The morning call., 1894-03-08
WILSON TARIFF SWALLOWED
Full Meeting of the General
Committee.
THEIR NEW CAMPAIGN PLAN.
A Minority and Supplemental
Report Sent In by the Body
Which Drafted IL.

The Democratic general committee
wrestled with its new plan of campaign
again last night. The meeting was held
at Metropolitan Temple and there was a
very full attendance.
Chairman Pepper read the plan in the
form 10 which it was recently adopted by
the subcommittee appointed to draft it.
The com mittee had sent il in for adoption
by the general committee as its almost
unanimous report, there being only one
dissenting committeeman. A. j. Clunie.
who submitted a minority report. Clitus
Barbour OF the sub committee also sent 10
Is supplemental recommendation. After
the reading all three papers were re-
ferred to the executive committee.
In his minority report Clunie urged that
the general committee "make haste slowly"
in substituting new system for the old
one hich had been successful at the last
election. He submitted a number of
amendments to the majority report. One
was that the rolls of district clubs be at all
times open for inspection, and there was
another conde inning officials elected on
the Democratic ticket for appointing Re-
publIcans IT, official positions in their re-
spective Cffices. The substitute set forth
that some means should be adopted by the
StUtIdl CuulUIlllc6 W DI6N6Ut tHIS, anu
clared that all the patronage should be
distributed among the various districts
pro rata.
The minority report also advocated the
curling and limiting of the powers of the
executive committee and entered an
earnest protest against the holding of
rimary elections under the Australian
system. contenaing that it was difficult
TO get business men to attend primaries
under the old method OF voting, and that
it would be much more difficult TO secure
their attendance under a method of voting
which was intricate and required so much
time.
Citus Barbour's supplemental report
recommended that the preferential proper
tlonal system of voting in use in the Me-
chaDics' Institute be made part of the
general plan.
There was considerable confusion in dis
posing of the. three reports, but after sew
eral motions on the subject had been
defeated the chairman read the rules
showing that they should go to the ex-
ecutive committee, and ordered that dis
position to be made of them.
| The executive committee was instructed
to make its report at the next meeting OF
/ the general committee, and motion was
carried setting the next meeting for
| March 81.
Robert Boyd of the Thirty-fifth District
moved that the secretary have 800 copies
OF the rerorts printed and mailed to the
committeeman five days before the next
meeting, and 1t was so ordered.
There was large stack of ommunica-
tions on the charman's desk from we'll
| known men certifying to the Democracy of
certain employees in the Recorders Office
| who had been arraigned at the last meet
ing as being Republicans holding Office
under Democrat. These were the men
who had been instanced as EXAMPLES of
| the courageous practice" of appointing
| Republicans in Dem ocratic offices. The
letters showed they were all good Demo-
Gratis. Nevertheless A. j. Clunie called
for the adoption of the resolution on the
subject offered at the last meeting. but the
| committee decided to postpone ii.
The general committee adopted resolu-
ton indorsing the bill offered In Congress
by Judge Mcguire for the payment of
claims of Democratic laborers in the San
Francisco Custom-hOuse in the years 1885,
1886 and 1887. arising from the reduction
of their pay from 40 TO 30 cents an hour
ION the recommendation of certain outgo-
ing Republican agents." The resolution
recommended the bill to Congress as a
| worthy act of restitution to men who had
earned every cent of the money demanded.
A copy of the resolution is to DO sent to
| California delegates in Congress.
The chairman stated that he expected 70
go East about the last of March, and after
a stormy debate he was authorized to name
a vice-president. who shall act in his place
during his absence.
j. Saulmaun submitted a series of reso-
| buttons urging Senator Stephen NJ.
White to use his endeavors to Sc
cure the passage by the Senate of the
Wilson tariff bill as it came from the
House. The resolutions also declare that
the general committee utterly and emphat-
icaly condemn and denounre and repud !.
ale the act of any representative IN Con-
gress who. under the guise of loyalty to
any particular section of the State, refuses
to abide uy the platform and redeem the
! pledges therein contained.
The resolutions. which are plainly slap
at Congressman Geary, were adopted by a
! unanimous vote.