Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-07
DiscOrd in Democratic Ranks
Dispelled.
The State Central Committees
Good Work.
Its Efforts in the Interest of Peace
Crowned With Success.
The Breach In the Party In San Fran
cisco Healed-The Los An
geles Delegations Con-
servative Course.
Special to the HERALD.

Special TO the HERALD.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8.--After the
longest and most interesting session in
the history of politics in this state, the
Democratic central committee of Cali
fornia adjourned at 4:3O p. m. today.
Had there been no schism in the affairs
of San Francisco within the party, and
no great and considerable sentiment
favoring a change from former methods,
the usual perfunctory course would
have been pursued, and the committee
would have got through its labors after
a session of only a few hours duration.
The entire day of yesterday and the
evening up to IL O'Clock, was consumed
by the body in the work before it, and
when the time for adjournment until
this morning arrived, there was little if
anything in view that indicated a settle-
ment of the San Francisco difficulty.
The committee on order of business took
the proper view in leaving the question
Of the San Francisco matters until the
last hours of the session, so that the
time and place of holding the state con-
vention and other incidental features
were disposed of entirely without any
trouble. Then it was that
THE REAL TUG OF WAR
came. The regular committee of the
Democratic party OF this city, as is we'll
known, had abdicated and besought the
superior body to present some plan that
would bring better feeling within
the party, alleging that there was a
strong sentiment and following opposed
to them, and at the same time request
ing that the state central committee
prese-.. plan that would be in unison
with the Democratic tenets and practices.
When the hour of the order for busi-
ness was taken up, the local muddle be-
gan; all OF the parties in interest ap-
peared, through their representatives,
and were heard by the committee. Some
fifteen or twenty clubs, the regular
county Democracy and the COM
mittee on reorganization, or the
reorganized Democracy, go called,
which last organization has a
large, active and influential member
ship were all represented. The prayers
of all of the petitioners were duly heard,
and all agreed to submit to any decision
that might be reached, except the reor-
ganizers. Many times it was thought
that nothing could possibly be accom-
plished, and that a final adjournment
would be had, leaving the local affairs
here in as complete state of chaos, as
when the publication
MOVEMENT AGAINST BUCKLEY
began. 1t would appear that the reor-
ganizers desired not only that the
county Democracy should abdicate en-
tirely, but that the state central COM
mittee should hand over their entire
field to them, and that they should erect
the party machinery according to such
methods as they pleased, and that they
would conduct the affairs from a
one-sided dictatorial standpoint, thus
presenting a condition of things that
would sooner or later bring disaster upon
the party, however honest and we'll
meaning they might be. They wanted
the state central committee to do moth
ing that would not recognize everything
they do, without permitting the state
central committee to lay down any rule
of action whatever. So things stood at
the hour of adjournment last evening.
But
TIME HEALS MANY THINGS,
and today, after numerous motions to
settle the difficulty, such as leaving the
question to the country members en-
tirely, or to committee of seven, one
from each congressional district, and to
prominent citizens OF San Francisco of
eminent standing, Hon. Max Pepper
rose and declared, speaking for the county
, committee, that the reorganizers should
be given any control of affairs if they
would only adopt well-grounded Demo
cratic rules for their guidance. This
created quite stir and it certainly pre-
sented great opportunity for speedy
ana honorable settlement, but the
spokesman of the reorganizers, Mr.. J.W.
Dwyer, refused to consider any propo-
sltlon, in very lengthy and able
speech. They
WANTED ALL OR NOTHING.
They wanted to run affairs through
their own particular means or not at all.
Mr.. Dwyer was followed by others of
the same way of thinking, who present.
ed again the plan of the reorganizers as
the only one out of the trouble.
At this juncture the Hon. Arthur
Rodgers, a distinguished LAWYER and
citizen of San Francisco and a member
of the reorganization committee. the
same gentleman who placed Mr.. y. B.
Pond in nomination in 1890 at San Jose.
offered substitute for the whole mat.
ter, which gave the reorganizers the
entire control Of local affairs, but pre-
scribing absolute and thorough safe
guards that would insure Democratic
results. This proposition met with high
favor in all quarters in the hall, but was
bitterly antagonized by Mr.. Dwyer, who
10 the chairman Of the reorganizers,