The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1898, Page 8

POLITICS NOW 1IN DEMOCRATS DECLARE FOR INTERNAL WAR. A Strong Protest Is Made Against the Present Condition of Things. Such_words as “peace” and ‘“harmo- | ny” have been blotted out of the vo- cabularies of the local and State De- | mocracy, and “war to the death” is| now -the watchword. The respectable element of the party in this city has joined: with the Democrats of the ine- | rior in-an open revolt against the half doz Titieal tricksters who “have ol of the r hinery of the n -and are -assuming the o the affairs of the party in that they shall dictate. | ‘Alford, Popper, McNab, Sulli- Pitzgerald .are . pulling the i.the other members of the par zhout the State are doing | the danci Having stolen control of | the local Democracy they propose to | send-a. delegation to the State conven- | tion Wwithout allowing the voters in this to have a voice in its selection. e to seat this delegation secure .for their own use a solid’ block ‘of-154 votes. In order to bring s about they have planned to have one of their ewn humber selected as -chairman- of -the.convention. This chairman’ will-appoint a committee on credemntials .favorable to the schemers and th will'then:seek to have the re- pdrt 'Of this-committee accepted by the | convention. | 1t niw. appears that in order to gain | ol of the convention these political sharpe! ve ‘adopted a plan which, while fiot ‘altogether new or novel, -is Itkely- to prove ssful. In the vari- ‘counties the State where there o more. Democrats who ‘are ants for “the nomination for the | piace on the State ticket the plan , worked to perfection. In cases ré-there are two men who seek the tion the political wolves Alford | of the him the undi- th San Francisco will agree to pledge county delégation to scheme At the » and Sullivan aspirant and to ane £ the. Both are us: being that if to be split as two particular candi- ners are still.assured of | pport of the éntire del- the discovery of the | which this sort of sharp ng worked that helped n that now threatens 16-ra the:disruption of the party. Thi méthods df the combination in to. hoodwink interior candi- op.in the fusion whereby office | g of that was I to the §:that .0f State Treasurer. is itself ing the alter-{ the office -of State | with fusion and dering all hope of f the Populists and The men who have | s the lead. that they do not | objec but they do protest| If-appointed bosse: eby they fusion and the principal , or to have en are not but they t whe to accept all B verbdl. prot l@id’ plans of the scHemers at whatever cost, even if ‘it ‘be-that of putting an of the questionable sup- the Pupulists and Silver Re- | publicans. | The address issued . by the Harney Democrats has'made a favorable im- pression on such members-of the party as ~were igmorant of the manner in which the Gould-McNab-Alford combi- nation has attempted to strip them of power. They will send a delegation to Sacramento, and from present indica- tions it seems likely that the delegation will be seated. In any event they will hold congressional, railroad commis- sloner and equalization district con- ventionsg and the certificates of their ill be forwarded to the Sec- | retary .of te, with the request that | they be placed on the regular Demo- -ratic ticket. If he refuses to comply h the request the aid of the courts will be invoked to compel him to do so. The Democratic County Committee of | San Mateo County, which is included in the Fifth Congressional District, has | instructed its delegates to vote for Ma- guire for: Governor, Hinton for Rail- road Commissioner and Willlam Craig of this city for Congressman. - ORDER OF THE BOSSES OBEYED nominees Committee of 100 Meet and Decide Not to.-Hold Primaries. That the great trinity of pelitical ma- nipulators headed by whispering Gavin McNab- -had carefully planned the work of the commiftee of one hundred to be done at theéir meeting last night was made manifest by the manner in which the programme was carried out -by the so- called trustees of the Democratic party. XNotwithstanding the strong plea of the minority for the holding of open primar- fes, to give the people an epportunity to select delegates to’the Staté convention, the report of the -committee of eighteen opposing. the holding of primaries was adopted by a. vote of 63 to 8. - According to the report of the commit- tee of eighteen the committee of one hundred. has full power ‘to select the del- egates to the State convention and the 20,000 Démocratic voters of San Francisco are shut out from taking any part in the selection of the candidates of the party, the whole matter being left in the hands of the committee of one hundred con- trolled by Gavin McNab, W. H. Alford and Frank H. Gould of the. State Central Committee, who will virtually name the| 154 delegdtes to be chosen. The report of the committee recom- | mending that no primaries be held was. vigorously = opposed by t minority, headed by Francis J. Heney, who sald that it:-seemed there were men on the committee who were seeking by shutting out . the people ‘to nominate themselves into office. -~ “Your right to vote has become cheap when you delegate to the committee the power to act for. you. Do you want ltl to go out that.-the flfiht was_handled by & ‘committee of one hundred? “Because another boss was not able to secure control of the State committee, do you ‘want to be controlled by Ga‘ln‘Mc- Nab, who, together with Fugene Deuprey, appointed - at least thirty of the commit- tee of one hundred?” Mr. Heney offered a substitute to the report of the committee of elgh.een, mak- ing the argument that .u.e Democrats of the city should have a voice in the se- lection of delegates to the State conven- tion, and that the only way to do so was by the holding of primarfes. ~The sub- stitute was, affer a hard fight on the part of Max Popp: ames H. Barry and other programmers, defeated. The committee of one hundred will meet in Native Sons’ Hall next Friday night to take the step called for in thé pro- gramme by naming the 134 delegates to the Btate convention. A Tt DISTRICT COMMITTEES TRANSACT BUSINESS Primaries Will Be Held by Republicans in the Fourth and Fifth. The Fourth and Fifth Congressional District committees of the Republican party met in the rooms of the State Central Committee yesterday afternoon for the purpose of transacting such business as was necessary before the meeting of the county. committee, which was held last night. The meetings were held separately. The committee from the Fourth Dis- trict was represented by Joseph S. Spear Jr. (chairman), A. Ruef, J. W. McCabe; L. Howe and D. Kearney. The business of the meeting was begun and concluded by the adoption of the fol- lowing resolution, which . was - intro- duced by Mr. Ruef: Resolved, That pursuant to the call of the Republican State Committee, a Con- gressional - District _convention of the Fourth ~Congressional District -of the State of California -shall be held and is hereby called at the city.of Sacrament Stateé of California, on the 23d day of Au- gust, 1898, at 1 o'clock p. m.; that dele- gates thereto shall be elected » rding to. the basis of apportionment pi cribed by the Republican State Committee -for he selection of delegates to the Repub- lican State Convention. Said Congressional- District convention shall have the pewer. to adjourn its meet- ing to any other time and place in the State of California. The exclusive .con- duct and management of the selection of said- delegates to. the sald Congressional District. convention, and of tife manner of their selection shall be and is hereby fully vestéd in the Repuyblican County Committee of the city and county of San Francisco. The meeting of the Fifth Congres- sional District committee was presided over by J. Alva Watt. Those present were A. J. Martin. A..J. Raisch and J. W. Dawson of San Francisco and Colonel Weaver and W. G. Hawley of Santa Clara County. After some dis- cussion it was finally agreed.to order a call for a primary in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for the election of delegates.to the Congressional conven- tion. The matter of the manner of the selection of delegates from that por- tion of the district which is within the 1imits of the city and county of San Francisco was left to the discretion of the county committee. EEmas Y WILL NOMINATE THE DELEGATES Harney-Raineyites Prepare to Enroll for the State Convention. The Harney-Ralney contingent of the campaign committee of the Democratic party met last evening in the Baldwin Hotel, Major J. P. Harney presiding and John McGovern officiating as secretary. The different district campaign commit- teemen reported that they had made ar- rangements for enrollment places for this and to-morrow evenings in their respect- ive districts. The annexed resolution upon the removal of the old horsecar tracks on Market street was unanimously passed: Whereas, The obstruction to transportation on Market street, between Second and Sixth, so long maintained by the Market Street Rail- way Company, to the detriment of merchants and the traveiing public gencrally. has, after repeated efforts, been removed; therefore, bie it Rerolved, That the prompt and decisive ac- tion of Mayor Phelan in ordering the removal of said obstruction deserves commendation and | that the energetic manner in which the work was accomplished by Street Superintendent Ambrose demonstrates his efficiency as an of- ficer and is an added instance of his alacrity in the discharge of his official duties, It was also decided that the enroliments will be additional to the original enroll ments that took place last April, and all Democrats who will pledge themselves to vote the Democratic ticket at the next election are eligible to go on the list. On Friday evening the district clubs meet at their respective places and nomi- nate delegates to the Democratic State convention. On Monday evening the dis- trict clubs will again meet for the pur- pose of electing the delegates. The presi- dent stated that the Democracy of San Francisco is entitled to 154 delegates. After a little talk the campaign commit- tee apportioned the representation to each district on the vote received in 1806 by J. W. Martin, Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector. Martin received the highest number of votes reached in San Francisco, which was 30,649. The ap- portionment will be one delegate to each 200 votes, or the fraction therof. e Dewey Republican Club. At a meeting of the Dewey Republican Club held in Barton Hall Monday evening the following officers were elected: Wil- liam T. Dickson, president; P. Roger, vice president; Willlam H. Gavin, secretary; Charles C. Coonley, sergeant-at-arms. Ex- ecutive Committee—Willlam H. Gavin, Walter Dickson, Henry Meyer, Charles ‘Wreden, C. B. Hale and Jake Derrick. Specches wero made by Messrs, Rogers, Coonley, Duncan and Hale and music was furnished by the Dewey quartet. The club has a membership of 79. Swearing in Registration Officers. Registrar Biggy is busily engaged In the work of examining and swearing in the present registration officers selected by the Board of Election Commissioners. He expects that he will not be able to make a complete report before next Friday. Reg- istrar Biggy has up to the present time refused to accept thirty of the officers who came before hPm. as they did not live in the precincts in which l‘ey were chosen to serve. The reprecincting of the ecity has caused considerable confusion and the majority of the mistakes found by the Reglistrar have been due to that cause. e e Must Pay the Tax. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue yesterday decided that restaurant keep- ers must pay the stamp tax on the bot- tles of wine they serve with the meals they sell. The wine is purchased by the restaurant keepers in bulk and served to the customers In the bottles. It was held byt',hex-n1 th:; l?hthat c;,lule t(ljxe tax would not apply em. dectded otherwise. 4 s PARTY POPULIST TS A BITTER PIl1—¢ BUT THE QLD LA MUST SWAILTRY 1T DY TODDY PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE The Little Jockey Leftin the Dust. HILDRETH OWNS TWINKLER DETECTIVE PINKERTON BUYS SEVERAL RACERS. Death of Morello’s Young Brother, Morocco—California Bred Horses to the Front In the East. Tod Sloan was badly outridden re- cently at Saratoga by Willie Martin, and yesterday Sam Doggett and Danny Maher made him play second violin over the Brighton Beach course. Maher won on Wine Press and Maximo Go- mez and the Captain was second on Anitra and Banquo. Then Sam Dog- gett won on Miss Tenny and Tod was a good second on Bonadea, while in the last race Simms won on Ben Ronald and “Toddy” was a fair third on Gun Metal. All of these defeats must be trying on the nerves of the midget and his host of followers. At Montreal, on July 29, two of the six winners were bred at Rancho del Paso. They were Mirth, by imp. Mid- lothian, and Sleepy Belle, by Salvator. In a communication to the New York Spirit of the Times “North Yorkshire- man” predicts good prices for the Hag- gin yearlings to be sent to England and sold during the coming fall, and declares the English sportsmen are very much impressed with the useful- ness of the American-bred galloper. Fast Black, the filly that recently de- feated Whiplash, is by imp. Watercress from Abilone, and was bred at Rancho del Paso. The same day that Fast Black won (July 28) Marblehead (by imp. Watercress-Madrid) was success- ful at Saratoga. He is a brown colt and belongs to Philip J. Dwyer. Kinley Mack, the bay two-year-old, brother to Mary Black, is as yet und. feated. He is raced by his breeders, the Messrs. Eastin & Larabie of Deer Lodge, Mont., who also race Mary Black and own her dam, Songstress, by Luke ‘Blackburn. Twinkler, raised (and owned until re- cently) by the Messrs. Boots, won again at Saratoga on Monday for Sam | Hildreth, his new owner, doing his mile |in 1:41% with the California lad, Dick Clawson, in the saddle. He was also victorious on the first day at Saratoga, as was Marblehead and Kinley Mack, products of the Sacramento Valley of the Golden State. Marblehead won the Congress Hall stakes, defeating Satir- ist, Hungarian, Dr. Eichberg, Counsel- lor, Wernberg and others. The flelds were very large at the Montreal meeting, where H. D. Brown acted as starter and John J. Carter as presiding judge. There were seven races on July 28, and every start was pronounced good. Brown did his first work as starter at the Bay District track in 1893, and it was predicted then that he would make his mark in the cursing box. Ninety Cents, a good winner at Brighton Beach is an aptly named Cal- ifornia-bred gelding, being by imp. Sir Modred from Trade Dollar. The mighty Morello’s brother, Moroc- co, bought as a yearling by P. Loril- lard, latterly the property of R. W. Neilson, died a few days ago of inflam- mation of the bowels at Cheney, Pa. His loss is a very heavy one, for much was expected of Morocco at the stud. Hamburg and Ornament may be brought together over the Saratoga track August 10. Marcus Daly, owner of the former, is sald to be willing to make a match with Ornament's owner and the latter can name his distance. H. H. Hunn, who trained for W. S, Hobart, the young San Mateo million- aire, for a couple of seasons, leaves New York shortly for Venezuela with a lot of gallopers. He expects to sell. The success of the horses that raced in California, especially of his black horse, Judge Denny, has led the famous Chicago detective, Willlam A. Pinker- ton, to purchase a number of good horses of Sam C. Hildreth, including Hurly Burly, Fonsovannah and Toluca. Hurly Burly divided sprinting cham- plonship honors with Mary Black at the recent Washington Par] meeting. Fonsovannah is a more than useful selling plater, while Toluca is account- ed the champion two-year-old filly of the Middle West this season. Last Evening’s Fires. An alarm wos turned in from box 42 at 6:15 last evening for a fire in an unoccu- fed store and three-story dwelling in hearer Place. The damage is estimated at $1500. The cause of the blaze is not knewn. Box 76 at 7 o'clock was for a fire caused by a defective flue in the dwelling of G. W. Vogt at 1531 Market street. The | damage amounted to $5. One Battalion to Be troops, and many vice of the United States. of them of ‘'one battalion. new post at Honglulu. ans. This will entitle him to a promoted. : - The news that tI ber on the next steamer. Geéneral Merriam is as follows: fageRegedeiegedagetuiniateagetatataBag oy e P R R oR R a g EogoRuted ¥ San Francisco: ; Formed " and Mustered United States Volunteer Service. NDER the annexation proceedings, soon to take place, the national troops of Hawali will as a consequence go out of service with. the extinction of the island republic. no doubt will destre to enlist in the ser- This_opportunity will be given them at once, as the President, at the suggestion of Major General Merriam, in whose department the islands have been placed, has authorized the. enlistment The formation of this battalion will be entrusted to Colonel Barber of the First New York Volunteers, commandant of Colonel Barber will then have under his com- mand three organizations—his own regiment, Second Regiment of United States Volunteer Engineers, and the Hawali- brigadiership, to which he may soon be he Hawallans are to become a part of the United States army will no doubt be recelved with a great deal of enthusiasm at Honolulu. General Merriam will send full instruction to Colonel Bar- The telegram from the War Department to WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2, 1898. Major General Merriam, Commanding Department of California, & The President directs that if any of the military & PR Re ot ok -2 -2 F-R=F:2-F=-3=3=F=3cF=F=F=F=Fc-F=F==3=33=3=3"3= ENLISTMENT OF HAWAIIANS. Into the There are about 500 of these the the third battalion of * the fefatetatutatetetatetatuageteinioRegageguguagegeRugegepugeyeal % forces of the Hawaiian Islands desire to become part of your volun- & % teer army, you are authorized to organize not to exceed one battal- & % jon of infantry, nominating the officers anu causing the officers & 1 and men to be mustered into the service and have them report to b= bed 2 Colonel Barber for duty. =3 H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General United States Army.g b= R R g -k -g 2 3-2-2-2=2-3=F=3=3=RegegegegegogeReggoReggogogege) THREE BARGE CREWS MAY ROW AT ASTORIA OARSMEN PREPARING FOR THE REGATTA. Ariels, Pioneers and South Ends Will Enter Representatives in the Outrigged Skiff Race. At a meeting of the regatta committee of the Pacific Athletic Association, held last night, the following were pgesent: A H. Rothkopf, of the Dolphins, in the ! chair; S. J. Pembroke of the Alamedas, | J. R. Bockman of the Arieils, W. C. Kspy of the Pioneers,sand J. D. Mahoney of the Sough Ends. It was decided that the timers at regattas should inform the sec- retary of the official times of all events, for entry in the record book of the as- sociation. W. C. Espy, S. J. Pembroke and J. R. Bockman were appointed a committee to procure medals for the prize-winners at the El Campo regatta. S. J. Pembroke has been Informed by telegram from the secretary of the As- toria regatta to be held August 19, 20 and 22, that the races at Astoria have hither- to been for shells, but that, if two or more crews come from this city, a barge or gig race will be arranged, and a valu- able trophy given; transportation will be allowed for crew and trainer and coach. In reply to this telegram S, J. Pembroke said that the and the Alameda senior barge crew would 0 to Astoria and row for the trophy. Kfuch discussion ensued as to the stand: ing of R. McArthur of the “Midget crew, some members of the committee thinking that the Alamedas could not row against him without forfeiting _their standing in the Amateur Athletic Uniom; as the trophy goes to the club and there are no prizes for the individual oarsmen and no gate money, the standing of Mc- Arthur does not matter. It was stated that the president of the Pacific Athletic Association has never declared McArthur a professional, In the end S. Pem- broke was given full power to go ahead and make arrangements for crews and single scullers to visit Astoria. Coney Ochs will probably represent the Pioneers, J. Foley the South Ends and Frank Wil- Son the Ariels, in oufrigged skiffs; and there is falkc of H. Wittkoff representing the Arfels in the shell race. The regatta committee is strongly in favor of sendi as good representatives as possible. J. Pembroke has telegraphed to the sec- retary of the Astoria regatta that two, and possibly three, barge crews will en- ter, and four single scullers. He expects to receive an answer from Astoria to- day. —_———————— Arrested for Assault. Frank Knox, a volunteer soldier, was arrested by Officers Heins and Edwards early yesterday morning and charged with assault on complaint of Ernestine Gilgenkrantz, a l5-year-old girl. It is claimed by the girl that she was awak- ened in her room at the Philadelphia House, which is owned by her mother, by Knox who was llttlni on her bed. She started to cry out, but was pre- vented by the soldler, who asked her it she didn’t know him. ‘She says she never saw the man before, and being frightened alarmed the house. Her mother came to the room and the soldier ran into the street, where he was captured by the officers. The girl, who is quite frall and Jooks younger than she is, says she will prosecute the soldier. A Seaman Killed. Andrew Christiansen, a sailor on board the ship Spartan, fell off the gangplank Jast Monday and recetved internal inju- ries, which caused his death in the Ma- rine Hospital yesterday. The deceased was a native of Norway, aged 62 years. He resided at 334 Main street. The body was delivered to the Coroner. ———————————— James G. Faw’s Will e It is belleved that the attention o o Justices of the Supreme Court will be taken up all of to-day lstening to South End ‘““Midget” crew | i | | folor010I0 Ioto e oo oo KON ICICRO X e X OXOIONOJOROXOROXOROROROROROROROROROROROXOXOJOJOXOJ arguments of one of the several branches of the case of the estate of James G. Fair, deceased. The matter for consid- eration is the appeal to test the trust clause in the will of the late milllonaire. wherein Charles L. Fair brought action against the trustees. The case was called vesterday, but the attorneys asked for one whole day for argument. —————————— Honolulu Grateful for a Flag. The American flag presented by the Chamber of Commerce of this city to the representative body of merchants of Honolulu will be thrown to the island breezes when Admiral Miller formally raises the stars and stripes in the name of this country. of the Chamber of Commerce, received a letter of thanks to this effect yesterday, It was from J. B. Atherton, president of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, and volced the friendly relations betweea the two great commercial bodie —e——— For the Boys’ Home. The entertainment for the benefit of the Boy's Home at Golden Gate Hall last night attracted a fair attendance. Those who _contributed to the programme were: E. Ernest Edwards; Miss Alice E. Dep- Qel. Frank Coffin, California quartet, Miss C. I. Haas and Edward Clisbee. The Rev. J. A. B. Wilson, pastor of Howard E(re(‘l M. E. Church, delivered an ad- ress. —_—— There's nothing longer than the sum- mer days to the girl w’ - is to be mar- ried in the fall. President Hugh Cralg, | | are produced and the minutes of | again claimed the floo LOC AL POPULISTS HAVE A LIVELY WRANGLE. and His Organize a Cator Followers Proceed to New Com- mittee. The war started at Sacramento when | the Buckley-Maguire-Gallagher wing of the Populists nominated Congress- | man Maguire to head the pinto ticket, | is still on and there is every indication | that it will increase in bitterness until | election day. The Populist State nom- | inating convention went to pieces at the capital city and last night the lo- cal organization was disrupted. The majority of the members of the county committee of the Populists walked out in a body, being unable to stand fusion | and- Maguire, and reorganized with a committee that is composed of Popu- lists instead of Buckley-Maguire Dem- ocrats. | The meeting of the county commit- | tee of the Populist party was called for the purpose of indorsing the action of the delegates who were sent to the State convention. The indorsement came in the shape of a “walk out” by the majority of the committee. George D. Gillespie, the chief spieler of the Popo-Democrats, realized that there was terrible slaughter in store, and tried to escape by firing the first bomb. After the meeting had been called to order by Chairman Louis Chester, Gillespie asked for the read- ing of the minutes of the previous meeting. Carleton H. Johnson, secretary of the committee, proceeded to read from sev- eral loose pages of paper. “I object to the minutes in this form,” shouted Gillesple. “I insist on having them read from the minute books of the committee.” “Phat is impossible,” replied Johnson, “for they have not been transcribed. I was at the Sacramento convention, and since my return I have not had time to engross them in the minute books.” | “Then produce the minute books,"” de- manded. Gillespie, ‘‘and have the min- utes now entered.” “The books are not here,” replied Johnson. “Are they not in the safe?” asked | Gillespie. “No, sir,” replied Johnson. “T found out during the last campaign that the | safe was not.a safe place to keep any- thing. You and A. B. Kinne broke open the safe, and 1 then thought it time to | place the books of the committee in some other place. For that reason 1 removed them to a place where they would be secure. “The burglarious work is still notice- able on the safe.” “As financial secretary and treasurer of the committee,” exclaimed Gillespie, “I .broke open the safe.” “Well, we don’t want any more un- derhand work,” shouted a committee- man in the rear of the hall “But I insist on having ~the books produced and the minutes read from them,” persisted Gillespie. “How can you get your wish,” asked | Committeeman Porter, ‘‘when (hei‘ books are not here and the minutes | have not been engrossed in them?” | “Then I move that the reading of the | minutes be dispensed with,” said Gil- | lesple, “until such time as the hmt\]l:s e ast meeting are entered in them.” The motion prevailed, and Gillespie ' “I wish to in- troduce the following resolution: said he: Whereas, on July 5 1898, a Pop- ulist Convention was held in this city Yor the purpose of electing twenty-nine | delegates to the State Convention of the | Populist party to be held in Sacramento City July 12. . and whereas, said con- vention of July 5 instructed said twenty nine delegates to favor a union of all who Will unite with the Popullét party by adopting and_accepting its platform; and Whereas, said convention at Sacramento passed a resolution instructing all candi-| | dates to accemt said Populist party plat- | form, or their places would be declared vacant: therefn&. be it Resolved, That we heartily approve of | the action of the twenty-six delegates who | carried out said instructions. There was a whoop from the Ma- guire-Buckley henchmen, but it was drowned by a chorus of noes from the straight-out Populists and middle-of- the-road men. Joseph A. Johnson, who was nomi- nated for Secretary of State by the Populists who refused to swallow Ma- guire and fusion at Sacramento, finally made himself heard above the clamor. “I hope that ne middle-of-the-road Populist,” said he, “will vote either for or against the resolution.” “That's right,” exclaimed T. H. Poe- ‘Whereas, A State convention of the People’s party was called to met in Sacramento on July 12, 1898; and Whereas, An assemblage of delegates purporting to repre- sent the People’s party met on said date and proceeded to en- ter into fusion agreementswith other political parties, in many instances in violation of their instructions, and did nominate James G. Maguire, an acknowl- .edged member of the Demo- cratic party, as a candidate tor Governor, and did furtheragree to give other political parties the greater part of the places upon the State ticket and inthe Congressional, Railroad Com- mission and Board of Equaliza- tion Districts; and Whereas, Certain delegates, almost equal in number to said fusionists, after such action, did withdraw from said assem- blage and organize as a Peo- ple’s party convention and did nominate a straight ticket of known members of the People’s party; and ‘Whereas, Said convention did create a People’s party State :@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ © MODLE OF THE ROAD MEN ARE OUTSPOIGH They Declare Formally That They Will Not Tolerate Fusion, @@@@@@@®@O@@@@@@@@@@@O@O@@@@@@@O@ ® Central Committee to support its nominees, and did con- fer authority upon such com- mittee to reorganize the party in any county where it might be deemed necessary for the welfare of the People’s party ticket; therefore 8 Resolved, That we repudiate the action of said fusion assem- blage and its pominees; and further Resolved, That in recogni of the fact that the p&sts-n ex?:: ing 00\‘1% committee in San Francisco was largely composed of fusionists and traitors to the People’s party, thereby lessen- ing its efficiency and its loyalty to the party; we therefore, As members of the People’s party County Central Comimit- tee, and under authority of the State Central Committee, do now proceed to organize as the People’s party County Committee of San Francisco, composed only of members who will agree to support the nomi- nees of said People’s party con- vention, of which the Hon. T. W. H. Shanahan is the head as the nominee for Governor. | tion, and have in-fa PEOIPOPEFO POPPEEPOCPPEPPPPPIIRPPEEEPNOOEOEPPNEPIOOE® ter. “We nominated a straight out- and-out Populist ticket at Sacramento with T. W. H. Shanahan at the head.” “Congressman Maguire will. accept the nomination given him,” replied Gil- lespie, ‘“when he gets here.” “But when will he get here?” asked Sdcretary Johnson. ‘“After the Demo- cratic Convention adjourns. Shanahan is a Populist and Maguire is not.” The resolutions presented by Gillespie were adopted, the middle-of-the-road men declining to vote. “I have a communication to read,” said the secretary when the Buckley- Maguire men had quieted down and stopped cheering over the adoption of the resolution. The communication was | as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 1898 To Carleton H. Johnson, Secretary: We, the undersigned, hereby withdraw from and sever our connection with. this body, because we intend to organize to support the stralght Populist party nominees and because we recognize that this body is under the control of the Democratic party. J. A. Johnson, T. H. Porter, J. M. Por- ter, C. D. Rogers, Walter H. Goff, Jobn Gore, Willlam' J. Greer, Thomas V. A. L. Holder, H. A." Knox, R, 51 . L. Vorrath, John D. Spencer, C Streett, i A, s A Lewis, F. G. Shall J. len W. A. Rawlins, W. Brown, A. Wirtner, berger, W. B Arthur Howard Warren, L. C. Ewell, Charles E. - X P lake, H. Meadows, bert Walpole, Edgar Gribble, Coulliard, Ro C. K. Welch, George Adam, M.D.; George | Simons, Alex. Todd, Carleton H. Johnson, Louls Chester, John F. Patterson, Charles W. Doyle. Johnson was frequently interrupted during the reading of the names of those who would- not submit to the lash of the Buckley-Maguire Demo- crats. : “I would like to know what this all means?” ventured one of the Maguire men. “‘Shut up you —— ‘old blunderbuss,” velled one of the middle-of-the-road men. :I“he blunderbuss was squelched. I challenge this list of names,” shouted Gillespie, “for there are names on it of people who are not in the city.” Johl 1 ha\'elto call you down,” said nson. .“I'm not a f I a safe cracker.” S o /‘John F. Patterson is not here,” sal Gillespie angrily, “nor has he heen in the“d!lzl»' for several weeks.” “Well, I'm here just about thi " chirruped Patterson, g th%g‘ lisf e anti-Maguire men cheered, Gillesple looking Very shespish. sar down. “Move that the communication b laid on the table,” yelled . Mpgulre Populists. K Sag.ef e “You can do as you . ple: that,” said Johnson, "butpthgsglena?xo}?; g:\l'le sign;d it arg firm {n their determi- on . of -standin, 3 e g by the People's “‘Oh, let ’em go;” Oh exclaimed Gilles; “\: so;‘n’é‘d £0. ;aldl.lohnson in refix’f{ e People’ Bg&k!ey-Maguirex.“p SR Taehde rise to a question of privilege,” said J. A. Johnson. * /-bu s on. “I'shall occupy but call as a member of this co Is inconsistent, however; cfor;mx:-f;tig. rgf main a member if I clearly understand what a majority of the committee as now constituted intends to do in the fiferft‘[nlk(‘m‘npaign- I judge by the ac- an taken in this h. ill;lgv :’;n]d ehe all at our last meet- he delegation sent to the S = vention,- that the majority ixgltlel;dgorllé Support what is known as the fusion ticket, while I am opposed to such ac- ct acce; i nation on another ticket. lp;'el‘:h‘: ln}ogx;n;- fore, to. withdraw from .the committee, although 1 am parting from some: old friends with whom I have been asso: clated in earnest People's ‘party work: during” the past seven years. But.l Wish to gdd that in 1900 we shall with- out doubt all be supperting the same ticket. Two.years agg, when fusion be- came epidemic.and swept over ‘the whole country, I had--all 1 want-of .it, fi;(lj;f;;‘qdpart till We can-meet again e days when fi X Lole‘{arded in our party.” N e “And'I alsp_wish 1o be:undérstood this matter,” addeéd- Chairman f:‘gggte‘: As chairman of_this . ‘body; and as & member, I withdraw and sever my eon- nection with it. - I'entered the People's party because I found that neither .the Republican ngr Democratie party would or could give the relief we demand. 1 did not suppose .that- the party would go outside the party ‘and nonii- nate a political opponent and an avowed member of another party. It is breach of trust and does not help the party. The twenty-six delegates mentioned in the preceding resolution accomplished the breach of trust by-voting against explicit and unanirmous: instructions -to- nominate only- straight Populists. - I cannot longer recognize this as a Popu- list body- nor associate with’ men who have violated their instructions.” Chairman Chester, Secretary -John- son and the other commiitteemen. who signed the notice of withdrawal then left the meeting:room in a -body. Gillespie called the- few remaining committeemen to:order and suggested that a temporary chairman be.selected.. On motion of A. B. Kinne, Dr. John A. Miller was-chosen to fill the vacancy caused -by the retirement of Chaifman Chester: He said that he regretted a division in the Populist forces, and add- ed that he believed that those who left were sincere and honest in:their mo- tives. ;: An adjournment was then taken af- ter the election.of George A. Clough as secretary and J. M. Custer, George D. Gillespie, A. B. Kinne, George Silvey and Henry Huppert as.a.committee to. draft ‘plans for the reorganization of the committee. g : SRl The Populists who so withdrew rath- er than stand fusion and.the Buckley- Maguires, immediatély went to a hal at 997 Market street and’ réorganized. The meeting was called to ordéer by Carleton H. -Johnson, who said that the action taken was necessary: to-save.the name of the party. = i “We went ‘to_Sacramento,”. said. he, “to nominate a Populist ticket and dis- covered that we were in a Democratic convention. .We. withdrew and: nomi- nated & straight out-and-out -Populist ticket. We are géing to stand by that tieket and flght the Buckley-Maguires.” Nominations for temporary.chairman were -next declared in’order, :and Leuls Chester was elected by acclammation. “We will show -the ~Buckley-Ma- guires,” said e, “that we are in- the fight, and ‘in- to. sta; - A call-of the roll showed that forty- two .members of the -old County Com-= mittee were present.” | ° p Carleton H. Johnson was'elected sec- retary and T. H, Porter treasurer. Resolutions indorsing Shanahan for Governor were _then _introduced and unanimously -adopted. The Tesolutiona I have just answered roll. “and I -signed . the course pursued by -