The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FKANCISCU CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1598. 3 BUDD IS THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN €3 e 7 ek sent? You are surro »d by so many comed the delegates. He has undoubt- | two people invited, sotto voce, to start | called down before and the process was fj‘rf g 'hqm had a Democratic | 307 Fou 272 =armopinded by I H E E WAS cdly expected fo do this in “well |in the other direction. | no surprise. ~ As a finale, he declared administration, and are now er Alford—I represent, sir, the éounty chosen words” as is customary, but he | Major Harney made a strong plea for | he would accept no compromise, but : i R of Tulare. ad partl gotten what choice he|an extension. ere Wi orts to | would have his Democracy recognized about to enter upon fl‘-l('th_u d_llfl | The Chair—Ah! Mr. Alford moves that :ad ,f,afxe_y vf;:mx,:ng is not an orator. | stop m:‘_ ; r;{e ;{fi{imfiiiffi,é' and | as the only genuine hrnnd’. or get out. upon a new campaign. It is with | 2 Smifiies of Afteen on BoL S b SMOK E B His intentions were honorable and so | wouldn't stop. Delegates rose to points | I omit detail, because there was too pride that we are able to point to | pointed. e - b] recognized. When he said: “We done | of order and sat down to taps of the much of it. ¥ what was right,” I for one, believed | gavel, and Harney talked on. He was It must not be assumed that all was LG 3 3 S Mr. English of Alameda—I rise to a the fact that in the administration | poim of order. him fully. Certainly the prodigal dis- | out of order all the time, but nobody | quiet. Some of the committee were of Mr. Budd, whose nomination 1‘?1(- Chair—state your point of order i play which brightened the interior o¢| cared much. | getting tired and all of them were hot. Mr. English—I understood t.e chair to the great structure showed that Sacra- Deuprey got up to announce that he | Interruptions became so frequent that I now desire to second, the De- |rule that a committee on platform and i : bt resolutions could not be appointed until mento had neglected nothing and the | hag not been aware the gun was load-'| an executive sess on was suggested. mocracy may claim that they |ateer the committee ‘on credentials had spirit of hospitality so manifest every- | o3 but, of course, he had been aware | The vote stood 7 to 7, leaving the de- have a record of vindicated |reported to find out who werethe members where needed no rounded periods to set | of jt, not being new to politics. | cision to the chairman, who voted in it forth. | the negative. of this convention. e A And the 9 o’clockers, according to the pledges. (Applause.) ousate First Collision of the Demo=|"n sursmecs sner again | A5 0 0 S Ll | M 15 pwver came to the tront “Fellow citizens. T do not de- |2, English—Is it ot the same in this “The strains rose up to the radiant | (P00 “he hour. T don't think | He ot 50 far as to say that the state- si i f . Th canopy, echoed among the swaving |, .o on fiuch. When people started | ment of McNab was a tissue of falsi- sire to detain you further. I} of business we would nev 53 ” c i . Alford, down in the body | fications, when Wright stopped him. heartily and cordi e e crats 1 o mac 0 noticed it. A aan arose, gesticulating | 2U% t0 dinner o 3 | adopt an orde | second the | be able to hear from the committee on of the house, was trying to make a few | There was a wrangle and a threat to o e t . Satl a violently to his neighbors, and one by : v s . Y 3 e credentials. It is upon organization . ¥ . remarks, but his purpose was not dis- | clear the lobby, heretofore made with homination of Governor _Tm«\_d order of business, which has to come up | the Wal‘llke : one éhehy Bot up and stood until the | FEOCUCS | trequency and regarded as a bluff, but for temporary chairman of this| 209 be passed ypon hefore thejcommitiee . SR S M O s e | it was carried out, so that there was an : 2 ; e e e ! ree cheers. It would be pleasing to| mpq jg Jater and additional to the re- | executive session after all. convention.” (Applause.) 4(‘{1_?»3”‘ hair pit the mnnuniul ,\hr1 1 : describe them as rousing, but ft would | | Thie 15 IteT AT B0C O out as| To this, at the moment T write, Dwyer 5 ulare and it was carried by viva voce G, : P it it 2 S - T Gl ety e i R habl forl e i not be veracious. They were pitifully e 5 ¥ onvention | may. be making a .sy_wet_h and probably ared | 5. McPi¥e of AlamedaT move we ad- : . oo weak. The whirr of the electric fan | Moty Sl SOU%G "0 i g | McNaba ears are tirgling The rep. con- | ourn mow uniil we reecive the report of | EVETL the Playing of National Airs Seemed |senaing comtortavle waves across the |20l (S Commmittee was not throush. | Frsen@iyes, of the, (80 JSCHPRs (518 Budd ™t | the com on until_to- | b :mm almost dr<:\\"m‘d them, and it Was | 1t was at the Senate chamber, hearing | where Napa soda and other stimulants Mr. Patton were (Criesro to Arouse the Delegates to ut ut a modest whirr. ¢ the San Francisco contes are sold, and imbibe largely. There is I do not write this in a spirit of fault- | bad blood and there are likely to be - sl ; ing i » Capitol, T had the £ Yolo—I move this conven- | . . S s B T L T black ey The glorious | dougigie B gtdonin gt ofione hotz: assing Enlivenment be a 1fctio) more - enthusiastic. ; They | Bicasure of heating McNab agaln. THar, | borvisaracy' is putting war paintion i im0t waa Beoonaea: a ney had already spoken. It Is but just | D o et I : el will find it a profitable political specu- | oy oo 4o 2 Just | terior finish. G0 mot prop Leake—Mr. ¢ aber of s e : paltleal) to say that McNab made a plausible | BteHOT fmIsh, = o etory, but any- :s around me have stated that an ation. People are said to have been | (peoch, He told without reserve that|pody can gather that sSweet peace is ) to € (Applause use of £ the con- itroducing an—one ; 5 hour is too long a time, and we have al- benefited by whistling in a grave- : =l | x s 1 to a Calify x K 5 he was a good man and an uncorrupti- | not reigning particularl t ready wasted a good deal of tim 3 BY HENRY JAMES. yard. The analogy may be imperfect. | jjo According to his statement, he is | Mr. Hearst’s understudy is hopping d o e b g i The first real speech of the day Was | s, pure that nothing less benign than | about like a cricket and all may yet of half an hour to enabi S e made by a distinguished-looking gen- | tne preath of heaven should ever touch | be well. the chairman to appoint the 3 : : A ekt Budd — I stayed | these two committees CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-|the element of beauty, and doubtless | tleman from Los Angeles. Introduced | ;. He related his struggles for me1mf‘r:i;‘g‘“:’w’i‘}ili‘(‘,"px‘;{&"‘a“:};l‘:\\ffig‘:‘gi - e I second the mo- | MENTO, Aug. 16.—Having witnessed | they elevated the moral tone by sup- |28 Dockweller. He is very dark, with | gjevation of Democracy. He extolled | R0 Vil tors of the papers. The arti- | " Mr. Foote of A | tion. Then you can appoint your cor mittee and viil take an adjournme 1 suppose as you have only recently ac- cepted this nomination— The Chalr—I have not vay from Sacramento until after determined that the chair- the opening of the Democratic conven- | pressing the ready cuss words. Very | black beard and hair, a pallid Vet | phelan as an angel of light shuddering | oo has invaded the realm of fiction in 2 health e th i cleihas tion, and watched it until recess, I am | dainty they looked in white dresses and | healthy countenance, suggesiing a re- | a¢ all evil and responsible for all good. | a chase after the editor. The Examiner privileged o make -a few remarks |airy hats. I thank them for having|fined Svengall. Mr. Dockweller's de-| ype room was crowded, and there was | headquarters here are in an old bazher about it and to congratulate the people | been there. livery is ornate, and I opine that he| . ont o well-linged Phelan push, | Shop, as lonesome as Goldsmitb's “He- could, under the impetus of circum- s % serted Village. At the time that pic- % SIS 3 who were not there. As the hall was filling a band came 2 i . who, at each mention of that magic 3 rt s vet. It is moved by the i . 5 = stances, rise to considerable heighis of : & ture was made the headquarters pre | Alameda, Mr. McPike, It is truth that on the surface the|in. It was playing patriotic airs and e L s | name, st into hosannahs. McNab | (078 0 ok lite as a morgue at | Leake of Yolo €oul ind Seconded by | convention was not thrilling. The se- | T got the first shock of the day. The °’“f°.r5'l e Sl d h", © | was occasionally interrupted. When | midnight. There were no rush of mes | the gentleman from Alameda, Mr. Foote, | cret forces at work made no outward | people pald no attention to the char- | o% % the delegation of which he is a L : he was detected in the asertion of un- | sengers, no crowd of eager observers, e I e Tor Talf &n hous, | showing, . The creaking of ithe Wires |'nater of the mugle. The band:might|member and which had Iost to him the |y che gavesmo' sign of ‘embarrass- | nobody. Iu factithe place” was dark | during which time th n will scan | could not be héard. Only results could | 55 well have played “Chippie, Get Your oppf-rumhy of br»cr)ml‘ng temporary | jant, but took a new tack. He in- and mn.)ntl%s' : ; gy ‘;m .~1!:n s of (‘h‘- \.l 2 and make | pe observed, and these did not approacn | Hajir Cut.” There was not a sound of chairman of the convention. In specific | c1teq men whom I considered his bet- Perhaps yer can esta JE cholce A a stage of dramatic suggestion until [ apolause, not a handclap. Unheeded terms he resented the slander which ters, morally and intellectuall and I McNab has trifled with truth and that Bhe S e recess was almost at hand. was the “Yankee Doodle.” The “Star i a d 11the job cannot be as easy as it is to mounced an adj e e o i hope o Torelyenesh; Wheon cnteseing § thow that the Examiner is devoting its 1 8 wounced a al ern acific, n is charge 1 hour. Then Deuprey threw a bomb, and a | Spangled Banner” made no hit. There S little later apologized, saying practical- | was not a sign of approval at “Dixle.” | tr b falee that my opinions were in no wise shak- | talents to the same end. T Patton, his opponent, knew the charge | . " yye talked for an hour, and if per- | To-morrow’s proceedings in conven- The conventi A = 5:10 o'clock and the following proceedings | 1. that he did not know the old thing | What was the matter with the people was so evidently sincere |, i1cq would have been distributing | tion will partake of the nature of the were had: was loaded. I suspect, however, that | 1 cannot think. Possibly they were that it won instant sympathy. !np;msi[e of a love feast. There will be - v Dockweiler, freely relinquishing all consideration of the reports of the The Chairman—As I did not have a pro- | he knew it all the time. As I write | thinking more of pie than of patriot- gramme in my posket when elected it has | at 7 o’clock there is a recess supposed | jgsm. This is ventured as a gues and the chair- ment for Ralf to order at his conversational burrs yet. S i jovernor Major Harney called him down from | credentfals committee. I would counsel : et [l n nominaled GOy Budd to| " "of his flights, but the thud did not | Mayor Land to have a squad of police taken some little time to censider the - e temporary chairmanship. and after due de- to last until 9, but I go ahead in the be- | T never before saw an assemblage of [ The motion was seconded by Patton, | 4iSturd his serenity. He had been | within whistle call. Svnlmnrt::"f T olloiig lief that the resumption of b}lsmoss will | American citizens which did not seem | who, in so doing, freely acquitted his - |ist. They may £ t the con. | P& many hours beyond this time. in some measure touched by national | rival of affiliation with the railroad. ADVERTISEMENTS. | vention de -r. but it is the best I| There may be dn indefinite number | melodies, particularly since the war| Tt seemed to me a STacious and Erace- | ~ o~ mmmmm i iRt B | could do v ces and in | of remarks passed, but I do not expect | has made doubly dear the “Red, White | fu1 incident. [@isiceniition . there will be any more formal proceed- | gnq Blu Patton seconded the nomination of Pk s order of | ings until to-morrow. During the re-| The convention was called to order | Budd, and of ceurse there was no real (chairman), and Robert Fitzgerald, John i C:""“}‘;fes all'el Strug(li:m}g:‘ (;"n' by Chairman Alford, fifty minutes after | opposition—the one frantic “No | "R, W. Hul, J. H. | testants making pleas, and rival fac- | the time set. Mr. Alford asked that |the rear being ascribed to some joker. R. Price, Caminet rthy, Gaston Ashe, F. D. McCabe, | tions striving to down each other. there be no smoking. He then said it| There had been cheers for both | H. B. Gillis and They can’t get to a conclusion in tWo | was a pleasure to call such a gathering | speakers, and there were more when W. Thomas, J. C. | hours. Too many a burst of eloquence | to order, adding that he would not | the two were appointed a committee of and as members. | is waiting to be turned loose. If there |make a speech, whereat there were in- | two to fetch the Governor to the chair. e will meet at 1e Golden s a resumption of convention business | dications that the sense of pleasure From the celerity with which the er- bty s Mr. Dock- | ¢o_night put me on record as nearly as | had become mutual. I suspect that the | rand was performed a suspicion arose Mr- 5 o Six o'clock this even- | Pad a prophet as those who are filling | one reason Alford did not make a|that Budd had suspected what was | ' | the Examiner with that which is not | speech to be that he can't. Certainly | going to happen and had generouslyre- | so. But this carries us away from the | he did not approach near to essaying | frained from going into hiding. There | convention. one. He is a large young man with | were more cheers when the Governor A party is a big machine, and should | gjasses. He is smooth shaved and, I |came forward, but no such volume as move smoothly. Judged by to-day’s|judge, tolerably smooth generally. He | threatened the integrity of the walls. work, the machine has slipped a cog. | said that the members of the Demo- | The name of Maguire, which, I forgot It The Pavilion was Jjust comfortably | cratic party dif not disagree on funda- | to say, was mentioned by Patton, had Cutler—Seven o'clock this | crowded. It was a blaze of patriotic | mental questions, thus implying that | excited a modest round of applause, e Chali e homiittas. Solll made ioolorg Btk electric fan blew cooling | he did not regard the San Francisco [and the bouquets he tossed around this evening at 7 o'clock in the same | Preezes through the great hall, stirring | contest as fundamental, a position to | seemed to win approval. 3 The committee is composed of | the Whiskers of the delegates, rustling | which he was not followed by all his | The temporary chairman began his 3 A. Cutler of Del Norte, S the feathers of fair spectators and |listeners. Alford won a feeble and per- | address by expressing regret at the Nevada, C. C. W making life seem worth living. functory applause, which might as well | news which had crept into the papers . |Los Angeles, John K. Harrington of | The bannersswayed in the refreshing | have been withheld, but was typical of | of the State concerning Los Angeles. | ° ° { Santa Barbara, Colonel Gibson of San|cyrrent. the session. 1 tell you that news does not creep into man of this convention had been | Jo2auin, Fr“g:k .7,nlm--.<{ n;a Los A-:‘rggelv‘ 5, There were many ladies present. li There was no enthusiasm until the | the papers. It is projected into them ln “l s as S ided on. But, arriving here | i'l":’;.?xh‘g {:{ San Benito, J. }ult(‘is of 2‘.‘:&‘ | do not know why they were there, or | delegates began to get hot-tempered; | by design. He also stated clearly that ° decide n. But, arrving € | Palmtag of San Benlto. J Sante Cruy 1 | what induced them to stay, but am |and most of the time they were in good | Dockweiler was free from any taint of on creden- Ftiass swittian ARNDREWS " chamber. e DIy Norte will be S1% BUTTONED | tee desire to know coaT acO0 w TO THE 8zAauTY OR SACRANINTS |c 2 this morning, 1 ascertained that s i | glad they were there and that they | humor, which was subduing In effect. |corporation control, the Governor being i sends of the various ¢ ndi- Continued on Fourth Page. ismyed. They supplied to the occasion Mayor Land was introduced and wel- | thus the third prominent and respect- tes for office and candidates for of falsehood before the convention was o twenty minutes of age. Then came a recess, which for the dreariness of it will haunt me long. It was due to the necessity for appoint- ing a committee on credentials, to in- clude fifteen delegates. The recess was for half an hour. Men went out afar to get sundry drin The women lin- Appreciating the fact that this particular line d. One delegs fell to p ful . . . 2 Sl Ao e of suits is proving one of the most popular offerings awoke, looked about him and went to & . . we have ever called attention to, we-continue it for the chairmanship desired me to I have re- t in this capacit tl past to consent to my used for this purpose. I refused to-day—persistently re- fused—until my friend, Dock- | weiler, the choice of the Los An- | reles delegation, insisted that Ii sed ir name be g sleep again. Three hours had gone by n serve. (Applause.) | before the Governor reappeared. Of e e e | course, I do not understand the delay. the rest of the week. regret as ESjEnyone In fifteen seconds fifteen men might 3 _ £ y and more than many the unfortu- have been named. Iam told that wires Stylish and perfemy tailored in Cassimere and had to be pulled, and possibly some nate matters that have crept this morning into the press of the State, but I do not believe that any paper in the State of Cali- fornia, or. any man within its bounds, has ever in the past, will now, or shall in the future, say that Dockweiler is not as good an anti-monopolist as George Patton, Judge Maguire or the Governor of this State. (Ap- plause.) Nevertheless, in deference to his wishes and the wishes of the others, T have accepted this trust. I will preside over you as im- partially as possible for one of my temperament to preside, and I now await your pleasure as to the first business of the convention. Motions are now in order. Mr. Tarpey of Alameda—I just merely to make a motlon, Mr. Chairman. E I stand The Chairman—If you wish to simply make a mth stand there. If you wish to show yourself, come forward. Mr. Tarpey—I do not want to make any invidious comparisons where myself is erned, Mr. Chairman, and where a ere? breakage, necessitating repairs. % 3 ] 5 But:the Govemgr ramésback, tions of the popular colorings. The suits offered are suddenly stilled. The chairma lo- Ut T S N £ i he s e worth every cent of $15.00, $17.50 and $20.00. But did not have a slate in his pocket. He % ‘ had done the best he could under the reduced to, they should certainly prove a bargain, that everybody was pleased. 0 Tt R s VIR and should tempt yot. names of either, and they can be dis- covered by a glance at the news re- evening, and the prospects were for an immediate adjournment of the conven- had a direct bearing upon the San Francisco fight, the advocates of either - d B h t bli (3 he ti f - TN} s e osmocva o - We have gathered together a limited number Gavin McNab added his rich Scotch of $4.00 and $4.50 Trousers and reduced them to brogue and his paucity of thought to = . . $2.45—a splendid bargain, any one of them. They wese pulletfe ihard GSCHNSESE e fancy Cheviots or Worsteds, and in the best selec- A buzzing as of political bees was been thrust upon hiy a8 € sineigs he at the uniform price of $9.95, that they have been circumstances; but I do not suppose nounced, but I did not take down the ports. They were both to meet in the tion until to-morrow. » Here Grand Sachem Ruddick was in- vited to make an address. Tt was not so inspiriting as the recess had been, > but it was wholly proper and probably necessary. 1 hope, however, that he will not do so any more. | At this point there was the first smell of gunpowder, and a battle seemed im- minent. A motion was made by Tarpey, and . ¥ side meanwhile glaring at each other, these speeches got away. the occasion. Deuprey had made a motion that a andsome man such a . e - 3 : > e e b L oL recess be taken until 9 o'clock. are of seasonable, handsome new patterned striped If in contact with you. (Applause and Objection was made that the com- 2 T Jaughter). I desire at this time to make a mittees in this brief time could not at- worsteds—guaranteed fo fit you—trousers that will motion that a committee of fifteen be ap- tend to their work. Gavin believed pointed upon credentials—to be appointed by the chalr. Motion carried. Mr. Patton of Los Angele man, I desire 1o v ,ve that a committee of fifteen upon platform and resolutions be appointed by the chair. Mr. Foote of Alomeda—Mr. Chairman, I rise to a point of order. The Chair—State your point of order. Mr. Foote—No committee upon platform “ and resolutions can be appointed until the p %/’ ) committee on credentials report who are //// D bers of thi = z the proper members of this convention. : % — The Chair—The |polm of order is well fensive. There is a theory that Glod el o L s made him. There were motions to “lay SanisatiR e pen o ibusinome e T oS on the table” a motion to rescind the 718 M k S S F % f Tul 1 < action by which adjournment had been ar et treet’ . . miittee of ffteen—— "ove that & goo TA declded to be until 9 o'clock; there were o (kg ARPEY AND ! ; ; =0 e e What county do-you Tepre- | BILLY FOOTE HOLO YP THE.WHISPERING.SCQTCHMAN 4 e | fingers ralsed to heaven and one o they could. He was called down hard give you in wear many times their cost. by a gentleman from Yolo, who de- clared that Gavin himself would be be- fore the credential committee for a longer time than an hour and a half. Gavin had been cordially invited from variousd parts of the house to “sit down.” The invitations were to the accom- ' paniment of hisses, which I took to be in token of disapprobation. Gavin cannot be wholly blamed for being of- @ ° ° Z47,