The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1900, Page 1

LXX SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. —_— Battle Royal in Com- Mmittee When Name of Saffron Sheet’s Owner Is Sugrest- ed, Resulting in a Vlcmry for Those WhoFoughtAgainst [ndorsement. PSR R Call,‘i\rma Indi- 11T ¢ Hearst — ’—7‘». - . + THE KANSAS CITY + p- DELEGATES. « -~ - ALL HEADQUARTERS. —Delegates at Large— James D. Phelan, San Fran- cisco; Stephen M. White, Los Angeles; J. G. Maguire, San Francisco; M. F. Tarpey, Ala- ssional District Del- irst District—J. S :nta Rosz and Sen- and Frank fet les Edelman — Curtis range and H. A. Kern P e R Y L e R R A R R R D400 40 0440000000004 5 04440 ~ te c'ecz on s bm"".e in U: S/GN/FIL‘AN T RE. SI/L TS. 1 will long be 1e councils of of California as ssemblage of more than ordi- rest. It accomplished = positive and significant re- cy sults. It reglstered the political death | of James D. Phelan, the Mayor of San Francisco. It repudiated, with an asser- | CALIFORNIA DENOCRATS EMPHATICALLY REPUDIATE ABSURD CLAIM OF THE YELLOW KID JOURNALIST Futile Labors of Employes of William R. Hearst Who Planned to Steal Vice Presidential Indorsement From the Convention—Gathering Registers the Political Death of the Little Mayor of San Franc1sco tion as emphatic as it was unex- ' tory of Gavin McNab as the Dem-| pected. the absurd claims of Will- ocratic boss of the State and his Francisco constitutes perhaps | 1: iam R. Hearst to party favor and pessession of the party ma-|the most interesting develop- b aduiation. chinery. | ment of the convention. Hearst ¥ It recorded the complete vic- The humiliation of the pro-|wanted the indorsement of the'% ¢ PLATFORK 0/-' THE L‘AL/FOB/VIA DEMOL‘RACY rntion assembled, for purposes pertaining to the ensuing ons mpon St sues antil the next Statc convention for © =11 present cxpressions to national affairs HE Demoeracy of California, in c or those intimately associ=ted therewith. We reaMrm the principles of Jefferscnian Democracy as exunciated in the platiorm adopted by l=st National Democratic Cenvention. We demand such an amendment to the comstitttion of the United St=tes as will provide for an income tax. We favor an amendment to the constitution of the United States requiring the election of United Stotes Senators by a direct vote of the people. We favor the immediate construction and the control and protection of the Nicaragus canal by the United States. We extend to the peonle of the South African republics our sympathy in their herolc struggle to preserve their nationsl integrity sad to vindicate the immutable prieeciple that governments de- rive their just powers from the convent of the governed, and we, therefore, condemn the present Re- peblenn ndministration for its unfriendly =ttitude toward those republies, We are unalterably opposed to imperialism in any form. We condemn the Porto Rican tariff law recently en=cted by the present Republican Congress as & bold and open violation of the mation’s orzanic law and o flagrant breach of good faith. We mssert th=t the constitution follows the flag, and we denounce the doctrine that an execu- tive or a Congress, eveated and limited by the constitution, can exercisc law‘ul antherity beyend Lat constitution or in violation of it. Believing that a natiom cannot long endure part republic aand part empire, we oppose wars of conguest and colonial possession. We favor the immediate abolition of al! unnecessary war taxes. The Democratic party has repeatedly called the attention of the country to the growing danger of large combinations of capital, which absorb the business of a nation, check enterprise and re- etrict =nd stunt individual effort and opportunity. These evils, so often predicted, are mow fally realized, and the vast trusts which now control the industries of the country will, in the near fu- ture, openly dominate, as they now secretly manipulate, all governmental agencies, unless by a change the = u;e pf;lll;rnl' e:mn.lexlon of lhe'Go\‘:rnm:nt :u;- the e:-e(mlent of laws for their suppression they {Kid. They: told what a great w are deprived o urther oppeortunity for the injury an enslavement of the people. We therefore e < % pledge ourselves to wage an unceasing warfare against all trusts as dangerous faen to tie peace, well convention was to assemble at % being and prosperity of the people, and we demand the repeal of all laws giving speciz! privileges to Sacramento. They flattered, ca-| % any personm, ciass, locality or interest. ” . 4 i We favor the re-enmctment and improvement of the Chinese exclusion act and thc cnactment of joled, pleaded, and to-night there % such laws == will exclude all Asiatic labor. We cail attention to the inconsistency of the Republican is sadness and sorrow in their| i party. which, while imposing extravagant taxstion upon the masses of the American people for th | 0 peopl e m % bemcfit of favored interests, under the guise of protecting Americnn labor, is at the same time pur- camp. % suing a poliey which, If successful, must result in bringing the American toller into direct competi- ' 4 tiom with millions of unassimilated Asiaties. ”E‘fisr BIFHED + We congratulate the Democracy upon the selection of W. R. Rearst to be pre: ent of the Na- % tiomal Association of Democratic Clubs. And we heartily commend the able efforts of his two journals, ; the z:.- F;l;llehe:.l:‘xlmln:r“n;:l' thrJKeBw ank' Journal, in advocating Democratic prineiples cham- sougm_ The Call exposed the! T ploning e can acy o V! am J. Bryan for Pre: ent of the United States. We recognize the i splendid ability and unswerving integrity of William J. Bryan, and we heartily indorse him for Pres- “m this morning and the con- | % jdent of the United States, and hereby imstruct the delegates elected by this convention to use all hon- Vi reeled back frem thn hically. E‘i orable means to secure his nominction. prietor of the yellow sheet of San e et b i i i 4 I b & b s % i + i 2 t x < & - * B B B O S S R | convention . for the Vice Presi-| | dential nomination. It is fair to | assume that he did not suspect wthat such an indorsement would have any other meaning than to tickle his vanity, but he wanted the empty honor, and for weeks his employes have been laboring to win it for him. They worked quietly and hoped by exciting no { comment to grasp the prize with- ;out protest. They were literally planning to steal the indorsement of the Yellow Kid from the con- vention. They came to Sacra- mento with a blare of trumpets. ‘The)‘ induced three prominent { Democrats to act in the doubtful | capacity of “special commis- | sioners,” ~whatever that may | mean, in the home of the Yellow S S !the Hearst individuality. The qommittee on platform and resolutions decided that the Dem- {ocracy of California cannot go so far as to indorse the Yellow Kid in his ambition. There was a battle royal to-day in the commit- tee when Hearst’s name was suggested. Leading Democrats whose sense of the ridiculous is keen protested against saddling | the Cemocracy of California with They spoke plain, and it must be said bluntly. Mr. Hearst would not have been pleased with the pict- ure which his Democratic friends drew of him. His partisans were frightened from their position and they were more than gratified when the committee agreed, in a desire to heal the wound of de- feat, to commend Hearst to the | goodwill of Democrats for his fidelity, financial and otherwise, | | to the Democratic party. WAS A HUGE JOKE. The decision of the committee (was a long cry from a Vice Pres- Hearst’s employes, it must be| | said, are taking the outcome phil- Indeed, they were others saw it, a huge joke, in-| to suggest or dictate iis { heavy upon them. By common —_— White, Maguire, Tar- pey and Phelan Are Elected Delegates at Large to Kansas City-—Phelan Cuis a Sorry Figure Among His Fellow Demo- crats. McNab Is the New Demo- cratic Boss of the State and Is Now in Posses- sion of the Parfy Ma- chinery. spired in the best of good humor and never intended to be serious. While they are inclined to !take this view of the situation, their special commissioners | do inot. This interesting group of yellow kids has surprised its friends in the convention. The most humorous aspect of the ap- pearance of the kids here is per- haps involved in the fact that they take themselves seriously.. They give painful indications that the burden of the pen is consent, ex-Governor Bu shorn to-day of his prer as censor in chief. Las labored long and earne: Maguire in an effort to « him from writing anything. Maguire has learned an is that ink, even when in should be used with But last night he tun ear to the pleadings o the result was that the o! missioner, waiting for the ship, failed to prepare | ary effusion in time for t low Kid. Magu ened, Budd was d lan was insulted anr‘ the \‘ Kid was thrown upon his ov sources. lissnade In n re- As a result he overlooked the news of the convention and was chagrined this morning to read in The Call the platiorm and the nominees of the convention, name of the chairman of the r State Central Committee and expose of his own schemes. he deter ed upon a reo zation of the special commi ers, and Mayor Phelan v ed commissioner in the arrangement was just. observer remarked, the editor of the yellow sheet of San Francisco has acted for a long time as the Mayor of the metropolis and it was no more than common jus- | tice to permit the Mayor of San | Francisco, for a short time, to act | as editor of the yellow sheet. PHELAN SNUBBED. With this honor Mayor Phelan Hearst was denied the prize he | idential indorsement, but Mr.| must rest content. He has re- ceived none other from the con- vention which has just ad|ouned He has played no part in its de- preeiploe of absurdity toward finclined to look upon the affair as | liberations, he has done nothing policy.