The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
He Never Appeared to Make
Good His Charges of Fraud
at the Primaries.
DoNNELLY WAS DISAPPOINTED
He Must Continue on His Ninety-Day
Pilgrimage Where No Political
Peddlers Are Wanted.

Edward Donnelly's white vest shone
dazzlingly in ]. E. Richards office in the
Crocker building yesterday morning. Its
splendor was matched only by the aristo-
cratic gloss on Judge Waldheimers silk
tile and by the brilliant political light in
Major Bartlett's eyes.
But it was not. q day for brilIiancv.
Utility, not beauty; logic, not eioquence,
were in the ascendant. and the hopes of
= the coruscating trio, if hopes they had
any, crumbled 10 the ground like the
: petals of the last rose of summer left
. blooming alone
The regular Republican Fifth District
Congressional Committee went into execu-
: tive session at IL A. NJ. What word of
victory is that name "regular''l
=. All its opponents are irregular" there
fore illogical, illegal, inconsistent and i'm
:. moral. Consequently, the com mittee, be-
ing regular, could not do anything irregu-
lar, and, therefore, decided that the regu-
=. lar ticket at the recent primaries from
that district had won, and that its dele
gates should be seated.
-: When this information was conveyed to
). Mr.. Donnelly the diamond in his shirt
bosom paled and became for the first time
of cheap straw color; but it rallied when
: it got out into the sunshine and turned
=. into. a gem of the first water, as did its
:: wearer.
'.Ah," sighed Mr.. Donnelly, as he went
:: down in the elevator, there's nothing
like pure politics."
= Judge Waldheimer's silk tile grew a
=. shade more somber and less glossy. He
!: is man Of buoyant, spirits and disguised
~ his disappointment by making classical
II" h III D.. Tl.A
=. Fox, Grattan, Curran, Webster, Ingersoll
and Wendell Phillips were left at the foot
OF the class when the Judge turned loose.
.ButIt was all in good nature, and the
= merry twinkle in the Judges eyes proved
- that he didn't mean what he said and was
only practicing.
The committee drafted the following re-
port to the press for publication;
Report, and Certificate Of NE Repnb1iean Con-
District Of the State OF California, to the RepubH-
: cen State. and District CONVENTIONS: We the
undersigned members of the regular Republi-
can Congressional Committee of the Fifth Con-
greSslonal District OF the State of California,
'consttuting:a "a majority OF said committee, do
hereby transmit report OF the proceedings of
said committee, had in pursuance of the reso-
luton OF the Republican State Central Com
Inittee, duly and regularly adopted on the 29th
day of February, 1896 and do hereby particu-
.larly transmit all matters relating to such con-
tests have come before said committee,
: in pursuance of said resol ution, together with
o e.
:. we dohereby certify that in accordance with
the aforesaid resolution of the State Central
Committee, and on the 9TH day of March,
1885, at meeting OF the members OF the said
State Central Committee from the Fifth Con-
. gressional District held in the city of Red
wood county of San Mateo, and by resolution
then and there duly and regularly adopted,
the following-named persons were duly and
regularly constituted. members of this Con-
; gressional Committee of the Fifth Congress
: sional District, TO wit: Robert L. Toplitz, John
=. i, Richards, A L. Stetson, G. L. Laumeister,
w. B. Lawrence, James w. Rea and william
-:-Moir. That thereafter and on the 18th day OF
March, 1896, the said persons duly met in the
:city.of San Francisco and duly and regularly
organized as such committee by the election of
James W. Rea as chairman and of John L.
Richards as secretary thereof.
That said com mmittee thereCpon duly passed
'.. arcsolution providing for the election or ap-
pointment OF delegates to the Republican State
Convention and TO the Republican District
Convention of and for the Fifth Congressional
District, to be held in sacramento On May D,
- 1896 and also, by resolution duly passed, dele
: gated to the regular Republican County COM
mittees for the counties of Santa Clara, San
e .Mateo and for that portion OF the City and
-. County of San Francisco within said district,
: the details OF the selection of said delegates
for their respective counties and portions
thereof, under the supervision and control OF
: this committee.
! That thereafter; and on the goth day of April,
1896, at regular meeting of the Republican
County Central Committee of the county of
Santa Clara, the following-named persons
were duly and regularly selected and reported
to this committee as. delegates TO said conven-
tions, to wit: James w. Rea, S. F. Aver, Fred
Ellis, J. A. Sargent, R. R. Bulmore, Fen Massoi,
Scott, Philo Hersey, J. r. Norton, f. c. Franck,
Miles Hollister, 5. L. Close, John Britton, NJ.
Americh, J; Z; Johns, A; Lake, H. V; More
house, S. 6. Tompkins, Z. P. Main, George
Taylor, Frank Covey, L. Bare.
That no contest or opposition of any kind
has been filed with this committee with refer
ence to the selection of said delegates, and this
.s'c committee hereby reports the said delegates
from the county Of Santa Clara, State of Cali.
nd Acc p IL, Ill.,
thereof, and certifeso that said delegates are
The duly and regularly selected and qualified
delegates from said portion Of the Fifth Con-
conventions
That on the 25th day of April, 1896, the Re-
publican County Central Committee of the
County n OF San Mateo, at regular meeting ing
thereof, dulT and regularly selected the follow
ing-named persons 70 act as delegates to said
county of San Mateo and from the Assembly
Districts thereof TO wit; George G. Ross, w. j.
Martin. s. G. Goodhue, E. F. Preston, Joseph j.
Bullock, William Nelson and B. V. Weeks.
That no contest or opposition OF any kind to
the said delegates or the selection thereof has
been filed with this committee, and IL hereby
certifes that the said persons are the duly and
regularly selected and qualined delegates TO
said convention from :safd portion of the said
Congressional district.
That in purs lance or the aforesaid resolution
OF this committee and al regular meeting OF
the Republican County Committeeman OF that
portion of the City and County OF San Fran
cisco embraced within the said Fifth Congress
sional District, duly and regularly held on the
4th day OF April, 1896, primary election was
duly and regularly called to be held on the
18th day of April, 1896, IN said portion of the
said City and County of San Francisco.
That in pursuance of said call the said pri.
mary election was .neld on said day in each OF
the Assembly districts within said portion of
the City and County of San Francisco en-
braced within said Fifth Congressional
District.
That thereafter and on the 20th day OF
April. 1896, the said County Committeeman,
constituting that portion of the said County
Committee from the Assembly districts OF said
City and County of San Francisco within said
Fifth Congressional District, duly certified to
this committee the returns from said election,
together with the names of all of the persons
voted thereat as delegates to said conventions,
with the votes received by each. That no con-
tests have been filed with this committee with
reference 10 the delegates so certified to by
said County Committeeman as elected in and
from the following Assembly districts, to witt
The Thirty-fourth, Thirty-ffth TLirty-sixth,
Thirty-eighth and Forty-frst Assembly dis
tricts, and this committee therefore hereby
ceFtifieg that the fOllOwinP-nampd narsons q