The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-08
TOWARD HARMONY.
Republicans of the Fortieth Assem-
bly, District Meet Informally.
No action Taken,

Some thirty odd Republicans of the For
tieth Assembly District gathered in Frank
lin Hall on Fillmore street yesterday Just
before noon in the interests of harmony.
IL was the third of series of informal
Sunday meetings. as County Committee
man Jesse Marks explained when an op-
portunity presented itself, and the discus
sion was free for all.
After Julius Kahn and Harhor Commits
siOner Daniel T. Cole had given their ideas
OF the best way to bring about harmony in
the party and to insure more attention to
the primaries, many of which, said Mr..
Cole, had been courageous and ''rotten"
in the past, Daniel NJ. Short furnished
something to concentrate the interest of
the speakers by proposing resolution de-
claring that the county Committee only
had the right to organize district clubs.
and neither the executive committee, OF
which John d. Spreekels is the head, nor
the United Republicans" organization,
led by S. NJ. Brown.
He subsequently explained that both
the factions alluded 10 had been making
efforts to organize districts, and his pur-
pose was to have the county COMMITTEES do
all the organizing, and that as soon as
possible.
IF we have all the districts properly
organized" Mr.. Short observed, I'VE will
have eighteen bosses instead of one"
lie agreed with Messrs. Kahn aud Cole
that the great trouble in the past had been
with the primary meetings.
His chief supporter was George Mer-
riam, an Old-time blacksmith, who showed
great persistency.
The resolutions. however, were gener-
ally opposed, Messrs. Kahn, Thomas
Eager. Alfred Lilienfeld and A. c.
Sartain, who filed the chair, all talking
against them, until finally Mr.. Snort de-
clared that he was mot stuck on the reso-
buttons himself" and withdrew them lust
in time TO prevent point of order which
had been raised from being decided by the
chair.
The point of order was that, as the meet
ing had gathered with the understanding
that 1T was TO be purely informal. no ac-
ton like adopting resolutions could be
taken. Chairman Sartain was OF the
opinion that by keeping the meetings alto
gether informal and non commttal it
would do much to bring disgrunted Re-
puhlicans into line"
The matter did not down so easily, how
ever, and Blacksmith Merriam causticallv
observed once during the discussion that
Julius Kahn had appeared to change
front, because he had once declared him
self in favor Of regular "Tammany" or
ganizatOn.
am YET, sententlously replied Mr..
Kahn.
And before the meeting adjourned Mr.
Short felt that the occasion was oppOrtune
for him to pass a sweeping judgment upon
the kind OF men usually sent to State con-
ventions and Legislatures, who did moth
ing but the bidding of ''the man with the
sack" and make a mo tiOn of adjournment.
This County Committeeman Marks in
terpreted as having some probable refer
ence to himself, so he told the gentlemen
present that il they considered him to be
that kind of man lie would tender his resig-
nation forthwith, but he was strong in the
conviction that he had always been l0yal
| TO his constituents, and promised to CON
tinue the same loyalty and integrity This
! slight troubling of the waters was Gained
| by Mr.. Short disciaimIng any intention of
throwing any reflection whatever upon Mr.
Marks.
So the meeting eventually adjourned
with pretty good feeling all around, good
care being taken TO do nothing, not even
act upon Committeeman Marks suggestion
of overtures 10 both the Spreckels and
Brown organizations.
These meetings will be continued. The
first one was about three weeks ago.