The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-12
Wants to Take His Protest Il
Sacramento.
RECEIVES BUT COLD COMFORT.
Twenty-Seven New Members Re-
ceived by the County Com
mittee-Max Peppers Plan.

going through this ceremony some other
business was disposed of.
The campaign committee submitted
report to the effect that it had considered a
protest made against the primary election
in the Twenty eighth District, and decided
to recommend that credentials be issued TO
the delegates originally declared elected.
This was Martin Kelly's protest. The
report, which also stated that credentials
would be issued to all the other delegates
elected at the primary, was adopted.
The report OF the campaign committee TO
the effect that ii had added twentv-seven
members to the County Committee was also
adopted. and then Martin Kelly made
last effort to retrieve himself. He moved
that the secretary be instructed to furnish
him copies of the poll lists Of the Twenty
eighth District. He said be made the mo-
ton at the request of the voters OF the dis
trict, who desired the lists in order that
they might carry their contest to the COM
mittee on credentials at the Sacramento
convention.
Frank McQuade headed of this move by
an amendment TO refer the matter TO the
campaign committee.
Kelly argued that the campaign CON-
mttee had already passed u 90 the ques-
ton, and that Ii was now within the
County Committees power to act upon it.
McQuade retoTted that the campaign
committee had only considered the pro-
test, and that the furnishing of copies of
the lists was new matter.
The amendment prevailed, Kelly and
one other mem Der voting in the negative.
The County Committee then, on motion
of McQuade, rescinded its bylaws and
adopted new set, which effectually heads
off any possible little jokers" Ia the way
of sudden Increases of the committee. The
section which deals with this provides that
no further increase IN the membership OF
the County Committee shall be made with
out ten days notice submitted in writing.
The bylaws set the regular meetings of
the body for the second Wednesday in The
month.
DR.. r. c. Meyers said that the time had
come when the committee should pay its
attention 10 the enemy. and on his motion
the executive committee was instructed To
look after the selection of election off,
ers, and to consult with tbs Election Com
mlssio1ers as to how many the party
would ne allowed to name. etc.
DR.. Meyers then suggested that the new
members of the committee be invited TO
address the committee, and make any
suggestions they might see fit, and D. s.
Dorm called for James A. Watt Mr.. W att
responded briefly, saying that he had been
much astonished when he learned that he
had been placed on the COMMITTEES. and hat
be had always been Republican and
would do all in his power to bring about
the success of the party. P. 3. Corn wall.
Max Brooks. Asa i. Wells, Mr.. Burton
aud others followed in the same strain,
and the committee then adjourned.
Max Pepper was busy all day yesterday
answering questions about his proposed
''postoffiee plan" fer conducting primaries.
There is no doubt that when Mr.. Pepper
suggested the plan TO the general commit
tee last Saturday night il was thought to
he Wis inn n
not prepared then to argue II, but yester-
day he was ready to meet the objections
that we're raised in la &c numbers.
When a Democrat asked What's 10
prevent man from sending in by mail as
many votes as he chooses 2" Mr., Popper
replied that he would have only one ballot
TO send. Application would have to be
made in person by each voter to the com
mittee in charge OF the election before he
could get ballot. The blanks would be
issued only to persons who had been duly
enrolled. They would be printed on tint
ed paper, with watermark in il. to pre-
vent counterfeits. The voters would be
instructed to mail them within thirty-six
hours after receiving them.
When the objection was raised that the
ballots might be tempered with at the
Postoffice or in transmission in some way,
Mr.. Pepper said that be thought an ar
rangemen. could be made with the Post
master to permit a committee TO be present
when the mail was dlstrl buted- WITH the
! ballots envelopes with the stamp of the
] district from which they were issued
wonld be given the voters. so that they
could readily be detected from other letters
/ and sorted.
Whether The Postmaster would consent
/ to make returning board OF his Federal
/ Office was one of the questions Mr.. Pepper
| was not prepared to positively answer, but
be had overcome so many difficulties that
ii ksr
1 night that he had won many friends for
/ the plan and that he was disposed
| to think that il would 90 through
the committee. The plan he commended
might not yet be perfect. but all the posi-
/ bilities for fraud it presented were GER
/ tainlies under the old system. while under
i the new the hauling of repeaters from one
district 10 another. the fighting, bulldozng
and the casting of ballots in spite of th 9
| protests OF chaliengers would at least be
/ frustrated.
The "Postoffice" plan was invented by
| Judge Hazard of Los Angeles and it is
| claimed for il that It is sn innovation that
will win its way throughout the country.
There is just one week more Of guessing
| and uncertainty for he Republicans. The
/ State convention will meet at Sacramento
next Tuesday and proceed 10 turn doubt
| into surety for victory or defeat. Perhaps
on the eventful day upon which the oody
II
| things will have shaped themselves so
that the results of the many contests TO be
decided may be predicted with some de-
gree of probability. but as the situation
! now exists there is very littia upon which
TO base a reasonably certain forecast
1t is frequently asserted that never be-
! fore have the lines been so confused and
| the reasons for this fact are that there is
such multiplicity of candidates. and SO
many new men among the delegates. The
gubernaIorial contest overshadows every
! thing else. II Is such complex pro blem
| that il serves as barrier TO scrutiny into
! other contentious. The political WISE
acres who discuss the chances III aspirants
| for nominations rarely get beyond it. If
! il could be solved 10 the satisfaction Of
ANYBODY it woud be passed and more
would be heard of wonld-be State Treas
urers and Judges Of the Supreme Court.
| But il defies all assaults and monopoliZes
prediction.
General N P. Chipma an is in the city and
his presence has occasioDed a good deal of
| talk as 10 his strength. His friends assert
that unless San Fran cisco SHOULD center
upon some other candidate he will 90 into
| the convention with more votes at his
back than any one of his opponents can
reasonably claim.
The Chapman men think that he will
| sweep the entire north owing to his per-
sonal popularity. and they assert with
| great confidence that be is assured of
twelve counties. These are: Siskiyou,
| Modoc, Lassen, Plnmas. Shasta, Tehama,