The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Arrangements Made to Elect a
Centesting Delegation to
Sacramento.
CRITICISM OF THE a. P. A..
A Buckley Brief Will Be Scattered
Over the State-0ther War
Plans Made.

The Buckleyites fired battery OF cam
paisn guns last night. The meeting of
the general committee quite filed Odd
Fellows Hall and the proceedings were
vigorous.
The defending sawdust on the new
maple floor was mixed and tracked by a
large majority of the committee and by
many of the old guard who came to hear
and cheer. Of the Buckley leaders there
were James II. O'Bryan, John Mccarthy,
Joseph Rothschi,d, NJ. J. Donovan, Sam
Newman, DIR. J. ]. Stanton. DR.. Bryan,
Judge Robert Ferral and others, and
Thomas Gallagher and others of Congress
man Maguire's friends.
Frank Gould, chairman of the State
Central Committee. was fiayed, an amend
ment to the constitution creating an ex-
ecutive committee of ninety was given a
the State Convention was ordered, state
ment of the Democratic situation in San
Francisco was ordered prepared and dis
tributed over California, and even the
municipal campaign was taken up by
ordering the appointment of a committee
TO prepare call for primary election to
select delegates to municipal and legisla-
tive conventions, the committee to report
next July.
These and other things done and said
last night were filed with the declaration
that the Buckley general committee is the
only legitimate and regular local party or
ganization, and the purpose to go ahead
In all things as ''the" party machine.
These features of the proceedings, some
hot talk about the A. P. A., several
speeches and mentions OF Congressman
Mcguire, Gavin McNab and others caused
all sorts of noises. which helped make the
meeting interesting.
The first business after dispensing with
the rollcall was resolution by Frank
Malloye providing for going ahead on the
rough road to the State Convention.
The whereas of the resolutions note
the calling of the State Convention for
June is in Sacramento and the apportion-
ment OF 161 delegates to San Francisco.
1t is declared the ''duty of this general
committee representing the Democratic
party of the City and County of San Fran
cisco" to proceed to elect delegates to that
convention in accordance with the consti-
tuition and bylaws of the general commit
tee.
The district clubs are directed to make
preparations for holding an election of
delegates to the State Convention, and to
carry out an enrolment and an election
for that purpose in accordance with the
articles of the constitution and bylaws
governing the general committee and the
district clubs. The resolution apportions
eight delegates to each district and pro-
vided for the election of seventeen dele
gates at large by the general committee.
The club rolls are directed to be kept open
in the different Assembly Districts for
additional signatures between and $50
u ~ e Il
and May and 2. Nominations for dele
gates are to be made on May 25, and the
club election of delegates is to be held June
6, between 6 and $3.50 P. NJ.
Then came an objection from the Twen-
ty-eighth. Thomas Egan said that the
even allotment of eight delegates to each
district was not fair to the south of Mar
ket districts, where the Democratic vote is
large. He argued that as the apportion-
ment OF 16I delegates to the City and
County OF San Francisco was based on the
Budd vote, the 161 delegates should in
turn be apportioned among the districts
on that basis. He moved as an amend
ment that this apportionment be made.
T. E. Tracy and Senator NJ. j. Donovan
favored the resolution, Donovan making
the point that under Egans plan there
delegates-at-large were good things.
I'VE south of Market street demand
representation" !" declared John Rafferty, Of
the Thirty-first, "and if we cast the most
votes we ought to have 1t.
There was roar of ayes from one front
corner and then bigger roar of noes from
the other side of the house. A stand-up
Market interests were plainly squelched.
Egan's amendment was lost. The resolu-
tion was adopted as read.
The following resolution handed up by
r. L. Barry was adopted:
Resolped, That the chairman of the Democra-
tic General Committee appoint committee of
five on resolutions as provided for In article
III, section /, of the constitution governing the
general committee, and that said committee is
hereby instructed to at once proceed to the
work of preparing resolutions setting forth
the facts relating to the affairs of the Democra-
tic party in this City and County and also
report of the proceedings of the meeting OF the
State Central Committee as they occurred at
1896, and to have q copy of the same sent to
every member of the Democratic Central Com
mittee and also to have copy of said docu-
ment sent 70 the Chairman of the Democratic
County committees In every county of this
State.
Then the report of the committee on
revision of the constitution was read for
the first time and laid over. Its only i'm
portant feature was the abolition of the
campaign ommittee and the creation of
an executive committee OF ninety. As the
committee first planned the eexecutive COM
mittee 1t was given strong independent
power. 1t was discovered that there would
be trouble over this and the plan was
changed by making the executive COLI
mittee less important and making its acts
subject to the general committee. The
amendment posted last night provides
that it shall consist of five members from
each district, one to be appointed by the
chairman of the general committee and
four to be elected by the delegates to the
general committee in each district. The
executive committee is to consider all
m alters referred to it and report at least
every two weeks, and perform all duties
imposed by the general committee. 1t may
appoint subcommittee. 1t is under
stood that NJ. ]. Donovan is to be chair
man of the executive committee when it
blooms.
Then the story of what happened to the
Buckleyites at the recent meeting of the
State Central Committee was told in the
following report of the committee, which
had been appointed to look after the State
To the General Committee of the Democratic
Party of the CITY and County Of San Frdncisco-
GENTLEMEN: Your committee of twenty-five,
which was appointed to represent you before
the State Central Committee on the 14th inst,
most respectfully offer the following report:
We met ct the Democratic headquarters, $50