The San Francisco call., 1896-09-29
LEGISLATIVE NOMINEES WITH
HELD FOR THE PRESENT
Registrar Hinton Calls Major McLaughlin's Atten-
ton to the Law Governing His Duties
in. the Matter

At late hour last night Registrar Hin
ton announced that he would file as the
regular Republican ticket the municipal
ticket nominated by the Auditorium Con-
vention last Saturday night.
He announced further that he would
hold the nominations of Assemblymen
and Senators in allegiance for the present,
as he had not vet made up his mind con-
cerning them.
The conference of the executive COM
mittee of the Republican State Central
Committee announced to take place at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose of considering the application of
Martin Kelly and Senator Mahoney to be
allowed to break their way into the Re-
Publican party did not occur. The COM
mittee met and, at the request of Major
Mclaughlin, adjourned without taking
any action.
1t was decided to refer the matter to the
State Central Com mittee, which will meet
at o'clock this afternoon.
Chairman Thomas D. Riordan of the
Republican County Convention yesterday
filed the certificates of the candi-
dates of the convention with Registrar
Hinton and asked to have them
placed on the official ballot. Mr.. Hinton
replied that he would take the matter
under advisement until 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon, he being desirous of consulting
his attorney. At the hour named Messrs.
Thomas D. Riordan. J. Alva Watt, An
drew Branch, w. w. Bausman and Secre-
tary Ricard called upon the Registrar.
The Registrar said that he was not then
ready to do anything in the matter. He
added:
II have been so busy with the matter
that 1 have not had time to take my
meals. 1 will say, however, that what
ever my decision will be it will be upon
the merits of the case as it stood when it
was submitted to me. without regard to
anything which may have happened since
that time. Mr.. Spear has filed with me
request that I place upon the ticket the
names of The Assemblymen nomin ated
from the Fourth Congre ssional District.
He says that the Republican County Com
mittee had no authority because it was
created by the municipal convention"
Mr. Riordan laughed sarcastically at this
claim.
''If you wish I will discuss that ques-
tion," said Mr.. Watt.
Mr.. Watt then made the following state
ment:
The County Committee which created this
convention is the successor of the CONVEX ntion
of 1892. We can go back through long series
OF years with the same result. In 1892 the
convention doubled the County Committee
that was elected. That was the convention
which Martin Kelly and Phil Crimmins were
supposed to control. The committee con-
tinued in existence until 1894.
Just about that time Colonel Dan Burns
made his appearance in municipal politics,
ana secured control of the County Committee
and laid Kelly and Crimmins on the shelf.
Colonel Burns enlarged the committee, and
that committee called convention in 1894
which met and elected a County Committee
for the succeeding two years. The committee
so elected has continued in existence until
this time and is still in existence, and no
question whatever as to the legality or regu-
Iarity of these committees or conventions has
been raised.
We are the regular successors of the pre-
ceding County Committee. Our County Com
mittee called this convention this year in
accordance with the precedent, not only of the
Republican party but of all the parties. We
held primaries in the usual manner and the
call adopted for this convention was precisely
the same as that of two years ago, the validity
oil Wh1cn no one QuoSGlOus Inc same prece-
dents were adopted and the ticket was elected
in The same manner.
"On what ground did. Michael Henry
get in his work with the National Com
mittee-I mean NJ. II. de Young2" said
Mr.. Hinton.
"That is another story" replied Mr..
Watt. at is municipal politics we are
talking about now. So far as their right
to nominate Congressman and Presiden-
tial electors is concerned in the Fourth
District there is no dispute. They were
right in that matter as well as IN the Fifth
Congressional District. In that district,
after we had finished the business for
which the convention had been called, we
adjourned. The Fourth District Conyen-
ton, instead of doing likewise, assumed
to constitute municipal convention"
Mr.. Watt continued and explained that
the certificate from the National Commit
tee recognizing the Fourth Congress sionaI