The morning call., 1893-11-11
SLY 10 O'DONNELL
Politics Hot in the Thirty
Seventh District.
4 Bolt in the Democratic Committee
Meeting Last Night Led by
the Chairman.

Joseph e. O'Donnell, chairman Of the
Democratic committee in the Thirty
seventh District. issued a number of postal
cards the first part Of the week, signed by
himself and the secretary Of the com.
mittee, calling on that body to meet at
the corner of Marbet and Haight streets
Thursday evening. The object for which
the meeting was called was not specified in
the notices. The purpose of this omission
became apparent, however, last night.
1t will be remembered that al the last
committee meeting the resignation of a
member, Frank McRasby, was presented
and accepted. Subsequently eleven mem
bers of the body. headed by Chairman
ODonnell, hastily assembled and elected
ex-senator W. Ii. Williams to fill the
vacancy. This action caused such a pro.
longed and determined howl of protest
from the members who had not been con-
suited in the matter that the general COM
mittee referred the question back 10 the
district committee.
ODOnnell and his friends met and con-
suited. They were not exactly satisfied as
to their numerical strength in the district
co nmttee, and as precautionary mOveit
was concluded to call the meeting without
specifying It's purpose. and II count oil
noses did not prove satisfactory the chair
man was to refuse 10 call the meeting to
order upon the preteXt of some Uisunder-
standing with the general committee.
But the old adage that 1.-THE best laid
plans of mice and men," ETC., proved ap-
plicable in this instance. as it had in the
previous action of tho minority in taking
sharp Judgment on the majority.
When the members OF the committee
had assembled Chairman O'Donnell and
his friends looked over the gathering and
saw that its voting strength was decidedly
against them. In order to prevent action
he refused to call the meeting to order.
and followed by E. E. F. Williams. j. Cur
ley, j. Seeley, II. b. MeAvoy and one or
two others left the room.
But the remaining members, who favor
DR.. d. F. Reagan for the vacancy in the
general committee, were not to be thus
baked by the action of their chairman.
and z. j. Haney, vice-pTesident was called
10 the chair.
After organization was completed the
question of filling the vacancy forthwith
came up ana led to a hot discussion, but
the sentiment of the committee was adj
verse to summary action, and the question
was disposed of by a resolution requesting
the committee of five, appointed 10y the gen.
eral committee 10 settle the dispute in the
district, TO call a meeting of this committee
for the purpose of disposing of the vacant
memb ershlp question finally.
Committeeman Frank Hughes made
vigorous protest about the manner in
which the 'loaves and fishes" were being
distributed by the powers that be. and
claimed that this district was being ig-
nored in the giving out of political pro-
vender At his suggestion committee of
five was appointed TO wait on Superin-
tendent of the Mint Daggett and the
newly appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue (Welborn) and ask that some of
the perQuisites of Victory might be allotted
the Thlrty-Seventh District.
The hungry applicant for position is
bothering the members of the committee
not a little by his persistency in presenting
petitions for Office and asking for sigma
lures. To relieve the members of future
embarrassment resolution was adopted
that petitions of this nature should in the
future be submitted to the committee as
whole and that individual members should
not sign them.