The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-14
REPUBLICANS IN HARMONY
Clean Politics Commended by
the County Commit
tee.
TWO VACANCIES DECLARED.
The Committee Holds That 1t Should
Be Consulted in Organizing the
Election Commissioners.

When Chairman C. w. Manwaring called
the Republican County Committee to order
IN Shields Hall last night, it was for the
purpose Of renewing the already estab-
lished clean political conduct of the organ
lzation, and it was also evident that the
friends and co-workers OF John D.
spreckels had complete control of
the meeting, which, to a great
extent, was the cause of its har-
mony. The members of the committee
were there for the purpose of laying down
and completing plain and simple course
OF Republican responsibility regardless of
the consequences, and this was especially
noticeable as a predominant trait among
Mr. Spreckels' forces. There were none of
those individual revolts which have so
frequently occurred in this City, but the
temper OF the entire meeting was salts
factory and peaceful from the moment the
gavel dropped to the motion to adjourn
After the reading of the minutes by
Secretary Jackson, a resolution was offered
by }. M. Chretien, declaring the positions
OF county committeeman from the Twenty
ninth and the Forty-first precincts vacant,
both on the ground of non-residence of the
committeeman holding the offices. Frank
McMannus represented the Twenty-ninth
and Leon Dennery the Forty-frst.
While the resolution offered by Mr..
Chretlen was being stated by the chair,
Mr.. McMannus in very courteous way
rendered his written resignation, but Mr..
Dennery objected very strongly to having
his seat declared vacant. 4 t this juncture
the chairman took occasion to compliment
Mr.. McMannus on the readiness with
which he accepted and seemed to under
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criticized Mr.. Dennery for not displaying
the same readiness to comply with prop
osition SO evidently just.
A vote was then taken upon the question
of the Forty-frst District and the resolu-
ton declaring Mr.. Dennery's seat vacant
was passed. Objection was offered by
James Alva Watt and Jesse Marks, bat
they were ruled out of order by the chair.
Mr.. Watt took occasion to call the County
Committees attention to the resolution
passed by the municipal convention, which
called the County Committee into exist
ence and which stated that all vacancies
should be filled by the chairman of the
County Committee.
This point was ruled in order by Acting
Chairman Chrentien, but the regular
chairman, Mr.. Manwaring, stated that he
deemed the question of filling the two
vacancies sufficiently important to take a
little time in considering, and as the good
of the party was at stake he decided to
suspend appointments until some future
day or when he had selected the most
capable and most efficient committeeman.
II will take care in the future" he said,
''to see that none but actual residents in a
district are appointed on the committee.
There is no time like the present to get
this thing Strengthened OUT, and | would
not like to have my Judgment impaired
by haste.
1--WE are all trying to conduct clean
local party and to that end the County
Committee is willing to work with as much
harmony as possible. Both Mr.. Spreckels,
who has taken most unusual personal in
terest in clean politics, and ourselves are
anxious to see an election held in this City
where the ballot box will be held sacred
and above the profaning influences of de-
signing and interruptions politicians, who
simply consider that the indiscriminate
herding of negotiable votes constitutes the
maintenance of a party. 1t is about time
such ideas are cast aside, and it is good
idea for the County Committee to set the
example.
II was" said Chairman Manwaring, in
speaking with County Clerk Curry and A.
j. Martin after the meeting had adjourned.
'squite pleased with to-night's session. 1t
showed that the members have a pretty
good understanding of what is re-
the voters expect of US in the matter of
keeping the party on clean basis. We
have started out we'll, and have happily
been able to avoid those broils and wran-
giles so common to politics in San Fran
cisco. That element that has always tried
to prevail in committee meetings will not
find room with US, and we will lay down
the law at once on that point"
Touching upon the matter of the ap-
rnO assistant a ryy fo ba
Election Commission Mr.. Manwaring said !:
"If the State Committee by law had a
right to appoint Election Commissioners
of this county we believe that the right
should have been delegated to the
County Committee in place of the
State Central Committee, because the
County Committee is the governing
body of the party for the City and County
for which the Commissioners legislate,
whereas the State Central Committee has
charge of the campaign throughout the
State without reference to San Francisco.
Los Angeles or any other one county. and
as the State Central Committee, the Union
League Club and the Commissioners have
not been able to decide upon the Repub-
lican officials of that board the Republican
County Committee considers that it should
be consulted in regard to the position. We
elect the delegates to the State Convention.
which elects the delegates to the State COM
mittee. AS a matter of fact we are the
best equipped body to deal with that ques-
ton, as the affairs of the party in our sep
arate counties are practically before us at
all times and we are able to act with rea-
| sonable caution and discrimination in all
matters that concern our party and this
| section.
at is true that we have no particular
choice SO long as the appointee is good,
clean Republican one, who will see to it
that after our votes enter the bal
lot box they will be counted fairly
and squarely. 1t makes no material
difference who the man is so long as he
can stand the examination as to his
capacity to come right up to the front at
the critical period and remain stanch and
honorable to the Republican party. That
must be his record above all things, and |
am under the impression that in short
time we will have clean party and good
men at the back of it"