The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-24
POSTAL PRIMARY.
Peppers Plan Postponed
Till Next Week.
THE HALL WAS TOO SMALL.
Fight in the Thirty-SecOnd Goes
to Greavy.
BUT THE ROW WILL CONTINUE.
Republicans of the Executive Coun-
Gil Protest That Dan Burns
Has ignored Them.
BUT THE ROW WILL CONTINUE

Max Peppers postal primary plan was
not decided upon last night, as expected.
A meeting of the Democratic General Com
mittee was called at Metropolitan Hall, bat
a hitch occurred to prevent it. 1t was in
tended to hold the meeting in the large
hall. but through some misunderstanding
it was lot to faith-healer. and the lower
small hall was the only one available. The
attendance was very large and the hall
was too small for the Meeting TO be held.
Therefore, when Chairman Pepper called
ii to order he announced that it would be
wise to adjourn to some future time. AS
the enrolment will occupy every evening
this week it was decided to hold the meet
ing at the cali of the chair. Before the
audience dispersed Max Pepper read an
amendment which he had prepared to the
constitution. 1t read as follows:
Amendment 4-Strike out section OF article
". district clubs, and insert in lieu thereof The
following:
Section 2-The primary elections in each dis
tTict shall begin az time and place 70 be
designated by The General Committee by the
said election board meeting IN the district 10
deliver TO he members OF the club the ballot
furnished by the General Committee for the
election, as provided for in article VII, con-
stitutiOn OF General Committee. When the
boards shall nave been organized they shall
club in the district one OF The ballots by de-
taehing II from the stub in the book and en-
closing il in an envelope addressed 10 the
member OF the club for which it Is intended TO
his place Of residence. as designated upon the
clubroil, postage thereon prepaid One mem
Der Of the board shall certify on The
ballot is addressed. After ballots shall have
been addressed ana inclOsed in envelopes as
herein directed tie election board must deposit
all of them at the same time in the United
States POstottce at he corner OF Washington
and Battery streets. taking a receipt from The
Postmaster for all the envelopes so addressed
and delivered TO him, which receipt must be
made 10 correspond with the names, number
and addresses on the envelopes.
sec. 3. Upon receiving the ballots through
the United States mail the persons receiving
the same must designate the nominees upon
the ballot for whom he intends to vote by max
ing cross with ink before the names voted for
and then inclose the ballot in the envelope
which he received from the election board ad-
dressed 10 the headquarters OF the general com
mittee, as stated in section 2. He shall then
deposit the said ballot, postage thereon pre-
paid, al time not later than 10 O'clock A. NJ.
the next day after receiving the same.
II. e. Kline also presented some amend
ments, which in scope included the salient
points of the Pepper amendment. The
only difference was in the method of get
ting the ballots 10 the voters. All these
amendments will be printed and issued
three days before the meeting.
AS matter of fact il does not appear
that the Pepper postal primary plan will
be readily adopted by the Democracy.
Many were there last night with the ex-
press purpose of opposing the scheme. A
prominent Democrat secretly canvassed
the people present, and asserted that the
plan would have had two opponents last
night TO every one in favor of it. The
mass-meeting will in all probability be
held early next week.
A meeting of the grievance committee of
the general committee was held last night
in Metropolitan Hall, Max Pepper presid-
ing. 1t had an opportunity of trying the
first case that has as yet come before it,
This is the dispute in the Thirty-second
District as 10 the secretaryship of the club
1t appears that L. j. Gordon was the sec
rotary of the club elected at the last pr-
marles, and was also, as his Office allowed
member OF the committee of TWENTY-FIVE
He resigned his secretaryship and Sol
Magner was elected temporary secretary
and has acted in that capacity ever since
There are kickers in the Thirty-second,
however, and they recently got together
and elected eX-Assemblyman GreaVy as
secretary.
The point the grievance committee was
called upon to settle last night was as to
who was the proper secretary and to
whom the roll sh ould be delivered. Each
faction persisted in holding that its score.
tary was the real one Supervisor Dun
don was there ard supported Magner.
McElroy, the president of that club, is a
friend of Magner and refused to turn
the roll over TO GreaYy. A long debate
pro and con followed, during which Gal
lagher. the fire-ealer of the district, had to
be restrained from delivering himself of
his opinion by placing Sergeant-at- Arms
Beggs at his side. Gallagher didn't like
the Arrangement, but as Beggs was big
ger man than he be only made one break,
The result Of the combined deliberations
of the club was that President McElroy be
given the roll with instructions to turn it
over TO Secretary Greavy.
''Pll be hanged if | do" was McElroy's
muttered comment as he went off home
surrounded by faithful guard to protect
the precious roll. From all appearances
the fight in the Thiriy-second is only Just
begun.
Republican headquarters are not very
lively just now. Most of the big lights
are resting after the arduous labors of the
convention. Local politicians are some
what FESTIVE under the rule of Dan Burns,
and The executive council voiced some uf
this in their meeting Friday night. This
council is composed OF delegates from all
the permanent organizations in the
city and claims a representation of some
10000 voters. John ID. Spreckels is the
head and front of the council, and there
fore the kick registered by the council
will have some significance to the faithful.
The council on Friday night adopted a
res luton protesting against the way in
which their claims to patronage have been
Ignored by the Republican convention.
and it was suggested that a mass-meeting
be called 10 voice the protest. The resolu-
tlnn was referred to Mr.. Spreckels. but So
far he has made no reply. He was not at
the meeting, as he only came down to the
city that evening IN view of the fact
that he is supposed to have 0uarreled with
Dan Burns and NJ. II. de Young, the
other two of the triumvirate, he may al
low the meeting to be held, but the proba-
bilitieS are that he will not.
The all-absorbiug topic just now with
local politicians is whether Burns will run
the municipal convention here as he did
the State convention. The kickers say
not. but judging from the result of the re-
cent primaries the Burns men have no
fear for results. ID. 5. Dorn's motion in
the convention to call the roll again, which
practically lost Jacobs the nomination for
clerk OF the Supreme Court, is gaining him
congratulations all round.
WARD IN TOWN.