The morning call., 1894-08-30
Openly Trying to Capture the
County Convention,
AND THE NEXT COMMITTEE ALSO
Republican Districts Will Nominate
on the 18th of September.
Estee to Speak Here.

harmony as they were lew weeks ago,
when the Harvey Armes- Tracey faction
attempted to capture the general commit
tee and was beaten at its own game.
Another deep-laid scheme to seize the
bnlwarks developed yesterday and was
generally discussed, Notwithstanding the
profound secrecy with which it was sur
rounded. Ever since the convention Max
Pepper has been very sore. That affair
was conducted without him as one of the
central figures. and as he had been. up to
the converting of the body, the nominal
leader of the party in the city, and the
| chairman of the State Central Committee
as well. 1t seemed to him that TO pTOce ed
without him was another case of leaving
Hamlet out. Besides this, Mr.. Pepper
came In for good deal of adverse criti-
clsm. and altogether the position in which
! ne was left was net at all satisfactory.
Therefore Mr.. Pepper decided to recoup,
to gather his forces about him and by a
! signal coup de main to place himself at
the head of affairs once more.
The main object in view apart from the
reinstatement of Mr.. Pepper is to capture
| the municipal convention, and after that
| to get control of the new general commit
| tee, which has yet TO be appointed.
To carry this programme into effect it
was clearly necessary TO form comb ine.
| and the Harvey Armes Tracey crowd
was again available. The leading spirits
| of this con tlDgent were called in, and after
consultation IL was agreed to have q secret
| meeting to perfect the plans. The meet
ing was accordingly held Tuesday night at
| Germania Hall. Those who were invited
were bound to secrecy. Among those
| present were Max Pepper. Little Dick"
OConnOr, Major Harvey, Martin Fleming,
| representing County Clerk Haley, Gus
Mcclure and James II. Fenton, represent
ing Sheriff McDade, Sam Kohlman. repre-
senting Tax Collector Block. Charles Armes
of the Mint, Timothy f. Tracey, Dick
Mattingly. Patrick Norton. Jerry Nc
| earthly, l.. Y. Merle, Billy Fitzgerald. E.
P. Casserly Of the County Clerks Office,
and Mr.. Reynolds
1t was decided to call meeting OF the
| General Committee for Saturday night in
lower Metropolitan Hall. ana there and
then, should the plans develop favorably,
| to elect delegates TO the municipal cOnven-
! ton, the delegates so elected to appoint
| the members of the new Democratic gen.
eral committee. This would be an excel
| lent method OF securing the nominatio of
slate ticket in the municipal convention,
and at the same time insure the appoint
ment OF a governing body favorable to
Max Pepper as chairman. But when the
meeting in lower Metropolitan Hall is
called to order 1t will be necessary before
proceeding 10 ascertain whether the con-
| sDlrators have enough votes to put the
| plan through, and in order to do this a
| test issue will be raised over the dropping
| OF member from the general committee
of the Thirty-second District where by
some error there are now twenty-siX in
stead of twenty-five committeeman. If
| the vote on this matter shows that the
| schemers have sufficient strength 10 carry
| the day the delegates to the municipal
convention will be elected forthwith.
At the meeting on Tuesday night those
| n AT do ius trn0 Tod =
| Metropolitan Hall early and occupy seats
in front The hall Is so small that many
| mem bers will be unable to get in, The
members of the combine will in the mean
| time make canvass and ascertain exactly
how many votes they will have upon the
assembling OF the general committee
| There was discussion as TO what candi-
dates should be renominated for Office.
| Max Pepper Is said to have opposed the
denomination OF Ackerson for Street Su-
| perintendeDt and 10 have favored the
claims of Tax Collector Block. Sheriff Nc
Dade and County Clerk Healy will also be
| on the slate.
1t looks now as If the thing would 90
through. Several of the men who have
been left out Of the calculations of the
new clique said yesterday that they pro-
posed to offer no opposition and to let Pop
per have his own way. They predicted
| that he would be more dissatisfied with
his own nominations than he is now with
| the work of the State convention,
| The headquarters of the local Democ-
racy was deserted last night, and it was
evident that something was going on in
some out of the way place. INQUIRY for
! the leaders soon brought out the fact that
another canvass of the Pepper forces was
in progress. The gang was found shut up
| in room OF the Grand Southern Hotel at
| Seventh and Mission streets. The door
was locked on the inside and voices in
earnest conversation could be heard froc
! the hall. Max Pepper was prevailed nnnn
to come out and talk to the press. lie said
that the meeting was being held IN the
| interest of the Democratic party. the
primary object being to knock out the
| bosses"
This bit Of information coming from
| Boss Pepper was taken as having refer
ence to EXPOSES. as the Boss went on
! to say that 1t had been found necessary to
take measures to prevent the Buckley in
| f1ueDce from getting control. There were
evidences, he said. that this baneful influ-
ence TO which MIR. Pepper has so conyeu-
iently referred on many occasions during
the present campaign was again assuming
alarming proportions. 1t must be stamped
out at all hazards. Pepper said that the
meeting had not accomplished great deal.
One result Of it would be that meeting of
the general committee would be called for
Saturday night, but it would not be held
IN any small Qall winch cOulQ not accom-
modate all the members.
Pepper denied that the meeting had dis
cussed the advlsability of going in with a
non-partisan ticket as rumored around
the Baldwin. He admitted that it was a
faction meeting, that he was at the head
OF it. and that at the next meeting of the
general committee there would be fight
On clearly defined lines between the op-
posing sides. Al the meeting there were
present among others Major Harvey,
Armes, Tracey, Christian Refs and the
Gallaghers.
1t was understood that caucus OF the
opponents of Pepper would be held, but it
was postponed until this evening.
The Repu blicans are now mapping out
route for Candidate Willard, Mr.. Estee's
running mate in the coming race. The
young aspirant for Lieutenant-Govern
will make an active canvass in the south.
AS soon as the district conventions have
made their nominations schedules for the
candidates for Congress will be prepared,
Tonight NJ. M. Estee will address a
meeting of Italian Republicans to be held
In Bersaglieri Hall. The meeting will be
held under the auspices of the Italian Re-
publican Club. There will be addresses
10 Italian and large crowd is expected TO
attend.
The Republican district central clubs
will complete their organization on Satur-
day night next. There are several rows
in the districts which have not yet been
settled, and some Of the meetings will no
doubt be very spirited. In the Thirtielh