The morning call., 1894-08-02
NO PRIMARY WILL BE HELD.
Deliberations of the Purity COM
mittee.
NO HURRY, SAYS POPPER.
Purists Are Still Puzzled About the
Apportionment for the Various
Districts.

1t has been practically decided that the
Democratic voters of the city shall have
no voice in the selection Of the men who
are to name the candidates to be nominated
by the State Convention. The San Fran
cisco delegation Of 156 will be chosen by
the general committee, provided that body
sees fit to adopt the report which the prl-
mary committee Of seven will undoubtedly
make. That the general committee Will
do so the purists have little doubt.
Chairman Max Pepper, who was sup
posed to have washed his hands Of the af-
fairs of the primary committee. is again
at its head He was invited to attend the
meeting of the committee on Tuesday
night, and when the purifiers assembled
again last night he was present and pre-
sided over the deliberations. Committee
men Clunie, Fenton, Healey and Harvey
u ere present. The meeting was held in
Peppers rooms at the Baldwin, and the
doors were closed to all outsiders, the
members deeming it wise to keep It's dis
cussons from the public.
Nearly three hours were consumed In
discussing the best plan OF making the
appointments. The committee had gone
beyond the question as TO whether the
delegates should be appointed. Only one
member was opposed to denying the voters
selection of the city members of the con-
vention by giving them a primary. j. ID.
FentOn has all along taken the ground
that the matter should be taken before
the people. and he eontended for prl-
mary at the meeting OF the committee, but
he formed a hopeless minority, all the
others siding with Pepper that the delega-
ton be chosen by the governing body
of the county Democracy. Various
methods were proposed last night and
each was exhaustiveiy discussed. One of
these was to let the district committees
name their own delegates ana this seems
to be the plan N ost in favor at present in
the close corporation of seven. 1t will prob
aDlv be adopted In the end, but there is
difficulty over the apportonment OF TIE
156 delegates among the eighteen districts.
At one of the meetings of the general
committee an amendment to the party
plan was adopted fixing the basis of repre-
sentation for the various districts. but now
it is understood that the committee is con-
sidering the adviSablity of giving each
district an equal number and making the
nthers delegates at large. III this should
be decided upon something will have TO be
done TO 40 away with or get around the
provision in the plan.
After The meeting last night Chairman
Pepper said the committee intended to go
slow about deciding upon method of
making the appointments. He is exceed
ingly anxious. it would seem, to please all
the members of the general committee
much more anxious than he has shown
himself to be to please the party at large.
He said: Before we decide upon that we
want to have the opinions of those out
side the committee, and We shall not act
until we have sounded the general senti-
ment on that question. The general CON-
mittee will not be enlarged. 1t has been
said that we proposed to take in a number
har 1r,F nah
intention. The committee will stand as it
now Is when the appointments are made"
Mr.. Pepper says there Is no great hurry
about choosing the delegates. The con-
vention will not meet until the 21st OF this
month, and there is time enough to g0
carefully about this business. The COM
mttee of seven will meet again on Satur-
day evening to pursue its work
AS to the election of a new committee,
there has been no action. 1t is said that
if the committee should find that it is pos
sible to cleanse tbs rolls, primary may
be held. The candidates are largely men,
bers Of the present committee. and unless
Buckley should step in and capture the
primary, the new body will be practically
the same as the old.
The Republican municipal convention
to be held about the middle of August
will be composed of 245 delegates. The
County Committee has decided that the
OASIS OIL E6pI6ScHldLlOu buHll D6 one QoI6-
gate to every 100 voters and one to every
fraction over fifty. taking the vote of the
highest candidate at the election of two
years ago in making the estimate. This
gives the districts representation in the
convention as follows: Twenty-sghth.
II; Twenty-ninth, II; Thirteth. u;
Thirty-frst, IL; Thirty-second. 10; Thirty
third. II; Thirty-fourth. II; Thirty fifth.
II; Thirty-sixth, II; Thirty-seventh, 16;
Thirty-eighth IA; Thirty-ninth, 18: For
tietb, 16; Forty-hrst, IS; Forty-second. 16;
ForIy-third. IA; Forty-fourth, IA; Forty
fifth, H.
There will be a meeting of candidates
to-day at Republican headquarters to con-
suit with Chairman Cornwall of the State
committee over the appointment of a
committee of five on the purity of election
law.
This evening the Union League Club
will give an elaborate reception to M. NJ.
Estee in the clnbroomS at the Palace Ho-
tel, when there will be political speech
making. an exchange of ideas on the i'm
pending campaign and the issues of the
day.