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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER- 6, 1896. WILL BURST UP I 4 WILD ROW Governor Budd and Daggett Knifing Warren B. English. LAST LEGS OF FUSION. Barlow to Be Sacrificed in Favor of Harry Patton of the Sixth. MUCH INDIGNATION EXPRESSED Populists Voted for English and Dem- ocrats for Varn to Save Patton and Barlow. For Willlam B. English—J. W. Keegan, L. M. Landsborough, J. M. Moore, A. B. Kinne, <. M. Wardall, John S. Dore, Populists; Charles D. Lane, W. P. Lawlor and James R. Edoff, Silverites. For A. K. Vann—Eugene N. Deuprey, H. P. Andrews, Woodson Garrard, M. C, Hassert and Joseph Leggett, Demo- orats. This was the result of the last ballot cast last night by the Fusion Conference Com- mittee. It apeaks for itself. The Democrats were knifing Warren B. English, Democrat, and by the same act they were also knifing C. A. Barlow, Popu- list. The Populists were supporting Eng- lish because that was the only thing they could do to save Barlow. The situation was very veculiar, the Populists being ground to death between the upper and nether millstones of the Tuarpey English factions of the Alameda Democracy. The first thing done by the conference committee vesterday was to take up the First, Second and Fourth Congressional Districts. In the First Monteith had re- fused to withdraw, and the Democratic nominee, Mr. Cutler of Humboldt, was se- lected as the fusion candidate. In_ the Second McGlashan was ignored, and De Vries, Democrat, was chosen. In the Fourth Judge Maguire was selected. Then the third was taken up, and the Kilkenny cats began to sing. According to the terms of the agreement made by tie three parties, it was necessary that the fusion candidate should receive a two- third majority of each of the delegations, | or four out of sixof the Democrats, four out of six of the Populists and two out of the three Silverites. 1t was alsoagreed that the Populists should have three out of the seven Congressmen and the Democrats the remaining four. Now, it is plain that out of the four dis- tricts remaining there should be selected three Populists and one Democrat. Jim Budd and Daggett wanted Pation in the Sixth. There was to be no opposition to Castle in the Seventh, so that it was necessary that there should be a Populist in the Third and Fifth. Thatis why the Democrats voted for Vann, the Populist nominee 1n the Third, Then’ the Populist nominees would be Vann, Castle, Rogers, or, according to some ‘accounts, James H. Barry, who was to be substituted for Rogers in the Fifth as a Populist. More than forty ballots were taken, and the conference adjourned until half-past 7 o’clock this evening. It is evident that fusion is doomed. Alameda Democrats are talking of sup- porting Old Pard Bassett, who will run as an independent. Barlow’s friends were very sore last night, and the friends of English were bitter. PG FUSION PROCEEDINGS. What Was Seen and Heard In the Ante-Room Yesterday. The fusion conference committee went into executive session at 2 o’clock yester- day afternoon at the headquarters of the Silver League for the purpose of complet- ing its labors and agreeing upon a fusion ticket. The ante-room was filled with an anx- ious crowd wondering when the commit- tee would conclude its labors. United States Marshal Barry Baldwin made his appearance at half-past 3 and chatted for a while with several friends. Warren Eng- Db, Democratic candidate for Congress from the Third District, remained in the ante-room all the afternoon. There were present also: J. Taylor Rogers, J. W. Mitchell, J. Aspury Johnson, George W. Monteith, Perry Kewen, Frank Moffitt and other well-known members of the Democratic and the Populist parties. Marsbal Baldwin’s presence gave rise to considerable, comment. He is an ap- vointee of Grover Cleveland, and as such was naturally suspected to be opposed to silver monometailism. There wus much mystery connected with his presence untii it leaked out as a rumor that he was there to tell the committee about Mr. Mon- teith’s connection with the railroad strikers while he was acting as their atiorney. It also leaked out that he was not there to give Monteith a certificate of good charac- ter, ail of which was, no doubt, highly pleasing to the Southern Pacific Company. Before Marshal Barry went into the committee-room he was approached by Mr. Monteith, who bad just come out from his conference with the committee. “Did you send a man to San Rafael during the strike to pick up stuff about me?”’ demanded Mr. Monteith sternly. ‘Bless me, no!” responded Mr. Barry, with that soft, conciliatory accent that quelled the mob in Sacramento in 1894. “Bless me! 'Tisn’t so. I wouldn’t be allowed to do 1t; indeed.” “I understand,” continued Mr. Mon- teith, the severity of his manner increas- ing in intensity, “‘that Henry S. Foote is circulating some typewritten statements concerning me that he claims to have se- cured through your office. He is doing this secretly, and I have not been able to get hold of a copy of them. If I could get one I would have him prosecuted for libel. There were some Southern Pacific detectives up there from this City, I know. hy “But, my dear sir,”’ responded Mr. Baldwin, “I am not responsible for South- ern Pacific detectives.” “What!” exciaimed Mr. Monteith in the nreatest astonishment, as he narrowly escaped tumbling over a chair. The very disagreeable scene was termi- nated by a summons from the holy of bolies for Mr. Baldwin, and heaving a deep sighne disappeared into the inner room, Mr. Monteith’s stay before the com- mittee did not last longer than ten minutes. ‘When he came in they asked him very courteously for his withdrawal. Mr. Monteith as courteously refused. He said that he objected to the veto gower vested in two out of the three mem- ers of the silver branch of the committee and be offered to submit his case to a board of arbitration to consist of two respectable Democrats and one respecta- bie Popuiist. Sy was evident that they wanted to scratch him off the ticket, right or wrong, where- upon Mr. Monteith with a gracetul cour- tesy withdrew from the presence of the committee and tell afonl of the wild-man- nered United States Marshal. George W. Baker, attorney for the Southern Pacific, is not 8 member of the conference committee and had no right to be present at its deliberations, but for all that he occupied the inner office and heard all that was said. At 4 0'clock a short recess was taken for refreshments, and it was after recess when Jar. Monteith was called in. He came out at the end of about ten minutes with his usual smile. He was called inside in an informal way by Judge Harris, the Cerberus of the inner veil. “Is Mr. askea the Judge. “Yes,” replied that gentleman. And then with an expression of innocence which amused the spectators he asked: ““Who wants to see me?” “The committee,” replied the Judge. “What for?”’ inquired Mr. Montel just as though he suspected that the com- mittee was about to ask for his opinion on the Cuban war or some other such irrele- vant matter. His innocent question provoked a laugh. One of the committee clerks came ont during recess and announced that the committee had not decided on the First District, and that, in all probebility, the committee would not conclude its labors until 3 o’clock this morning. A disquieting report was wafted across the bay from Qakiand, to the effect that the Populist County Committee of Ala- meda had met on the evening before and bad passed a resolution repudiating Eng- lish and deciaring tne sense of the Popu- lists of Alameda County to be in favor of Mr. Vann, tne People’s party nominee, as the fusion candidate, At 6:30, when the committee adjourned for dinner, it was reported that they had arrived at no conclusion and had nothing to say to the reporters. It transpired, however, that the committee were practi- cally agreed on all the districts except one, and that the evening session would be brief. This is the way looked at recess: Monteith here?”’ in which the slate First District utler Second District—De V. Third District—Vann (Pop. Fourth District—Maguire (D.). Fifth District—Barry (D.). Sixth District— Barlow (Pop.). Seventh District—Castle (Pop.). As the evening began to wear away Mr. English, who had been chatting cheerily in the ante-room, showed signs of nervous- ness, and by 10 o’clock he was not only nervous, but despondent. He had re- ceived & quiet tip from the inside that Governor Budd, Mint Superintendent Dag- gett, W. W. Foote and M. F. Tarpey were actively engaged i knifing his Congres- sional aspirations. While the crowd chatted in the ante- room a tragedy was being enacted in the unholy of Lolies. This is the history of it, and it is a pretty quarrel, indeed, among the Democrats. It appears that the fusion pro or at least the principal parto: origi- nated in Tarpey’sfertile brain. Chairman Alford of the Democratic commitiee was McNab and Daggett, of the Democratic wing of the fusion con- ference committee were appointed by Alford in the interest of Tarpey for the nomination for Congress, Governor Budd hates Euglish because Enlish made some very cutiing remarks corcerning the Governor’s alleged perfidy and peuchant for throwing down his friends. Daggett, McNab, Taroey, Gould and Harry Patton, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth District, are intimate friends of the Governor. In fact it is said that Patton and Jim Budd think through the same quill. So they combined their forces to knife Eng- lish out of the fusion and to down Bar- low, who is Patton’s competitor in the district. T. V. Cator is working for Barlow, and Cator is noi liked by the Democrats of the conference committee, so that the combi- nation was peculiurly favorable for the and the upraising of Patton by one and the same combination, as well as the sweet re- venge of Tarpey and his friends. It is said besides that Maguire and Billy Foote have the Senatorial bee buzzing about in their buzzery, and that Billy Foote, while a member of the English family, thinks that two of the family are too many to be prominent in politics. Heisof the opinion that one in a family is enougzh, and that he shouid be that one. Hence the political Donnybrook fair which has resulted. et it MONTEITH TO CUTLER. He Gives Some Cogent Reasons in an Open Letter Why the Lat- ter Should Withdraw. The foliowing communication explanatory: SAN RAPAEL, Cal., September 5, 1896. is self- in the First District—MY DEAR SIR:" In view of your recent nomination by the Democratic convention al Napa I hasten to address you upon sowe matters of mutual interest. Some two weeks 8go, at the earnest sugges- tion of & number of prominent Democrats who oppose Mr. Huntington's corporation in its effort to tighten its grip upon this common- wealth as of paramount importance, I went 10 Napa &t the first meeting of the convention which nominated you. The prevailing opinion at that time wasthat the party, which from motives of the highest patriotism had rallied to the support of the National Democratic nominee, was in our dis- trict entitled to some similar exhibition of atriotism upon the pari of Democracy, The Nationel issue which hovers about the silver question and that in the State which centers about the anti-raiiroad question should un- doubtedly go hand-in-hand in this fight. Prior 10 August 15 your own parly in Humboldt Gounty had taken the seme view and en- deavored to secure & union of forces upon my- self as the joint candidate of our respective parties. It was then believed that such s coalition would be formed. Upon the mssembling of the Democratic Convention on August 15 this delusion was completcly exploited. The fact tuat the conven- tion, under the mentorship of Thomas J. Geary, Walter H. Levy, Clay Taylor (since elected a delegate tc the gold Democratic Conven- tion), J. C. Ruddock and sundry other friends and acquuintances of Superintendent Daggett of the sint, utterly refused to even entertain the granting of this smali concession to Popu- lism, I have no hesitation to assume tnat these gentlemen were acting in the interests of the railroad. This is notdue to direct evi- dence, but to evidence circumstantial in its nature, but which to my mind leads to that inevitable conclusion. When a set of men undertake to accomplish an object which is clearly ageainst the interests of the party they represent and ot the people who support it, and which is at the e time in the interest of the Southern Pacific, I always concluae that they are acting its interest, although it 1s of course possible that it may be a coinei- dence, which if so renders their position peculiarly unfortunate. It is only fair to you that before coming to the proposition with which I shall conclude that [ draw your attention to some matters of history connected with the present case. 1 canrot believe that any high-minded gentle- man would wittingly become the agency by which Mr. Huntngton’s monopoly could be rendered more secure in the position it un- lawfully maintaios in this State. Immediately after the nomination of Bryan by our convention a strong effurt was made by the Democrats in Humboldt to effect a union of forces with the Populists in that county. The proposed union embraced the indorse- ment of my own candidacy by your party for Congress in this district, and when the Napa convention was about to assemble the eignt delegates from your county pleced their proxies in the handsof D. K. B. Sellers with express instructions to work and vote for my indorsement. Up to tnis time you were not & candidate and your name had not been mentioned. The prosvect of my fndorsement at Napa was & matier of grave apprehension to two ele- ments—the railroad monopoly and the gold- standard men—and they decmed it necessary to secure my defeat at all hazards. They first desired the nomination of one friendiy to their interests; if that could not be, then one who would be 'passive or negative Upon mat. ters in which they were interested, snd if that failed, then any one at_all other than myself. At Naps,on August 15, Mr. Sellers held un- acubtedly the key to the situation, and had he faithfully obeyed instructions your name wouid never have been mentioned. But the ruling powers at Napa at that time were con. fronted with ‘‘a condition, not a theory.” The indorsement of myself would have made elec- tion certain and would have produced some Tnis offer the committeee declined. It] interesting complications. In the first place tlhe railroad would haye placed there, it is said, by Gould, Gavin | and the six members | downfall of English, Cator and Barlow | F. A. Cutler, Democratic Nominee for Congress | been confronted with a candidate whose elec- tion would then have been made certain—who was utterly and absolutely oppoted fo its schemes of every kind or character, and who was not afraid to boldly and defiantly place himself upou record in that particular. Secondiy—Tne railroad would have had to face the prospect of the election of a man who had the iemerity to do all that could be done to secure the punishment of its president and | chief munipulator jor the least of his crimes. Thirdly—John Daggett would have been compelled 10 either supnort or oppose a Popu- list indorsed by the Democratic party who stood pledged and determined to use every possibie endeavor to} drive this same Mr. Dag- gett from the Mint whici he had disgraced by | the flagrant use of its patronage for the un- clean purposes of boss politics. Fourthly — Thomas J. Geary would have etther had to_support a Republican or else a man indorsed by his party who stood in direct and positive ooposition to Mr. Geary in his fight for Mr. Huntington’s funding bill. Fifthiy—Mr. Geary, Clay Taylor, Mr. Rud. dock and the other gold men in that conve: tion who dominated its operations would have been obliged either to support & straight-out silver candidate or leave tueir party This was, indeed, a perplexing situation which required all the art and craft of those most skilled in the Herrin-Levy school of poli- tics to deal with. At last the genius that fills the gap of emergency came to the rescueof the storm-driven and weather-beaten prophets of gold and monopoly. The capiure of Humboldt Coun .y was re- garded as absolutely essential to the destruc- tion of the anti-monopoly cause. To alienate | it from its then definite predilection for the Populist candidate was scen to be absolutely essential. That couid best be done by securing the nomination of some man whose name would raise a strong feeling of local pride on the one hand and control sufficient influence among the Populists on the other to gaina foothold for tnose who would thus engage in this attempt to destroy my own chances of success. Mr. Sellers was then chosen to be the diplo- mat who should educate his neighbors upon the atsolute necessity of union upon silver | aloneand incidentally awaken local interestin | securing & Humboldi candidate. He had no | concern with union in opposition to railroad monopoly. Indeed, he told me on the way | down from Napa, when I met him for the first time, that Humboldt bad no railroads, but he wns hot for uniov on Bryanand silver. The same was true of his distingnished prototype, “Colonel Mulberry Sellers,” whose well-known fidelity totheold flagis'a matter of history. He lsbored with me on the way down from Napa 1o bring me to his plane of patriotism only to meet with that stern obstinacy that is born of & consciousness of being right, for when I realized as I did at Napa the nature of the forces arrayed against me I was at once convinced of the strength oi mycandidacy and the absolute necessity of iis continuance. Wien I parted with Mr. Sellers I did so still ignorantof the fact that hehad been delegated by the Humboldt people to support me and not to assassinate me. On his return to Humboldt,I am credibly in- formed, he at once began the missionary work that wes placed in his nauds. Simultaneously with his reappearance in Eureka that piace was flooded with all sorts of silly canards and | charges. A bitter personal atlack was made upon me. My cLaracter, which is always open 10 the severest scrutiny and investigation, was subjected to the vi estand cruelest ol slanders, secretly aud stealthily made with all the subt and covert art of men schooled in such con- temptible business. | Tnen again the enemy carried their insiai- | ous attack into the house of my friends. My | party was offered anything and evervthing that would result in my sacrifice. The fire | came from every quarter; the selfish ambitions of those who should be maturally with us in | the fight were appealed to, and in some in- stances ot in vein; but withal I thank God | | it never moved me one iota {rom my absolute | | fa1th in the iniegrity of my position. Offers | of other political prefermeut met with the | utter contempt they deserved. But all these | attacks were not without «ffect. Your pro- posed candidacy naturally awakened in the minds of yourself and your Iriends the warm- | est sense of approbation. The interests of the | vast majority and the great principle at stake | were rapidly lost sight of in the awakening | pleasures of new-torn aspirations. The work | in Humboldt was well done, itslocal pride was | aronsed, it was mede to believe that I myselt was but an unworthy stumbling-block in the way of any union and suceess on silver, union | ageinst railroad monopoly was for & time for- gotten. | ~ The crafty influences that were made in their | desperation to secure my overthrow were over- | looked. The intense color and glamour of the | new born situaiion was used even to drive some good and sincere Populists into a partial acquiescence in the new project. This newer | coudition had been wrought wholly by ex- | parie and untrue statements having no fonn. dation in fact. Your good uncle and partne: | Judge Buck, was one of those who was satu- rated with the cloud of monopoly vapor and he at once interested himse.f to secure my drawal in your isvor; he came to San i-co ana iede me a vroposition. He ggested to me that your nomination wes conaitioned wholly upou my withdrawal and that you predicaied your acceptance of the Democratic nomination upon my agreeing to make a campaign with you about the district. 1do not think that your unele realized the full import of his proposition. It was in effect | that I should commit political suicide and | then have my political corpse paraded around | the district fo give the anti-monopoly flavor | to a Democratic candidate neminaied by a convention controlled by the friends of the | railroad. On Saturday your nomination followed, and | you are now the nominee. Your friends had applied to me to withdraw in the interest of union upon silyer. Now that you are nomi- nated, and in view of all the circumstances and of the fact that I am placed in a condition where no honorable man could retire, and in view of the nature of the attack that is made upon me and upon grounds which I believe to be much stronger, 1 ask you to withdraw and leave the ficld to'me in the interest of both free silver and the fight against railroatl mo- | nopoly. 1t is unnecessary to go into detail in regard to my position upon the railroad question which 15 too well Known to require any argu- ment, but your friend Mr. Geary in the Napa convention gave currency something that brings the railroad question more prominently before the people of that district than any other issue if his statementbe_true, and Id= not see how he could have publicly made it unless it was. Until 1 read that statement in the paper I haye always given Judge Barham cregdit for being sincere in his opposition to the railroad, but if Mr. Geary’s statement be true it em- phasizes all the more strongiy the heces:igy of Wy remaining in this fight, and in_ giving'the people in this district a complete opportunity | there was but one dis FRANK MOFFITT’'S VIEWS. The Etforts at Fusion WIil Irjure Bryan’s Chances. “What do I think of fusion on Con- gressmen?’ queried Frank J. Moffitt of the silver committee in response to a question from a CaLL reporter. “Ithink,” continued the Alameda man, ‘“that the way it is being worked it will injure | Bryan’s chances of carrying the State by creating a general disgust for any kind of fusion. “In the first place, how can there be a fusion that is worth a cent unless it is a harmonious fusion? Monteith in the First Congressional District refuses to come down; McGlashan in the Second is fully as determined. ‘It looks as if he were standing in_the interests of Johnson. In the Third Eng- lish is to be switched as it now looks in the interests of Vann. This is giving the nomination here to a man ¥ho ran behind his ticket two years ago and received about 5000 votes and taking it away from another who ran ahead of his ticket and Treceived nearly 13,000 votes. “Kelly will continue to run in the Fifth; Maddox will not come down in the Sev- enth, soyou see that the fusion committee will have created antagonisms that will breed hard feelings in nearly every Con- gressional district in the State, and no 800od results will come of it. “Rather than chance the loss of our electoral vote for Bryan 1 should advise the dropping of all further monkeying with the Songresslonal districts. Let the original Popuiist candidates and the original Democratic nominees run. The five to four fusion on electors would them carry. .."The situation is unfortunate,” added Bir, Moffitt with almost & sob, *‘and jnst as 'ast as the fusion committee beging to ride rough-shod over candidates who re- fuse to be dictated to by it, just as fast will hey retaliate on the fusion electors who do not belong to their particular party. —_——— BOLTING FROM BRYAN. Popullsts Who Will Vote With the Soclalists Here. The peculiar action of the fusion com- mittee, together with the bad odor which pervades the Democracy by reason of its reputation as a pledge-breaker, has dis- gusted a large portion of the honest masses of the Populists and they have de- cided to vote for men whom they know will faithfully represent their principles. As a result of this state of feeling Theo- dore Lynch, chairman of the committee on publication of the State Executive Committee of the Socialistic Labor party, has received several communications from Populists who are dissatisfied with the at- titude of the party in the matter of the fusion on Presidential electors, pledeiug themselves to cast tneir votes for the electors on the National ticket of the Bocialistic Labor party in preference to voting for Bryan or casting five out of the nine votes for Sewall. The nominees of the Socialist Labor party for President and Vice-President are | Charles H. Matchett of New York and Matthew Maguire of Paterson, N.J., re- spectively. The National platform de- mands the governmental ownership of all means of production and distribution. CATAesEA J. W. MITCHELL EXPLAINS . His Reasons for Desiring the Nomi- nation of Patton. John W. Mitchell of Los Angeles, who is here assisting in making Patton’s fight in the Sixth District, made this statement to a CaLL reporter last night on the situa- tion: *Of course I cannot tell what the fusion committee wiil do, but I have my opinion of what is richt to do—especially as to the Sixth District. The logic and geography of the situation demand that Patton, the cendidate immediately representing Los Angeles County, be the fusion nomiree. “Los Angeles County has 48,000 voters, has next to the largest city on the coast, and any plan that will result in taking the possible Congressman from Los Angeles will be a grave mistake. “I have no personal objection to Barlow, the Populist nominee, or a general fu- sion—I favor fusion, but I hold that if ict in the State to be vielded by the PopRlists to the Demo- | crats the Sixth would be entitled to most consideration, for the reason that the only Populist Congressman ever elected from this State was indorsed and elected by Democratic votes four years ago in the Sixth District. If Patton is the fusion candidate he will be elected by 2 large ma- jority. “McLachlan is the weakest Congres- sional timber in the State, and the er Republican vote in the Sixth District is very strong. Patten would have a good chance in a three-cornered fight. But I hope and believe he will be the fusion can- didate. It is hard to stay the logic of the situation which demands it.” McKINLAY CHOSEN. Work of the State Central Commit- tee Meeting Yesterday. The Republican State Central Commit- tee met yesierday afternoon at their head- quarters in the Palace Hotel, and elected D. E. McKinlay, a house-painter of Santa Duncan E. McKinlay, Republican Candidate. for Presidential Elector in the Place of Colonel Crocker, Resigned. to cast their votes where they will know to an absolute certainty there will 'be no suspicion of leaning towara Mr Huntiagton. In addition to this the bitter attacks of Mr. Geary and others who are with you. in this contest upon myseif isstili further evidence that I should remain where I stand. You will therefore see .that your candidacy simpl. jeopardizes both the silver and the anti- moncpoly issue, and in view of that condition of things I now appeal to you and to the same patriotism in you to which your friends stated they sppesled to when they asked me to with- draw. Should, however, you conciude to deny this appeal I shall give you the credit for do- ing s0 as a result of your honest determina- tion, and shall then go into the trianguiar fight as vigorously and as insistently as I know how. Requesting you to give this matter your respectful cousigeration, I remain sincerely yours, - GEORGE W. MONTEITH. Rosa, to fill the vacancy on the electoral ticket caused by the resignation of Colonel Crocker. The resignation of J. 8. McBride of Ne- vada as a member of the State Central Committee was accepted, and W. F. En- §f'b"“"‘ was appointed in his place. Mr. cBride stated that he couid not attend the State Central Committee meetings without much inconvenience. Mr. McKinlay is in Southern California stumping for {hjor McKinley and pro- tection. SaL o2l A Gold House.” The following letter has been received by TuE Cavy: Editor of The Call—DEAR SiR: We have the honor of notifying you that a test vote was held among the employes of Sachs Bros. & Co. to-day. The result was as follows: McKinley, ‘44 votes; for Br: shows conclusively that this Yours respectfully, , 1 vote. & gold house. WILLIAM HIGGINS. il p i s IN THE THIRTY-SIXTH. Republican Club No. 2 Holds a Rousing Meeting—Com-~ mittees. _Republican Club No. 2 of the Thirty- sixth Assembly District met at Rolander’s Hall, Twenty-eighth and Church streers, last night, The meeting was addressed by John T. Dare, L. Gustaf Schroder, Hon. A. P. Van Dugzer, and a recitation and song were pixen by P. Flarety. The executive and finance committees were appointed by the president as fol- lows: Executive committee—M. F. Tlglor (pres! dent), James Corlett, John More, George Hi ris, James Erwin, William Cook, A. B. M: honey, William Thurgood, James Sheridan. J. H. Moore, arles Meyers, M. Culnan, John Carroll, John Woods, C. Thomas. Finance committee — Eugene Dasse (presi- dent), W. Fisher, L. Brown, H. J. Alexander, Charles Woods, William Parker, J. J. Lorentz, R. C. Thorpe, F. Short. 5 ogh Y WEST END REPUBLICANS. Ratification Meeting to Be Held in the Thirty-Seventh District. A well attended meeting of the West End Republican Club of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District was held last night at Terminal Hall, Haizht street, near Stan- yan, B. L Salomon presiding. The report of the executive committee was re- ceived and adopted and it was resolved that a ratification meeting be held at 1970 Page street, on Thursday evening, Sep- tember 17, at 8 o’clock. This club is progressing very rapialy, the membership baving increased to over 300. The officers of the ciub are: B. I Salo- mon, president; John R. Aitken, first vice- president; W. G. Long, second vice-presi- dent; John Bennett, secretary; James Cairns, treasurer; John Sparks, sergeant- at-arms. The members of the executive commit- | tee are: C.O. Burton (chairman), M. M. Stern, James Alva Watt, Charles D. Mc- Gowan, E. O. Tuttle, Lyman Mowry, A. B. Maynard. Finance committee—General E. 8. Salo- mon, W. J. Ruddick, Louis Hammer- smith, Judge J. M. Troutt, C. D. Salfield, Hon. George W. Dixon, E. H. Wakeman, Josenh Goddard, C. 8. Crittenden anda B. H. Patrick. HER SON MISSING. Mrs. M. E. Allen of Rosslands, B. C., Anxious Over the Whereabouts of a Prodigal Boy. Mys. M. E. Allen of Rosslands, B. C.,1s | in this City searching for her son, who left her at Great Falls, Mont., in April, 1893, and whom she has not heard of since. The boy, whose name in full is Henry Bartholomew Crowley Jonns, and resulted | from her union with her first husband, first went to Vancouver and from there to San Francisco on the Lizzie Colby. 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