The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
DEBATED UNTIL
EARLY MORNING,
Congressional Committees
DESTROYS of Coming
Together.
HARMONY BY DEGREES.
Neither Side Disposed to Relin.
quish Any OF Its Original
Rights.
A FEW POINTS CONCEDED
The New Committee Will Next Sub.
nit It's View of the
Situation.
A FEW POINTS CONCEDED
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANo1soo CALL, {,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
9OS Broadway, May %.
The Third Congressional Dis trict Com
mites are not yet harmonized, and the
prospect is not very bright for an immedi-
ate healing of the existing troubles,
A long and exciting meeting OF the new
committee was held last night and when
II adjourned but little had been accom-
plished.
w. K. Davis, who was the first to declare
himself in favor of harmony, presented a
proposition which it was hoped would pro-
duce the end desired. He explained the
matter at length and then asked that it be
openly discussed. Each section of the
proposition was taken up separately and
there were eight votes in the meeting.
The first section provided for change OF
the date of primaries from July IL to Au-
gust g. After everybody had spoken a.
vote was taken and the point was con-
ceded by 5 to 3.
The measure brought forward by w. r.
Davis was in the nature of a peace treaty
from the old committee. II contained a
request for change of the meeting place
of the Congressional Convention from
Vallejo to Oakland. After long discus
sion this was rejected.
Then came proposition to select one
man from each committee, these to select
third with power to name equally ali
election officers for the primaries. 1t was
stipulated that the third man was merely
to cast deciding vote in case the other two
disagreed. There was some friends to this
proposition, but it was voted down.
The matter of the selection of delegates
to the convention was the next PROPOSE
lion. 1t provided for the election of rep
resentatives directly from the people in
each district. It was finally agreed to
have forty-seven polling-places in this
county and at each one representatives
shall be elected directly. The great regis
e ter is 10 be used and no one whose name is
not on it five days prior to the primaries
will not be allowed to vote.
The main struggle came on the PROPOSE
ton to give each committee one-half of ali
election boards in the county. This was
to be arranged so that each committee
would have strength of one-half of the
entire election boards. That is, each
would appoint one judge and one clerk
and would then alternate in the selection
OF inspectors. When vote was taken it
showed TO 4. Chairman French refused
to exercise his right to give a casting vote
and the proposition was therefore rejected
The proposition was also advanced thai
The two committees unite and that the
united body of twenty-fcur members at
tend to all business jointly, but this was
also rejected.
- was ouSSeokSQ Iudb the power OF Is
suing the call be vested in the proposed
committee of three, which was to perepare
the document, hand it to the County Cen
tral Committee and have the word "re-
solved" written at the head. A desperate
effort was made about midnight to put the
whole proposition through, but it did not
carry.
The general feeling OF the new commit
tee is evidently to accord to their political
opponents fair representation, but there
does not seem to be an inclination TO
yield any of the power a Congressional
committee that was won at Sacramento
1t was 1 O'Clock. this morning when the
committee ad djourned. 1t will meet next
Wednesday, when the new committeeman
VIII have prepared a proposition of their
own to submit to the old, embodying the
concessions already made and giving an
ultimatum On other important matters.