The San Francisco call., 1896-05-06

and had not, in accordance Herewith, ap-
pointed committee of seven to call the
primaries.
The doctor then went into the history of
the primaries and of the matters that led
thereto, claiming that, IN all essentials,
the law had been complied with, and that
it was a fair primary election, in which
about 1000 Repu blicans participated; the
delegates SO elected met in convention and
the present delegation represented by the
Speaker was the outcome. He repeated
that his colleagues were nearer to the peo-
pie than were the contesting delegates,
because they had been created by the
people.
Hatch OF Los Angeles moved that the
so-caled regular delegates be allowed to
present their case on one statement, and
that the contestants, or the primary elec-
ton delegates, should have the opening
and the close. Taylor of Alameda OBJ
jected to the procedure. Then he went on
to say that, as we'll as he liked and re-
spected DR.. Pardee, he would say that the
doctor had stated things that had never
occurred, or had not occurred in that way,
and that the doctor did not appear to be
well informed on the matter.
In the course of his argument Mr.. Tay-
lor alleged that the primaries claimed 10
have been held by the contestants were a
mere pretense, and that most of the dele
gates were appointed by those who are
claiming to be entitled to seats on the
ground that the opposing delegates were
appointed and therefore not legally dele
gates. Mr.. Taylor politely but firmly in
timated in the course of his argument that
the Pardee people were liars of the first
water when they said that 1000 votes had
been cast.
Some of these men are not RepubH-
cans at ALL they are absolutely in rebellion
against the Republican party and should
not be recognized" continued Mr.. Taylor
with considerable warmth in the neigh
borhood of the collar. Then he told of
what Colonel Won Schmidt had said when
Taylor had asked the colonel what he
would do in case of mutiny aboard ship,
and he repeated the coloners words with
tragic earnestness, "Why, sir, l would
take revolver in one hand and cutlass
in the other and l would kill the mutt
neers."
Mr.. Taylor, during the recital of this
dramatic pisode, looked as though were
he in Colonel Schmidt's place he would
not only have punished the rebels with
revolver IN his right hand and cutlass in
the left, but he would also have carried a
marlin spike between his teeth.
In reply to Mr.. Hatch, Taylor said that
the appointments had not resulted as har-
moniously as they could have wished. He
was confident, he added, that even if there
had not been any primaries he would not
have fewer tribulGtlons to present before
the convention.
az understand that in San Francisco"
said he, 'tthey had primaries and they are
worrying you good deal more than we
do" This caused a general laugh.
Ex-Mayor Chapman of Oakland fol-
lowed on behalf of the Congressional COM
mittee. He asked whether the contest
ants were under the rule which declares
that tn e primaries shall be held under the
authority and control of the Congressional
Committee. The Alameda primary was
not held under that authority. It was
not Republican primary, but a primary
under the control of Brown, Jones and
Smith.
"These gentlemen" said he, "had no
authority. They are not such Republi-
cans as you can find when you want them.
They are boilers and kickers, and they ask
you to violate the terms OF the call in
order that they may gain their seats"
He charged that in a certain precinct in
Oakland ffty-six men went into polling
place. cast their ballots, locked the doors,
and counted 200 ballots for the men who
are here without credentials.
w. R. Davies followed for the primary
election people He alleged that five
members of the State Central Committee
voted to seat the primary delegates and
H. EoI Fo.- A.
appointed delegates. He spoke for the
seven who had been appointed by the Con-
gressional committee and elected at the
primaries, and denied that his seven stood
by the forty delegates who were purely
the creatures of the primaries.
In reply to the charge that the primary
delegates were not good Republicans Mr..
Davies said that he knew that that re-
mark did not apply to him, because he
had never walked out of Republican con-
vention in his life.
This closed the Alameda contest.
Sacramento's contest was then taken up.
Judge William Henley stated that all at
tempts to have the Sacramento County
Central Committee call primaries were fu-
tile; therefore, mass-meeting was called,
from which a committee was selected
to arrange for primaries and that at these
primaries the delegates here presented
were elected. In answer to question by
one of the members of the committee, he
stated that the regular Congressional
Committee had issued the call virtually
permitting the County Committee to ap-
point or call primary.
At this point one of the committee sug-
gested that the case be closed. This was
done; but motion to seat the county
committees appointees was defeated, but
more as a concession to precedent than
because of any desire to further consider
the matter.
1t is foregone conclusion that the
county committee delegates will be seated
from the Twenty-frst and Twenty second
Assembly districts of Sacramento City.
Then was called up the case OF the con-
testing San Francisco delegations from the
Fourth Congressional District, the con-
troversy that has been one of the greatest