The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1896, Page 2

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEK of the convention for these three offices, It was all spontzneous ana deeply in earnest. Every clause in the platform of the regular Repubiican party of San Fran- cisco was accep ed with ringing plaudits, which told of its hearty reccommendation by the convention. 3 When Chairman T. P. Riordan called the convention to order the Auditorium was densely crowded and the galleries were full to the walls. With the rap of 1he gavel silence fell upon the large gath- ering. James A. Stevens moved that the read- ing of the minutesoi the previous meet~ ing be dispensed with. The motior was promptly seconded and carried unani- mously. 3 . The report of the committes on organi- zation and order of business was read by Assistant Secretary Andrew Branch, % The report was adopted by a unani- mous vote which was greeted with ap- lause. 1 Immediately after John M. Chretien read the report of the committee on plat- form and resclutions. He said by way of introduction that his comfmittee had con- gidered all interests in the regular Repub- lican party of San Francisco, with a view that justice be done to all and that none be stighted. This announcement, brief as it was, called out enthusiastic applause, where- Mr. Chretien added: *We have done the best that we could, and sincerely hope that our efforts 1n behalf of every in- terest of the local Republican party will meet with your approval and the approval of all Republicans of 8an Franciseo.”’ The meeting was interrupted by a burst of applause when the names of McKinley and Hobart were mentioned, and at vari- ous other places the platiorm was cheered. 1i is as follo The Reput of San Frar n party of the City and County , this day assembled in muni- convention, s cipal, judicial and legislative dops the following declaration of principles’ We dorse the National Republican platiorm and ticket, and pledge ourselves to the support of the ‘Repubiican candidates for President and Vice-President, Willism McKinley and Garret A. Hobart. ‘We believe in_protection that protects 1in ovening the factories of our country d unlimited coinage n citizens. ffairs of this munici- upon the same prin- of honesty snd economy that prevail in private business enterprises. he indebledness of this City and County to its just creditors should be promptly and fully paid and discharged. vor & liberal appropriation for Golden Park. not to e 1, however, 5 cents on :d valuation of property; devoted to the improvement of Buena Vista Park. We favor the park and public school addi- tions requested by our feliow-citizens of the Mission. We in Don-sect shall h req ) t that the school system shall be an, and that our public schools e all moneys that may be reasonabiy d for their maintenance. alaries of teachers and other employes e schools shall be promptly paid before school indebtedness is incurred for any er purpose, and all Supervisors should be required 1o set apart each. year asufficient sum to pay the salaries of all teachers in the School Department. We favor the inauguration in our public schools of a system of physical training with competent teachers. We heartily indorse the demands of the As. sociated Bieycle Clubs of the City and County of San Francisco as embodied in the following resolufions: We believe that the improvement of our roads and highways is a matter of first im- portance to the people of the State and of this munieipslity, and, to that end, we are in fayor of the passage of & bill at the next session of the Legisiature increasing the powers, facili- 1ies and scope of the State Bureau of High- wey We favor the session of the to be baggaj oth, el assage of & bill atthe next gislature declaring the bicycle and compelling railwey and r transportation compauies to carry bicy- on the same terns as other baggage. e favor the repaving of Market street, the principal thoroughiare of ouc City, with a smooth and modern pavement. The lighting by electricity of Golden Gate ark. We favor the rights of wheelmen while rid- ing on public highways. We demand_the removal from our streets of unused and abandoned rails of streetcar com- panies. We denounce the ordinance of the Board of Supérvisors requiring peddlers to wear tag, and aemand its immediate repeal. We pledge our nominees for the office of Superyisor to & just and reasonable regulation of the rates for gas, water and electric lights in this City and County Onr nominees for Supervisor shall be further pledged to a rate of taxation not to exceed $1 per $100 of assessed valuation (exclusive of the tax for park 1mprovement and asinking fund). No lnws shall be passed attempting to inter- fere with the personal conduct or habits of the eople £0 long ss they accord with the existng aw of the jand. We recommend the passage and enforcement of legislation that will protect established property rights sgainst the assertion of stale and unlawiul claims of title. We recommend that more suitsble police vatrol-wagons and ambulances be provided the public coveni tion. We favor the impro our the generalsanilary con w charter is one of the important sub- jects to come before the people of San Fran. ©isco at the mext election. We recommand thatall Republican voters carefully consider ons. avor the passage of a law providing that ary elections shall be held substan- n manner and form asa genersl elec- tion, We condemn the raising of the assessment of this City by the State Board of Equalization as infamous, and insist that the Legislature should provide for the election at large of the members of the State Board of Equalization. We are in favor of equal rights to all sports- men who huut and fish, and are opposed to the granting of special privileges. We favor the early construction of a cable from the California coast to the Hawaiian Isiands. the We believe thet the building of Nicaragus cenal will be for the best interesis of the whole peopie of the United States, and especially of the Pacific Coast. Ve sympathize with the Cubans in their struggle for Liberty. We believe that the obligations of all cor- porations serving the people should be dis- charged in the same bonorable manuner as are private oblications and thesame legal reme- dirs adopted for their enforcement. We recommend the urgent passage of all such just and proper legisiation, both State and Nationsl, as will protect the workingman from competition with the cheap laborof the Orient, both Chinese and Japanese, We declere that in electing or lp?(’llnflng to icaloffices no distinction should be made ween citizens as to creed or color. No person, except the nominees for judicial offices, shall become the candidate of this con- vention unless he shall wholly and without reservation indorse the principles of the Re- publican platiorm. Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. CHRETIEN, rman of the commitice on platform and oluiiens. The platform was adopted amid hearty applause after Martin Stephens of the Thirty-ninth District hae moved for the original question, which shut off debate. The convention was onl?' too well satisfiea with the patriotic declaration of princi- ples, and to a man almost, the delegates saw notking to amend or to introduce, Nominations, according to the order of business, were then in order. They were made amid frequent outbursts of enthu- siasm that clearly indicated the entire commendation of the nominations, and the unity of sentiment which pervaded the assemblage in favor of good ana true men as representatives of the regular Republican party in San Francisco, The chair announced that nominations for Mayor were in order, and Robert Ash of the Thirty-sixth Assembly District pre- sented the name of Colonel C. L. Taylor, the Supervisor, for that office. Ash spoke to the point, though compelled to desist ble proportion thereof be | WILLIAM A\, DEANE, the Regular Republican Candidate for Auditor. applause which evolved into a storm of cheers and shouts expressige_of the en- thusiasm felt for the Supervisor who has | made such an enviable record within the | past two years. When the demonstration | bad subsided safficiently Mr. Ash con- | tinued as follows: . The gentleman whom I have numed is known as one of the most honest Supervisors the City | has ever had. He has represented the City | and County of San Franeisco in & most honor- able and satisfactory manner. to every citizen, The Republicans are proud of his record, and 1 pledee you, gentiemen, that if he is nomin- ated here to-night he will lead us to honor and suceess. Martin Stevens of the Thirty-ninth As- | sembly District seconded the nomination | in an eloquent speech, which still further stirred the convention. He said: Mr. Chairman, gentiemen and fellow Repub- licans : It looks us if we are goiug to have a little fight here, ana that is what we like, be- cause it will be a fair fight and the best man will win. Iam here for the purpose of second- ing the nomination of Charles L. Taylor. The immortal Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people all the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time. but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” If Lincoln were here and he knew arles L. Taylor he would be standing on this platform and pointing his index finger at him and say- ing that through al his long and honorable life he never fooled any of the people any of the time. | Here isa man who can unite the Republican party of this City and County, and the Repub- iican who cannot vote for him deserves to be incontinently kicked out af his party. We have divisions in this County; we have & great newspaper which ought 10 be supportin the regular Republican organization. If in al the wide domain of this State, if from the top- most #:Orner of the State to the bottom, if in any place there is one man who owes the Re- pu{llcun party his unfaitering fealty and s\lronles! support, it is Michael Henry de Young. Sgainst the sentiments of the State, against every portion of it: agaiust the sentiments of the City and County, the then Republican organization sent its delegates to Sacramento, and they voted for him for United States Sen- ator first, last and all the time. If there is a man who shoula vote this ticket, and par- ticularly if Charles L. Tavlor is nominated, it is Mr. de Young. If he does not support him he is no longer & Republican,and the senti- ments ho expresses in_his paper are not Re- ublican sentiments, [Cheers and applause.] 'his is a most importaut office. Ii the charter is adopted the Mayor will appoint nearly all the officers in this City and County. It be- hooves us, then, 1o elect the Mayor if we wish to save the City from the corrupt spoliation ot Democratie misrule, that has burdened it so long. Taylor can win, and we want to win,and I beligve that the other convention will be cer- tain to nominate him. He reviewed the record of the Supervisor while in office, and paid a high tribute to for Willie Deane,” and three good cheers were given. » - Schooler said that Deane is a printer by | profession, and a bright, competent young an, who enjoys rewmarkable popularity ol ver tow whes e i lived from childhood. His character and his fitness for the office were so well known, the spezaker said, it was not necessary to dwell upon those qualities. Deane has been an active Republican for many years and has many friends in the Democratic ranks as we'l as in his own plrty. He is a brother- in-law of M. H, de Young, editor and pro- prietor of the Chronicle. The nomination was seconded by P. A. Bergerot of the Thirty-eighth District. Deane was declared the choice of the convention. “IsBilly Deane in the hall?’’ asked Chairman Riordan. He was pres- ent, and as soon as he showed himself on the platform delegates and spectators cheered enthusiastically. He indorsed the platform of the regular Republican party, and was declared the nominee by acclamation. In his speech Mr. Deane was overcome by the hearty reception ac- corded him, but clearly indorsed the plat- form. Fred A. Elliott of the Thirty-sixth Dis- trict mamed for Tax Collector a man who, he said, was eminently qunalified for the position, a stuccessul business man, promi- nentin social and political circles and a popular representsative of the German citizens—Cord Wetjen. The nomination was seconded by Lincoln E. S8avage, who said he had known Mr. Wetjen as a “square’ and honorable man and a worthy member of ihe regular Republican party of this CIt; Mr. Wetjen said that_if he was elected Tax Coliector the business of the office | would be conducted in an honest, intelli- {gent and business-lice manner. He | thanked the convention for the honor of nomination, dnd was then declared the nominee by acclamation. At this juncture Colonel Taylor walked from the wings upon the stage. Assoon as hesnowed himself fairly before the zonven- { tion a wild, enthusiastic cheer went up | from all parts of the house. Delegates threw their hats into the air; others jumped to their feet and swung their arms enthusiasticelly. ]t was some time before this magnificent spontaneous reception { came to an end, and then Mr. Taylor, in a | dignified and vigorous mapner, in itself conyincing, made his speech of acceptance, saying: Fellow Republicans: I esteem this nomina- tion a great honor for more reasons than one. In the first place, in looking at your faces, I see before me a body of intelligent, representa- tive men—representative of the great princi- CORD H. WETJEN, the Republican Candidate for Tax Collector. his honor, honesty and 'lhflity ard faith- fulness to duty. Continuing, he said: . It needs a man of this kind forthe office of Mayor, and the taxpayers are ripe for a man of this kind. They want a man who can hold a thieving Board of Supervisors in check, and thisis the man. When the applanse following Stevens’ address ceased a voice from the Thirty- second District was heard above the cries for “Taylor!” “Colonel Taylor!” All the delegates listened to what was coming {rom the Thirty-second when the chair :zr:d recognized Michael Hines of that dis- lct. “I understand,” yelled Hines, “that Colonel Taylor has been already nomina- ted. He has been nominated by the A. P. A." [Cries of “No, no.”] “I want to say, sir, that Mr. Taylor hails from Maine, and Maine, sir, knows no at repeated intervals by the plaudits of | creed,” exclaimed Btevensof the Korty- bis gudience, He said: Mr., Chairman: I desire to make a nomina- tion for the responsible and im rtant posi- tion of Mayor. This convention !‘:ozhe Repub- lican _conventjon of the City and County of San Francisco. [Applause I wish 1o nomi- mete & man who is well known to you, & gentleman who will be & successful unrfld‘m The gentleman who I provose to place in nomination first saw the light in the East; who comes from one of our New Eugland S“‘efx; who comes from ‘:l“ State which wi are a in the lead of the Republic: arty and its principles, a State which has p!\ln’;llhw us such statesmen as James G. Blaine [a ¥ the grandest representative ot the Republi: protective policy; and can party and its another graud represen- e tnthve of Hepuiiis ipl g tative ol publican principles and bl defender of our National honor, ~ 0 * 2oble The gentleman whom I desire to nominate s known to you all. ‘It is Colonel Charles L. Taylor. ) At the mention of Supervisor Taylor's name there Was a 5pontaneous outburst of third, whereupon the house gave ventto a lusty cheer. The name of Colonel Taylor was placed before the convention by the chairman, who shouted, “There is no creed in this organization. This conven- ggn is lbO"; c‘r;odi it xn‘olvu none.” ere was a thundering *‘aye’’ in response and Colonel Taylor was declared the regu- lar Republican nominee for Mayor of the | City and County of San Francisco. + AsiColonel Taylor was not present the chair appointed Jobn M. Chretien, Robert Ash and Martin Stevens as a committes to escort him tothe convenuon hall, so that he could apvear before the delegates and indorse the platform. William H. Schooler of the Forty-first District placed in nomination for Auditor William A. Deane, 1n a highly eulogistic The name was tea with loud and long cheering. The gaileries went fairly wild, and waen '.hesi.n at last sub- sided some -one called out, “‘Three cheers ples of the Republican party. But more than allis the fact that I have been one of the hum- ble seryants of this government for nearly two years, and I look upon this nomipation as &n indorsement of my actions in the past, and Iappreciate it on that account beyond any ex- pression that I cen give. Ido not propose to take up your time with any extended remarks. I ao not need to tell you that L have long been in the Republican ranks, and that forty years ago I was chairman of the Republican’ County Committee and served as such for several years, and that I presided over the first ratification meeting of the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, and I have served in the Republican party ranks continuously ever since. 1 have several times received the votes of the people for different . positions, ana of them were unsought, &s was the case two years ago. I was not advised and did not know until 10 o’clock next morning that I wes nominated at that time. Inever ran for office, but I feel that with your support and the support I am offered outside of the Republican ranks, for 1 Lave been visited' within the past three or four months by hundreds of Demmnn: who have proffered me their services, I 1l certainly carry the day. Idonot know how loyal the Democrats &re to their party this year. Ifind that many are very shaky. They are ng to get in and give theirsirength fo the party of prosperity, and I expect to see on election day an unususi turning over of that element which has always heretofore been steadfast the ranks of the Democratic party. . 1 have been called upon within the last two g‘nhncdmm-yflunwnnm do if T ayor. ‘were Ican't hl:i{on what I would do if I E’““lfl, want to know what I am indorsing. ut I know that the ublican party has not rreunufl anything to you in its platiorm that cannoi indorse. I'am satisfied without knowing that they have presented principles that 1f we live up to and fight for during this election, and after the election, will give satis- faction to the people; therefore I am ready to indorse it without reading any of the princi- ples that are promuigated in your platform. 1n conclusion hs thanked the conven- tion for the honor conferred upon hit, and said he was willing to receive the iln memeal of all other clubs n:dlorgnz zations, but proposed, nevertheless, maintain his IIPeghnce to the Republican party, which, he said, was thsrdplrty of protection, and would go forward to vic- tory in November under the leudarshl&of that grand banner-bearer trom Ohio, Wil- liam McKinley. Three clieers were given for Colonel C. L. Taylor, the regular Republican nomi- nee for Mayor of San Francisco, and the convention adjourned until this evening at 8 o'clock. Nominations will then be continued in the selection of a Treasurer, Superiutendent of Streets and municipal judicial officers, Alter the cinvention adjourned dele- gates of the Forty-second Assembly Dis- trict convened and selected Lorenzo Henry as their nominee for the Assembly. Henry is a printer and a native son. He has occupied positions in the State Printer's office during two terms and is now following his profession here. Delegates of the Thirty-eighth Assem- bly District met yesterday and organized by the election of P. A. Bergerot for chair- man and C. Z. Soule for secretary. OPINIONS OF ABLE LAWYERS Legal Creators of Ct;unty Conventions and Com- mittees. FAKERS ARE SHOWN UP Congressional Bodies Have but Certain Limited Powers. CANNOT WIELD OTHER POWERS After They Have Performed Their Prescribed Functions They Go Out of Existence. There has been of late considerable talk in Democratic and other anti-Republican newspapers to the effect that there is a division of greater or less extent in the ranks of the Republicans of this City, so far as local offices are concerned. The Democratic papers have gloated over the fact and have espoused the cavse of the small fraction of people who have been dragged into the circus by the false pre- tenses of Martin Kelly and his side part- ner, Senator Mahoney. <They do this because by bolstering the weak cause of the usurpers they hope to make the divi- sion permanent. The few' henchmen of Martin Kelly, who, by the by, 1s being treated with great consideration by the Examiner, which not long ago denounced him asa boodler and a ruffian, are making considerable noise with a few loud voices for the purpose of inducing the belief in the minds of the people that the regular Republican County Committee and the County Convention were unauthorized bodies and usurpers. In order to set the matter in its true light and in order that the people who are entitled to know may be advised as to the merits of the case, a CALL reporter yester- day interviewed several lawyers of high standing in this City as to the legal posi- tion of the Republican committee of which Mr. Manwaring is chaiiman and of the Republican County Convention of which Thomas D. Riordan is chairman. They bave staked their reputations as lawyers on the soundness of the opinions advanced by them, and for that reason those opinions are entitled to the respectful con- sideration of the people. Judge 8. C. Denson, one oi the best- known lawyers in the State of California, said: “The regular Republican County Con- vention, of which the Hon. Thomas D. Riordan is chairman, was called by the sular County Central Committee, which derives its title and claims its genealogy for years back as the controlling body of the Republican parjy in this Connty. 1 know of no reason wiy it shoutd not be recognized as the legal organization in control. “I understand that its authority is ques- tioned only by some gentlemen who were elected delegates, or who claim to have been electea delegates, to the National Convention at St. Louis, and who were recognized as such by the National Com- mittee and the National Convention; but Idon’t understand that, under party law or usage, such delegates have any juris- diction over county, State or municipal affairs. They are simply crefitures of the Congressional district convention, and nothing else. “I don’t know what authority they have in the district where I live greater than that exercised by the County Central Com- mittee of—say Alameda County, or of any other district, Congressional or otherwise. If they have any authority from the Forty- first District, in whigh I reside, I know of no reason why the delegates of the South- eru Congressional District, or of any other distriet in the State, shouid not also claim like authority. In short, Ido not vnder- I!I‘llid that they have any such authority avall, “‘The Fourth Copgressional District Convention having performed its duties within its powers has become functus officio, or dead to the world to use a bomely phrase, Itsoniy remaining power wouid be to fill whatever vacancies may oceur in its Congressional or Presidential electoral nominations.” Thomas D. Riordan said : “In the first place, conceding for the sake of the argnment that the decision of the National Committee seating Messrs. pear and Kowalsky was correct, all that committee decided was that the conven- tion which nominated those gentlemen as ational delegates was the legal conven- tion of the Fourth Congressional District. A Congressional district convention is formed “for the purpose of electing dele- gates at large to the National Convention, ongressmen, Presidential electors, State Committe men, and theré 1ts duties and W?“ S ctlin Kell; d Mah veople “Now, the y an one claim that the Fourth District 60!!&!‘:.- nal Conyention can go further a that llmsl! because they inserted the words ‘and such other business as may be brought before it,’ but those words appear in every call, and the fact that this phrase is does not mean that they can were Mayor. We will wait until the occasion 11 comes la{- , and when it does I will en- fiom‘ngamnfim"fi'm&m deavor fo be there and_do my duty ta the best | om0, 80 ApPoll of my ability. If I am elected I shall make an | ™1 or anything else. effort to serve the people of this City and e Fourth Con, nal District County without rd to party and o;n-u do zen8 less of party. At the same time, as I said before, I have been long enough in the ranks of the Republican ‘party ‘o make my friends confident that I shali te true to my Republican colleagues, but {':h‘;u'l‘:okm:,m general interests to the 5t Of my al s 1 don’t know what the platform is and I the best for the Y re 1, tee all of 8 years ag N Ci willi; sio; in inserted “Thi takes in ‘only a little more than one half o e lie they e wards, and when miake that statement. Their claim rests ©On the fact that the wards touch the Fourtn District, but thereare only a few houses in that situation and not more than ten votes. The vast area of terri- [yl EXJUDGE HENRY C. DIBBLE of the Forty-First District, Regular Republican Nominee for the Assembly. tory included in the ¥ifth Congressional [to that convention, and they settled a District constitutes considerably more | matter that was wit than_one-third of the City and County of | juriediction. San Francisco. “It has never been known in the hislory of either the Democratic or Republican xn:les that the Congressional convention ad power to call a municipal convention. That power emanates from the County Committee and from no other source. This has been the rule and the precedent of both political parties from time imme- morial. “Our convention was called by this Couuty Committee, elected two years ago, and whose legality has never been ques- tioned and is not even now being qhes- tioned, The powers of that committee continue to exist until its successors are elected and qualified. The two years of the term of ihe County Committee have not yet expired.” Judge Henry C. Dibble, on being asked for his professiopal opinion on the sub- ject, replied: “To my mind there can be no question whatever as to the legality of the Repub- fican convention presided over by Thomas D. Riordan, and ‘the County Commiitee of which Mr. Manwaring is chairman. It is unquestionably the only legal County Committee in existence. It has received its powers by direet transmission from the County Committee which preceded it, and 80 on back through the history of the Re- publican party in San Francisco for many years. ‘At the last general election in San Francisco the candidates nominated by the convention which constituted the present County Committee were recognized by the Election Commissioners, and were {lcea upon the fink':n astheregularnom- nees of the Repubifean party, and there s no reason in the world why the nom- inees of the present conventionshounld not be soregarded and treated by the Registrar and the Election Commissioners, aside from any division that may or may not exist among Republicans i San Fran- cisco. It seems to me to be beyond any ques- tion that the Mainwaring County Commit- tee is the only one in existence.’”” J. Aiva Watt said: “The present County Committee, of which Mr. Manwaring is chairman, is the reguolar successor of its predecessor, the County Committee which called into ex- istence the convention held in 1894, That County Committee was the successor of its predecessors cn&ed into existence and or- ganized in the" same manner duringa period of many years. “The legal existence and authority of the county committees so organized, ex- isting and succeeding each other, has never been questioned in the political his- tory of the State. The line of succession isundisputed and cannot be attacked upon any legal ground, the proof of which is that no attack bas been made npon it, ex- cept by the present so-called Kelly- Mahoney faction of the party, which fac- tion is but a fraction even on paper, with-- out support or backing of any consider- able number of Republicans of this City, and which pretends to have organized for municipal and county purposes. *‘That pretense 1s founded upon the rO- ceedings had for the ‘purpose of nominat- ing Congressthen and Presidential electors in the several Congressional districts of the State. Their organization had its in- ception in a call issued by the National Committee for the election of delegates in the several ngressional districts throughout the whole country for the pur- ose_of nominating Congressmen and residential Electors. That cail of itself, however, distinculy recognized the sepa- rate and legal existence of the State Cen- tral Committees in the different Btates, and in this Btate the call was not consid- ered of itself operative, but was given effect only through the action of the State Central Committee in this State. “At the time of the issuance of the call of the National Committee there were no existing Congressional committees save in one district. The Fourth and Fifth Con- gressional districts were without Con- ressional committees. The State Central mmittee, in order to give effect to the call of the National Committee, adopted & resolution whereby the members of the 8tate Central Committee residing in the several Congressional districts had dele- lx’? to them the power to select and int the Con‘freulonnl Committee for ch district, and by that means the ex- isting Congressiona! District Committees were called into existence. No conflict as to the selection of those Congressional Committees occurred in any district in the State, save in the Fourth. “In that district, at two separate meet- [nm the State Central Committeemen resi g therein, two separate Congres- sional committees were chosen and a con- flict ’rou as to which of those Congres- sional committees was regularly chosen. “The purpose of the call of the National Committee was as I have stated, namely, to provide for the nomination of Congress- men, Presidential electors and delegates to the National Convention. The National Convention ognized the election of Messrs. Spear Kowalsky as delegates hin their power and It naturally followed that the nominees of the same convention for Congressmen and Presidential electors were legally and properly nominated, but there the powers, duties and functions of the Congressional convention ended and that convention could not by its own acts perpetuate ils existence nor eniarge its Dowers, “The TFourth Congressional District constitutes but a fractional part of the City and County of San Francisco. The convention of that district had no power to exercise any rights, duties or functions whatever in the Fiith Congressional Dis- trict, which had its independent conven- tion. ‘The Fifth Congressional District Con- vention of which I was and am the chair- man, having nominated its Congressman and Presidential elector, adjourned to the call of the chair. No meeting of that convention, either of itself or jointly with the Fourth Congressional District Con- vention, has ever since been called. “The so-called Kelly-Mahoney County Committee was appointed at an alleged joint meeting of the Fourth and Fifth Congressional districts, but since no such joint meeting was ever called or held by any legal authority, and since the alleged source of authority never existed, it fol- | lows that the XKelly-Mahoney County Commttee, so called, has not and never had any legal existence. “The Kelly-Mahoney convention gets its pretended autnority from an alleged County Committee calied into existence as above stated, but it can have no greater or higher authority than that which called itinto existence, and it legitimately fol- lows, therefore, that it has no legal exist- ence. “If it should be claimed that the Con- gressional committees in the several Con. gressional districts in the State alone rep- resent the power and authority of the Re- publican party, it must follow that the action of every county convention held throughout the State under the auspices | M. and jurisdiction of the county committees is illegal and void, and there has not been 8. legal nomination for any Superior Judge, Assemblyman, Senator or cther officer in the State. The statement of this fact alone shows the ridiculous and pre- posterous nature of the pleas ndvancen‘rby the so-called Kelly-Mahoney faction. “‘If the Fourth Congressional District had the power to call into existence a county committee, the Fifth Congressional Dis- trict convention, which emurates a large section of the City, had the same power and may still be called upon to exercise the same functions and have the same power as is vested in the Congressional district conventions and the entire Fiftn District is entitled to participate therein | and it would follow that we would be | obliged to call in the delegates from the counties of S8an Mateo and Santa Clara, which coustitute a part of the Fifth Dis- trict, to participate in the proceedings leading up to the nomination of a muni- cipal c,onvemion in the City of San Fran- cisco,"” John M. Chretien gave his opinion as follows: “Ever since thé Republican party was organized in thnis County the municipal convention has been recognized by a cer- tain number of people who composed the Uounty Committee. The County Commit- tee is the body which calls the convention for the putpose of electing delegates to the municipal convention, which, in turn, would nominate officers for the municipal election.. That county convention, while in session, would name the successors of that body which had called them together, and the peurle whom they elected were to serve until their successors qualified. “Following that rule and principle laid down by Democrats and Republicans alike, two years ago the Republican County Convention, which was presided over by Mr. Watt, named the County Committee. After they had done so they adjourned sine die. They were tiien dead and out of existence. This County Com- mittee were the sole arbiters of the quali- fications of its members. They conld in- crease or diminish their numbers, and ex- pel or suspend anybody that they wanted toin their County Committee by a majority vote. Their term of office does not expire tiil January 1, 1897, and until that time they are the only successors ot the County Com- mittees that have existed during the past twenty years. They have the books, the archives and other property handed down by their predecessors. They call the county convention which names their suc- cessors, and, whether they name tzie same men_or new men has nothing to do with any National party or any State Central Committee, nor with any members of the National Committee from Maine, or Il- linois, or Nebraska, because, while we are Republicans, we believe in State rights to this extent, that no combination of men from different States and territories of the United States can direct or dictave who shall be the Coroner of this City and County, or who shall be the County Com- mittee. *“The State Central Committee has rec- ognized us; our State convention in ses- F YOU NEED A good blood medicine, if you are im search of a bowel regulator, get the best, and you will find the best to be sion in Sacramento has recognized us as far as'it could. 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AT AUCTION TUESDAY... i .é.S?III’TE.MBER 29, 1898, AT OUR SALES!&OM; 638 MARKET ST. BUSINESS PROPERIY, ¥° SH 2 IPLE Southwest corner of F' Front building on Fifth streez, store and 6 roo Tear building on Shipley street, 2 Franch flats Tenis $56; streets in bituminous rock and o ment walk on'Fifih street; Fifc street line: coruer Iot, 25x7 FELL ST.-IMPLOVED PROPERTY. North line (Nos. 408 and 40815) ot Fell street, 82:6 west of Octavia. Improvements—32 flais of 7 and 5 rooms and bath; alsoon Linden avenue, front, 4 flats of 8 Tooms each; 1ull income $58; Fell street and walk bituminized; Linden avenue in basalt biock; Havyes-strect cab le; large 10t, 25x.120 feet, through to Linden avenue. < MISSION HEIGHTS—COTTAGE. West line (No. 164) of Clara avenue, 168 feet north of Eighteenth s:reet, near Douglass. Pretty cottage of 5 rooms and bath; street sowered, graded and macadamized; cement wali ron fencing; Eighteenth-s.reet electric-cars; lot 28x136 feel.g 8 = RICHMOND CORNER. Northeast corner of California street and Twen- tieth avenue. A large, fine business corner with small building Ccontaining store and 4 rooms; Sutro Eiectric and Cailfornia-street cars; large corner lot, 29x120 feet. TWO MISSION COTTAGES, Southeast line of Arlington streer, 413 feet south- west of Roanoke, 379 and 381 Arlington street. Two preity bay-window cottages of 4 rooms and bath; in fine condition; but one minute's walk from San Francisco and San Mateo electric road: rents $10 each; will be sola singly; lots 25195 eaca. reet car s and Market- BADEN CORNER LOT. Near Baden station, on the S. P. R. k., and_on the main county road, San Francisco and Ssan Jose: also Within & few feet of the eiectric-road terminal. This is a large and choice trlangulas business corner; wonld pay 1o build a roadhouse on I : travel I8 Very large passing samo: examine It musc be 80id; corner triangular 10t, 142%162x89 LARGE MISSION KESIDENCE LOT. Norih line of Twenty-second street. 152:5 foet east of Sanchez; Mission and Twenty-fourth srea eiectric; large bullding lot, 50:11x114. SOUTHSIDE-DOUBLE LOT. East lipe of Eieventh avenue, 100 feet north of Jstreet; doublelotnear Golden Gate Park ; H-street dummy and Metropolitan electric; lot 50x120 feet. FOR ACCOUNT WHOM IT MAY CON- CERN. XNorth line of Greenwich street, 80 feet west ot Broderick: a large, fine residence lot, all ready for building; Unton-street cable; large lot, 51x8) and Teet. Northwest eorner of Rhode Tsland and Yoo streets: Yot all ready for builiing ; streets bitumyn: ized and sewered; Polrero-avenus road; 10t S0X75 fest. ALSO...... An undivided one-half fnterest in about 18 acres planced jn orange troes 4 years oid, located in the a:vl';g town of Thermalito, near Oroville, Bu. te nty. o633, ho above three properties are sold for ac- nt w may concern, for cash, count whom | subject 1o & EASTON, ELDRIDGE 638 Market st. & co., Auctioneers. 4