The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30

trail Committee were too small to hold the
crowd that Assem- bled yesterday to button-
hole the. members OF the State Central
Committee who were about to hold ses-
sion, with view of harmonizing the
opposing elements of the Republican
party of this City.
The meeting was secret and was not
called TO order until 2:30 P. N. There
were present: II. A. Powell (by proxy OF
Oakland, E. K. Strowbridge of Haywards,
E. A. Won Schmidt of Alameda, Frank
Mclaughlin of Oroville, J. NJ. Stow OF
Walnut Greek, George Bryce OF Ferndale,
+. A. Dodge (by proxy OF Hantord, a. Z.
Mande of Bakersfield, ]. A. Read oil
Middletown, S. N. Androus of Pom ona,
g. L. Strange (by proxy of Los Angeles,
w. F. Parker of Los Angeles, j. w. Rags
dale cot MADEIRA William. Barr of San
Rafael, n. w. Boyd OF Bodie, Frank l..
Coombs eof Napa. w. F. Englebright of
Nevada City, ]. H. Neff of Colfax, Ira A.
Robie of Sacramento, J. j. Campbell of
Gait, James II. Daily, E. J. Smith, l. l.
Cohen, William Smadeke, Thomas c.
Duff A. J. Martin, V. F. Northrop,
Charles w. Manwaring, J. Alva Watt,
7. A Bergerot. Z. Pockwitz, ]. E. Marks,
W. J. Flynn, E. C. Palmieri, Joseph Bar
BETA of San Francisco. NJ. S. Thresher OF
Stockton, George C. Ross of Redwood,
Benjamin Brooks of San Luis Obispo, II.
A. Averill of Lompoc, George Taylor of
Mountain View, George Scott of San Jose,
George E. Rea and i. J. Dake of Santa
Cruz, j. J. Luchsinger of Vallejo +. A.
Wickersham of PetaIuma, Allen B.
Lemmon of Santa Rosa, Joseph Mcneil
of Ceres, E. 0. Larkin of Visalia.
The following ed business men of
San Francisco appeared before the com
mIttee and made an urgent appeal in be-
half of harmony: Irving NJ. Scott, Horace
Davis, P. n. Lilienthal, NJ. II. Heeht
Louis SIoss, A. L. Brown, A. Dunham,
Wakefield Baker, A. J. Ralston and f. w.
Van Sicken.
After session of an hour and half the
committee resolved 10 make one more
attempt at harmony, and appointed
COMMITTEES of ten from the State Central
Committee TO confer with the representa-
tives OF the regular ticket already filed and
2 of the boilers headed by Kelly and Ma
honey. The committees are:
State Central Committee-IryingB B. DCd-
ley, San Diego County; A. b. Lennon,
Sonoma.County; George Bryce, Hum boldt
e %SouWVyB ny B6vd s. NJ Mono AGdF9ns 6osL Los +ngg A+ngse
Co0mbs, Napa County; George e. Ross.
San Mateo County, H. A. Averill, Santa
Barbara County; L. j. Dake, Santa Cruz
County; j. L. Read. Lake County.
Business men-IrVlng Nj. Scott, Horace
Davis, P. n. Lilienthal, NJ. H. Hecht
Louis Sloss, a. L. Brown, A. Durham,
Wakefield Baker, \. J. Ralston aad T. w.
Van Sicklen.
The committees were instructed 10 re-
portIo the State Central Committee at .
P. NJ. to-day.
g The subcommittee fixed 10 O'Clock this
forenoon as the time for the conference
with othe representatives of the regular
nd allr ~ Mok
bolters.'
In yesterdays session of the State Cen
tral Committee J. Alva Watt appeared for
the regular Republican convention and A.
Ruef for the bolters. Mr.. Watt made
clear clean-cut statement showing how the
present County Committee was the only
and Legitimate successor of the County
convention of 1892, and for a score OF
years back. and how the present conven-
t1on had been appointed by the present
County Committee in accordance with
precedents from the time whereof the
memory of CalifornIans runneth not, nor
lumpeth nor wafketh TO the contrary.
'' Mr.. Ruef made the usual chestnutty ar
gument that because the National Com
mlttee had recognized the Fourth Con-
gressional District Convention as a Con-
gresslopal Convention, Mcssrs. Kelly and
:Mahoney were entitled to create a Repub-
licaE party OF their own and give birth to
q OO4Ab1 anu OOn-
venIion without father or mother.
The business men and other visitors who
had been invited 10 attend the meeting
We're very much impressed with the argu-
ment of Mr. Wait. 1t was the consensus
OF the opinion of the committeeman and
visitors alike that Mr.. Watts argument
and showing of facts were unanswerab bic,
and that the convention represented by
him was the regular Republican NUM-
cipal Convention of San Francisco.