Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-18
THE POLITICAL POT.
Meeting of the Republican County Com
mittee Last Night.

| ocoiec W. hdHCOCht rlduh DdrOuAi y. y.
Campbell, Hiram Johnson, R. ]. Merkley
Thomas H. Berkey, NJ. A. Howard and
George Murray. Mr.. Daroux held the
proxy of A. ]. Rhoads, and Mr.. Merkley
that of Christopher Ecklon.
The Chairman stated that the object Of
the meeting was to correct the call issued
by the committee at their meeting on Sat.
urday evening last, so as to declare one oil
the objects of the coming Convention to be
the nomination of county and city officers
and the selection of q County Central Com
mittee, which had been left cut of the cal
by mistake.
There was present large number of cit.
liens, many of them members of the Re.
publican Committee of Twenty-six among
them the following: Felix Tracey, Charlie:
Cummings, G. A. Luhrs, DR.. w. A. Briggs
II. Weinstock, Max E. Hornlein, Clinton
L. White and A. s. Hopkins.
An APPEAL.
Felix Tracey requested the privilege OF
briefly addressing the committee and said
DIR. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Com.
nsittee: AT a meeting held last night by the
so-called Republican Committee of Tween
ty-six, they appointed committee of three
to meet here with all the members of that
committee and as many other citizens as
could do so conveniently, to make sugges
tons to this committee We come here, as
we believe, in the interest of the Republi-
can party. We come here to do what We
believe will bring about harmony. Thai
after the primary meetings have been
held there will be no such thing as
what is commonly called kicking; that
there will be no reason for it; and that the
Republican party of this county will be
united and will come up as one man to
work for the National, Congressional and
County ticket. The suggestions we have
to make | will state very briefly. They
are two. We recognize the fact, and no
doubt you do, that there are in the Repub-
lican party, you might say two parties; and
tie Republican party. or any other party
would not be good for anything unless
there was opposition-and we haveit We
find that in this committee there is ma
iority and q minority, and we suggest that
the minority have the privilege of naming
one man in each polling place in this city.
We ask il il order that whoever NAV be
defeated, whether he aspires for an office or
whatever itmay be, or whether he be a dele
gate, or any set of delegates who are de-
feated, that there will be no shadow of ex-
cuse for not abiding by the decision. We
believe that if yOu take this action, in con-
nection with perhaps q change in the ap-
portionment, together with the action you
have already had that it VIII result i'll
r9at good to the Republican party.
The other matter that we propose to
bring before you is the matter OF apporlion-
ment, and we have figures for that. We
simply submit these matters TO YOU Mr.
White will present that side of the case TO
you. We do not come here to propose
To dictate or attempt to force you to any
action. We come here as Republicans
ornd hals i.
lcans, so that we may all work
together, as ! have already animated, TO
overcome the common foe. And as our
motto IN this campaign is to be protection,
and as 1t is in our platform to protect the
ballot boxes of the South, we desire that
you will take such steps as will protect the
ballot-bOzes of the city Of Sacramento. We
think it would be inconsistent for the Re-
publican parry to say much in this cam
paign about protecting the ballot-boxes in
the South unless they take care of them in
the North. IApplause.l
APPoRrIoEMKNr.
Clinton L. White then addressed the
Committee as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Count,
Central Committee: The matter referred t.
by Mr.. Tracey, and which l was directed tc
call the attention of the committee
TO, is in regard to the appoztionmento of dele.
gates as fixed already by the call that has
been made for the primary election as re-
CARDS the city of Sacramento.
Mr.. Daloux-I move that if Mr.. White
has any communication, that he present il
and let the Secretary read it.
The Chairman-Let Mr.. White proceed
The Chair rules that any Republican has q
right to address this meeting
Mr.W hite-We were unable to determine
upon what basis, if any, this committee
according to the resolution adopted, made its
apportionmento fdelegates, but have, under
the direction of number of gentlemen, got
what is no doubt correct information on
that suoject-that is, on the subject OF
the vote. And we submit that a
fair apportionment of delegates as di-
vided among the four wards of the city
might be made by this committee either
upon the vote for the Blaine and Logan
ecto's at the election held November 4,
1884, or upon the vote of Sacramento city
at the State election held November 2.
1885, either taking the vote that was cast
for John f. Swift for Governor at the latter
election, or, there perhaps being objection
so that, the vote of 4. W. Waterman for
Lieutenant Governor, he being the success
ful candidate at that election, and we de-
sire TO call the attention of this committee
/
made by this committee in its apportion-
ment, and which we trust it will only be
necessary to call your attention to that il
shall be rectifed.
The apportionment OF delegates in the
County Convention was los to the city and
as mentioned in the call, as understand it,
there are % to the First Ward, "a to the
Second Ward. 81 TO the Third Ward. and %
to the Fourth Ward. Now at the election
held four years ago the Republican vote OF
this city was as follows; In the First Super
visor District-frst precinct, 32S; second
precinct, 80; third precinct, 49, Second
Supervisor District-first precinct, 200;
second precinct, 200; third precinct, $50.
Third Supervisor District-tirst precinct,
1913; second precinct, 187; third precinct,
276; fourth precinct, 1875. Now, of these
precincts the second precinct of the First
Supervisor District was made up of por-
ton of territory lying between Fifth aud
| Eighth street, north of K and this cast 80
Republican votes. That precinct is COM
posed of two rows of blocks of the First
belonging to the Third Ward, that now be-
longing to the Third Ward being much
more populous, extending away north,
while the others stop at what is called
| China slough. Now, in making your ap.
| portionment of delegates this entire 31o
votes are assumed to have been cast in the
First Ward, and the First Ward is allowed
delegates accordingly.
Assuming now, and we may do so rea,
sonably, that at least one-third of the Re,
publican votes cast in that precinct were
voters who belonged in the Third Ward
then the Third Ward is entitled to repre-.
sentation based upon 103 or i04 votes more
than she has got, and the First Ward should
have her apportionment reduced to that
extent.
On the other side of Z street, the third
precinct OF the Second Supervisor District
is made up of two rows of blocks, extend.
ing from Fifth to Seventh street. Fifth
: street is the line between the Second and
Fourth Wards. In other words this pre-.
cinct is made up of one row of blocks in
the Second and one row of blocks in the
Fourth Ward. Now l happen to know
from figures in the Board of Supervisors
Office, that the row of blocks in the Fourth
Ward am speaking of cast 1853 votes and
the row of blocks in the Second Ward cast
rs. In making your superintendent Of
delegates all of these people-and l speak
as one having personal grievance, because
l hive in the row of blocks between Sixth
and Seventh streets-sll of these Republi-
cans in that row of blocks from X street,