The San Francisco call., 1895-11-18

journed sine die, and that there is nothing
more to do but to let the Deuprey commit
tee go ahead with the appointment of a
new general committee. They will de-
clare that the meeting OF next Friday
night will be no meeting of any general
committee, as there isn't any. As the sine
die adjournment consisted of Chairman
Watkins putting such motion amid the
uproar, calling for the ayes and not for
the noes and then simply declaring to the
few about him who could hear him that
the committee was adjourned, the other
side doesn't see that the committee has
adjourned sine die to any great extent, es-
pecially as the adjournment to Friday
night on the motion put by President
Rothschild was carried afterward almost
unanimously by the entire meeting, which
approved the wisdom of Congressman
Mcguire.
This was the way James O'Brien re-
viewed the situation yesterday:
Feeling good? Why shouldn't we? 1t was a
clear victory over the Junta. 1t not only as
sures a primary, but it strengthens US, because
q lot of weak-kueed fellows who were afraid to
side with us will do so now When such fellows
see Congressman Mcguire getting up and de-
claring Democratic law and principle they will
recognize what is right and stand up for it,
Now look at the position the Junta has put
itself in, and they talking about political pu-
rity. They had an unfair programme that they
would never even be accused Of
In the first place they tried to get the best OF
us by having Watkins call the meeting at a few
hours notice. Then at the meeting they tried
to put through an unfair programme from
start to finish. First Hughes began calling the
roll without naming the districts, as is always
done, so that the names couldn't be kept track
OF SO well. Then they had things fixed up TO
have the best of it with the roll. On the roll
were thirteen vacancies which district clubs in
which we had majorities had filed. The GER
fifipatpS
secretary and we were entitled to have them
on the roll. That was what the first kicks
were about when the rollcall began. Watkins
clearly declared that when the rollcall was
finished it would be corrected and we accepted
that promise. Now, they had put in that roll
the names of lot OF fellows elected in districts
that they controlled.
Only few days ago four vacancies were
filed in MeNab's Forty-fifth District, and they
were put on the list and called by Hughes that
night. Just before the meeting Eddie Greaney
had similarly filed six vacancies in his dis
trict and the names were voted for Watkins.
But they proposed to shut out any OF our peo-
pie. Why, six months ago two men favorable
TO us were elected to vacancies in the Thirty
ninth and the certificates filed, but the names
are not on the roll yet. Don't you think we
had kick, and what do you think OF Watkins
going back without pretense at explanation
in his promise to let the roll be corrected?
Their one object was TO get the committee
adjourned sine die, and see how they tried to
work that They saw that they were in the
minority, and so they made way with the roll
and at once declared that some of our fellows
took it. Great Scott! We wanted the roll
then, wanted it corrected and then wanted it
called on the question OF adjourn1ng sine die.
Well Mr.. Isaacs of the Thirtieth District
swears that Hughes passed it to Harry Zeman-
sky, who made off with it. Their scheme was
to prevent rollcall and have Watkins declare
an adjournment sine die anyhow on viva
voce vote. Watkins didn't stand up TO the
programme very well, but they made frantic
efforts to carry it through. Finally, you re-
member Watkins put the motion shouted by
Hughes called for the ayes amid the uproar,
didn't call for the noes at all and then turned
round and said the committee was adjourned
sine die.
That's funny. He might as well have de-
cared the committee adjourned sine die in his
office last week. Then some of them thought
to cinch the thing by turning out the gas.
There's plenty of evidence as to who ordered
it done and who did it. Now, there's political
purity for you.
SO the Junta and the Deuprey commit
tee programme lies wrecked on rocks,
though there will be an effort to gather to-
gether as much as possible and make
terms with it. The demand for a primary
on principle outside of both the Buckley
and the Junta camps has made an early
primary a certainty, and it is next to GER
tain that before the Friday meeting plan
for one that will be fairly satisfactory all
around will be made ready for adoption.
When that happens a new alignment of
contesting forces Will at once appear.
Buckley will have busy week.