal. The Woman’s Board of Missions and the Christian Endeaver So- cieties have taken hold with a will and the Ladies’ Aid Society is also doing some original work. ‘or instance, every Thursday at noon a 15-cent lunch is provided, and a large pro- portion of the church members are get- ting into the habit of attending the Aid Society lunch and discussing matters of mutual interest. The proceeds go to charity. A number of other branches of activity are being opened up, and, though Rev. E. M. Campbell has only been a few weeks at the First Church, its membership has begun to increase. —————— Secretary Lynch Improving. Robert N. Lynch, Dr. J. G. Gibson's secretary, who has been suffering from ap- pendicitis, was somewhat better yesterday. | in the New Yorker's affections it really | MR.HEARST OF NEW YORK Since His Departure His Western Paper Has Turned to Evil Ways. THE JUROR SMYTH INTERVIEW HeDid No Detective Work in the Church on Which Durrant Will Get a New Trial. The evil effects of absentee landlordism are beginning to be felt in a certain San Francisco newspaper office. When W. R. Hearst, now the proprietor of the New York Journal, was a citizen and résinent of San Francisco, the Exami- | ner was a fairly reliable paper. It had the personal supervision of the proprietor, and | naturally he insisted on some degree of accuracy among his employes. Since Mr. Hearst has been in possession of the Jour- nal it has taken all his attention. He is published great sensations. Opinions as to the merit of sensational journalism may differ, but it is a fact that in the old days the Examiner was a fairly representative sensational newspaper. Mr. Hearst spent a great deal of money for odd stories, and though the taste of those who did not relish page displays of bloody clothing and vivid pictures of murder scenes, ete., was of- fended, there was no complaint on the score of reliability. Indeed the complaint was of a contrary sort. Details ofa certain class of news were spread over the paper’s pages that would have been better left to the imagination. But the emigration of the proprietor has changed all this. Recently there appeared in the Exam- iner a purported interview With Horace Smyth, one of the jurors in the Durrant case. In this interview the juror is made to describe a visit to Emmanuel Church. It occurred to me that it was an utter and physical impossibility for Durrant to do what { he seid, in the two or three minutes that George King was playing on the piano. | Iwasoutin the church myself and examined |into the matter to satisfy my mind. I am | about the same size as Durrant and rather ath- | letic, and I know that even im my best days I could not fix and light those burners, go across | the rafters a few times, descend a ladder and | then remove it in two or three minutes. | Iwas so certain on this point thatI would | have been willing, and am yet so, to bet that | noman can accomplish the feat. AN AWEWARD STATEMENT TO EXPLAIN, HOPES or THE DErENsE Bumir UPON THS BELIEF THAT THE VERDICT CAN Now BB LEGALLY IMPEACHED. In the srticle, which embraced some of the false interview, appears this statement: In order to protect the sanctity of the de- liberations of the jury, no juror is allowed to | impeach his own verdict; in other words, he is | not allowed to make any affidavit or give any testimony which would tend to upset the ver- dict of the jury. There is, however, nothing to prevent Dur- rant swearing on ‘“information and belief” that Juror Smyth actually did visit the church and make the suggested test. In the absence of a denial of the sllegation and proof of its falsity on the part of Juror Smyth, the court would be obliged to grant & new trial on the showing of Durrant’s afidavit. If Durrant said he believed an Examiner interview such as that, he might be re- buked for trifling with the court, but it could have no other effect. Juror Smyth made no secret visit to the church, as the Examiner interview implied. —— Great Northern Shop Open. Twenty-three white-coated barbers stood behind their chairs in the shop of the Great Northern Hotel when the doors were opened for business the other morning at 9 o'clock. Ten minutes later the barbers were scraping tie hirsute stubble from the faces of twenty-three men. Twice asmany | There was a great deal more of the in- more customers were in waiting for the cry MARKET ST COR THIRD. Dear Sir: the point clear. terview quoted in and experiments there. W / CHaRLES M Suon?u<tfdé/”//'/’7/; \Aditor and Proprigcr.”"”: 97 i /W}‘,v‘ i) San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 8, 1895. Mr. Horace Smyth, Broderick Street, Corner of Washington, City. the paper is correct. Very truly yours, “THE CALL’S LETTER OF INQUIRY TO JUROR SMYTH. In a recent interview with an Examiner reporter you are credited with the statement that during the Durrant trial you visited the Emmanuel Church and made some investigations The interior press has taken up this interview and reasons that if such be the facts Durrant will necessarily be granted a new trial. I inclose a clipping from the Stockton Mail which will make Will you please state if the Examiner in- ambitions to rescue his paper from the insidious position of the worst edited and least reliable of the New York dailies and make it take the first rank in the metrop- olis. An undertaking of such magnitude, of course, m.ust take all the proprietor’s time and tnought. Reports from New York have it that Mr. Hearst is already making his presence felt in nmewspaper circles there. He took from the Examiner the cream of his staff—managing editor, writers and artists—and since his advent in the FEast has gathered around him some of the famous journalists of Gotham. With these he can hardly fail | terview than this, but it was all of the same | purport. | | The interior papers took the interview | | up in a matter-of-fact way, supposing it to | be authoritative, and made the obvious de- | | duction that Durrant would get a new trial | ‘ because one of the jurors had taken evi- | | dence out of court. The interior press | supposed the interview to be genuine. | Butthe interview was not genuine, as is | shown by a letter from Jurer Smyth to | | THE CaLL. In response to a letter of in- quiry he sent the following pointed note: | | 8.F., Nov.9,'95. | ! In answer to inclosed I can onlysay I was e [y Mrm"— Oheich coaey D e ety g e s i M% JUROR SMYTH'S REPLY TO “THE CALL'S” INQUIRY. S C?wfi/fiuflul" dis biio st il e ND e e to make a showing in New York. Of course, his S8an Francisco paper having taken second place in his mind, suffers from the change, but men cannot be on both sides of the continent at once, and it is not surprising that Mr. Hearst chooses to expend the best of his resources on his larger venture, even to the detriment of the journal in which he used to take so much interest., 3 The effect of the alienation of the mil- lionaire’s affections is most clearly mani- fested in the decline of the local paper’s reliability. THE CALL found it necessary vesterday to refer to a number of articles on the Durrant case, published in the Examiner, that were utterly without foundation. When the Examiner was first never in the Emmanuel Church but once, and that was when the jury was taken there with Judge and counsel in the case of people vs. Durrant. Respectfully and hurriedly, { HORACE SMYTH. Yesterday the Examiner made the same deduction, though, as the interview was its own, it must have known that it was untrue. It was under this head: I8 VITAL TO DURRANT. THE MEANING oF Juror HorAck Sxyra's REPORTED VISIT TO THE CHURCH. IF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH WAS MADE A NEW TRIAL WILL BE A FORE- GONE CONCLUSION. | the crowd in the shop until 4 o’clock in | the afternoon. | In jit than of “Next!” There was no interruption of “We_ have shaved over 1100 men to-day,” said Mr. Eden. “We could have shaved that many more had ‘we the men to do the work. [am going to keep my shop open every Sunday until the Supreme Court passes upon the Cody law. I believe the law is unconstitutional and by keeping open I am doing no wrong. jact EI am doing a service to my fellow men. Cleanliness is next to godliness and both ought to 50 hand in hand, especially on the Sabbath ay. The long line of men who have waited for their turn in the shop to-day is an evidence of the need of Sunday shaving. 1 grew tired of the surreptitious mannerin which men were being shaved in the hotel on Sunday. 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