The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

offered as an amendment the insertion OF
the name of Gavin McNab.
Mr. Donovan, Colonel J. J. OByrne
and James q. Mcguire deprecated the
amendment. and it was Withdrawn wnen
Donovan's resolution was adopted, after
various uncomplimentary illusions 10
McNab had been made amid groans..
James O'Connor offered an amendment
to the constitution relating to primaries as
follows: .
Please take notice that pursuant to arti-
Gle TX of our constitution l hereby submit
the following proposed amendments to our
constitution and request the necessary
notice be given:
That section 8 of article III, designating the
dnties of the committee on grievances, pc ana
hereby is repealed and the following snail DC
adopted in lieu thereof, to VIII:
Section 8. The general committee by malority
vote present and voting may by resolution appoins
from the Democrats of the City and County OF san
Francisco twenty-five Democrats 10 DE uesls-
mated the committee on supervision ana aroitra-
tom vested with plenary powers. Such as Is gwen
the general committee under article l. section OF
our constitution; the 10 be exercised by them
In the transaction Of necessary business during Inc
intervals OF the sessions Of the general comnlttee,
but subject to the final control Thereon; ana
whose special duties shall be TO pass upon
all controversies arising in the various districts
of whatever kind and nature; said committee OF
supervision and arbitration TO be auxiliary 10 ana
supervisory of district clubs or committees III All
matters pertaining to any primary that may be
held for the election OF new general committee,
with the power of controlllhg an enioidtei ,
canvassing committees and appointment OF eiec-
ton officers also to determine all Appeals tnat
may be taken from any district commlttee, put
all vested powers the committee OF supervision
and arbitration" shall on the organization or
a new general committee, and this section or tne
thereafter remain as n Or ap Of
district clubs in conflict with this section are
hereby dec AIRED imperative so long as Ihs section
remains in force and effect.
1t was referred, as required by the by
laws, and then c. w. Pope introduced a
resolution denunciatory OF Gavin McNao
as follows:
1t was referred to the com mittee OF five
provided for in Mr.. Donovan's resolution,
and then came an attack on ex-Chalrman
Watkins in the shape of the following
resolution, which was adopted:
WHEREAS, One Gavin McNab was duly elect
ed, qualified and was an acting mem Der OF the
Democratic general committee OF the Guy ana
County of San Francisco and member OF the
executive committee of said body; and
whereas said McNab did at the municipal
election held in this City in 1892 openly solicit
votes for candidates other than those of the
Democratic party, to wit, against J. J. McDace,
the Democratic nominee Tor SherlH; ana
whereas, complaint was made to the executive
committee of said Democratic general COM
mittee that said McNab was guilty of treason
and disloyalty to certain nominees of the
Democratic party; and whereas, said execu-
tive committee ala no4u III opeu meet
ing for the purpose of taking and
hearing testimony on said charges; and
whereas, said McNab personally appeared be-
fore said committee, waived said examination
and admitted each and every charge brought
against him; and whereas, motion was duly
made and seconded that the said McNab be ex-
PEELED from the said committee for said treason
and disloyalty, that thereupon a vote OF said
committee was duly taken. with the following
result, to wit, for expulsion 10, against expul-
sion 8, and that thereupon said McNab was
duly and regularly expelled from said commit
tee; and whereas, the said Gavin MeNab of that
day is the same Gavin McNab of the present
time, and al whose orders the lights were at
tempted to be put out. and were partially ex-
tinguished, at the meeting of the central COM
mittee held in this City on the evening of No
vember 10Th inst, thereby endangering the
lives OF hundreds of persons; and whereas, all
of said conduct of said McNab was cowardly,
dastardly and I'M Democratic, therefore, be it
Resolued, First-That the action of the exec
utive committee of the Democratic general
committee OF this City and County, whereby
the said McNab was expelled from said COM
mittee be, and the same is hereby upheld and
sustained.
Second-That the conduct of said McNab In
ordering the lights put out at the meeting of
the general committee on the 10th Inst. be
and the same is hereby condemned, denounced
and considered an attempt on the lives OF all
present AT said meeting.
ReSotued, By this committee that the said
Gavin McNab be and he is hereby expelled
from this committee and that we consider him
unworthy of utilization of any Democrat or
Democrats worthy OF the name.
A motion was then made and carried to
discharge the committee which was ap-
pointed to take charge of the primary cleo
ton of 1894, in view of the prospective
appointment of similar committee by
Chairman Rothschild, and adjournment
was taken to the call of the chair.
WHEREAS. On the 10Th day of September,
1894, the last municipal convention in the
City and County of san Francisco, on the
adoption of the report of its committee on
permanent organization and order of business
authorized the chairman to appoint conn T.
tee on Board OF Supervisors and Board OF Edu-
cation, and also further committee in words
as follows: Your committee recommend and
report that all resolutions be referred to the
committee on platform and resolutions with
out debate, except such as refer to the plan Of
organization of the party and the county or
central committee, in respect to which COM
mitree shall be appointed by the chairman
of the convention, one from each AS
sembly district and seven at large, to which
shall be referred such resolutions" Whereas.
on the second day of October, 1894, at a
subsequent session of the convention, after
thirteen days had elapsed and just prior
to adjournment sine die, MI. Eugene Deuprey,
as chairman, announced the names of twenty
five persons as composing such committee;
whereupon it was claimed by delegates that
the life of said committee as we'll as the other
committees named, to wit, on Board of Super
visors Board of Education and on platform
ended with the adjournment sine die of the
municipal convention, and as no resolution
had been in troduced there was nothing to refer
to said committee. Whereas, The minutes OF
the convention and the daily newspapers OF
October 3, 1894, show that just before the u
nicipal convention adjourned sine die Dele
gate Dunn called for the names OF the
committee appointed by Mr.. Deuprey as
chairman, and it appears from the following
extract from the minutes and said newspapers
that "on motion of P. F. Dunno, which was
duly seconded and carried, the whole matter
on organization be referred to the general
Whereas, President A. A. Watkins, on or about
the 18th day of October, 1895 arbitrarily and
without any authority whatever from this
general committee, appointed twenty-five
members of this committee, including
himself, to confer with and become part OF
said Deuprey committee, with the avowed
purpose of dissolving this general committee
and creating an illegal body with power to
act In lieu thereof, contrary to our constitu-
ton and all Democratic doctrine and princi-
pies; therefore be it
Resolved That this general committee, now
regularly assembled, hereby disapproyes of the
course pursued by the president, A. A Wat
kins, in appointing any committee whatever
as repre- enting this body, and orders that the
so-called committee of twenty-five members OF
this general committee be discharged and that
all its acts in so far as it assumes to represent
this general committee, be and are nullifed
and declared of no effect.
Congressman Mcguire held further con-
ferences with representatives of both sides
Yesterday, but effected nothing in the way
- tho foptinpS ppnrar fOuofbor