The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1898, Page 1

S e Adedqgrey sy Luo,:) ua)fl?l aq Ol!* jGu Jadey sy i Call VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 78. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Senator Seawell Out of ; the Race for Gov- ernor. Judge Maguire Now Has a Clear Field for the Coveted Nomination. g the fusion arrangement. It is certain thi r ag ent that was er tween self-ap- i leaders of the Democra DQUARTERS, SACF 16.—This was the nocratic 2s also be s the Pinto-Populist ratified by the con- hering known ntion will b vention when the matter is ht before it. is the wish of James G. Maguire, who is now without a rival in his candi- y for the gubernatorial nomination. It being recognized that Maguire is to be the standard-bearer of the party and | during the coming campaign, it is only 1tori- | natural that his desires regarding such that | matters as he believes will have a n who | mate effect upon the success of the - the condi- | party’s candidates at the polls should arty be listened to and respected. He, through his friends, having solicited and received the bernatorial nomina- daz rophe ‘cot ere were grave . a great eraticcon- culiar to | th at the hands of the aforesaid .d the | Pinto-Populist Convention, is of course ¢ ious to the fusion agreement It is his wish, and in this er at least his wish is to be the So it is that those delegates who come to the convention with the idea in view of opposing fusion on the broad grounds of party pride find themselves in a hopeles minort o hopeless, in fact, that they have c ed to murmur and will resign themselves to the in- evitable. It may be that here and there their voices will be raised in protest, but the result wiil be the same. Ma- guire without au oppanent. il raceive the nomination for Governor, and from this time on until the 8th day of next to San| Npvember he will be the guiding spirit. 1 up by either fac- | A5 hag alreadv been intimated, little confidently expected | {nterest will'be manifested in the dis- see the inauguration | pogal of the few remaining offices that < m of some | the Populists have kindly allotted to z fes worthy of the | pe chare of the Democrats. The prin- red reputation of the unterri- | oipa) event of the dav as far as the 8 ha n set, and | gupernatorial nomination Is concerned t touched off for the | gag the withdrawal of ex-Senator J. H. ratification of some | gojwell from the contest. Since he imento’s citizens of | made the announcement some time ago d ’;‘ the pavil- | {1t he was a candidate for the place the fun, w al interest has contest betw 2 _Was | gt the head of the ticket, he has stead- T the origin- | ¢, 5t1y refused to entertain any proposi- As it wes, | on for his withdrawal, claiming that 1 their forces and |4 wwag his desire to go before this con- al contest that 18| yontjon as a candidate for the nomina- to-mOTrrow morn- | 4o for Governor, and that if he could | not secure the nomination he had no the afternoon opening | gesire to seek for any other office with- h meant so little to then the gift of the peovle of the State. 1 spectatc nd so much to| This position he maintained until this whoj:can, fee nd and beyond | morning, when he succumbed to the rliamentary show, | goljcitation of Maguire's friends and day were, no doubt, | made public the announcement that he ng and instructive to Demo- | would not allow his name to be pre- tory to the|gented to the convention as an aspirant amento, who have | gor the leading place on the ticket r money to| Tt was urged that it must be patent for the conven- | ¢, every one that the sentiment of the ed success. | great majority of thz Democratic trains | yoters of the State was in favor of the owd of | nomination of Maguire, and in. persist- > in Sunda king the nomination for him- various ho- | gelf he was doing something that was tels and e s and In the 10b- | ytterly contrary to the wishes of the the crowds of perspiring delegates, | men of his own party. It was also sug- 1d out-of-dates were S0 | gested that his failure to withdraw to almost preclude passage |from the fight might possibly alienate Many of the delegations | pjs friends and supporters from the that had arrived early on the g“"ln’]‘(.u‘lsp of the successful nominee, and held caucuses in the hotel parlors and | that by doing so he would be working in different meeting halls about the|an injury to the party. It was vointed city; and decided what action they|out to him that while his desire to re- should take on the principal subjects|ceive the will occupy the attention of the | g4 nvention. The aggregate result of|so wished, secure the e caucuses was to show the truth|Attorney General or for Associate Jus- of what already been predicted re- | tice of the Supreme Court. garding the attitude of this convention| Seawell declared that he had no de- y front of [ gs of the ¢ yesterda gubernatorial nomination formally | \pparently hopeless, he =isht, if he | nomination for the managers of that memorable | | ney-General, but he WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. Governor Budd Says He Did Not Expect the Honor of Being Chairman. This is one of the largest and most representa- and I have been at most nomination State con- tive Democratic convention: ventions since 1872. The pe for the general success of the ticket. giving and voting proxies. ent locallties of the State. From th having as little pC whichever way it may be—to pa: nized. 0000000000000 0000000 00000000000 0CC00000DVCO0000WOO0O000000000000000000000 SACRAMENTO, Aug. 16.—To the Editor of The Call: I have seen in California, sonnel of the delegates is very high. The outcome of this convention, In my judgment, will be d union or fusion of the Democratic party with the Silver Republicans and the People’s party on State, district and Congressional nominations. In my judgment, this convention’s action will result in the presentation of strong candidates for office. There will be a change in the manner of selecting State Central Committeemen; also in the manner of This will make _the State Central’ Committee more representative of the differ- Not having any notion that T would be selected as chairman of the convention I had no list of com- mittees prepared, and consequently required each of the contending factions to submit to me a list of names. , 1 made my appointments—my desire being to select strictly representative men, sible in the controversy, and to allow the convention, upon a minority report— No matter how this committee may decide, it is 80 constituted that there will be both a majority and minority report, as is understood by both sides. The convention proper is the only body that can ultimately determine which set of delegates must be recog- on the matter squarely. I look JAMES H. BUDD. 0000000000000 00000000 sire to seek the nomination for Attor- people to give him a seat on the Su- preme bench. It being understood that he would become a candidate for the latter position, he luctantly consented to head of the ticket. sustenance—arrived drew from the gubernatorial some time ago, and will ask to be re- elected to his present position. . Now was the that Seawell has also withdrawn, Hada another: qoTeh io the stick on would not be|leaves the field clear for Judge Ma- averse to the opportunity of asking the | guire, and to-night there are nothing | zations to which he belongs. He joined l but smiles on the faces of the numerous members of the clan Gallagher. i This morning numerous members of somewhat re- | the Iroquois Club of San Francisco— withdraw his | that organization from whichMax Pop- name for the fight for the place at the | per and others of that ilk draw political in the city, Railroad Commissioner La Rue with- | made their presence known by blare of contest | brass and roll of drum. opportunity Charles Edelman of Orange County to The arrival of Candidate| — | ‘which he records the number of organi- the marching braves as they swung past the Golden Eagle Hotel, captured a badge and a tomahawk and made himself the wildest Indian of them all. The fuss betwéen Isidore Dockwellsr | and George S. Patton of Los Angeles has been declared off. At least that is vhat_both of the partles declared on the floor of the convention to-day. Un- Continued on Seventh Page. THE GOVERNOR’S FRIENDS OUTWIT McNAB Gavin Scorched and Roasted by Old- Time Democrats. He Now Grimly Views the CALL HEADQUARTERS, Sacra- mento, Aug. 16.—Governor James H. | Budd holds the balance of power in | the Democratic State Convention and “Whispering” Gavin McNab has gone down to defeat. The man who has for the past few months held the reins of the Demo- | cratic party and who has placed the whip with a fine disregard of future results, provided he could compass the span of his political ambitions, haS; been unhorsed in mid career. This was the day of his Waterloo, and from this time forward the name of McNab will cease to be a bugaboo to Democratic politicians. The details of McNab’s undoing will not require long in the telling. He came to Sacramento twenty-four hours ago armed with a pocketful of proxies and the prestige of success in stealing the ctontrol of the Democratic party of San Francisco. With the aid of his friends in the camp of the reformers, together with his proxies and the weight of the fusion agreement he has succeeded in forcing upon the Demo- cratic party, he boasted of his ability to capture the organization of the con- vention and run things to suit him- self. To-night he can look back on the events of the day, marked at every step by the wrecks of the projects he had planned. . He was forced to surrender to the man who represents the better | element in the Democratic party, and his was not the hand that prepared the plan of the temporary organization. He was forced to surrender one after an- other every point that he had claimed for himself and his friends and to-mor- row he will sit in his seat in the con- vention hall a man practically without power. The exact method of his banishment, and banishmnt it is to be, will not be decided until to-morrow. But the main fact cannot be changed by anything within the power of the convention to do. McNab’s downfall began last night when he failed to induce a majority of the Los Angeles delegation to name George S. Patton as the choice of the southern delegation for the temporary chairmanship, it having been previ- ously agreed that the choice of the del- egation would be considered the choice of the convention. Patton is a McNab man. He was prepared to follow the dictates of the whispering boss in all things where it would be necessary to perfect the latter’s title as sole owner and dictator in chief of the California Democracy. _ Patton was opposed by Isidore Dock- weiler, a man opposed to the methods | of the hand-made reformer from San Francisco.. The fight was a bitter one and was long-drawn out, but at the end Dockweiler secured the votes of the majority of the delegates and thus fur- nished the first setback to the McNab forces—a setback that was to-day turned into a rout. The McNab forces having agreed to abide by the decision of the majority of the delegation—an agreement made at a time when they were confi- dent that they held control of that body—were placed in a position that would have been awkward for honest men. But with the reformers the so- lution appears to be an easy one. This morning they informea Mr. Dockweiler that they would not abide by the terms of the agreement, and they in- sisted that he resign his claims to the right of being appointed temporary Wrecks of the Projects He Had Planned. Dockweiler resign in favor of Robert M. Fitzgerald of Oakland, the man who had first been slated for the chairman- ship, but who was turned down because of a premature exposure of the scheme. This Dockweiler refused to do, and de- clared that he would i st on his rights and, if necessary, would appeal to the convention. The name of Charles M. Cassin of Santa Cruz was then pro- posed in place of that of Fitzgerald. But Dockweiler still declined to enter< taln the proposition. Even had he done so it is doubtful if McNab would have consented to the selection of Cassin, as that gentleman, who was present at the conference, emphatically declared that were ha chairman he would not permit either of these San Francisco delegations a seat on the floor of the convention hall until the right of one of the delegations to be there had been finally determin- ed by the convention. As this was not what the McNab people desired they joined Dockweiler in striking Cassin's name off the list of eligibles. McNab was persistent and Dock- weiler firm, but the Los Angeles man finally declared that he would surren- der his claim only on one condition, and that was that an agreement should be entered into by all parties, includ- ing James G. Maguire, that the chair- manship of the convertion be given to Governor Budd. Governor Budd has been one of the bitterest opponents of the high handed methods of the whispering boss, and the proposals made by Dockweiler was declared not to be acceptable. A dead- lock resulted, which continued until long after the hour named for the call- ing of. the conventlon to order. Finding that he was defeated on every point and that he would have to choose between Governor Budd and Mr. Dockweiler, he finally consented not to oppose Governor Budd, provided Dock- weller would step down and out. This agreement was ratitied by Judge Maguire, and the conference broke up and repaired to the convention hall, where the delegates had been swelter- ing in the heat for an hour or more. Geovernor Budd was placed in nomina- tion for temporary chairman and was elected without a dissenting voice. Here was a victory for the old-liners and one that McNab confidently ex- pected would be turned to his discom- fiture in the appointment of a commit- tee on credentials made up of men who were in favor of seating the Harney delegation as against the delegation ap- pointed by the McNab committee of one hundred. Events proved that in this McNab erred. . Governor Budd, while opposed to the manner and meth- _ od by which the Committee of One Hundred was brought into existence, believed that it was his duty to allow the convention to decide as to the merit of the claims of the respective delega- tions rather than to take it on himself to decide the matter by the appoint- ment of the common credentials ccm- mittee that would of a surety return a report favoring the seating of the Har- ney delegation. The Governor’s views on this sub- ject are set forth over his own signa- ture in an article published in another part of this paper. 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