The morning call., 1894-09-08
FRANK II. GOULD In CHARGE.
Chosen Chairman of the State
Central Committee.
DULL DAY AMONG REPUBLICANS.
Colonel Burns Gone to the Capital.
S. q. MilIard Visits the Party
headquarters.


State clubrooms in the Flood building yes
terday, when the State Central Committee
met for organization. james 81. Budd,
Denis Spencer, Jose Castro, John b,
Wise, Frank Mofitt, T. c. Coogan f. H..
Gould and other weIl-known men talked
Democratic politics and promised a vigor-
Gus campaign. Jose Castro, whose faro
chips have been exhibited in the city as
campaign joke by political enemies, is,
perhaps. the most striking looking man in
the party. If he has faro game in his
hotel at San Luis Obispo it is probably
doing good business. for Mr.. Castro
wears fine diamonds aud in every way
looks as substantial as the State treasury
which he hopes to take under his charge.
Max Popper, chairman of the old st te
Central Committee. was undergoing an in
Vestigation by the Grand jury out at the
new CITY Hall and could not be present to
call the assembled Democrats to order. So
o. M. Welburn of the Federal brigade
performed that duty as vice-Dresident, and
then Marion de Vries arose TO nominate a
chairman for the new body. He said that
the chairman of the Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee should be man of great
firmness of character. He should also be
a man who held the confidence of the peo-
executive ability. Such man, he con-
cluded. was Frank II. Gould of Stockton.
whom he desired to place in nomination
for the responsible position of chairman.
In seconding the nomination of Gould
John w. Mitchell OF Los Angeles said:
1--WE want a man who will make an
earnest combat for the supremacy of
Democratic principles. With an aggres-
sive man ct the head of the campaign Los
Angeles County will not remain the
banner Republican county. l believe that
Frank II. Gould will do as much as any
man could 10 win this election for the
party aud l therefore second his nomlna-
tion."
No one else was mentioned for the place
and Gould was elected by acclamatiOn.
He was introduced to the committee by
Welburn and on taking the chair thanked
the committee for the honor. be said he
felt that there were many more 10 the
party far better qualified to lead the
| Democratic hosts to victory than himself.
| but since the committee had said that be
should undertake the task be would use
every energy and talent be possessed to
achieve success. "With such candidate
for Governor as we have and such priDci-
plss as we represent, L think there can be
| but one result-victOry."
Major Burke of Los Angeles offered
resolution empowering the chairman to
select a secretary and such assistants as
adopted without dissent
James II. Budd, on behalf OF the candi-
dates on the State ticket. moved the cleo
! ton of e. b. Pond, j. V. Coleman, II. T.
Fortman, NJ. +. Tsrpey and Robert Bar
nett as a finance committee, under the
requirements of the purity-of-elections
law.
The committee was elected unanimously
on a rollcall.
Chairman Gould then announced as the
T,f
of Sonoma. and r. P. Troy as assistant.
Mr.. Troy said that he could not accept
| the position, but afterward Mr.. Gould
| apologeticaliy said that he mad overlooked
the fact that Mr.. Troy had been secretary
of the former committee and that there
might be some delicacy about accepting a
| less important position this time. He
hoped that Mr.. Troy would accept The pO-
! sition of cores ponding secretary. Troy
made no further objection, and 1t was so
ordered.
A communication from p Harrington
| of tae ThiIty-third Assembly District.
asking that he be declared the representa-
| tive of the district in The State committee
was received. Harrington said the di--
trlct committee had been unable TO agree
uron an appointee.
On Gavin McNab's motion the matter
was referred back to the district commit
| tee with power to act.
The chairman was Instructed to draft
| form or certificate of nomination, TO be
filed by candidates with the Secretary of
| State.
Marion de Vries, w. j. Magee and T.
! G. C00gaD were appointed a committee to
examine the blanks for The ce-tf ates OF
appointment of the mem bers of the finance
committee.
The committee then adjourned to the
| call Of the chair.
Chairman Gould said after the meeting
1 4E,4 har rNnld s..1t-
1 mittee to-day, and that committee would
make arrangements for State head
! quarters. 1t is understood, however, that
| this arrangement has been practically
concluded and that The headquarters will
| be at the California H0iel
The committee will OCCUPY the entire
half floor just above the hotel office.
The Iroguois braves last night admitted
to the mystic councils of their tribe repre-
sentatives of colored mems Democratic
organization. The new club is to be
known as Ticonderoga Council The
president is G. a. Hughes, and lie and the
secretary and treasurer were put through
severe initiation with all the war-paint
| blanket and tomtom accompauiments.
| A ter the ncvices, whom President Laid
| law faithfully termed "palefaces" Accord
ing to the ritual, had been bindfoIded.
stutfclubbed, roasted over n red-light fire
and generally battered and cuffed until
the braves were weary with the sport, the
new sechem, Hughes, was called upon for
a speech. Between gasps, the wind having
been pretty well knocked out of him. he
said that the colored men were very CRATE
ful for the fraternal way in which the
Iroquois had received them, and that
thenceforth the members of 1iconderopa
Council would be faithful to the tenets of
the tribe ana true to the principles of
Democracy. He said that the Tlconderogas
had already vabquished in debate the
| orators of the AfrO-American League ana
even won over the chairman of the execn-
tive committee OF that organization. This
was big thing for the Iroquois to hear
and they received the announcement with
! war-whoops.
Out in the Thifty-seventh District an
| other Democratic fac ionai fight is in
progress. This time it is between Com
mitteemen James Is. Ivory and P. F. Ra-
| gan. as leaders of the opposing forces. ami
the bone of contention is the appointments
10 the committee OF eighteen Which is To
name 150 delegates to the municipal con-
yention. At the recent meeting of. the
general committee Major Harney intro
duced resolutions which named the men,
bers OF the committee of eighteen and Or.
Ragan's name was down as Representing
the Thirty-seventh. This portion of ths
resolution was Knocked out, but Raran
| got some prestige out of the prominence
given him aud Ivory resented having heen
/ r.