The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-18
THE STATE REPUBL leans,
They Indorse the Protest
Against Foster as Election
Commissioner.
The Central Committee Favors the
the National Convention In San
Francisco.

Responding to call of Chairman P. B.
Cornwall thirty-six members of the Re-
publican State Central Committee assem-
bled at Golden Gate Hall, on Suffer, street,
yesterday afternoon.
In the absence of D. M. Burns, Frank
Quade was elected secretary. The rollcall
was answered by the following members,
or persons holding proxies:
c. S. Long, ]. s. Childs proxy P. B. Corn
walD, R. S. Row (proxy William Fl. BROWN, R.
NJ. Barstow, ]. NJ. Mannon, w. A. Mackinder, A.
Flint Jr., W. S. Russell, c. Melting, 1. S. Cohn,
T. C. Duff, ]. H. Dawson, H. S. Fairchld, ]. G.
Tyrrell (proxy A. Louderback), William Clutf,
E. c: Hughes proxy Jacob shaenl, A. Ruef, J.
Lennon, P. B. Cornwall. 1. Upham, w. w.
Montague, L. Dennery, W. c. Johnston, Asa R.
Wells, E; G: Palmeri, N; .Cooney, James Nc
Nab, ]. II. Doak, w. H. Chickering.
The chairman stated concisely the object
of the meeting. 1t had been called at the
request of many Republicans to take some
action on the organization of the Board of
Election Commissioners under the new
law.
Several resolutions were introduced and
two or three motions made. The discus
sion lasted for an hour or more.
M. Cooney made an iYnpassioned
speech, wherein he declared that Foster
was not Republican, and that the letter
and spirit of the law, which contemplated
that the Republican party should select
the Republican Commissioners, had been
violated. He believed that the action of
the executive committee of the Republi-
can State Central Committee in protesting
against Fosters nomination should be
sustained. He declared in favor of straight
out republican politics. and referred to
the timidity and lack of party spirit in the
Republicans of the last Legislature He
characterized their conduct as falling
down for patronage. In the course of his
remarks, the assertion was made that
Foster was not a Republican when he was
appointed, and there was no telling
whether Foster would stand up for the
Republican party in the future.
One of the speakers censured the Com
missioners for failing to eject Jacob Step
pacher, assistant secretary of the board.
Speeches were made by James McNab,
A. Ruef, u. Z. Ross, Jacob Shaen, A. B.
Lennon, }. 5. Assay and others. The bur-
den of remarks favored the Endorsement of
the action of the executive committee, and
after several substitutes had been with
drawn and motion to lay everything on
the table had been ruled out of order the
meeting by unanimous vote adopted the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, Under the law passed by the last
Legislature, commonly known as the Election
Commission law, the Republican party of Cali
fornla is entitled to have two Republicans
upon the commission who shall be satisfac-
tory to the executive committee of the party;
and whereas, the Mayor of San Francisco, act
ing. under said law, did appoint certain citizens
to be members of the said commission, and
that, acting under the letter and spirit OF the
same law, the Republican executive COM
mittee of California did in due time and in
proper form protest against the appointment
of one of said citizens, namely Samuel Foster,
upon the statutory grounds, which protest the
said Mayor has ignored, and that the said
Foster is likewise acting Commissioner
against the protest of this committee; be it
therefore
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the State
Central Committee, fully indorse the action of
the executive committee in making and filing
such protest; and be it further
ReS0IUed, That this matter be referred to the
State executive committee, with the power to
take such further action therein as the judg-
ment of the executive committee shall deem
proper and expedient.
After the adoption of the foregoing reso-
lutions several committeeman left the hall
and those that remained discussed the SUBJ
ject of paying some incidental bills OF the
organization.
Chairman Cornwall presented an elab-