The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1903, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903, FRANKLIN K. LANE RECEIVES NOMINATION FOR MAYOR AT HANDS OF DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL CON (3 SELECTED AS CHOICE OF LABOR Seven Candidates Named by Union Delegates. et el g Final Nominations!| Will Be Made Saturday. HE delegates of the convention of | the Union party resumed | duti st evening at Pioneer | nomination for | s ticket their choice for | lector and Auditor he delegations were a. Chairman J. C e convention, an- the office of matter taken d for the office who s en- He | rvin i seconded by | f to support { e platform of Labor party. PLACED IN NOMINATION. of Tax Collector Miles L. f by | Union r the public Z names were esident of the ers Un providing that | nominations for all the nominee: e entire dele ballot ‘system oposed for & 3 lected and placed ¥'s ticket to go before the YOR SCHMITZ SPEAKS. was called upon his supporters. t 1 have f the past two yea. eople of San Fran. lely on our recora | er. We opponents will tickets PEOPLE U § Fra and to make it a result of the election, 1 the wage earners. resentations - On one is controlled by the % and on the a cligue of hemselves and Francl earners arrayed against capital, it that; we want them to walk rs an ployers ax see the w We do not hand in & NEED FOR THE TICKET. itione exist it will s to have rep- ds on you, and on November 4 next, again heralded, mo Prancane oo m and roll up such }‘mx(‘hvrrm Labx Party, instead of be- § . will be looke arty of all 4 Up 10 as s 2 Powell Fredrick, nominee £ fice of County Clerk, was calr’l:d‘r;:'::; the convention and he thanked the dele. @gates for having selected him to go on the ticket. 2 The convention then adjour: ned to meet again next Saturday evenin . at the same place BNk e —_——— Camera Club to Entertain. The Callfornia Camera Club will give an entertainment next Friday evening at the clubrooms in the Academy of Sciences building, when & varied programme of music and recitations will be presented The committee of the club also snnounceé that during next month an exhibition of prints from negatives taken by J. N. Le Conte of the State University will be held. The prints will principally illus. trate the high Sierra Mountains, —— Mission Furniture for Canada. Sir Joseph 8. Clydesdale of Toronto, Canada, who has been visiting San Fran. cisco for & week past, left for Portlana last night after seeing started for his home a carload of *“Mission” furniture designed and made for Sir Joseph by the Pattosien Co. The car consists of com- plete dining-room and Wibrary suits, with many odd mission pieces. Sir Joseph paid a local industry a high 2|**Horses and Carts”’ Have a Merry Seance. Dilatory Tactics Are Employed by the Minority. NOTHER disorderly session of the Democratic municipal convention was held last evening. Franklin K. | Lane was nominated for Mayor, | but the nomination was not halled with special demonstration of enthusiasm. fact, no motion was made to declare the choice unanimous. There were two candidates for the favor of the delegates. Franklin K. Lane recelved 223 and David I. Mahony 114% votes. The adoption of the report giving the chairman power to name forty members large of the new County Committee was a signal triumph for Gavin McNab. Democratic forces has secured control of the works | for the great campaign of 1%4. Another triumph of the McNab forces was.the adoption of the plank in the which forbids any nominee of the conven. tion from accepting the nomination or go- ing on the ticket of any other political rvisors were then | ¢ The so-called “Horse and Cart” gates acted last night in a style that did not reflect credit on their intelligence or sense of propriety. Chairman Hickey seemed to be ani- mated by a desire to give the minority fair play, but his efforts toward concil- on were not appreciated. ations that several district delega- tions are ready to bolt, There was considerable talk last night, after the adjournment of the convention to the effect that Mr. Lane could not, un- £ | der the present circumstances, accept the 2| party leadership in this campalgn. e COMMITTEES READ REPORTS. Prominent Speakers Give Uttevances to Their Opinions. It was 9 o'clock when Chairman Thomas W. Hickey called the convention to order. He was greeted with cries from all parts “How about the switch, " he was asked, but his only an- swer was to pound heavily on the sheet of iron with a heavy hammer. outset of the evening Hickey announced the appointment of the following ser- geants at arms: John Kane, J. H. Ken- , John Considine, John B. Ford, Wil- liam Riedy, Joseph Tracey, Thomas Stan- ton and James L. Crooks. The first order of business was the re- ception of the report of the committee on of the theater. man of the committee, took the platform and read the following report, which was To the Democratic Municipal v and’ or” the City, and County of e orart State of California—Gentlemen: committee on contests makes the following Teport 1o you upon the two contests submit- lfl:nw it for decision: the matter of the contest of Bu Regan vs. Joseph T. O'Connor, Forty-third As: After a careful canvass of the votes of the y-fifth consolidated primary election pre- cinet, your committee finds that Eugene B. Regan is entitled to be seated as a delegate to the Democratic Municipal Convention from the Forty-third Assembly District in the place and stead of Joseph T. O'Connor. n the er of the cont 4 Arth Assembly District: o e Forty. After a careful can turns of the Forty-fifth Assembly District your committee finds that the following seventeen Celegates are entitled to be seated as delegates o the Democratic Municij “onventio the Forty-fifth Assembly . District. 5 Valente, Walter J. de Martini, Thomas David Capurro, Gustave A. Trost, s of the entire re- Henry Leo Gimmel, Willlam G. _Antonovich, Thomas W. Davies, John H. Teacy and Harry Your committee Frederick 0. Robinson, unanimously recommends that their findings be adopted as above set forth. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E. O'DONNELL, Chairman. JAMES C, SIMS. EUGENE D. SULLIVAN. THOMAS E. CURRAN. ALBERT P, WHEELAN, Eugene F. Lacy, chairman of the com- mittee on order of business, submitted his report and the evening’s entertainment William Hoft Cook, one of the leaders of the “Horse and Carts,” was the first speaker to attack the sec- tion of the report that stated how the new County Committee should be ap- commenced. The report as submitted by Mr. Lacy was as follows: ORDER OF BUSINESS. To the Chairman and Members of the Dem cratic Local Convention: ! e order of business res) lowing order of busin Your committee on pecttully reports the fol- of candidates for: yor. Second—Board of Bupervisors. Fourth—District Attorney, ourth—] 3 Fifth—Coroner, Sixth—Recorder. Fighth—City and Ninth—Sheri Tenth—County Clerk. Eleventh—Treasurer, Twel{th—Auditor, Thirteenth—Tax dministrator. County Attorney. EoGsErE F LA IV DUCED -3 RErORT JHA T CRUSEL PPOCH ENTHCS/R ” RoBERT Boyp JIPOKE FoR JHE Worix /NG ITEN o - Frep~ A £t7 city cannot be questioned. | NOMINEBE OF THE DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL CONYV: or further my nomination in the slightest. say whether I would accept such nomination if it were tendered me. were to unite upon some one other than myself, and I would support him with the same energy that I would put into a personal canvass. If, however, it is your wish that I should lead you in this fight the only condi- tions that would tempt me to compliance are these: (1) That the nomination shall come as the demand of a united party. faction and I am not willing to accept the leadership of any less than my whole party. I would go into this fight, if at all, for no personal reasons, but out of a high sense of duty to my party and a still higher sense of the obligation I am under to the people of this city who have so signally honored me at other times and who have the right to call upon me for any service I can render. If we are to make this fight for better gov- ernment it must be made as a unit. I do not believe myself to be the one and only member of our party who can make such a battlc, but if others cannot be secured to lead you I will. If, however, you are not united I beg that you find some one other than myself upon whom you can unite. This fight means more to the city than the success of any man or of any faction or of any party. (2) That eighteen men shall be named for Supervisors whose personal integrity and loyalty to the evening proceed to the nomination of a ticket I desire to say a few frank and direct words concerning my position as to the nomination for Mayor. I have not sought that nomination and I do not now seek or desire it. I have not asked a member of your convention nor any one outside thereof to aid I have persistently afdd consistently for months past refused to I would be personally grateful if you (3) That if nominated for Mayor it is to be expressly understood that I shall make no promises of patronage during the campaign. The prime test of a Mayor is the character of his appointees, and I must be free in the event of election to make such appointments, within my party and the law, as commend them- selves by their superior fitness. Respectfully, — Fourteenth—Two Police Judges. Fifteenth—Election of County Committee. Resolved, That the Democratic City and County Committee consist of one hundred and twelve members, four to be chosen by the dele- gation from each Assembly district and forty appointgd at large by the chairman of this um\enlfon_ said committee to hold office for the term of two years. That all_resolutions introduced be referred without debate to the committee on platform and resolutions. That the chairman appoint & committee of five on vacancies. That the chairman appoint a committee of five to act as the committee required by the purity of elections law. That no changes of votes be permitted dur- ing roll call. That each candidate on belng placed in nomi- nation pay to the secretary the sum of §10. Respectfully submitted, EUGENE F. LACY (Chairman), L. J. DOLAN, THOMAS J. KENNEDY, SYDNEY M. VAN WYCK JR., DANIEL SHEA, THOMAS F. GAVAN, F. G. DRURY. Cook took the platform and his speech against the adoption of the report was in- terrupted with applause and hoots. He was fearless in his remarks, and although he knew the votes were against his side, he appealed to the delegates to-strike out the troublesome section. He spoke in part as follows: On_behalf of 40 per cent of the delegates of this convention and 50 per cent of the Democratic voters of this city and county I now offer an amendment. This report places in the bands of the chairtnan of this-conven- tion the appointment of forty for the county committee at large and only four to each dis- trict, giving him the same power that the presént county committee has; that is, in any one district he can fill up by appointment to overcome the selections of that district; he can fill up in that district, if he wishes to control, by appointing at large a sufficient number and apportioning them to that particu- lar district, CRITICIZES HICKEY. I say that for the governing hody of the Democratic party each delegation should select its own members of the county committee, (Applause.) Without any aisrespect to Mr. Hickey as chalrman—it would be immaterial Who might be chairman—what dcss he know about the particular needs of any one district in the selection of county committeemen at large? Does he ‘what we want in the Thirty-fifth? Does he know what we want in the Twenty-ninth? He knows what the advisory committee of the organization wants, what the advisory committee, which is com: posed of defeated candidates, wants. (Ap- o5 beatén. 1 say that after they have been beaten are you going to lodge in their hands the power 1o overcome the vote as cast by the Democrats in the respective districts? Are you golng to allow, where there are eight districts known to have been carried In op- position to the organization of the present county committee, where more than 50 per cent of the Democratic voters of this city and county have had tickets in the fleld and have succeeded in electing in elght districts dele- gates to this convention, aré you going to allow the chairman, -for example, in the dis- trict I come from to select somebody to over- come the four that might be selected by us, so that he can control that district? I say that as we are Democrats, let us stand by Democratic principles. Let us have a rep- resentation from each one of the delegations. 1 say a fair and Democratic way for the selec- tion of a county committee is to have a com- mittee of 208 men, six from each Assembly District, and _let the delegates select them. (Applause.) By doing so you have representa- tion, you have selected from among yourselves men’.whom you know, whom you can trust and Who can represent the interests that you have in your particular district, not men who know rothing about your needs, who come in as carpet-baggers. ~ We don’t want any carpet- baggers on the county committee. We want every man on that committee to be able to speak on behalf of the district that he repre- sents, and we do not want Mr. Hickey or any other map as chairman to select them. I have been charged with showing disre- spect to a gentleman who attempted to call this convention to order. I have respect for gray hairs, much more respect than those that are nourished with I whisky and Scotch whisky with a little dash of orange bitters in it. (Applause, laughter and general uproar.) I say, further, that it has been the policy of some of the advisers of this so-called organi- zation of these defeated candldates to style me ag an insurrecto. Well, I am an insurrecto if to belleve in Democratic principles s to folst an insurrection upon this convention. BELIEVES IN INDEPENDENCE. 1 belleve that we are here to-night, not to follow the dictates of Republican conventions, or any Republican principles, but to have pure and sitmple the doctrine of the Democratic principle of representation from each particular district, selected by each district, carried out. I have also, with others, been styled in jest as belonging to the horse and cart brigade, There is one difference between a horse and one man who is trying to control the destinies of this convention, and that is a horse has no gall bladder. (Laughter and applause.) I tell you, this thing should be taken se- riously by you, and you should not allow yourselves to be decelved on & proposition of this kind. You should assert your rights, each and every one of you, no matter from what district you come, and demand that the county committee be selected in a manner to conform with the principles which the crats have always followed. I know of men who are now affiliating with the Republicans Wwho were formerly stanch Democrats, but have been driven away from our party be- NTION FOR MAYOR AND SOME OF THE DELEGATES WHO WERE MORE OR LESS IN EVIDENCE, SKETCHED BY A CALL ARTIST WHILE DOING THEIR STUNTS AT LAST NIGHT'S SHSSION OF THE BOURBONS. —— e —— LANE REFUSES TO LEAD DIVIDED PARTY. TO the Members of the Democratic Municipal Convention—Gentlemen: As I presume you will this I have never been a man of FRANKLIN K. LANE. cause of the manner in which it has been 1 want to see a unification of this party; I want to see a foundation laid for the The people I am talking for are not seeking for the positions or the jobs. fighting for a principle, so that we may elect | & Democratic President of the United States. That is a matter of national importance. want to have from California a solid Demo- cratic delegation to the next National Demo- cratic Conventign. I move as an amendment to the report that in the place and stead of the resolution drawn y- your committee the following be incorporated as an amendment: new county committee, the Democratic party, of 108 members, six from each Assembly dis- trict, to be chosen by the delegations to this convention from each respective district, such county committeemen so selected to serve for the ensuing two years until the next Demo- cratic Convention. Colonel Herbert Choynski seconded the amendment and then took the platform and delivered a warm speech in favor of the amendment and against the adoption of the original report. In part he spoke as follows: I suppose it will be useless for me prelimi- narily to tell you on which side of this question s e Democratic principle the amendment. and reported b; or governing body of be selected to consist 1 stand for th that is represented by the first time in my experience in Democratic politics & minority of this convention is repre- by compact district representatives— those who are here to speak for the Democrats of the districts they represent. DEMOCRACY’S FOUNDATION. You know that the foundation stone of De- mocracy, the stone upon which that grand old structure has been reared and been maintained for the past century, is any equality in the proposition the committee on order of busines it the Democrats of the Thirty-sixth, y-elghth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second' and Fort sembly Districts of this city will have any that governing body if this nal motion shall prevail or the amend- ment shall not be carried. in the councils of the party. that you cannot dress the Demo- cratic party in kilts and have it expose its bare legs to the ridicule of the people of San (Laughter and applause.) you that’the people of my district will not stand for_any counterfelt Democracy. Demooracy there s but one point of the compass, and that point is principle, and you must steer close to that principle; you must give us representation; you must If this amendment shall not prevall lc party will be taken up and im- t upon which it seventh, Thirt; They will not be ented party. Ieay to you, gentls are engaged in this work of putting mn:l:‘: ocratic ticket for the consideration of the voters of this city that if you want the result o ~eur 4 Heated Debates En- liven the Con- vention. Platform Is Adopted After Very Warm Battle. labors to ripen into some good fruit, into some Democratic victory, you must give us a Demo- cratie platform, you must steer by Democratic | principles. You cannot expect the Democrats | of those districts that I have named to stand by your ticket unless you show them that you are a Democratic_convention, that this is not a Scotch highball, but & meeting of Democrats for the purpose of showing that there are Demo- crats in San Francisco interested in Democratic success. The Democrats with whom I am ac- quainted in the city and county of San Fran- cisco, and I am proud to say that I was rocked in the Democratic cradle, nursed in the Demo- cratic lap, educated in a Democratic school | and have been in every Democratic convention —will not permit one man, even though he be divided into 204 parts, to control the destiny of the Demoeratic party. Gentlemen, you must support that amendment or you will find that the Democratic party is further away from the grand results we hope to achieve that it ever yet has been. Robert Boyd was recognized by the chairman and he,took occasion to speak | in favor of the report. He denounced the efforts of Messrs. Cook and Choynski to belittle the majority. He favored the adoption of the amendment. John H. Mullin of the Thirty-sixth Assembly Dis- trict was heard from at this juncture. He started to say unkind things_about Mr. Boyd, but was stopped by a pofnt of order made by Bustace Cullinan. He then talked to the amendment before the | house. In part he spoke as follows: If the chairman of this convention has au- thority to appoint forty members of the next county committee to whom will they owe al- leglance, to the voters of this city, to any district in San Francisco, or to the power that appoints them? If they are elected by the different delegations represented in this con- vention they will owe allegiance to the dis- tricts from which they are chosen. Do you believe for one instant that a committee that has a large portion appointed by the chairman of the organization will adhere as strictly to Demccratic principles as one elected by the representation here to-night on the floor of this convention? I do not think they will. If you want to give us an honest and fair county committee, if you want to 0 out into this | coming municipal fight With a prospect of winning it, you have got to start right at the beginnirg. Pe:sonally it is immaterial to me what you do, but as a representative of the Democrats of the Thirty-sixth Assembly Dis- trict I propose to go upon record here this evening as raising my volce in oppoesition to the chalrman of this organization appointing anybody on the county committee. My delega- tion, I believe, is with me, almost to a man in favoring ‘county committees being elected by the different delegations here represented. George E. Gallagher took the platform to argue in favor of the adoption of the amendment. He created a great deal of merriment by his droll remarks. Gal- lagher took the delegates into his con- fidence and advised them to vote for the amendment. He was interrupted time and again, but held his place on the plat- form. Throughout the uproar Chairman Hickey pounded the anvil until the con- vention hall sounded like a boiler factory in full operation. The amendment was lost by a vote of 218% to 120%3. The “Horses and Carts” then adopted filibustering tactics. Colonel Choynski grew hoarse yelling for recognition. He moved that the original motion, - which was to adopt the report, be deferred un- til the next meeting. Upon motion of Robert Boyd an attempt was made to lay it on the table. Chairman Hickey tried to have the motion to lay on the table adopted by a viva voce vote, but his plan met with opposition. A rollcall was de- manded and the chairman of the Twenty- elghth District caused an uproar by vot- ing his delegation against laying Choyn- ski's motion on the table. He saw his mistake too laté and the “Horses and Carts” howled over his discomfiture. Points of order, questions of informa- tion and demands for rollcalls came with such frequency that Hickey became dizzy. He pounded on the anvil for order, but never got it. He yelled himself hoarse, but his voice could not be heard above the uproar. Whenever he ruled, the minority, led by Joseph E. O'Donnell or Choynski, would threaten to take an ap- peal from the chair. At last a rollcall was secured and Choynski's motion was laid on the table by a vote of 2163 to 122%. Joseph Cummings then moved the previous question. MOTION FOR A RECESS. Choynski came back with a motion for a recess of fifteen minutes, but it was ruled out of order. A motion to adjourn was overlooked and Cumming's motion for the previous question was lost, as two-thirds of the vote of the convention was necessary. A motion to adjourn was lost by a vote of 2341 to 113% votes. More motions to adjourn followed after some business intervemed, but the chairman ruled them out of order on the ground that they were not made in good faith. Chairman Cannon of the committes on platform was ordered to present his re- port and he mounted the platform for the purpose.. He had to walt for some time until O'Donnell and Choynski raised all kinds of points of order and asked for all kinds of information. Chairman Hickey lost his temper for the nonce and jES ok G Hee oy il o S g, i Continued on Page 5, Column 1. VENTION o e 'PLATFORM OF PARTY MADE UP Republican Com- mittee Offers Planks. Convention Is to First Nominate a Mayor. STUPENDOUS amount of hurry and bustle, secret conferences and private butt ling marked the star chamber session of the Re- publican powers that be tn the headquar- ters of the United Republican League lasé night. The last finish campalign before the convention to-nigh® had to be put m the complexion of things political. The machinery for th proper goverpance of the great political assemblage to-morrow had to be set in motion last night. Three committees of the league met private conference at 16 Geary street and as a result of their labors, the order of business for the convention was drawn ip and the party plat As the commit on permanent or zation for the convention ination for Mayor will be the first busi- ness of the assemblage to-morrow night For the nomination of Supervisors, the chalrman of the convention will appoint a committee of nine, one from each Sena- torial district, who will make a slate the sixty e names presented to the ¢ vention by the districts and present it to the convention after the other municipal offices have been disposed of. The expected failed to materfalize last night, In that Abe Ruef did not make his formal withdrawal from the support of the nominee of the Republican party for Mayor in favor of Schmitz. It is ne pected that he will make this withdrawal publicly at the time when the nven- tion makes the nomination of the man to head the ticket. WILL SATISFY PARTY. The committee on platform was very secretive over the results of its labors. What the main planks in its propaganda are to be was ry problematical by the members. Chalr- man Charles Sonntag of this committee vouchsafed the following statement con- cerning the general character of the platform: Of course. wa are all pledged to secrecy as to the content atform, but I will say that It is > through rm constit | without any strong e it em braces the prineipl fon in the v o you say that it Republican lutely 1 before our 8. W clul Tittle for |z to do | absolut efforts satisfy the party. | GRIFF FOR COUNTY CLERK. i ding that th mittee on as so reticant act became | generally known that the quest )¢ the bond issue and the c of the Geary-street Rallroad were not decided upon. It was thought © e com- mittee to leave these dis be fought out in the con | What the general c United Republican League ter of slate-making can be lematical also. Of all the rumors which were circulated among the delegates the most persistent was that Van der Nalllen was to be the candidate for F ministrator and that Algeitinger was to have a piace on the Board of Supervisors | from the Thirt ghth Distriet. It was | also sald that Griff was to supplant | O'Nell in the race for the County Clerk- | ship. One of the most important acts of t committee on organization and culated to effect the position o more candidates for Superviso~ is resolution passed last nignt to the eff that no one has been nominated by | another party can be a candidate for any | office on the Republican ticket. —_——— Banker Sells Residence. An important real estate transaction took place yesterday. Banker S. G. Mur- phy scld his beautiful residence, corner of Pacific avenue and Broderick street, to Thomas H. 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