The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
DEN.NERy TURNED DOWN,
He Fails of Reinstatement as a
Republican County Com
mitteeman.
a LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Chairman ManWaring's Action Fully
Sustained-Acrimony Entirely
Absent.

No meeting of the Republican County
Committee since the last election has been
so well attended as last nights gathering
in Shiels building. The drawing card was
the disposition of the application of Leon
Dennery tor reinstatement as member
of the committee, he having been retired
because of non-residence in the Forty-hrst
District, which he had represented in the
committee
The executive committee of the County
Committee went into secret session at
about 7:3O o'clock TO hear and consider
testimony on the subject of Mr.. Dennery's
residence. and 1t took them an hour and a
half TO come 10 a determination sustaining
the action OF Chairman Manwarlng in re-
moving Mr. Dennery and appointing
Charles G. Clinch Of 2310 Buchanan street
in his stead.
Chairman Manwaring presided during
the executive session. The contest on
behalf OF Dennery was led by B. Feline
mann. None Of the witnesses were sworn
The first witness called by him was ". H.
Rice.
He testified that he lived at 2s13 CIay
street, ana that Dennery had been resi-
dent OF his house for some time up to June
Is, 1894 He said he was willing to make
affidavit to this statement.
Sam Brunswick of 2209 Jackson street
stated that Dennery became a resident of
his house ABOUT June 10 and had ever since
resided there.
Mr.. Fehnemann then submitted the pre-
cinct register to show that Dennery wa.
registered from Rice's house, in the Forty
first District, and had voted there at the
last election. He also produced Crocker's
Directory to show that at the time of its
publication Dennery's address was 2S1S
Clay street.
Martin Murray alleged that he had called
on Mr.. Dennery Just prior to the last elec-
tion and knew ne lived in the Forty-first
District, but when cross-examined he could
not tell the street or number of the house.
Then came the witnesses who proved to
the complete satisfaction of the committee
that Mr.. Dennery was not resident OF the
district at the last election.
Both J. @. McCann and Robert Dixon
testified that Mr.. Dennery did not reside
st 2s13 Clay street, as claimed by Mr.. Rice
They stated that they had called there to
see Mr.. Dennery regarding campaign mat
been told by Mrs. Rice that Dennery did
not live there and had never to her knowi-
edge been tenant Of her house.
Charles d. Fancher, clerk at the Burling-
ton Hotel, on Market street, between New
Montgomery and Second, testified that
April, 1894, tor January, 1895, when he
moved to the Union-square House.
Mr.. Fehnemann also submitted an anon.
ymous appeal in behalf of Dennery, In
which II was covertly threatened that il
Dennery were not reinstated there would
be a bolt and consequent factional strife.
1hls ADDRESS was subsequently by b.
Fehnemann fathered upon G. II. Feline
mann, Martin Murray, ". H. Rice, John
Barnes, S. Brunswick anc ]. Taylor.
When the doors We're thrown open the
large hail rapidly filed with spectators
and the rolleall showed only two members
Of the County Committee absent, Messrs
Chandler and Clinch.
P. H. Prendergast on behalf OF the ex-
ecutive committee presented the following
report on the Dennery matter:
To the Republican County Coransittee-GESrLE-
MEN: Your committee TO whom the matter OF
the residence or non-residence OF Mr.. Dennery
was referred beg leave 10 rcportas follows:
After due consideration, and After hearing
the evidence on both sides OF the case, We have
unanimously sustained the chairman in his
action in removing Mr.. DenneFy and in SUBJ
sututing Mr. Clineh as county com mitteem an
from the Forty-frst District P. H. Prender-
CAST, r. ". Heilleman, J. A, Donovan, Ambrose
Watson, J. BachiEalulpi Albert Houston.
This was adopted without discussion,
there being only one dissenting vote.
P II. Prendergast then called attention
to the anonymous appeal referred to, and
said Its presentation was an insult to the
committee, and that it was replete with
falsehoods. The chairman ruled the docu-
ment out of order, by reason of its being
without other signature than Republican
Committee"
Resolutions urging the formation of Re-
publican clubs were then adopted.
A resolution indorsing the efforts OF the
Southside for public Improvements, and
more particularly the bituminizing" of
Folsom street from the ferry to Nine
teenth street, was adopted.