The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1904, Page 4

— DELAY FOR FRANCISCANS HELPS THE ANTI- HEARST CONVENTION'S DELEGATIONS BEHIND TIME Leaders Opposed to Instruc- tion Contrive to Hold Back the Session. - Adjournment Taken in the Morning to Enable Rein- foreements to Arrive. At was before he cou delegates uz County p s mottled chairman tered > - . OPENING OF CON¥ ENTION. Nominations for Chairmanship Made Afternoon Sessfon. —The after- an : 16 Chai The first t ns for tem- F e request of the the ok platform William As & persone interes n the public ) e for the NOMINATION OF JETER. Cruz. end his fortunes and Hears: 1 now leave in your T Jeter of Sam of Mr T. W. H. Shanahan of Shasta rose to second the nomimation and was called the platform. In part he said county s < e pies set forth by Mr Iy seconds the momination of Wi Shasta County stands e, and per- somal spite that may exiet has Do place in this grand party. Although time has rolled on, principles of Jefferson are not forgo they have been, they shail be resurrected. Be fore us we have for deliberation the guestion of finfing machinery by which we are to mc- complish our purposes. We are mot to pay at- tention alone to the guestion of the selection of any particuiar man: it j what he stands for, what his principles are that mest eoncern us. we know will fulfiil our de- plaint, and it will be a great step toward plac- ing before the American people for the party Wiiiem Randolph Hearst. PRAISE FOR THE CITY. J. Aubrey Jones, the voluble Popu- list of Alameda, also seconded the nomination of Mr. Jeter, saying In part: 1 esive to 8dd 3 few already been so well spoken. will endesvor to make one point preceded me faiied to make. We are here ®s guests of this beautiful little city b‘m : mre recipients of its hospitaifty. What words to what hes On 1 others that @s chairman of this convention? Mr. Jeter we would bonor the city, whose gUests we now are. This is Dot the prelim- 11 o'clock | set for the d(fl!e-q a weak, his| Tarpey was | Tarpey | { Thomas J. Power of Al said: | “Though I am a co t Demo- -l crat and have attended y conven- ’ | tions this is the first time I have been i | T o ' | v e/ Borrm/3AYy ar< BorrsnNIAYVILL NSO rTRPE TALE FI/R3ST JomECH 7o | TAE PISELrIBLE fl£ LEGH TES p APD FOMTE T PRIZE Vst £ BE GIvEN 70 7HE Foe3r LALY R GENTLEIMNON AT GUE S35 oM ] THE 7R T Besco~vaes /r(,,,\/oflf owE om TAE G T A=A ST DELEGATES 2 G v CavyER OF SrFemcTrON 2 fl,/ i Arr SPE THE] SIDE OF FHE THE PICTURESY C o VE N TION - DELEGATES Samman 4 . e e ,TBri sk Pr;;)ceedings at the State Gathering of Political Factions Prelim to Selection of St. Louis Delegates. inary m Denman of San d to him: e the gentle- | what principle Mr. Hearst stood for when he fought Lane.” GOULD'S NAME PRESENTED. The answer was lost in the roar that followed. Cha an Murphy called everybody to order. R. V. Whiting of ¥ For d District, San Fran- nomination. ve featurs of at a speech 1 propose to name a reputation for b sent the name of t k H. Gould for chairman San Francisco cheered to the echo. A delegate from Sacramento, who held & proxy, desired to speak, but the chair |informed him no proxies would be recognized. E. L. Hutchinson of Los Angeles said in part: “It is a time in the history of the Democratic party to do away with the Kilkenny cat-fights. Sages, from Jef- {ferson down, never counseled quar- | !rels in our party. It seems through all time we have benefited by that sys- | tem. Our common enemy never did so. | Once within this State by that com- mon action a Governor went down to defeat. (The convention went wild un- der the supposition that he referred to | Lane, but when the speaker continued consternation reigned.) ' Morris M. Estee went down to defeat. “If we are to have squabbles, let us quit politics and if we cannot bury | | our differences, we need more than one | shillalah each. 1 believe in fighting | the common enemy, not my own party. iYou cannot disregard the labor unions of America. Give us a good Demo- crat and we will elect him. Gige us Willlam Jeter for chairman and® this convention will prove to be an epoch to the history of the Democratic party in California.” | able to raise my voice In support of a presiding officer. We should elect that | war horse, Frank H. Gould. The mere | election of a temporary chairman does not decide the fate of Mr. Hearst.” SHARP WORDS FROM MODOC. Judge Raker of Modoc remarked: “I understood that we were here to elect delegates to the national conven- tion at St. Louis. If you desire an in- structed delegation you must elect Mr. Jeter as chairman, but has it become pecessary to elect a man as delegate and bhave him bound hand and foot at the very start? If that is so, we had better bundle up every grip and start home as soon as possible. While I ap- preciate the hospitality of Santa Cruz, we have not bound a delegate to se- lect a chairman from Santa Cruz in order to show that appreciation. Let us put a man in the chair who is not bound up. Let us not bind ourselves by sending an instructed delegation. Let us tell the world that California has men who have the brains and energy to represent the interest of the s leaving the |, | strietl; | quelled by | seat. intricacies of the law ng proxies and the voting of | absent delegates. Mr. Murphy held | that under the law no proxies could be rec zed, but the majority of a delegation would be entitled to cast) the vote of absent members. The call of Alameda began, but be- fore six names had been read off there on and doubt. It became for Chairman Murphy to| rate his ruling upon several oc- | 1s. As the vote progressed, de- nd after demand was made for roll- | 1 by districts or delegations. A | ber of delegates evidently wanted their names to go on record as being | within the Hearst band wagon and as many more had the temerity to | display their anti-feelings. SPLIT IN SUTTER. Sutter County split its vote in the middle, but later K. §. Mason arose to | cast the “majority vote” for Jeter. As| idated the | | the original vote was two for Gould | and two for Jeter, the convention could | e how there was a majority and bub was raised but quickly | the chairman, who ruled | against any chance of being recog- nized under the circumstances. Los Angeles at first was full of squabbles, claims being made by dele- | gates that unfair advantages were be- | ing taken. The seventy-first district vote was announced as three for | Gould and two for Jeter. A belligerent individual from the seventy-second | climbed on a chair and said he would | protest against that vote being ac- | cepted, as no meeting had ever been held there, and he would continue that | protest even if he had to lick every one | in the seventy-first. Chairman Murphy | ordered him to take his seat or be| removed from the hall. He took his| The absent vote was cast for | Gould. - M. F. Tarpey jumped to his feet when an effort was made to juggle | the vote of the seventy-third and said | he would not stand for such work. | With the convention in an uproar the | vote was finally tabulated at five for | Jeter and two for Gould. Cheer after cheer went up as the vote from San Francisco plled up for Gould and Chairman Murphy’'s gavel kept up a regular tattoo in order that the roll call might proceed. An amus- ing Incident occurred when the twenty- fifth district was being polled. F. D. Nicol of San Joaquin, who had an- nounced the vote for the twenty-fifth, arose and said: “Mr. Chairman, I understand—(but Tarpey was on his feet shouting, “You understand, you understand too much, young man—") but before Tarpey could say any more Nicol answered: T wished to say, Mr. Tarpey, that I understand that the absent vote is cast for Jeter. Tarpey collapsed in his seat while the chairman’'s gavel pounded to quell the hilarity created by the interchange of remarks. When Yuba County threw four of its votes to Gould and only one to Jeter, the antis sent their hats into the air, screaming themselves hoarse, for they knew the following vote had elected Gould. VOTE BY COUNTIES. Following is the detailed vote by counties: County— Alameda . a Goul Jeter| County— : Bjgaomer oepouey HIPYYH - sool Bl Al Be 5 | Gould, accompanied by GOULD MAKE! Upon the official announcement of the vote as 712 being the total, with Gould 367 and Jeter 345, Jeter, Tarpey and Curtis Hillver were appointed a committee to escort Gould to the chair. these gentle- men, mounted the platform, where he was met by State Chairman Murphy. | After exchanging greetings Murphy in- troduced Gould to the gathering. “I take great pleasure,” he said, “in presenting to you your future presiding officer.” A mighty shout went up. lence came Gould said: When si- “Mr. Chairman of the State Central Committee, Gentlemen and Ladies: It is, indeed, a great pleasure to me, a | man who at all times in his political career and life has been an advocate of Democratic principles, to be given the right to preside over the delibera- tions of this convention. While appre- clating that a little rancor has existed, I know that it has been dispelled, and with no small degree of confidence I en- | ter upon my duties, knowing I will be given your full support. I have one mission, and that is to see that every | man that has come here as the repre- | sentative of a Democratic constituent shall have the right to represent him- self and those ke represents, and shall have the right to voice every sentiment that animates his bosom. I desire to say that I will not be the chairman of any part of this convention, but the whole of it, and any degree of fairness that animates me will be given full scope. 1 desire to call to my assistance in this great office every delegate here assembled, that when we adjourn you will feel that our duty has been well done and that, fairly and honestly, we have given all opportunity to voice your sentiments. “This is no time to make a speech, and I do not intend to indulge in ora- tory, even if I were capable of it, at this time. However, I wish to congrat- ulate this convention for the splendid type of California’s Democracy of which it is composed, and to say to you that if it were for the personal pride that animates me I would wish that the leadership of this convention was in the hands of William T. Jeter, a man we all must honor. And next I ask what is your pleasure?” COMPLIMENT TO JETER. Calls for Jeter proved that Gould's suggestion had been caught, and at the request of Gould, Jeter, who had seated himself, advanced to the chairman's rostrum. “Gentlemen of the convention,” said Gould, ‘‘permit me to present to you the highest minded, cleanest hearted Democrat in California, Mr.' Jeter.” ‘The whole convention, now united in sentiment, rose and roundly cheered the defeated candidate for chalrman. Advancing to the chairman's table, Jeter picked up the gavel and said: “When Mr. Gould sees me take up this gavel he will appreciate the mis- take he has made.” This put even the supporters of Mr. Jeter in 2 good humor, and, continu- ing, he said: . “As usual you know there were two candidates for the honor of chairman of this convention—Mr. Gould and myself—and both of us were put for- ward in the interest of harmony. It is evident that you had a cinch on the matter of harmony. No matter who was elected, you were certain of the genuine brand. You have been told that we are both impartial, honest and fair and in Mr. Gould I know you will have a chairman that will give you all an opportunity to voice your views. This is & free and open convention, the same as though all were delegates at large, and I know you appreciate this. “Speaking on behalf of Santa Cruz we consider ourselves your hosts and a Democratic convention has been | held here in twenty-five years and we {are glad to introduce the delegates to {our Republican friends. eI have no j doubt but that your influence will be effective and the Democratic votes of : the county largely increased. | “I thank you for your kind words | and assure you that I appreciate the honor of having my name placed be- | fore this convention as a candidate | for chairman. Satisfied that you are |in gomd hands, T will retire, glad that Mr. Gould has the opportunity to lead ou in further deliberations.” | OFFICERS OF CONVENTION. At the conclusion of Jeter's re- marks Gould read off the names on a number of letters and telegrams which were delivered at the desk for distribution. The following officers of the convention were suggested by the local committee and ratified: Secre- tary, W. P. Netherton; assistant sec- retary, George Cleary; assistant sec- retary, A. B. Burnam; tally clerks, J. A. Bardin and H. J. Gray; sergeant at | arms, Howard Trafton; assistant ser- geant at arms, Will Horton. It was moved that five delegates from each district and twenty at large be appointed as a committee of res- olutions. Tarpey moved to amend | that selections be made so as to give each district the right to name its own | delegates. The amendment was voted upon, but a division was called for and by a rising vote of 190 to 224 was | defeated. The original motion was carried. Finlayson of Los Angeles moved a committee of five on permanent or- ganization from each Congressional district and twenty at large be ap- pointed. This was carried. York of Napa moved the same sized commit- tee on credentials be appointed. It was amended to allow the chair to appoint a committee of fifteen on cre- dentials. With this the afternoon ses- sion ended. SIS COMMITTEES APPOINTED. | | Delegates Complete Their Organiza- tion During an Evening Meeting. SANTA CRUZ, May 16.—It was 9:35 before Chairman Gould called the night session to order and in doing so he said: “I trust, gentlemen, that you will pardon me. I am sorry to have kept you waiting, but I am sure you under- stand the difficulty of picking out so many names—especially in view of the conditions that prevail in this conven- tion.” He then appointed the committee on credentials as follows: John T. York of Napa (chairman), W. L. Rose of Amador, William Condon of Trinity, ‘Willlam M. Pool of Sonoma, Dr. C. V. Jones of Tuolumne, M. F. Cochrane of Marin, C. A. Storke of Santa Barbara, B. M. Roberts of Kern, D. Shea of Los Angeles, James Hoey of Contra Costa, A. BE. Fay of Fresno, E. Howard of Lake, Eugene F. Lacy of San Fran- cisco, A. C. Cornell of Merced and G. J. Thompson Jr. of Orange. Immediately upon the announcement of the committee on credentials a re- cess was taken to enable the commit- tee to prepare its report. At 10:40 the convention was called to order and the committee on platform and resolutions announced: - - - | State without being bound. We favor ) Madera ... o e e - (all of you our guests. We did not ex- | Lynch, Butte; Charles Redding, Marin; J_ E. just representation. We are here to | Mariposs Stanislaus ... 3 3lpect to sit at the head of the table, docino; Heory C. Ross, Sec- - 4 Sutter . R 3 : e every man a fair chance. If Jeter ::inlieod\'mo . g;—;?.&n“. : 1| but to wait on the table and entertain District—J. C. Bullock, Alameda; T. By e n 3 v e o t v T y, Contrs Ce . St. Si 3 s in favor of instruction, I second the | Modoc 2 |¥ou. to give ‘you what we. Hopa you e e Shle Feenk Gogia for thabe Mono— s | will think is a good time. Solano. o T x > s | 3\!‘;";"" s | *“This county is largely Republican, e 2 | ; Danle ibibns eare dliNed 2bh Te har 1 Maveis 4 but the Democrats keep up an Organ- | siney af Van called £ Great confusion Orangs . - ization and give them a good battle e ot > " | every election. is is the first time and finally Chairman Murphy | Total yote cast, {exnry plession. Thig tx the fwwt Curningham, F: Se trict Angeles; A T. Loucks Los Angeles Los Angeles. Eighth District—W. B. Will H_Holcomb, San Diew Kern: C. L. Russell, Tulare Riverside, Committee on order of b |G —E. L r Huehi: Petterson, Los Angeles: Los Robert Martin Botowsky. Shepherd. Altred w. G v Harre Irwin, m Parker San Bernardin W rte; Frank Dalmain, Ne- Jokn R. Snead meda, T. J. Tho! Alameda, w, cisco; Matthew Toomey, San Fran 0 Atkinson, San Francisco: A Estalita, San Francisco; J W. Riley, San Francisco, Fifth District—Lawrence J Dolan, San Franeisco; homas J. Kennedy. San Francisco Richard O’Comnnor, San Frarecisco; James J. | Donovan, San Francisco: John H. Moore, San | Mateo. | "sixth_ District—6. T Mordecai, Magera: E. Horgan, m Angeles; M. Hallsey, Los Angeles; Catesby Thom. Les Angeles Eighth District—J, W. Barneberg_ San Luis Obispo; C. C. Corkell, Riverside; J. F. Jor- dan Tulare; S. A. Moody, K F. A Sal- mon, San Diego. The report of the committee on cre- dentials was a double-header, for the majority turned in a regulation report, | while the minority protested vigorous- 1y. two documents: Report of Committee on Credentials—Mr. Chairman: The committes on credentials, having examined the credentials and proxiss presented for their consideration. hereby make the following report: lists of delegates and proxies represented in the printed list set forth be entitled to seats in_this convention. We recommend that in case of absentees that the majority of the delegation present the vote of the absentees, With the exception where represented by proxies, when consistent with the primary laws. We recommend that in the case of the San Bernardino delegates that the three additional delegates electad at the primaries in accord- ance with the vote cast for Franklin K. Lane be enitled to seats in this convention 5 . _Chairman. W. H. POOLE, Secretary. Minority Report of Committee on Creden- tials—We, the minority of your committee on credentiale. desire to report adversely to the action of the committee in granting three ad- ditional delegates from San Bernardino County. The action of the minority is based upon the alleged fact that certain votes which were rejected by the boards of election in said county as a legal vote wers cast for Frankiin K. Lane and not counted because they were so-called “no_nomination” ballots. We pro- test against the action of the majority as be- ing tllegal and unfair to other counties in this State similarly situated. Respectfull submitted, six members, a mi- nority of the committee. ‘Before any action could be taken on the reports the convention adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. it s COMMITTEE DIVIDES WORK. Unwieldy Body Is Cut Into Sections Better to Perform Its Labors. SANTA CRUZ, May 16.—Immediate- ly upon the adjournment of thé con- vention at 11 o’clock to-night the com- mittee on resolutions assembled in the parlors of the St. George Hotel for de- liberation. It was only a little time before the committee got down to busi- ness. Judge Coonan of Eureka was elected chairman. Hutchinson of Los Angeles moved a committee of nine on platform and to draft resolutions and report to the main committee be ap- pointed as soon as possible. Hutchin- son took the ground that the main committee was entirely too large. J. J. Wells of Tehama offered an amendment to subdivide the work be- tween six committees of five members Fourth District—John J. Sweeney, San Fran- | David The following are copies of the| We recommend that the | COMMITTEES PREPARE THE | PROGRAMME Opponents of the Presiden- tial Aspirant Feel Assured of Complete Triumph. Rival Forces Prepared for Vigorous Fight on the Instruction Issue. + -— 3 each. Murphy objected t ment on the ground that could properly draft a p cussion became general until the ha'r- man ruled that the motion of Wells b 'r—v}um«tl to writin That was done and made the matter clear. B. D. Murp! was merits of platform as the » and was adopt- stitute was acceptat ganization uld take care of that | The only ject of impe xas | the matter of sction. Murphy | moved, as a subs that | 1 to a a | platform and r an a - | tional committee of which all | other resolutions The sub- | T. J. Geary, J. J. Wells, | A. Kerr, Warren Olne ed. A bunch of pl were handed in to the secretar The chair app committee on platf on resolutions, J. , W. H. Alford, F. D. Wehe and E. C. Farnsworth. Hutchinson of Los Angeles tendered his resignation as a member of the committee, but even though the bal- and M. F. Cochran; ance of the committee wanted to accept the resignation the chair appealed to Hutchinson to remain, and he did so, saying he prefefred to remain Tarpey moved that all reports of the the £ sub-committee be repo: committee. An adjour main committee was taken o’clock to-morrow morning. The sub- committees waited for a few minutes to accept such documents as might be presented and then adje | morning. OUTLINE PLAY | bott of | Los Angel n Riley, Contra Costa: W | Broughton, a_Barbara; J. Ruddock. Mendoct Mills. San Diego; E. S. Bei | Napa; Phil C. Cohn, { drews, Tehama; W. | FOR BISINES Special SANTA CRUZ, May tee on permanent chairman, Berkeley secretary Armory Hall after the adjourr the convention. A the following report was ag t the temporary officers of the conven- bo ne provided district s made each county member of said Twenty-five more than o embers at large of the State be appointed by the mittee selecte Conventions and resepective Assembly spective countias Where more tha is embraced in the Assembly district After the report of the committee on credentials has been voted on by the convention to-morrow the foregoing re- port will be presented. e SHOE WORKER ARE STILL 01T = The members of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union are awalting the ar- rival of Vice President C. P. Lovely of the Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association in hope that he may be able to adjust the differences existing between the locked out men and lo- cal factories. It was stated last evening that the locked out men, notwithstanding the' previous refusal to recognize the au- thority of National President Tobin, are now ready to abide by any deci- sion arrived at by Vice President Lovely. The Cloth Hat and Cap Workers' Union presented a new schedule of hours and pay to their employers yes- terday morning. The following rules are embodied in the schedule: “The minimum weekly wage is $17 for first- class male hands and $12 for first-class female hands; $14 and $9 for second- class hands; $17 for first-class blockers and cutters, and $12 for second-class cperators: $14 for first-class finighers and $9 for second-class. Work on legal holidays to be paid for double time."™ The Railway Conductors will enter- tain their friends with their annual picnie, which* will take place at Mira- bel Park next Saturday. Vice President James J. McDade of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths left yesterday morning for San Bernardino, where he expects to meet Vice President Buckalew. They will look over the situation existing be. tween the Santa Fe Company and its late employes with a view of trylng to bring about a settlement.