The morning call., 1894-07-22

| WIN Ill HTdC6 1OI him 10 aUaUuOu PAL y
/ in this way on the eve of primary.
Now, / have had the fortune to be
with Mr.. Buckley to-day. Men from the
/ Thirty-siXth District went to him to con-
suit him as TO what they should do and he
sent for ME. He told me that he did not
desire to have anything to do with the
affairs Of the district and that his only
aim was to advance Mr.. Pepper and help
him in his political ambitions. He advised
the men from the ThiIty-sixth District to
go out there and settle their differences.
say that the statement that Buckley is
trying TO get control of the districts is a
lie, and say that Pepper has been closer
to Buckley than any man in the party and
had nothing TO fear. 1t becomes the duty
of the Democratic party to pronounce this
thing lie, and to put man in his place
who will antagonize every interest OF
Buckley and Rainey, and that man is j. j.
Dwyer."
Clunie also said he believed the whole
thing to be part Of a scheme to put
non partisan ticket in the field. His re-
marks were applauded, and then Healy
made short speech saying: This has
taken me completely by surprise. L came
here at o'clock tonight. and met in
the hall man from the Mint.
He told Inc that he had met Pepper at 3
o'clock and that Pepper had told him he
was out of politics; that Buckley ana
Rainey had control of the general commit
tee and that he was out of it all. He said
the subcommittee was all right. l should
think so. Whatever be said in the commit
tee went. We did everything we could for
him. Now what will people think when
this goes out to the public? He knew that
this would upset everything, and now
when we are within one week Of the prl-
mary he leaves us. | don't think he has
any scheme Applause J, but Mr.. Pepper is
so inclined that When he sees anything
that he thinks is too big for him it is his
inclination to get away from it.
Major Harvey spoke in the same vein,
though he said he believed Pepper had
acted all right heretofore and was good
Democrat at heart. He had been misled
by stories of conspiracies. I'VE must not
act too hasty," he continued. THE Demo-
cratic party has implicit faith in the honor
and integrity and Democratic faith of Mr..
Pepper, but it is now our duty to strike
his name from the ticket and 90 on with
the work.
NJ. c. Hassett asked permission to ad-
dress the committee and said that he did
not understand that Mr.. Pepper desired to
resign from the General Committee. He
only wanted his name taken off the
ticket. He could continue to hold his posi-
ton as chairman Of the committee, though
his action might exclude him from re-
election. Referring to Buckley and
Rainey. Hassett said: eve know these
men. They nave ridden this party to
ruin. Two years ago they were not here,
and we put in the City Hall more Demo-
Gratis than had been there before for ten
years"
Clunie's motion to strike Peppers name
from the ticket was then adopted, and the
committee proceeded to business. Its ac-
tioDs were Of little general interest, though
Patrick O'Reilly succeeded in establishing
the fact that he lived in his coalyard, 915
Post street. had right to vote in the Thir-
ty-ninth District. His name was restored
to the roll.
After the meeting J. H. Fenton of the
primary committee said that he had for
some time had reason to doubt Peppers
loyalty to the party. Three weeks ago."
said he, I'VE were in the Tivoli-
that is, Pepper, Frank Koran, Sam
Coleman and [ were there-and Pepper
then made a statement that untitled him
TO act as the chairman of the Democratic
general committee. And you may rest
assured that movement was commenced
TO have him removed. Ii be had not re-
signed another man would have been put
in his place."
Fenton expressed himself in very strong
terms about the ex-chairman of the pri-
mary committee and intimated that Buck
ley had such control over Pepper that he
could make him do as he chose. He called
attention to the fact that Pepper had re-
Gently ceased to make hostile illusions to
Buckley and Rainey in any of his
speeches.
What the statement that Pepper had
made in the Tivol was Fenton refused to
reveal, but it is learned that it was in
relation to national politics Ever since
his visit to Washington he is known to
have been very sore over the treatment
he received at the hands of President
Cleveland. He subsequently, attempted to
resign from the chairmanship OF the State
Central Committee, and was very cool as
to the success of the party il the State.
His remarks &c Fenton and to others were
probably in line with his known apathy in
the national fight.
While the committee was debating his
action Max Pepper was standing down on
Market street, not far from the hall in
which he was being aTraigned. He was
apparently waiting for some news as to
how his resignation had been received.
When informed of the committees action
be said, That's right; l wanted them to
do it,"
He then said that his course had been
taken because he was tired of being held
responsible for things that he knew moth
ing about. 81 am CONFIDENT" said he.
that Buckley is seeking to control the
general committee, and l am suspected of
standing in with him. l don't propose
TO be criticized and held in suspicion. as [
have been. The newspapers have been
saying that l was in collision with
Buckley. and they have charged
me with things that am en-
tirelv innocent and ignorant of.
The Bulletin has gone so far as to say that
when the primary was over [ would step
aside and that Buckley would take control.
| want to clear myself of that imputation,
and so l resign now"
"What reason have you to believe that
Buckley will get control of the general
Committee ?"
ION, there are many things to show that
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