The morning call., 1894-08-08
Assembly Districts

1t was further suggested that the district
cORmittees shall meet in their respective
distHcTs Thursday evening. August 9, and
make nominations for members to the
state convention, to be voted for by the
general committee of $50 on Saturday
next, and the names Of the nominees shall
be delivered to the recording secretary Of
the general committee by P. NJ. on Fri
day, August TO-
%. Also that delegates to be elected by this
vention shall be required to pledge them
selves to vote for and favor the adoption
OF q resolution in said convention against
=. the passage of the bill now pending in
Congress and known as the Reilly funding
bill.
Fentou objected to the passage of the re-
solutions, which he claimed we're in direct
opposition 10 the laws under which the
. Democratic party has been proceeding and
consequently could not be adopted with
:. out violating the bylaws. He read article
of the constitution in support of his posi-
ton.
well TAKEN" stated Chairman Pepper.
There was momentary yell OF eXulta-
. ti0n from the faction opposed to Harney's
suggestions.
Harvey appealed from the decision of
the chair and his appeal was seconded by
Walter Gallagher. 81 sincerely regret"
said Harvey, that this should occur to-
night; that l should have TO appea, from
the decision of the chair And l am sorry
to see that the gentleman from the Thirty
ninth should bring up a constitutional
, clause to overthrow these resolutions on a
tschnicality."
The chairman said he was actuated by
none but the best motives, and that was TO
follow the written law laid down in the
Etatutes. 1t would, under the circum-
& ia hp fO ha ba rufc
ing 10 the eud. II majority of the house
did not sustain the chair he would stand
; corrected, so be said, and take no UNI
: bragg at their decision. A rolIcall was
taken aud 295 votes were cast standing
1913 In favor of sustaining the chair and 166
against
The result. when announced, was greet
ed with wild burst of applause. When
the cheering subsidized Major Harvey
moved that the resolutions be adopted
he warned the meeting against a fat
which be declared had gone out to grab
control of the Democratic party. deter
mined effort had been made by these
gentlemen" two years ago by the reorgan-
ICED Democracy, and he held tha
there is no question as to who they
are. The party should now rise against
the attempt of bosses to conquer the body
polite. Two years ago there was revO-
luton il Democratic politics In San Fran
cisco, which gave the city the best admin
istration it has ever had; and now. the
speaker said, the people have absolute
con idence IN the Integrity and ability of
the general committee of $50, and If the
committee be supported in its struggle for
pure politics the DemOc ticket would
have a sweeping victory In November.
Evidently Harvey had an all-powerful
following 10 the general committee which
would stand by him in the fight for his
short speech on the resolutions was most
enthusias' ically applauded.
NJ: G. Hassett offered an amendment to
the effect that district committees make
nominations on August Is and that the
eI9euon take place on the 18th.
T. +. l.. Troy moved as an amendment
mat the word confirmed" be substituted
Tor elected. and in another place ''elee-
Ilons lors nominations" This change
Would give full power to district cln BIS
what Troy called home rule-but In his
opinion 1t would be unWise to give the
general committee the whole power.
Clltus Barbour champoned the rights of
the people, or In other words to go back to
old PRINCIPLES, which 1t could only be in
ferred meant return to primaries After
an alarmist address in which he declared
that Democracy would be menaced by
election of delegates by the general com
mittee he offered substitute.
Andy Clunie offered substitute for thu
whole that delegates be elected at prf-
maries to be held next Monday.
This proposition threw the meeting into
the greatest disorder, followers of the old
regime and those members supporting pr:
M sry elections yelling exultantly ana again
with derislon at the other side. Amid
shouts of "Take the platform" catcalis
and heoting, Cluuie walked 30 the plat
form. Before he could speak, Major
Harney interposed a point Of order that