The morning call., 1893-06-11
STILL BATTLING.
Democratic Factions Out
For a Leader.
The Convention Stampeded at Crit
ical Moment and an Adjournment
Taken for Want of Quorum.

L lie great uRuJ lOT the CONTROL OF the
local Democracy was resumed last night.
There was bitterness and enthusiasm on
botn sides. No surrender was the motto
of the faction which the Pepper men had
worsted on Friday night. The Harney
men and ex-Judge Sullivan would not
acknowledge defeat, and decided to re-
unite their forces and make another con-
test.
There was just as large crowd in Me-
tropolitan Hall as on the previous night.
but the excitement and the confusion were
greater. Office holders were out in force.
The employees of the Recorders and County
Clerks offices took their seats early. Mem
bers of the Sheriff Office and Street De-
partment were present. Even the Super
yisors took part in the contest. Supervi-
sors Denman. Day. Refs. Hinton, Dundon
and Ryan had seats on the floor, and took
leading parts in the proceedings.
The offce-holders. those appointed by
the advisory committee, at the City Hall
appeared very anxious as to the result. as
If their positions were at stake.
Before the opening of the meeting over
an hour was spent in lobbying, the leaders
OF the different factions buttonholing the
committeeman before they got TO their
seats. 1t was evident that the fight was
still. ON in all its inten sity.
The feeling OF anxiety was increased by
an incident which happened early in the
evening. While the mem bers entered the
hall, a circular was distributed which read
as follows and produced the greatest ex-
element:
Wm w. Ackerson,
Superintendent.
Office superintendent Of Streets and Public
Highways of San Francisco, Cal.
New CIV Hall. June 10 1892. ]
Bernard COit1trn, Esq, City.-DEAR SIR:
You will hereby lake notice that the position
occupied by yOu as deputy In the Suuerintrnd-
ent of Streets office is hereby declared vacant
and That your services are 10 longer required.
investigation as to the cause OF your dis
mssal or opportunities for reinstatement will
be utterly futile. 1 remain,
w. w. ACKERsoN,
Superintendent OF Streets.
Per p. w. McGlade, Deputy.
When the news spread it became
rumured that the Street Superin tendent t
had DISCHARGED almost all of the men in
his office. and thar all sympathiZers with
Harney and sullivan would share the same
fate in other Offices The Pepper men
claimed that the letter had been prepared
and distributed to iDiure their leader by
creating sentiment against him. 1t was
stated that Bernard Cullom was not the
| only man discharged during the day, but
| that twelve others had also been removed,
whose names are as follows:
J. Collins. ]. Murther. T. Gibney. Phil
| Cosgroye, jeff O'Cnnnell, William Brown
ley. Thomas Bender, Frank Moreton.
Robert O'Reilly. Sam Sucker. Dan Dough-
ertY and John Brown.
Chief Deputy Superintendent of Streets
| Larry WEIGH was present in the lobby,
and when seen said he had been in the
| Office all day, and had no idea any man
| had been discharged.
Superintendent Ackerson entered soon
! afterward, aud when questioned on the
subject said that CullOm was the only
| deputy WHOM he had discharged. He said
"Cullom was eX-Judge Sulivan's man
and was put in my Office at his iDstigation.
! He turned out to be incompetent. | wish
! you would come 10 my office and see some
! OF his work. L have contemplated his dis
| miSssl for some time. The other men dis
charged were outside men and clerks
deny that politics had anything to do
with the dismissals. In order to reduce
expenses about week ago l let out about
100 men; those dismissed to-day were lei
| out for the same reason"
The only men discharged who were
members of the general scomn ittee. &C.
| cording TO Mr.. Ackerson's statement, are
J. Collins. j. Murther and Frank Marston.
The ant-POpDer men argued that Ack-
erson had discharged the men as threat
with ex-Judge Sullivan and Harney in
heir fight They strove to 4eate strong
sen timent against Pepper add spoke very
bitterly OF such kind of politics.
When the rOlcall of the general CON-
mittee had been concluded President
| Dwyer announced that 325 members were
present and that there was quorum.
| Delegate Herndon Of the FoTty-frst was
ON his feet in an instant and moved that
the committee should adjourn unit! June
! "a at O'Clock.
| Delegate Joseph Rothchid of the Forts-
! first Max Peppers districD raised DO in,
of order that no motion TO adjourn could
! be entertained, as 10 business had Dter-
vened since the last motion to adjourn,
| which was at 80 o'clock In the morning.
Chairman Dwyer decided that the rule
| did not apply when a day had elapsed and
put the motion to adjourn on a viva voce
/ vote.
Everybody voted, the members on the
| floor and the crowd In the lobbIes and gal
| lrries. The chair stated that on account
| Of the presence on the floor of men W no
were not members he was unable to decide
the vote.
at this point row occurred in that por-
ton OF the hall where the Forty-second
| District delegates were seated. An int l.
loper had voted with the district and the
members objected. Several started to eject
him, and fight ensued, thro wing the con
vention In an uproar aid delaying the
| business for fifteen minutes. The stranger
! was Huhlly eJscted, ana the roll was called
| on motion TO adjourn.
| Andrew j. Clunie moved that the roll
should be called, beginning with the
Forty-ffth instead of the rwenty-eighth
District. asibe had been informed that a
meeting of ofice-h olders had been called in
the afternoon. at which it was decided
that Delegate Roppold of the Twenty
eighth was to give the keynote as to how
| to vote.
The chair ordered the vote called in the
regular way, the result being as follows:
| Ayes 159, noes 1919.
This was victory for the Pepper men
and the convention went wild, as it was
the test vote of the evening
The general committee Immediately took
up the question of settling the matter OF
the admission of district delegates in con.
| tested cases.
Oyer an hour was spent In this work.
/ during which disorder prevailed so as to
4 be beyond the control Of the chairman,
The anti-Popper men seeing they were
beaten on the test vote of the evening
when the notion TO adjourn was defeated
| started In again on their procrastina TIM
and obstruetilg tactics. Speeches were
made with no other object than to DELAY