The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TH DAY, AUGUST 18, 1898. THE “CALL” AT THE CONVENTION committee 1arough. the recording | Secretary at least three days before the meeting at which it is to be considered, provided at least ten days snall have n tervened between its introduction in the | general committee and the issuance of said motion.” 1 challenge any represent- atives from the other side to produce any evidence to show that the constitution of the Democratic party of San Francisco prepared and drafted by tne leaders of the delegation sitting upon this floor was ever amended in this way, thus reducin the general committee from 0 to 110. will tell you the reason, gentlemen of the eral his practice of gath- oxies of the members of al convention, why this ~arbitrary action | was taken. It was taken for the purpose of giving Mr. McNab and his followers | an opportunity to bring up some griev- ance so that the matter of the San Fran- | cisco Democracy could be brought up of- | before the State Central Commit- | nd Mr. McNab an opportu- | 1 the ering pr to make him the politi that b boss | dy of the Democratic party of the’city and county of San Francisco. There was a meeting called by the State Central Com- mittee in February or March, 1898. You | will remember the me ind now I | appeal to the members of State ( | tral Committee themselves that the { | :nt out by t body:. ation s of th no omficial communi chairman or secretary was conveyed to ate Central Com- eting held in Feb- insignificant e’ of the such a place ocrats of t the meeting of the the fact deve indi of that com the State clared in at no Democrat could be way by the of mor d, 8o, there- | circulars w ¥ z the try members of commi 0 ap- before that committee and revolt at | action of the lea The result’ was that all of the mem of the State C paid the | Committee who had not essment were reinstated c with the exception of six rej t x ay here that the reason why those six from San Francisco were not tated on that roll was that by of Mr. McNab and his followers sth y were not positive as to thelr stre: to the anks of the The chaf nt a of inves rs of ancisco and body. Th on the committee which was to carry out the proceeding they afterward carried | out in ointing _the committee of | 100. A meeeting | Committee was | of April, 18 | hori: or the appc purpose an main rtative from committee of om the regular organiza- ) appear before it and pro- eir respective side: | [ | i | nor to be a s ive at | g the com- to say before that v ssembled, befor word of evidence they | jority of (hem—n.; of ‘110, of which | head. r, at which ‘hu‘ produced, th | opinic They realized | presented that the or- | Colonel Sulli- | claim—to r v of the clty | >, and, there- | could not afford to recognize the committee of 110, because they could see no justification for such a course. The ey had determined be- bt, a majority of this com- that th. at I have resent in event nized, the thir commit- | tee te do th s to throw 2 two or- | gamzations and to arbitrarily and arrogantly appoint a county committee of | 110 men for the government of the Demo- | cratic party of § ielsco, ming for t ent, gentl ‘gument that t nine, or the State Centra itself, had the power to ymmittee for the gove emocratic voters of San F 1 expect really that the the representativ county comn e among the the « a matter of fact, what did th plain: Under the law there are twelve Assembly dis- in the city and cou of San Nine of these As > committe publican distric c m renty-th m stronghold The nine Democ of th that gave to an_a plurality votes received twenty-seven mer bers on the committee of 100. The ban. ner Republican district of the city and | county of San Francisco is the Fourth At the Iz >residenti it gay McKinley a plurality ove n of %08 | Ve This dis shed seventeen | members of the commi A DEMOCRATIC DISTRI The banner district of the Democratic party the Thirty-first. At the I Presidential election it gave Bryan a plu- e of 100. is | April, 155s. | made it po: ing of the committee on credentials last evening I had those rolls, and I told the committee that they open for their spection, and I as the members of e committee to inspect the rolls and e amine the signatures and see if they W not genuin A primary was held for the purpose of choosing a new genes committee n That primary was held on the basis’ of the enroliment that I have re- ferred to. The 154 representatives of the contesting delegation were chosen at the primaries in the several districts on the asis of the enrollment held in March of this year, and also on the basis of an ad- ditfonal enrollment held for three even- ings in the month of July. Now, gentle- men of the convention, I desire to say | that the Democratic party of San F rrzfn»j cisco Is competent to g itself. The constitution of the organization provides as to how the organization shall be con- ducted 1 here to-day that the spirit of stitution has been carried out. Now to say that it has been charged 1tlemen who are claiming | representatives of the San claim seats here Francisco Democracy trolled by some political be n went so far as to say that I the e sary of some vulgar and corrupt cal bos 1 deny the charge a \ny man to prove that I have yrders from any political bos day, ve I have always tation of political form. 1 am to-day, as I been, In favor of co-operating in any movement to free the Democratic | party, not only for the city and county | of San Francisco, but of this State, from | the g 1l bo: Th that of some political | boss ated by men who, if into_their politic: records emselves been emissaries | of he . They have been the coad- | jutors of polit s in San Fran- | cisco and have to build up the | s in that city from | power of political boss I sS0 to 1892, Gentlemen, 1 to you | in ‘the appeal to you Den appeal name of the Democratic voters of the | city and county of San Francisco to give | us’ an opportunity to carry out our | | cratic right to manage our own af- fair. If the State Cent has the power to go down to cisco and arbitrarily and arro int a county committee of the rty there with of the Democr: municipality, they the SACRAMENTOS FAIR right to go into any county in this State | and appoint a county committee for you. The State Central Committe composed at present of 120 members. | At th .ting of that body at which | regular Democrac San Francisco | adjourned and destroyed the only 5 members of the committ ent and 7 absent. The xies entees were all held by the m | the committee of nine. They w by three men, and those proxies were voted by th three men against the rights of the Democratic voters of San | Francisco. Gentlemen, 1 deny the T of the State Central Committee to thus interfere with the regular organizatior I ask of you in all candor, what has th Democratic party of Sa sco ever | done to merit this action? Have they not e for victory to perch it- banners of the Democracy elf upon th rality over McKinley of 923 votes. The | of this State committee of nine appointed from this| Did we not four yvears ago glve 11,000 w0 membe and one of thesed Majority to Governor Budd? Can any sident.of Sacramento, who has since | COUNLY in this State show as good rec- gne Now, gentiemen, under the con- | 0rds? tution of our party a new general com. | All we ask of you, gentlemen, is mittee has to be chosen every two yi play; all we ask of you is simply justice. I recognize the fact that a minority re- A general committee under the cons tion under which the Democratic p exists to-day elected their committ April, 18%. Under the constitution of the arty theé mew committee should have een elected in 1898. As a matter of fact ! a new general committee was elected in and I will tell you how that new gen- cral committee was elected. An enroll- ment of the Demc ters was held throughout the eizhteen em- bly districts of the c There were 7000 enrolled voters for the party at the time or, in other words, there were seventeen members of the Democratic committee Wwho enrolled their names. At the meet- ce A ADVERTISEMENTS, Pears’ What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt ijt. Pure soap does that. This is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears’ is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou- sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no port of the committee on credentials has been presented. That report recom- mends the ting of both delegations, with the privilege to each of a haif vot In the -interest of the Democratic party of San Francisco, in the interest of the | Democratic party of the State and in the | hope that the Democratic party of San Franciseo can again be solidified, T accept the recommendation of the minority re- port of the committee on credentials, and | 1 state to you as a Democrat, if you will | adopt the report of the minority, then peace and harmony, in my judgment, will | again reign supreme, and when the Votes are counted on the Sth day of No-| vember_next there will be found a ma- | Jority - for James G. Maguire that will make him the Governor of California. McNAB HAS THE FLOOR. Mr. Wright of Los Angeles—I move that the convention take a recess until 2 o'clock. The Chalr—Out of order. Tt is war now. We will have another man to talk for, an hour. . We have not fixed a time for voting. We will set a time for voting, and those who have. voted: can go and get a Tttle lunch and come back. Mr. Crisp—I move that we vote on this proposition at 2 o'clock and that debate continue until that time. The motion was seconded -and carried. Mr. Dwyer—As 1 understand the ar- rangement has been made to give each side one hour to present its case and every .gentleman on’ the floor of this con- vention who desires to present his views five minutes. The Chair—Very good. The motion now in .order s the motion of the best Sen- ator California ever had on the platform from his side of the house—Senator Steph- en M. White. (Three cheers were. given for Senator White.) The Chair—Gentlemen, I present to you Hon. S!vphfn LI. White. Senator White—Mr. President and gen- tlemen of the convention: I have been unfortunately extremely il. for the past three or four days, and this sudden appearance on the stage, which at other times might not frighten me a great deal, leaves me in a condition where [ cannot if 1 would intrude in this debate to say biting alkali in"it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people nse it. anything cxcept. to thank you and your distingulshed Governor for the courtesies you have accorded me: The Chair—Gentlemen of the conven- tion: - While I go to take a little lunch I will leave Mr. Dockweller to preside. 1 request Mr. Dunn of San Francigco to | name the party to re Mr. Dunn—Mr. McNab will represent our side for a portion of the time. The Chair—How long will that him? Mr. McNab—Fifteen minutes, Mr. Chair- man. The Chair—Mr. McNab, if you will step forward we will hear from you for fifteen minutes. Mr. Dwyer—Upon our understanding the arrangement was made here that each Side should have an hour for one spokes- man. 1 am informed that the other side have arranged so that four of their able speakers may have fifteen minutes apiece. That was not the understanding or Major Harney might have made some arrange- ment on his side. We do not think it is fair that those who are in favor of the majority report should resort to that subterfuge, that they should bring on four speakers for fifteen minut each. the | present, his commit 4 give The Chair—The motion was to | amendment made by Mr. Wright, as ta-| ken by the secretary, that one hour | should be given to each side. | Mr. Wright—That was it. Mr., McNab—Mr. Chairman and gentle- | old story about these thousands and thousands of voters that do not approve of such a course. That story when it was told for the first time eight years ago before the State committee, the State committee which completed a cam- paign in which there was plenty of har- mony—I say the entire time was devoted about giving new men a chance. The result of that action was that the entire Democratic list of candidates, with a few instgnificant exceptions, was elected in Ban Francisco, while not one man had been elected two years before, and at the time the same men who were represent- ed before the State committee put up a ticket of their own in San Francisco and voted that ticket. Two years ago thesame thing was done. We heard the same story then before the State committee and before the State convention, and we heard it until the day of ‘election, and they put up a separate ticket and the ticket that the State committee recognized and the State convention recognized was elected. We ‘carried San Francisco overwhelm- tngly. ONE SAMUEL RAINEY. The ,condition that now exists In San SEX IS ATTENDING THE CONVENTION. 11 not con time men of this convemtion, 1 sume b g and the variou stitutions of thepar- ty in San Francisco since it has been or- ganized, reorganized and disorganized. | You may make con- itution: fter con- stitutions, but no paper resolution will make hon men unless you havehon- in office in ancisco. You may furnish dishon- :t’men with pledg and you may round them with all the paper eons tions_you wish, but they will still steal, and I am here to sp for the honest n neisco, as repre- inguish s¢ 1ed Mayor, James D. Phelan.’_(Applause | The act of the De “ommittee was an act of ne time the governing body of the State | right to try and save the | in any district in the State of | California, where an_ emergen has | arisen that threatens the very existence | of the party, and thercfore that right | atic State Central | ity At ¢ cannot be deprived, and it is a right that I _am here to represent. A condition of affairs had arisen at San Francisco which sitated the intervention of a higher and that highér power came upon | > in order that the good name of | the ocracy should not-be used for | purposes that contaminated it, of discord | and_d that would have destroyed | it. It was to s; the life of the party in | San 0 that this work was done, | Now, gentlemen of the convention, T will | not delay long upon this point, bécause | you are more or less familiar with it. It | is obvious that this was an act of neces- sity thatyjustified the State Committee in doing what was done. 1 know that there are distinguished gentlemen here, some of them are my friends and not far from San Francisco, who think it is better to let a party rot and die than to apply the surgeon’s kni 1 never was one n? them. 1 know it is nice to talk about conserva- tism, but it is_better to be honest than conservative. We belleve when a man is put up to represent the Democracy he will' represent its principles upon which the p: is founded, and those are the principles on which I intend to speak. I know that conservativeness is always hard, 1 know that compromise is also hard, T know that harmeny Is also hard— beeause of ten years of fighting this ques- tion of dishonesty in San Francisco. There never yet assemified any State convention nor has there been a State convention that 4 contest with the story that Major Harney told here has not been told be- fore—this idea of a gigantic enrollment that never occurred. Of that nobody knows in regard to excepting the three or four men who made it up. This story of the 35,000 votes that are sighing for representation—that _ story . has been threshed out before State Convention af- ter State convention, and vet in the his- tory of San Francisco never did a State committee interfere in the cause of de- cency and Democracy in San Francisco unless they failed to elect their ticket. The decent voters of San Francisco be- lieve that any step that is undertaken in their behalf and in the behalf of good government deserves the support of the voters, and they give it a most respectful application. The first time a State Cen- tral Committee interfered there was no organization at all. They simply recog- nized a body of independent citizens. At that time the same statement was made before the State committee that was made on this platform here to-day. That statement does not differ—it is the same Francisco, or did exist before the State Central Committee interfered, was: One muel F ney, a resident of the county of meda, who has a business office in San Francisco doing polities for the cor- porations, had, by the aid of the patron- red the absolute control of the ige, party g ion. When they assembled that so-called committee, without author- ity of the chalrman, they reorganized the rty and set to work to secure from Mr. ain the control of the organization. rom the fact that James D. Phelan, in the intere of the people, had {naugur- ated a crusade against the associated and rupt ns of the town, and who were violating the rights of citizenship. Mayor Phelan discovered that it was necessary that San Francisco should elect a Board of Freeholders, in conjunction with gther decent representatives of other organizations in San Francisco, and that |'that Board of Freeholders should formu- o s THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ‘OF THE- CONVENTION .+ ¢ ¢ |law and I | nominated, | mary was’ held every man elected here late a modern municipal charter. That | was not satisfactory to the ‘corporations. They arranged that Mr. Samuel Rainey | was to capture this organization and | throw out the chairman, Colonel William Sullivan, whose fealty for the Mayor and | for good government could not be doubt- ed. What did they do? They associated | themselves with those Republican bosses, | Philip Crimmins, Kelly, Curry. and | Spreckels, and put up a union ticket in| the interést of the associated villains, in | order to bind San Francisco to the cor- rupted priviieges of these men Theso men so assembled placed a ticket of fif- teen freeholders in the fleld. Mayor | Phelan of the Democracy—and ninety- nine hundredths of all San Francisco stands by Mayor Phelan—Mayor Phelan | put up his own ticket. The Democratic name, the party designation, was peddled | out to Mr. Spreckels, Mr.' Curry, Mr. Crimmins and Mr. Harney, to use for cor- | porations as they saw fit, and. no man ever suspected: of voting for Mr. Wil-| llam J. Bryan was allowed to go on that ticket. Mayor Phelan rested on the Dem- ocracy that Colonel Sullivan organized. The Democrats backed that organization of Mayor Phelan which named the fifteen men who ran as Freeholders in San Fran- 0, and the result of that election was that ‘the highest men on this ticket that Major Harney says has got 35,000 Demo- cratic votes, and which Mr. Crimmins supported, Mr. Kelly supported and Mr. | Spreckels supported, and .which did not | have any a ance in San Francisco ex- cept the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Builetin, elected every man on it from the highest man, and on Mr. Har- ney’s ticket they could not show the low- est man, for the reason that the Mayor's ticket was so far away. These men formed a charter which wil be the pride of San Francisco and will be the pride of the Democracy of the State. These men have framed that charter for the united antagonism of every ele- ment of indecency of the corrupt interests of San Francisco. The result of that election was but a repetition of the elec- tion previously held. That charter was carried by the same vote and the 35,000 Democratic vote that you have heard so much about did not carry a precinct in | San Francisco, That was the situation as it existed at that date and the State Central Committee having found that the principles of the party were being vio- lated and the Democratic party was be- | ing hawked about as a designation to be used by the corporations against the peo- ple and that the life of the Democrac of San Francisco required the surgeon's knife, they put it in where they thought it would do the most good. That is the condition as it existed and that was the reason for the interposition. Is the Democratic party organized for the Re- publican party, is it a matter in _their hands, or is it a designation for Demo- crats to stand for Democratc principle: decency and Integrit. | Now we hear a great deal about the fact | that these delegations were appointed. I regret that there was any necessity at | this time that any delegate should be ap- | pointed to the convention. T am person- | ally In favor of primaries wherever they can_be held and whenever they can be held in a way to bring out the Dem cratic vote. I stood before tne Supreme Court in behalf of the Stratton primary tabored with the Senators of the last Legislature in the consideration of that Instrument and I will labor with the Senators at the next Legislature and aid them in every way in putting it into force. You cannot without great detail. I am In favor of these men, the committee of one hundred, conduecting the primary as long as they gnss!bl)‘ can. I am in favor of them la- oring for it until they find they are in a condition to get out the Democratic vote. Tt is absolutely impossible to con- duct a primary under these conditions. Now there is no delegation of 150 elected by primary: that is a subterfuge. Sam | Ralney desired to have so many men and a week before the pri- was nominated by Sam Rainey and pube iished In the papers. Now how could Sam Rainey, sitting in his Alameda Warm Springs house, know that it has been taken away from his chairmanship and his guidance by interfering means not chargeable to the gentlemen who repre- sent_the other. committee at all? Not to gét personal or.anythins of that kind— and 1 do not want It taken from any word that I may say—whether true or false, T do not know, but it was asserted in San Francisco that the other commit- tee was dissatisfied with its chairman and was at last owned absolutely by a man known as a boss, by one who had | no confldence of the voters. In the spirit | of what I thought would be harmony— and 1 am as largely responsible for that as any man on the commlittee of nine—l | proposed to wipe them both out and put | in a new committee, hoping that would solidify the party, and it is.a pleasure to | me now to know that not one word in all | this matter has ever been said agalnst the personnel of that committee of 100. They stand there the representatives of | our principles; they stand as men who | have been prominent in business and | whom the people are willing to trust as | against any bosses, and that is the best that can be said of any man. I have heard myriends in the Alameda delega- tion who “iffered with me. They have been termed the old war horses. They advocated a great deal about coming down close to the people. I agree w!thi them, but T say the way to stand close to | the people is to stay away from the bosses. [Applause’) 1 agree with them. I am willing to follow & leader, but T believe there Is a difference between a boss and a leader. The boss has no politics; he never had. What he has get is for sale (applause and cries “Right you are!”). The boss is in politics for what he can make out of it. He has no principle. “He believes in vio- lation of every rule of decency that is not punishable by law openly.” He_ be Ileves in violating every rule of law which | he can and not get caught. (Applause and cheers.) The leader on the other side states to you what his views are and asks that you believe with him. The way to get close to the people is to cut aloof from the bosses, just/as any one | would cut loose from “a company of | thieves. 1 know the gentleman who will | follow me will say that the other side violated the primary principle. I say the present idea of primaries in San Fran-| cisco, with no law to punish infractions, is as dangerous as if there was no law to punish persons for swearing falsely. 1 am for primarfes, and I think they can be held, but not until this State will pass some primary law to punish a man for abusing the primary acts. Mr. Deuprey followed. He sald: My respected friend was pleased to challenge upon this platform any one to deny that the committee of which he claims to be chairman is the legally and properly au- thorized committee in any wise, and should, under any circumstances, be con- sidered by this convention. At ‘the time that the committee of twenty-five was appointed, of which Major Harney wuis| a member, and of which committee he acted in the appointment of a.general committee, which general committee sub- sequently had after Mr. Watkins, Colonel W. P. Sulllvan as chairman, was sought to be disrupted by illegal acts. Both of those who seek to represent the so-called committee of the city and county of San Francisco were followed by the successors appointed through Col- onel W. P. Sullivan, under the constitu- tion which then existed, of which com- mittee I have the honhor to be elected chairman and to remain chairman until the contest was presented before the State Central Committee, and then Major | Harney was heard before that commit- | tee and he consented to the proposition | of the committee of nine, taking this matter In hand to determine which was the legal committee. Before that committee of nine ha not only appeared. but also the secretary of | his so-called committee, Mr. McGovern, and both were heard. Mr. Popper, on be- half of the committee of Wgh:h I was chairman, was heard, and after ‘all the evidence was in, that committee took the evidence under advisement. 1 took no | gart in its deliberations, although a mem- er of that committee by consent of Major Harney, and that committee came to the conclusion as the reports of the. State Central Committee amply prove, in black and white, that the committee would not recognize- efther one. In this report it s suggested that a selection be made of 100 members as a new committee for the Burpose of protecting the interest of the emocracy of the city and county of San Francisco. The names, after a great deal of labor, were carefully selected and were resented with the report to the State | ‘entral Committee. That report which | follows the resolution which was intro- | duced by Mr. McGee was unanimously carried. The resolution as amended was carried unanimously. Major tiarney will not deny. that he was a member of the Btate Central Committee on that occa- sh?n‘. PHELAN FOR PURITY. | of the factions coming from San conduct a primary | | platform and lan, and at last the Mayor responded. He spoke earnestly and won the most ap plause of the d He said: - I feel loth | to impose at this hour upon your time. I think the convention. is - en- titled to thanks for its great patience in | listening to_this case of San Franciseo, and on behalf of San | Francisco 1 thank | you. for your pa- tience. We have in- truded too long upon your deliberations. This question, im- portant as it is should have beenset- tled last night. We found the mistake had been mads. of -~ermitting argument | before the commilttee to be repeateq before the convention. I occupy a delicate position as Mayor of San Francisco. [ that I should be instrumental as far as possible in bring- ing harmony out of contusion and chaos, but there are some things which we can- | not in justice to ourseives pass over. You | cannot jump: half way down the Niagara. | You must either stand by your prinelples | esert them. There has been too much | induigence ‘in personaiities, end my name | has been used here and others have been | and the members of the convention | sposed to accept the standing of | men who advocate one cause or another | as conclusive, and to that extent I am glad that we have inquired so dil.gently, | although at =0 great a loss of time, into | the merits and argument of the case. I hesitated about becoming a speaker for | fear that 1 might appear to many as one «Tan- cisco. I would have much preferred to | have been In the role of representing the | people, since for the two years I have | been fighting hand to hand at close quar- | ters with a power that is strong and | whose corrupt methods I hav rned to | appreciate.. I feel in my heart and soul that the men represented by the commit- tee of 100 here are arraved with a sin- | cerity of purpose and strength capable of | prevailing against that power. I do| not impute dishonesty to other men, but | I know that in the city of San Francisco | there is a bos eks to control con- | ventions and that he has capacity for con- | trolling small bodies of men because his | weapons are such as you and I wouiu not | emplo T have seen the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco pulled down before this | power. I have seen the Board of Educa- | WA /. m Al / ca33iN oF| SAnTA CRUZ eRouaHT Zeonyay wore Him BuTras B €At To TomR YHEM toose—, tion disgrace the municipality and the party name. It has been Known in ather years that men whom you and I person-| ally know have yielded to that power, but‘ some of us have tried to resist it. It has been asserted here that a delegation was | sent to contest our seat and that power | sympathizes with ' thelr cause. can | only tell from the personnel of that dele- gation whether it be true or not. I will tell you here that the boss of San Fran- | oisco is the fountain head of corruption | and has-relations and intimate relations with the men who are knocking at the door of this convention for admission in the name of the Democratic party. (Ap- plause.) Major Harney—I want to ask the gen- tleman a question. If I am permitted I want to ask the gentleman if he includes the chairman of the committee of 460 as being controlled by political bosses? Do vou claim.that P. J. Harney is controlled by that boss? Mayor Phelan—Gentlemen of the con- vention, Major Harney is at the head of the contesting delegation. I know that he has been one of our most redoubta- ble opponents. I know that we have gone into the campaign for a clean municipal government in San Francisco and he was not with us. T know that nrra?’ed against us was this boss and his so-calle organization. The Republican bosses and their organization were subservient tools of the Southern Pacific Company and we met them in open and falr combat and beat them twice. There are those who, I am informed, are disposed to sympa- thize with the contesting delegation, who are new recruits and who took no part in these battles during the past two years. They are honorable gentlemen and 1 was greatly surprised to see them arrayed on that side, and I can hardly understand the causes which sometimes cloud the mind. Perhaps some of the men have borne the brunt of battle, and some are men who are not personalily popular. I feel that there is some opposition com- ing from the other side that comes on personal consideration. I feel there are new recruits, who perhaps may be spokes- men_for the other side, who are simply | blinded by devotion to a principle with- out making any account of practical re- sults. We have no primary law to-day; there is no protection for the votes; there is no test by which a Democrat ggn be known from a Republican under me laws and forms that exist. His men will go to those polls, and as a result a cratic convention will be dominat. by a Republican boss. I say we have no | primary laws. We are devoted to the | rimary system if it can be gived to us n purity. If it cannot be giwn to us with the safeguards that surrousd a gen- eral election, thén we shall #sort to such means as are-at hand # effeet a representation in the convenwon by the | Democratic party. What ' was that means at hahd? = We say the State Central Comixittee, the su- | preme ~nwer of the Democmtic party be- | tween conventions, surrousded by .such | conditions as invited thesfate: that'the Democratic party would be betrayed in the house of its friend. /We asked that our Democracy might ) Dpreserved that ‘we might come up hers as_free men and speak for the great cglise for which our udge Maguire will stand. (Cheers.) What a mgtkery it would be if a boss of that city siit a delegation here, recking as he is with bribe money of the as and _electric fompanies, .from the outhern Pacidec (ompany, of great! cor: porations who escipe their share of taxa- tion in that eity., e of the first men in this city, a citized without a peer, who has relations in a JusSiness way with these corporations, teld. me: “You cannot win that battle. Tiey disburse $200,000 a year and that is impregnable and invincible.” Is it, fellow emocrats? (Yells of N no.") 1 heard Séhator Morgan the other day speak in tke Chamber of Commerce of San Francsco. He had been previously interviewed by the press and he said he was. opposed to territorial expansion out- Slde of tre Hawallan Islands; byt in- his e fore that body of men whose citizens of California, were look- Ing cagerly out upon the broad expanse of ific, hoping that the national pol expansion, he sal emen of San Francisco, there are some things at which my judgment hesi- ated. but at the same time my heart and my conscience are convinced.” d 1 say now to you, gentlemen of this There had been repeated calls for Phe- | Dgnocratic 'cv,venuong if you have & again | t have no doubt in your mind, a quibble raised by an attorney, as to the regularity of these proceedings; if you doubt, which you cannot, that the State Central Commit- tee ‘had full _authority, or -that it ‘had done wisely, 1 say to you, Discard your judgment and give voice to the die- tates of your heart and conscience, and place this Democratic party upen a plat- form that will enable it to go before the people of San Francisco, where the great deciding vote will be polled for one cause or_the other; and let us say that this convention is and was free; that it has been devoted to the pastand is devoted 'now .to the cause of personal freedom without dictation, and to that great, ab- corbing issue the destruction of the dom- ination of the railroad/and the other bribe-glving corporations which havz undermined not only our municipal gov- ernment, but, through the courts, I am yrry to. say, and through the Legisla- e, and even recently through Con- laid a_mine which when exploded in a revolution which we should strive to avert, will destroy the very fabric of the American Government. (Vigorous ap- plause). X R DISSOLVE THE FACTIONS. Mr. Heney—Mr. Chairman, 1 desire to offer a substitute for the two reports made before the convention. The Chair—The gentleman desires to of- fer - sul tute. If there is no objection we will hear it. The secretary reads as follows: Without passing upon the question of the power of the Stzie Central Committed to appolnt a committee’ to govern any county in this State, or to f{nvest such committee with the power to appoint delegates to a State, or any other conven- tiomn, Resolved, that the conditions existing in the Democratic party in San Fran- clsco at the time justified the State Cen- tral Committee in refusing to recognize either of the contesting factions as the legally constituted governing body and ald State Central Committee was fully justified in proceeding to reorganize the party and possessed ample power 80 to do. Resolved, further, That in order to se- cure harmony and preserve the best in- terests of the party, the delegates. ap- pointed by the committee of one hundred are hereby declared entitled to seats in this convention, with the express reser- atlon, however, that they shall not par- cipate in, and are hereby declared to ower to take part in, the nomi- ngressman for either the Pifth Congressional districts. Resolved, further, That the State Cen- gress, | tral Committee which shall be chosen by is hereby instructed to immediately proceed to prepare for, and hold, primaries in the city and county of San Francisco under its own direct and personal supervision and control by the club roll system. Such piimaries shall be for the following purposes, to-wit: First, The election of a committee of 154 mem- bers, which shall constitute the official governing body of the Democratic party for the city and county of San Franclsco until June 1, 1900, each Assembly’ district to be entitled to as many members of said committee as it is entitled to delegates te this convention. Second—The election of delegates to the district convention for the Fourth and Fifth Congressional districts; and said district convention shall be held at such time and place as the State Central Com- mittee shall direct; and the delegates to said Fifth Congressional District for the countfes of San Mateo and Santa Clara, who are entitled to seats in this conven- tion, shall be entitled to seats in sald district conventfon. Third—The election of delegates to a municipal and legislative convention, for said city and county of San Francisco; to be composed of such a number of members and to meet at such time as sald State Central Committee shall ad- judge right. Resolved further, That the County Committee for the city and county ~r San Francisco shall hereafter be chosen every two years in the manner hereinbefore prescribed until such time as a different Blan is provided 'by the duly assembled emocratic convention of ‘this State. That the said com- this convention Resolved, further, mittee, of one hundred, the so-calied “‘Harney’’ committee and the so-called “Sullivan’’ committee are hereby each and all dissolved and declared to have no right to exercise the funttions of an of- ficial Democratic Fo\'t‘rnlng bodv for the city and county of San Francisco. Mr. Heney—I would like five minutes, to speak if the question is before the hou: The hair—-The previous Que!tlr Men full of life. 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