The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1899, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1899. LEAGUE AGAINST THE MAN FROM MEXICO Revenge of Citizen Republicans on a Stuffed Prophet, Rebellion in the Camp of Burns Provoked by Sugared Promises Which Were Never Honored. OLITICAL clouds, black, threaten- ing and ominous, are gathering about Dan Burns,and there is every reason to believe that the politica stuffed prophet from Me will be b 1 to ¢ fine his energies to his stables, ( by one the follow Mex are deserting him, an nov € f ¢ ffection that is pe £ and significant than Pa His cc his cc ' Repul him. nd st veyed He t party. T and u Mexic would nt them ne, the ination ined planned a es, called had more of em, and n 3 1 unty Cler! eter Ham- mond 18 a ¥ 1y gentleman De received the citizens’ ax, and Burns 1s 1 ng on political in- grat! s are grinning in Eelf-esteem 4 in a few days a- rd will probably begin to wonder from nce the next for the quarters is con DRIVEN FROM THE FOLD. Burns Thrown Out Bag and Baggage From the Citi- s’ Party. s conge last night fr lican party. He 5 organization, bag ar he is now out of the Re The rebelllon which 1 had been gaining rength reached its height last night, diated absolute- fon which met in Ploneer ation w delivered into y and Crimmins, and e to look to his stables for closing sesslon of the con- fng one. In the con- h attended the struggle for ention failed to nomi- d a Coroner, but the ticket was filled. fons had been made tho s attempted to name the mittee by resolution. The t once seen, and after a bitter struggle the resolution was rejected and the chal who s antagonistic to Burns, was empowered to name the county committee. He will announce his selections on When the de it in their pow Monday tes saw that they had to punish Burns for his treacher :d on his favorite, Willlam _nominated him for County C! Che big fight had been won and Bur out of the organiza- tion. Shortly after 8 o'clock the chairman, Joseph E. Lee, glared savagely upon the delegates and called the convention to order. He positively declined to enter- ain a motion to change the order of busi- ness, refused to listen to an appeal from his decision and asked for nominations for Police Judges. His supreme contempt for any suggestion but his own was re- freshing. Before nominations could be made it was announced that Peter Ham- mond, the nominee of the convention for County Clerk, had withdrawn and very respectfully declined the homor. The name of Charles Conlan was also with- nominee for Police Judge. thdrawals were in order, Dr. T. s was deprived of the nomination ner, which he had received the efore. Affairs were beginning emselves and Henry I 1s nominated unanimously © Judge st important business of the ses- >n in order. It was the nomi- )r. Whatever the members think or feel in vithin the party to thei ne riv s hey demonstrated last night that the yne mind on the vitally importa n of andard bea There e ca > before the convention— Davis. > was placed In nomin W Scott, who eloquently de- scribed the attributés of public and pri- vat ife whic i the high offi most of the n Mayor . o . | Assessor . ‘City and County Attorney . . . Public Administrator . . . District Attorney .Lewis F. Byington | Recorder . . . Edmond Godchaux 1Co\mty Clerk . . Dennis Geary Coroner . Dr. R. Beverly Cole Tax Collector . . . R. P. Doolan Treasurer . . Samuel H. Brooks Auditor . . Joseph M. Cummings Sheriff . . Jeremiah Deasy POLICE JUDGES. E. P. Mogan, Charles T. Conlan, Alfred J. Fritz, George H. Cabaniss. SUPERVISORS. A. Comte Jr., 1 for Sherif, \I er R. M. Hotaling, Clerk, Joseph H. Scoit for Tax Collector H. Brandenstein; | dates and the chairman; outsiders voted Patrick Boland | [ e Dr. Washington Dodge | in place of absent delegates, and in the midst of it all Mayor Phelan stood b R O CLT ouy THE STar_ ATTRACTION - (r $. g2z o . Franklin K. Lane .04>—0-®+®+©+®+®+@+.1 ROWDYISM REIGNS AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Police Hurriedly Called Upon to Quell the Riot and Prevent Bloodshed. Slate Goes Through Without a Break—Attempts to Smash It Precipitate a Series of Disgraceful Scenes, During Which Delegates and Lobby Indulge in a Fierce Hand-to-Hand Fight. James D. Phelanepithets at the speakers, at the candi- Neal-McCarthy turmoil peated. “I call for P. H. McCarthy to come out on this platform and face me,” were Ashe's first words, but McCarthy failed o come. in an evening paper over McCarthy's sig- nature, and said the writer was a liar and dared not refute.jt. Chairman McDonald attempted to choke off the speaker and the crowd broke into a wild vell. A vote was called for. It was closeé, and for a moment the chairman hesitated in giving his decision. ‘““I'reat me fair, chairman; treat me fair,” pleaded Ashe, and he was allowed to proceed. Chairman Jasper McDonald called the convention to order shortly after 9 o’clock. As soon as quiet was restored Donzel Stoney asked the chalr for information about a resolution which he was interest- ed in, but Chairman McDonald was anx- would be re- fous {o proceed with the regular order of business and would not recognize Stoney’s appeal. Grattan D. Phillips then jumped | to his feet and asked that a resolution pertaining to the Trades Council be read, and after the had read it it was unanimously The pledged the Demc c candidates to em- ploy_union labor. J. Leo Parks then took the platform and | read the following report of the commit- | @ * OO * OO0+ tee on resolutions: The resolution submitted by Mr. Brosnan is red by charter provisions and should be to the mew city government in the dis- We approve, however, recommendation to have as much pub- lic work as practicable done by day's labor resolution | Ashe then referred to an article | GAGE IS OPPOSED TO AN EXTRA SESSION Is Convinced That Burns Could Not Win the Senatorship. The Governor Unburdens Himself and An- nounces That He Will Not Accept Advice to I)r(_>p the Mexican. DVERNOR GAGE has emerged from an executive session with himself and putting the gubernato- rial foot firmly down has an- nounced that there shall be no ex- tra sesslon of the Legislature. The chief reason for this official decision is that his Excellency would, if possible, make him- self more ridiculous than he is by calling the legislators to a session that would be unwarranted under the law. The sub- sidiary reason is that the Governor wishes to inflict mild chastisement upon Burns and show incidentally that the chief cx- ecutive of the State can, with difficulty, think for himself. This does not mean, however, that the Mexican has been al- together repudiated. He still has the favor of Gage and perhaps the commission and empty honor of a Senatorial appointment. It was only after laborious deliberation that Gage made his decision. Then he confided to some of those that are in his confidence what he had done. He said that it was out of the question legally to call an extra session, and even if it were possible Burns would gain nothing of value. The Governor has covered that under the constitution he cannot call an extra session of the Legislature simply for the purpose of electing a United States Senator. The call must declare that an raordinary emergency has arisen and t the welfare of the State demands immediate legislation. No possible tw ing of motives could make the election of Dan Burns an element of State weifare and the extra session will not be called. There is absolutely nothing in the affairs of the State upon which Gage can hinge a call an extra session. More than this, the Governor has told ——0— 0009 th 81BO ¢ JONN ‘L. MOSTERI_ 5 wWm. WATSON = ic,c_..waxeh—r. ] JerAas. Buss; o (5e Charles A When the ted for t O'Briel He decl nom was on his feet with red that We the L pro- 1s had proved men who nomi with effort w Hayes to nominate or, but he was nominations_of n King, Ge Dr. J S| William Watson, C. 8. W Koster and Dr. T. H. Morri the ballots had been taken for | sors an cffort was made to elect auditing committee. The effort An altempt was then made to elec Burns, County Committee. It was denounced as a scheme of a man who is charged with various crimes, and also The convention at this uproar and an adjourn- s taken to the call of the chair, subsequently. fled of success. announced 1§ committee Purity com- {. Pettio, John Rutherford, seph King, Char H. Forb H },Ml Itte on vac 5 llam H. 'Sh , T. B. O'Brien, Barney Conlan, J. everance and Charles H. Forbes. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS BREVITIES OAKLAND, Oct. 6.—Marriage licenses were ited to-ay to the following: rtin Vargas, 29 years, and Julia_ Joa- quin 4'Comc 2) years, Oakland; Le Roy Coots, rs, and Leta Harbin, 20 years, Oakland; John Bergstedt, 27 ars, and Christine Johnson, 26 years, Fruitvale, An appraisement of the estate of Fred | | W. Aiten of Al i da, who died in Alaska une, was filed to while searchin day, showing a total valu which $3094 1s in bank, $10¢ Alameda realty. a note and $500 aelin filed suit in the Supe- rior Court to- Martha Hahn, John Scanlan, et al., for the foreclosure of a mortgage on property on Linden street, near ’I‘h.r(l‘-(h.(fh’en to secure payment on a note for ), dated October 10, 1894, with interest at 9 per cent per annum. The contract for the brick, granite and cement work in the constriction of the Standard Electric Com two-stor building on the east side of Grove stre near First, awarded to Childs & Pierson | at 334 has been recorded. The first Installment of State and county | fred S. Barber, G. taxes will be due and payable next Mon- day, and Tax Collector Barber has ap- pointed as deputies L. 8. Bix W. R. Barctow, A. A: Rogers, J. A. Webster, Al- ). Warren and Charies H. Frost. The funeral of Norman Wines, who owned stage llnes about Santa Barbara aggregating 625 miles in length, was held here to-day. The services were conduct- ed by Rev. Mr. Bakewell of Trinity Church, and the interment was at Moun- tain View Cemetery. Deceased was &7 years of age and was well known in the southern part of the State. tion of $3703, of | against Emil J. G. and | Thomas Jennings, Dr. A. A. d’Ancona, Joseph S. Tobin, W. N. McCarthy, John E. A. Helms, John Connor, C. W. Reed, James P. Booth, Emil Pohli, | P.J. Curtis, M. C. McGrath, L. J. Dwyer, Osgood Putnam, M. J. Fontana, A. B. Maguire. VES were enacted at last night's sion of the Democratic Conven- tion, at Native Sons’ Hall, that | rivaled in rowdyism the worst | brawls of the tenderloin. At one stage of the disgraceful proceedings the police .4-@4—@»»@+@—0~®+@+@+’ D S e o o s Torm BrosHAN "Hap TadeRA. | M BONALD QuING IR S D A SR S T S SN S S L = ST SRR SN 1 | were forced to take complete charge of | the convention to prevent bloodshed and quell a threatened riot. No political gathering ever held in this city could equal the affair of last night. Aside from being a display of the worst type of hoodlumism it was a roaring farce as a nominating body. Jasper McDonald, the chairman, was at no time in control of the mob excepting during the few moments that Mayor Phelan was on the platform thanking the delegates for placing him in nomin- ation. Not the least semblance of order was maintained. Delegations shouted curses at delegations; the lobby hurled | the disturbing 1| cPUBLICA N R SARDIDAT - S FSR D.C.M. GO0 DSKL LT WA AT AN hind the wings directin, fforts to break the slate were ineffec- tual. One of the all but re- suled in a rlot. on the con- =st_for County Cle ain Denn Geary was the Mayc wdidate an M. C. Haley was put in the fight in opposition. When 1 s case seemed hopeless P. J. McCarthy jumped on the platform and _Jas viclded the gavel to him behind the scenes to confer with Mayor Phelan. McCarthy’s appearance was the signal for a wild and most disgusting demon tion of disapproval. His reception would indicate that he is far from the ‘“whole thing” in the Democratic ranks. First there was a threatening hum, followed by rumble, that gr in volume and viclousne Encou d by the number of their sympathizers, the cnemies of M Carthy grew bold and came out of cov Jim Neal was the leader, and he had his gang with him. “You dirty dog! You dirty dog! down out of that! Pull him off of platforn and similar insults were fired at the tempo; ajrm: al and his followers. McCarthy cast a glance at element and hissed be- tween his teeth some hot rétort. Quick as a flash Neal elbowed his way through the crowd at the side of the hall and made a break for the platform. manner was menacing, and from the way Get | in which he felt for his pistol pockét it was evident he meant business. With a bound he was on the stage and at Mec- Carthy. The secretaries attempted to throw him back on the floor, but with a swing he flung one of the men who in- terfered with him headlong into the saw- dust. MeCarthy In the meantime w keeping out of arm’s reach of Neal and L e S S S e e O e R O S R R R amCER SCEY SOy S “his programme. | and that no man or firm have more than one | his friends that he has a per the | His | rotecting himseif from assault with the | heavy gavel Sympathizers of both men caught the spirit of the affair and rushed to the plat form to take a hand in the fight. Dele- gates jumped over chairs and tore each other's clothing in a mad effort to joir in the fray. In the midst of it all the police from the galleries and the rear of the hall rushed to the front with drawn clubs. They were far outnumbered and for a time while the battle raged the fiercest it looked as If the bluecoats would be overpowered, but by a mighty effort they | grabbed Neal just as he had drawn his revolver and began to bustle him out of the hall. There was a flerce struggle, but six of the officers took hold of the bellig- erent and carried him kicking into the street. The Mayor at once sent a message to Chief Lees to hurry all the police he could spare to the convention hall. From that time until adjournment the officers were almost as numerous as the delegates, but there were none too many to preserve the eace. pM(‘Cm‘thY tried to brave the crowd when Neal was removed, but he was hooted off the stage and took refuge behind the wings, where he remained in peace until R. Porter Ashe pald his compliments to him before the convention; and with the delegates’ permission to address them he called McCarthy a liar and defled him to ;:lnme out of his hiding place and face fm. This incident occurred when the second futile attempt was made to break the slate. Lewis F. Byington had been placed in_nomination, and R. Porter Ashe was called for. He also was named as a can- didate, and the delegate who placed him in nomination asked him to step on the platform and speak for himself. Ashe was loaded with an inflammatory speech, and for a time it looked as though the P SN U S S U S S 2 VICTOR _pbPu@BGoct team employed in city work. ence to the resolution concerning the Works, we beg lea a suit at present p In ref the halders of the so-called involving the matters referred to in n, the sa has not yet fally ' de ned. Should _the the courts be against such franch > our nominees to carefull; natter and consider claims of indi- 1 the public rights. ' of the Mission Business Men's As 18 to covered by the pro- visions in _the platform as adopted. Our nomi- nees for Supervisors are pledged to street im- provements and the repaving of cepted strects and the artery leading to the county line will certainly enlist the attention of our Supervisors when elected In regard to Mr. Caglieri's resolution pledg- ing the nominees of this convention against unju; rimination in the paving of streets, we believe that the platform adopted answers his objection and that it be now resolved as the sense of this convention that no unfair discrimination be shown in the expenditure of public moneys. Conc the resolutions of Mr. Edelman, which reads as follows: ‘‘Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm the principles enunciated in the platform adopted by the Democratic na- [ R sl Slode sfofe alcle ol adon o ] é 3 9 v S : i 4 b4 CHAIRS g RESCUE = 64—0+®+@+@+®+@+9—0~. tional convention in 189, we recommend that it be passed. Inasmuch, however, as this is a municipal convention under the charter whose _principal purpose is to separate local from State and national affairs and give the city home rule, we recommend the resolution presented by Mr. Denman as expressing the poliey of the Democratic municipal convention: ‘Whereas, the cardinal principle of the Demo- cratic party_is local self-government and it is of universal application in every sphere of political strife; and whereas, attempts to con- found questions of national concern with issues that are purely local and municipal tend to centralization, against which the Democratic party has always struggled; and whereas, the new charter, an instrument for which the e R e A S > > | ion of him. | it shall be the policy of the Democratic munici- | N E SAMUEL FosTER = GO0 404040+060+00060+000+0 4040 +0¢040+0+0¢9 Se-0e0+>+@ onal reason for not calling the extra s on. He is laboring under an impression that he has a character to lose and that Burns' dos ination over him Is creating an evil opin- “My friends.” he said to his confidants, “are begging me o throw Burns over. 1 certainly have proved m loyalty to him, and it is about time that I paid a little attention to myself. I think 1 need it, and besides Burns knows that he nnot win the United States Senator- ship without me. "hings have changed in the last year. Men whom we could control several nths ago are now beyond our reac patronage has all been practically dis- uted and we have no strings now upon | the men we held in line before. I am cone | vinced that Burns cannot now control the votes he had at the late session of the Legislature, and he would make figure of himself at an extra sess “But still I have not yet decided throw Burns overboard. He is a heavy welght for me to c and if I were to follow the advice of my friends from the south I would discard him. I have given more perhaps than he deserves and I will not call an extra sion for him.” “But what are you going to do?” asked the Governor's confidants. “I am going to wait until the opening of ongre "' was Gage's reply. “I believe that Matt Quay will be seated, and when he is Burns' path will be c r. I intend to opoint him formally j before the opening of Congress and then he must let events take their course. I would up- oint him now, only I am tired of the howls that have been raised against my administration and don’t want any more."” Gage also left the impression from hi conversation that Burns already had the comm ion and was simply waiting for an_opportune time to spring it upon the to public. There should not be any great congratulation over the announced plans of the Governor. He has the remarkable faculty ging his mind wit> the same T v that a_weather vane moves to the wind, and what he thinks to-day may not be what he thinks to-morrow. - BURNS SAYS OTHERWISE. Assures His Friends That a | Session Will Be Called. D. M. Burns talks on the quiet to mem- bers of the Legislature as if the pro- gramme for an extra session is certain to | be carried out. Last week the Mexican had an extended interview with a promi- nent member of the Legislature. The lawmaker, after listening for some time and perceiving that the Mexican was taking soundings, decided to call up the main question. Accordingly he asked, “Will there be an extra session?” The colonel promptly replied, “Yes.” After reflecting for moment he added, “I am informed that Governor Gage is in favor of calling the members together in special sessio) Burns as asked by the inquisitive leg- islator if the people favored the extra session. The Mexican was not at a loss for a reply. He said the people in some sections of the State were very anxious that river impr ment and reclamation work should be carried on, but that legis- lation was necessary to further progress. Warming up to the subject, the colonel gave his views on appropriations and the tax levy, intimating that the extra ses- sion might reduce the tax levy. He re- marked that the tax levy bill which was passed at the regular session contem- plated the payment of all the appropria- tions allowed by the Legislature, but claimed that the levy was excessive, as the Governor had retired of 'the bills which passed both houses, fore it would not be necessary to raise as much money as the tax levy contemplated. ‘The member of the Legislature to whom the argument was addressed knew that the colonel was floundering, but did not g0 to his rescue. The legislator was fa- miliar with the fact that the revenue bill which_passed both houses directed the State Board of Equalization to levy a tax sufficlent to raise a certain amount of money for the several funds for each fiscal year and tl the extra session could not tamper with the levy after the State Board had fixed the rate and the valuation. ‘The member of the had listened without saying much to the gilt-lined palaver of the Mexican, finally plumped the question, “How much Legislature, who notice will you give us of the session, 50 we can our affairs to go to Sacra- mento?”’ Speaking*of the time limit, the colonel reminded his small but intelligent audi- ence that Governor Stoneman once con- vened an extra on in this State on three day to the members and that Governor Roosevelt of New York in a recent call for an extra gathering of the lawmakers of that State allowed only three days for preparation. The Mexican, however, fancied that Governor Gage would be more considerate and allow notice of the proposed The colonel bluntly said, “We will ou fellows a week's time to get more extended event. give Becoming enamored of his own voice, the colonel proceeded to touch upon topics pertaining to_the Senatorship, and spoke of President McKinley's regret that Cali- fornia_had not chosen a Senator to suc- ceed Mr. White. The Mexican professed to have information to the effect that Senator Carter was authorized to speak for the President and that the Montana Senator was strongly in favor of an extra | session. According to Burns’ view of the situation, Carter had succeeded in recon- ciling many of the elements which had | been antagonistic to an extra session of | the Legislature. Democratic party of San Francisco can claim | the chief responsibility, aims at making this distinction by providing for municipal elections at times other than for national elections; therefore, be It Resolved, By this, the first Democratic municipal ‘convention under the new charter for the city and county of San Francisco, that al_organization of this city and county to confine its municipal platorm and the deliber- | ations of its municipal conventions to the dis- | cu on of the principles of Democracy solely o far as they apply to municipal affairs. Thomas Brosnan marched boldly up to the platform and asked to be heard, When recognized by the chair he started to speak, but the gallery and lobby invited him to ascend the platform. He started to climb over the footlights, and his action in | aroused an uproar of laughter among the l | spectators, which continued during the time Brosnan occupied the stage. He peacefully folded his arms, smiled benevo- lently on his audience and in a rich brogue said, “Gintlemin.”” That was as far as he got_for the time being, as the cheering and laughter were incessant. Delegate Coffey tried to cut Brosnan off with a point of order by saying that the resolu- tion which Brosnan was trying to present to the convention had been referred to its proper committee. Chairman McDonald sustained the point, but Brosnan refused to retreat until he had had his say. J. Leo Park, seeing that a speech from the re- calcitrant delegate was inevitable, moved that the order of business be dispensed with, and this motion prevailed.r Attorney Van Wycke, who hdd been recognized by the chair, gracefully yielded to the mem- per from the Twenty-ninth District. In involved sentences Brosnan attempted to tell of his search for the committee. He told of his visit to the California Hotel and of his subsequent attempt to meet Mayor Phelan. Cheers greeted the speak- er every time he opened his mouth, and he blushed like a schoolgirl. He sald he met the Mayor In a restaurant and he told him something, but what it was was lost in the shouts of laughter that greeted his pathetic efforts to be understood. A few more points of order were made, but no ruling of the chair would budge Mr. Bros- nan, and .two husky sergeants-at-arms | had to forcibly escort him off the stage. | Delegate Van Wyck was next to be | heard, but the crowd was in such good humor that it had fun with him. Van Wycke called attention to the fact that the resolution had two meanings and straddled the question as to whether the convention should adopt the Chicago platform of 1896. He aroused applause by saying he voted for Bryan and asked that there be no two ways about it, but that the convention should adopt it in a manly way. Delegate Denman was in favor of adopting the resolutions as a whole. He said he was a member of the committee and then went on to ex- plain the resolutions. Clitus Barbour was next recognized and ascended the platform. His small tature and statesmanlike way of hold- ing his right arm in his bosom was an incentive to the gallery and lobby to have fun with him. What he said was not heard by the delegates, but Barbour | would not withdraw. Matthew Kelleher of the Thirty-fourth District jumped out of his seat and yelled that he hoped the chairman would preserve order and fol- lowed this up with the statement that “we ought to have the Governor down here to investigate this matter.” This wild remark dellvered by the delegate | started the boisterous laughter again. | Barbour in trying to_ continue veiled: | “You can’t rattle me, boys,” and a m: in the lobby velled, “Go ahead, Dewey Despite the fact that points of order and the noise kept Chairman McDonald in a fever heat, rapping for order and trying to answer questions on the advice o Barbour and Secretary Hickey, the speaker continued, his~ remarks being punctuated with shouts and cheers: “We are told very correctly (‘Hurray’)—I am beginning to think I am in a Democratic | convention. (‘Hurray.’) In the lan- guage of Colonel Burns (‘Hurray’) the situation is beautiful. (‘Hurray.’) The Republican candidate for Mayor told his constitutents last night that the election this fall would have an influence on the Jection that would take place next year.” Cries of “Hurray” and “Sit down" greeted this announcement and when a delegate rose to a point of order the ex- cited speaker inelegantly invited him to sit on it. Seeing that he could not pro- ceed, Barbour retired to his seat. The previous question being called for, the motion to adopt the resolutions was put and they were adopted. Chairman McDonald then announced to the convention that Mayor Phelan was ready to address the delegates, and amid the cheers of his constituents the Mayor m?ll( the stage and with great rapidity said: “Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I am not here now to make a speech as you have important work be- fore you and the only thing that is in my mind is simply to return thanks for the honor, the very great honor, which you have conferred upon me. (Applause.) I am not unaware of a series of campaigns that led to the formation of the conven- tion. You come from the people more than any convention within the recollec- tion of the Democratic party of San Fran- cisco. There were times when the author- ity of the Democratic convention was dfs- puted—aye, conventions which met in this very hail—but you went on about your business and by your example reassured the people that your work should be tha measure by which you should be judged, and as this convention was evolved by the primary election no man need dare say that you do not represent the Demo- Continued on Page Thirteen. .