The San Francisco call., 1896-03-22
LISTENED, THEN VOTED.
Citizens With Appeals and Pro-
tests Snubbed With Kind
Consideration.
THERE WILL BE NO PRIMARIES
Committee Rule of All the Counties
IndorSed-A Club Idea Given
Birth.


Uncle Eli Denison was handed victory
yesterday with the com phments of the
Republican Congressional Committee of
the Third District.
The committee met and indorsed the
action taken by the members from Ala
meda County when they decided the
other day that delegates TO the State Con-
vention should be appointed by them
selves. The Congressional Committee
thus finally turned Alameda County over
to the six gentlemen who represent that
county in the State Central Committee
and in the Third Congressional Com
mittee.
committee of Oakland protestants,
headed by P. NJ. Fisher, came and pre-
sented the mass-meeting resolutions of
Thursday night in favor of Republican
liberty and primaries with considerable of
the fervor amid which they were born.
The members of the delegation of citizens
were listened to with attention and re-
spect. Their arguments were not an
swered and no speeches were made against
primary elections. The committeeman
who we're there to support the appoint
ment plan "'jes lay low and said muffin" ,"
except for few questions and su uggestions
uttered by Chairman Taylor and George
Z. Morrow. When the protestants had no
more to say in insistence of "giving the
people show" there was a viva voce
vote which brought three ayes and one no
from the eleven members present. The
appointment plan was thus approved.
The meeting was called to order at 2
p. NJ. in the room of Guy c. Earl. in the
law office of Boalt & Wheeler, in the Ho-
bart building, on Market street. Eli Den
ison sat down between Messrs. Long and
Morrow to see if he didn't know just how
things were going.
2. M. Fisher, chairman of the big tab
ernacle mass IN Getting of Thursday night;
w. A. Dow, Councilman from the Seventh
Ward and president of the Seventh Ward
Republican Club; j. 7. Bell. editor of the
Enquirer; Varney w. Gaskill and two or
three others were on hand from Oakland,
and Alexander Mackay was there repre-
senting the kickers of the town of Ala
media. w. r. Davis was absent.
OF the members of the committee from
Alameda County four were present: Chair
man Il. X. Taylor, G. l.. Long, W. w.
Morrison and George P. Morrow. Guy c.
Earl was in Los Angeles and Morrow held
his proxy. c. L. Ingler was absent and
inexperienced.
Secretary w 8. Wells of Contra Costa
was there. s. X. Thornton of Oakland bore
the proxy of A. Hockeimer of Glenn and
II. A. Powell represented f. W. Jones of
Colusa. J. l.. Read of Lake was absent
and j. L. Martin of Solano and w. r.
Pond OF Yolo responded to the rollcall.
At the last meeting of the Congressional
committee the matter of the manner of
selecting delegates to the State Convention
was referred to the members representing
the various counties. they to decide, sub.
ject to the approval of the entire COM
mittee.
On motion of Long of Yolo the COM
mittee proceeded to hear these county
reports.
from the Alameda delegation reciting the
adoption on Saturday, March IA, of the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this commit.
tee that the delegates to the State Convention
for the purpose OF selecting delegates to the
National Convention be appointed, and that
The appointments be made by and the respon-
sibiilty rest upon the committeeman from each
Assembly district, and each appointment must
be ratified by this committee.
A motion by s. K. Thornton, seconded
by Long, that the report be ratified;
brought the matter squarely before the
committee. George p. Morrow said that
wanted to address the committee, and q
general invitation was extended to such
people.
w. A. Dow began the protest, which was
heard with bland consideration, while Tn.
Gle Eli rubbed his nose with perfect self
possession.
"Since it has been stated that there is to
be no primary election in Alameda
County, said Dow, beginning his brief
and temperate address, there has been
much dissatisfaction. What was once,
perhaps, custom, is now considered po-
litical right"
He told of the Thursday-night mass
meeting, read the resolutions adopted
there and stated that there had been sew
eral ward meetings expressive of the same
sentiment.
]. T. Bell said that the proposition he
was helping oppose was contrary to the
traditions of the party. The party was
entering on an era OF prosperity and power
and there was no greater question before
the people than the privilege of saying
who should be their President.
P. NJ. Fisher spoke strongly and at some
length.
1T has been asserted" he began, s'that
one or two people have got up all this
trouble in Oakland. While I called that
mass-meeting I acted only in harmony
with public sentiment. That was digni-
fed and temperate meeting, and its whole
temper and tenor hammered away at the
one proposition, Give the people chance
l wish to urge this committee to disregard
pressure in individuals and go closer to the
people. Let the rank and file of this intel
ligent party VOTE
question by Chairman Taylor started
a ventilation of the possibility of the Con-
gressonal conventions deciding to nomi-
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