The morning call., 1893-06-10
POPPER THE BOSS,
He Gains a Victory on a
Test Vote
AND is GIVEN AN OVATION.
Exciting Scenes in One OF the Great
est Democratic Meetings Re-
Gently Held in This City.

The Democracy crowded into Metropoli.
tan Hall last night and filled every seat.
The great question was to be decided al
to who should be the local boss of the ma
chine-Max Pepper, Harvey or Treacy.
Each faction was present with its great
est strength. The members of the genera
committee sat in the main body OF the hal
according to their districts. The gallerie:
were thronged almost to suffocation with {
crowd of Office holders. place-seekers anC
grocery politicians, who took more inter
est in the proceedings than the member;
| themselves.
There was a large attendance from the
County Clerks and Recorders ofhces. anc
| this influence was waged against Max Pop
per. Many of these men owed their posi-
tiors to the defunct advisory committee.
l. During the evening it was evident thai
Peppers strength was greater than had
been supposed. The opposition soon learned
this and Immediately took refuge In dlla'
| tory tactics in order To stave on decision
There were any number of technlcalities
| that favored the obstructlonlsts, and they
| delayed business at every point to late
hour.
Chairman Dwyer had severe time in
| presiding over such large and turbulen,
body. but even his opponents had to ad-
nit that his decisions were emlnently talI
and just.
At the most trying moments Chairman
Dwyer, by his calmness and hrmness.
prevented outbursts of passion which
might have been carried to the extent of
breaking up the meeting.
After the chairman had called the meet
| ing to order he ordered the rOllcall. which
resulted in a quorum being found to be
present.
Joseph Rothchild inaugurated the fight
of the evening by moving that the names
| Of all the delegates who had been elected
! by the district committees 20 lake the
| places OF those who had resigned, died, or
removed from the districts should be
| placed on the roll and recognized as men,
! bers.
Chairman Dwyer explained that the roll
as called was the roll Of the last meeting.
! There were no rules to govern the commit
tee except the Will of the members. The
| committee on credentials had expired
when the functions for which it was cre-
ated were performed.
| Congressman Maguire rose amid storm
of cheers and appealed from the decision
OF the chair. His claim was that the CON-
! mittee on credentials as originally ap-
pointed had never been discharged, and
! the names OF its members we're still upon
the minutes OF the convention.
Delegate Jackson cOntroverted the poin
| raised by saying that the constitution and
| bylaws of the committee were superior to
! the record OF the minutes. and in the CON-
stitution there appeared the names of no
committee on credentials.
Chairman Dwyer ordered the rollcall on
| the appeal. While the roll was being
called quite a row occurred. Delegate
| Murphy of the Forty-tirst rose eXcitedly
and said THAT don't 60. c. w. Haydn's
name was called twice. A man should be
put out of the hall who voted twice"
Quite storm arose at the announce
ment. while Chairman Dwyer raped for
order; but the speaker would not subside.
Mr.. Murphy, you must treat the chair
with respect"
Delegate Murphy don't know whether
! | will or not.
a whirlwind of Kisses greeted this re-
mark, and there were various cries OF
| Put him Outp'
A delegate named Sullivan told Murphy
that he was out of order. and the latter
yelled: "Sit down. you lOuse!'
Finally order was restored. and THE roll
| call proceeded with, the result being I91
Tor sustaining the chair and $50 against 1t.
Chairman Dwyer announced that the
| question before the house was the motion
of Mr.. Rothchild.
| Delegate Rothchild spoke on his motion,
the object of which was to get Max Pop
| er, who was elected from the Forty ird
d
eral committee so that he cOnld be brought
forward as candidate for chairman.
Alter an hour and a half's wrangline
the previous question was called on Roth
ehild's motion and it was carried.
Another long fight followed over the
calling of the districts in which there were
| contests.
Delegates Rothchild and Clunie wanted
the Forty-third District, in which Max
| Pepper was interested. called first. James
o. Mcguire, Joseph Leggett, Gavin Nc
| Nabb and others were In favor of begin.
ming with the Twenty eighth Assembly
| District, and continuing In hume ical or.
der Rothchlld's motion 10 take the Forty.
third District out of the regular order was
carried, and his motion that the delegates
recently elected from the Forty-thrd Dis.
triet. including Max Pepper. should be ad-
mitted TO the convention was put to the
| committee.
noes 107-and the committee went wild
AT this point Max Pepper entered the hall,
and was given ap ovation.
The new head of the local Democracy
took his seat. for his fight was won.
Delegate Clnnie moved that the resigna-
| ton of j. j. Dwyer as president of the
! general committee be acce pted, to take
effect on the appointment of his sue
cessor. and that the committee proceed
| Immediately to an election Of his sue
| cessor.
| Chairman Dwyer stated that his resigna-
tion had not yet been read, and Clunie's
motion WAS out OF order. Clunie then
asked that the resignation be read.
A motion to adjourn was made on the
heels of Clunie's attempt to expedite the
election of Pepper and scene of the wild
est disorder ensued
A hundred men were on their feet at the
same time, bowling themselves hoarse.
| Colonel O'Byrne rushed forward and cre-
| ated the sen sation of the evening.
| He mounted the stage. while the COM
mittee yelled and drowned even his stem
torian voice.
"Iie is no member of this convention" I"
| said fifty voices at once.
O'Byrne continued his position on the
stage. but he could not be heard on ac-
count of The unearthly din.
| A dozen men rushed threateniugly 10 the
edge of the rostrum and signified their in
tention of hurting O'Byrne from the stage
II he attempted to speak. The chairman
hnally managed to make himself heard
and decided that O'Byrne's name was not
on me roll and that he was not member
VI the committee.
OByrne descended from the stage and
shouted. That is an infamous decision,
sirT The rest of his speech was drowned
In storm of Kisses.
The rollcall on the motion to adjourn