The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1898. JANES 0. PHELAN REPUDINTED BY MEN WHOM HE TNED 0 * PURCIASE WITH OFFERSOF PATRDICE M GFT THE HARNEY-RAINEY DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO SILK-HAT RULE. They Declare Against the Prof- fered Compromise by an Overwhelming Majority. Logical Result of an|fice of Mayor of thg ered to them- the city of San Fran-/party = organization Act of Treach- ery. Poor Mr. Phelan.;probable, Deserted by the|certain, friends whom - he basely betrayed,/gan, the Examiner, have jeered at by the will set up a howl him “he - will call good citizens who/that Sam Rainey is them rascals and have had their filllopposedto him and blackguards and of his self lauda-Ithat it was due to the willing tools of tion, it remained for the Democrats whose support he Harney-Rainey gored. sought to buy to|committee of 450 deal the final blow | to his hopes of po- litical preferment. Last night the Committee of 450, representing the Harney - Rainey branch of the local Democracy, repudi- ated Phelan and his associated job chas- ers by a vote of 340 to 80. They not only metaphorically kicked the silk hat bossout of theranks of the Democratic party, but they add- ed weight to their action by giving three cheers for Charles L. Patton, the Republican can- didate for Mayor. Shunned by the men who have as- sisted him in his brief career of offi- cial incompetence, repudiated by those whom he sought to bribe with promised patronage and pow- er, James D. Phelan goes before the peo- ple at the coming election shorn of every attribute that goes to make up the sum of competence expected and re- quired of a candi- date for the high of- Cisco. It is “more than in fact, that -Mr. Phelan and - his:or= influence - -of that: the the Rainey voted to repudiate him. The truth or falsity of such a contention is of no moment. remains that Mr. Phelan ~and: - the Examiner - thought the - members - of the Harney-Rainey committee = good enough to be made. the - recipients = of one-third of - the patronage - of the city ~government, and that they were pure enough to be given entire control of the party organ-| ization in this. city. The patronage and the control of the party organization was offered to the Harney - Rainey committee by Mr. Phelan ‘through his agents, and amount of ante- mortem recrimina- tion can serve to change the fact. The only condition attached to the of- fer was that the Harney - Rainey Democrats should fall in behind Phe- lan and aid in-se- curing his election. Mr. Phelan would have given the Har- The fact: ' no. i, liéyfRainéy ‘Demo- ixcrats-'.von.e—third of ‘the patronage of the | ‘¢ ity government, ‘would - have deliv- land - control; - and 'would haveaccept- ‘ed their votes —if ‘they had - indorsed thim. Now that they repudiated \a corrupt boss. The iwrong ox has been Phe particulars of the ‘deal by which Mr. Phielan attempted’ to -sell :out. his arty.and betray his friends are still h:in the minds of the voters of this city.- ‘THe. initii}l offer was.made no lonigér.ago. than jast Friday and was in- |-Spired by the desperation of a man the face.. On-that day Governor Budd, M. F. Tarpey and others went to the residence of Major P.-J. Harney, chair- of -thé: Harney-Rainey committee f 450, 4nd proposed the terms tuat | would: be. grantéd, provided:-the com- | mhittee would: indorse Phelan’s - candi- | dacy. . Priot ‘tothis .meeting ‘ Mr. - Phelan, Governor: Budd.and otheérs held a con- férence in the Palace Hotel and agréed }u,mn the terms of the - contemplated proposal. | "As @ result of the meeting at the.resi- |‘dence of-Major. Harney that gentleman ciiled A meeting of his campaign com- mittee ‘ta consider the proposal. This | meeting- was held last Sunday in the ‘offices of the Harbor Commission in the New Ferry building. M. F. Tarpey ap- peared before the committee as the au- | thorized agent of W. R. Hearst, pro- {-prietor of the Examiner, Mr. Phelan’s personal organ. The proposition to de- liver one-third 6f the patronage of ‘the ‘¢ity government-and the control of the party ‘organization to " the Harney- | Rainey people was made by Mr. Tar- | pey: He declared that Mr. Hearst guar- |'anteed the faithful fulfillment of the 1 offer in_case of its acceptance, and that | he' (Mr. Hearst) would put up his per- |'sonal cheok as an additional guarantee. On this showing Major Harney agreed ‘to_call a meeting of the committee for last ‘night and submit the offer to it for its. acceptance or rejection—first prom- ising to do all in his power to secure the ratification of the agreement. Such is a brief history of the eircum- stances attending the attempt of Mr. Pheian-and his friends to sell out to the people whom ‘the Mayor has so fre- quently referred to as the scum of the ‘| earth, the curse of the city and the tools.and political agents of the allied corporations. Mr. Phelan’s complicity in thie scheme is apparent even to those who will not see. That the committee of -450° repudiated him was because of no lack of effort on his part to induce, the members to come to his arms and ‘be treated as long lost brothers. It was apparent from the beginning of the meeting last night that the mem- bers of the committee were determined to lsten to nothing that savored of a compromise with the silk-hat boss. As a matter of fact the few members who | had been induced to favor the compro- mise offered by Mr. Phelan were not permitted to bring the matter before the meeting.. An attempt was made to do so, but the opposing members would not listen to it. A motion was at once made to adjourn and it was insisted on in such a vigorous manner that Major Harney, after nearly precipitating a riot by his efforts to secure a hearing for Mr. Phelan’s ‘scheme, .was. finally forced to listen to the volice of the ma- jority and put the motion to a vote. This was the test vote. Those who wished to favor the compromise voted | against the motion to adjourn and those who were opposed to Mr. Phelan and his methods voted in favor of adjourn- ment. When it was announced that the vote stood 340 for and 80 against ad- journment a mighty cheer went up. This outburst of approval was supple- mented by three rousing cheers for Charles L. Patton and three more for Henry S. Martin, the Republican can- didate fom Sheriff. It was nearly 8:30 o’clock before Ma- jor Harney succeeded in hammering his committee into sufficient order to hear him in his opening explanation. It was his object in ealling the com- mittee together that he wanted to set forth, and he did so in a ripping speech. He wanted to emphasize the fact that it was' solely the best interests of the who already saw defeat staring him in [ ‘that the Democracy of San Francisco EXIT THE PERI. eration’ or “insignificant matter” of patrondge or party contrel. “Upon the suggestion of the cam- paign eommittee,” ‘said Major Harney, “I have called this meeting for the wel- fare of the Democrati¢ party of this State and of the: city of San Fran- cisco. The Democracy of the State of California appeals to this committee shall be united- and shall present a united front at the big battle on the 8th-of November. “As chairman ¢f this committee I ap- peal to you to throw aside all feeling and abide by the decision of the Demo- cratic ' Convention that was held in Sacramento. It was against us and as good Democrats, loyal to our party, we should abide by that decision, for it was made by the highest tribunal in State Democracy. ~Gentlemen, ‘as the first business of the evening I announce the roll call.” “I move we suspend the roll' call.”—*T object,” “Sit down.”—The fight was on. From all over the hall came motions to guspend and counter objections. Charles Reynolds rose to a point of in- formation. but the chair ruled him out of order. Instead of retiring gracefully he insisted upon remaining on his feet | to demand recognition. Mr. Harney | put the question and the roll call was carried, but its operation was delayed by Fenton of the Thirty-ninth, who rose to insist that Reynolds, who had remained standing, be forced to take this, Harney " his seat. Instead, Reynolds proceeded | to the platform and leaped up to a po- sition beside Harney, where he re- mained through the roll ecall, when he again demanded the attention of the chair. Harney ignored him and gave the floor to Fenton, to whom had been delegated the task of presenting to the convention the resolution favering a compromise with Phelan and his man- agers. Fenton’s motion never found utter- ance. Just as he had got nicely start- ed Jerry Welch of the Twenty-eighth moved. that the meeting adjourn, and a deafening chorus of seconds an- swered him. Harney tried to stave it off by declaring that Reynolds had the floor by right of previous request. “My motion takes precedence,” yelled ‘Welch, and a hundred other voices in the hall backed him up. The Harney faction had-gathered round the speak- er's desk and sent back an answering yell. Fenton and his supporters added to the din and bedlam® broke loose again. Above the racket sounded Harney's gavel. He wanted to explain his posi- tion, but they wouldn’t hear to it. Antone Flynn of the Forty-second rose to a point of order and announced that the motion to adjourn had heen sec- onded and took precedence over all other questions before the commtttee. He was ruled out of order. “How much is Phelan paying you for shouted Billy Maxwell. “Who?"” asked Harney. - tenants, got on the stage and attempted | “You!” yelled Maxwell. = Harney deigned no reply. Welch sent up another roar for his motion to adjourn and again he. was| ruled out of order. Judge Spinnetti became -excited and leaped upon ‘the platform. Shaking his hand in the face of the chairman he demanded a. vote on Welch's motion and- the house | cheered him. Seeing the predicament that Harney had got into Sammy Cole- man, one of Harney's numerous Heu- to whisper some outside advice to his | leader, He was tossed off the stage into the arms of a crowd who did not sym- pathize with his end of the fight and was bandied good-naturedly about un- | til Sergeant Michael Joseph Conboy and | his squad interfered. Conboy went up | against Maxwell and for a minute. it | looked as though trouble would result, but- Maxwell’s friends pulled him back into the crowd and the ‘police retired | with Coleman in tow. Reynolds remained upon the stage through all the racket, and after Max- well had subsided again set up a clamor | for recognition. Welch and his sympa- | thizers again began to insist upon the motion to. adjourn and Antone Flynn complicated matters by moving to ad- journ sine die. His motion found plenty of seconds, but it was ignored by the chair, who escaped it by announcing that he would put the original motion to adjourn. It was put to a viva voce vote, but the result was not satisfactory and a demand for:a roll call was made. Judge Spinnetti suggested that two additional ballot. clerks be calleéd by the chalr and dafter this had been done the tallying commenced. After a ‘dozen votes had been called it became apparent that to get anything like ‘4 genuine vote each delegate - would _have to rise to his name. This every one agreed to, a number of them - accommodating the chairman to’ the extent of rising to a half a dozen namés apiece. The Harneyites gathered in a bunch round the platform and distributed themselves generously through the hail and set up a yell at the first vote that went against themi. Through the whole roll call, which took the better part of an hour, they kept up the same tactics and on-several occasions the police had to rout them from the passageways where they had gathered to -prevent the casting of votes contrary to their plans. The turmoil quieted for a moment and Harney was about to announce the result of the ballot, when a yell for Henry Martin, the Republican nominee for Bheriff, went up in the back of the hall and was taken up by every man in the building. Three cheers were called for for Charles L. Patton, and they were given with even a greater will than were those for Martin. After three more for Patton and the same for Ma- guire, Harney got his volce, and above the laughter of his audience announced that the vote stood 340 for and 89 against adjournment. TO SERVE REA : AT THE POLLS SAN JOSE, Nov. 1L—“Jim" Rea gangsters are making a hard fight to capture this city at the coming elec- tion to offset the majority the reform forces will get in the country districts. A glance at the list of election officers appointed by the Board of Supervisors will convince even the most skeptical of this. Out of the 160 election officers in the twenty precincts of the city fifiy- three are not on the assessment roll and a number of theni are city officials. Among the latter are Police Commis- sioner Willlam Carmichal and Deputy City Clerk John Varcoe. Besides, there are firemen, school janitors and ecity employes among the appointees. This is contrary to the law, which says that election officers shall be on the assess- ment roll, and prohibits city, county and State officials from acting on elec- tion boards. Nearly all the officers who presided at the late Republican primary, where ballot-box stuffing and other disreputable tactics were em- ployed, have been appointed by the Su- pervisors. Sl The Good Government League has prepared a list of .these illegal ap- pointees and steps will be taken to have them taken off the bo Voters have been colonized, both in this city and suburban districts. These offenders will be watched and kept from- voting, and in this manner the gang will be weakened. g The gang is in desperate straits. De- feat is staring It in the face and mem- bers deserting. The members them- selves believe the anti-gang ticket will be elected, and many of the gangsters holding deputyships in the various city party that moved him and no consid- | trim. and county offices are beginning to This reached Rea and Mackenegie and these leaders are threatening their followers with dire vengeance unless they remain firm. Rea’s conviction of slander has had a wholesome effect. It -has resulted in citizens throwing off the boss’ collar and at the same time robbed the Rea- ites of their favorite weapon. It has proved that the majesty of the law'is above Rea, and that he and his crowd must answer to the people for their acts. 5 The Police and Fire "Departments have been put at Rea's service, and Chief of Police Kidward and Fire Chief Ford are doing yoemen's work for the boss. Assessments have been levied on the firemen, and it is stated by those claiming to know that firemen holding" steady positions—such as engineers and drivers—have been assessed 335 apiece. It also is probable the police have been assessed. Many employers of workingmen have been visited by Rea and the Macken- zles and urged and threatened to make their men vote the gang ticket. The Supervisors and city and county offi- clals have put extra men at work in order to get their'votes. The gang or- ganization has left nothing undone to get voters in line, and they will stop at nothing on election day to place their candidates in office. Rea has even blocked business in-the Council in the hope of making votes. ‘When the ordinamce compelling the Southern Pacific to abandon switching cars across North First street came up | fa yesterday It was opposed by Council- men Spring and Macauley, and went over for two weeks. This was at the request of Rea, who, it is said, told Macauley such action was necessary in order to get the votes of the employes of the railroad. The people have tired of gang rule and will throw the yoke of bossism off next Tuesday. The reform forces pre- sent a solid front, and the Democrats, Good Government League and Popu- 1ists are arrayed against the gang. the ears of | Union ticket is a strong onme and will | -| Company. He ‘was a good worker, but at %‘t the support of respectable classes. e election of the ticket means a busi- ness administration of the county's af- fairs and an era of prosperity for the people of Santa Clara County. —_— MANIAC RUNS AMUCK IN A WISCONSIN TOWN Shoots Nine Men Before He Is Brought Down Himself and Placed in Jail. BEAVER DAM, ‘Wis., ‘Nov. lL—Adam Hemmer of this city became suddenly in- sane to-day and, securing a gun wounded nine men and was finally -shot. himself to prevent his dqing further injury.. Hemmer was employed-in the machine shops of tre J. S..Rowell Manufacturing times had spells of supposed insanity, the result, it is sald, of religious excitement. His peculiar ways made him the butt for practical jokes. '0-day Some one placed some tacks on & stool where he worked and this anmd him. He left the shop, went to a - ware store where he rented a shotgun and, tnh;}a up his position south of the main bul of the piant, kept every one at baynfor over an hour and shot several employes through the windows. The list of the wounded is as follows:. Theodore B. Powell, shot in the face and head. ° ‘Willlam Chatfield, shot In the leg. Mars| Edward Powderly, shot in the Michael Neiman, shot twice at close range, dangerously wounded in the side and leg. - 5 Ju-uge E. F. Lyons, shot in the right eye, may lose the eye. !@. w. }éclmenbllz. shot In the head. - John Gerg, shot in the face. Willlam Gelese, shot in the face. Carl Voorpahl, shot in the leg. Two others received slight scratches. ot g Given a Professorship. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. L— Word was recelved here this evening of the avpointment of Dorsy A. Lyon, of Stanford, to be instructor in logy _and mining engineering in- the gtne Uni» versity of Washington. Lyon graduated here with the class of '8 from the de- partment of chemistry, and for some time Fabst h‘a.s beex;{:a:;;t‘gt'l;‘!’nt‘he che%xh(ry aboratory. Las ; N Mex Tie belongs to Delta Upsllon tra- ternity here. Fought to a Draw. PITTSBURG, Nov.. l—“Buck" Stelzer of Columbus, O., and George Wankow of W’u‘kiun(nor:. mit'n.. dtougtl;:& lh!l;!y-flv‘ unds. to-n| o a draw before the Mete Topoiitan Athletic Club. i LETTERS FOR THE BLIND. All_modern phll‘nthxogy in France, with the blind, mu,r.. concerned e‘spedall{‘ be traced back to Valentin Hauy, whose name ought to be but is.not well known in England. He was born in 1745, the son of ‘a_poor weaver .in_Picardy. His own intelligence and the devotion of his pars ents hel him on' from school to cols lege, and while still young he was earn- ing his Ilvln('rlgx Paris by teachi; an translating. e - philanthropic spirit the time seized upon him: he grew up i for doing de' el{ha’ & world passionate in theory or practice. Diderot had write ten bis “Letter on the Blind"; the Abbe de I'Epee had founded his sehool for the deaf and dumb, and Valentin Hauy, ag 2, only wanted an opportunity to throw himself into some work of the sort. His (‘hoilce fw'an: gxfixdde for hlrlg' by the specs tacle o e blind men performt frofS;;?‘sfle.h A JRAL e om that time he set sel. the blind, to find out what trh:;’-slec}- really capable of in the way of instruc- tion.” It was a difficult subject, for there was little or no exium:'f experience to help him. At last, having satisfled his mind that something at least was ble, he set to work to teach a blind boy who sat begging at the door of Saint- Germain des Pres. In the course of in- structing this boy, Francols Lesueur by ;;laer:;.s hoe‘ half "f‘gmmy dllco\’ereg&"b¥ some_letters t ona card of Invitation that n::u mfled feel the shape of those letters with his finger ends, and so describe them. s was the bej ., the origin, o Braille system, the root idea of has been the