The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15
w. w. Foote and his railroad resolution

w. w. Foote and his railroad resolution
were engulfed.
In interruption of NJ. J. Donovan, who
began an appeal, Chairman Gould stated
that the matter before the house was the
point of order by G. R. B. Hayes. that the
State Central Committee had no jurisdic-
ton to pass the McNab resolution. -,
There was "Tah! Tab !" and more hub.
bub. and amid it Donovan strobe forward
and excitedly charged the chairman with
having allowed Gavin McNab to digress
in his speech.
Mr.. Donovan said, amid the difficulties
1 deny the right of Jurisdiction of this COM
mittee and its right to take up or CONSIDER
local questions any more than the Nauonai
Committee of the United States has the right
to take upon itself the question OF deciding
which is the State Central Committee OF this
State. would like to ask the last gentleman
who spoke (McNab) if he supported the Demo.
cratic ticket at the last election? [Shouts OF
"He did not" from various parts OF the hail.
He referred to the refusal of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee to take
any part in the trouble between the two
factions in Sacramento two years ago
unless both parties agreed to .arbitrate
through it and abide by Its decision.
w. M. Gibson of Stockton shifted at San
Francisco party fights in behalf of the In
terror, and his speech was punctuated and
F. r. Wehe called attention to the call
for the meeting, which provided only for
State Convention arrangements These
and other speeches by interior membe rs
displayed certain WEAKNESS with San
Francisco Democracy in the interior. Sew.
eral speeches were in favor Of all sorts of
things and amounted to nothing practi-
cally.
George r. B. Hayes metaphorically
jun ped on Gavin McNab by saying: "The
gentleman who presented this resolution,
and under disguise of discussing point OF
order accused me of having at any time
represented Buckley, says that which is
untrue" [Cheers and laughter.]
After awhile Chairman Gould forced his
ruling, amid the excited but prohtless dis
cussion, that the point Of order was not
well taken and that the committee had
jurisdiction to act on McNab's resolution.
About this time J. G. Nealon began to
talk, and somebody objected to his right
on the floor. II have q proxy" said Mr..
Nealon triumphantly. It was produced,
as it came by mail, and Mr.. Marsh was
shown to have received later proxy from
the member by telegraph. Marsh voted
that proxy along with others, and ex-
Assessor Nealon was discomfted.
Robert Boyd got in one of the many
brief speeches, and he got in whack at
McNab by saying: II want to remind the
gentleman that he was once on the Demo-
cratic ticket and had to come off.
The point of jurisdiction being settled,
McNab's resolution was to the front on its
merits.
Amid the discussion Chairman Gould
said: "There is a responsibility resting
on the chairman and secretary in deciding
what committee should receive the call,
and l would like to have it settled"
ROthschild wanted to refer the resolution
to the next State Convention and George
R. B. Hayes wanted to hear tho author s
reasons for presenting it. This is the
speech Mr.. McNab made in support of his
resolutions:
"My reason for offering this resolution
at this time is that there are in San Fran
cisco to-day two organizations setting
forth that each is the only legitimate
organization of the Democratic party OF
this City, and on behalf of the organiza.
tion in whose interest 1 think the party
has most at stake l offer this resolution,
and in order that you may understand the
exact position will explain the situation y
He then reviewed the history OF the local
party organization, including the occasian
OF the formal disruption in Pioneer Hall.
and claimed that he had certified copy oi
the minutes of that meeting attested by
Chairman Watkins, showing that the fac
ton which he represented had adjourned
that meeting sine die and thus put an end
to Its existence, and that new committee,
which he now represented, had then been