The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

was evident that they wanted to scratch
HIM off the ticket, right or wrong, where
upon Mr.. Monteith with graceful cour-
tesv withdrew from the presence of the
committee and tell afouI of the wild-man-
nered United States Marshal.
George w. Baker, attorney for the
Southern Pacific, is not member of the
conference committee and had no right to
be present at its deliberations, but for
all that be occupied the inner Office and
heard all that was said.
At o. clock short recess was taken for
refreshments, and it was after recess when
mr.. Monteith was called in. He came out
at the end OF about ten minutes with his
usual smile.
He was called inside in an informal
way by Judge Harris, the Cerberus of the
inner veil.
as Mr.. Monteith hereP" asked the
Judge.
Yes" replied that gentleman. And
then with an expression of innocence
which amused the spectators he asked !:
''W no wants to see me4'
1.-The committee" replied the Judge.
''What for?' inquired Mr.. Monteith,
! Just as though he suspected that the COM
mittee was about to ask for his opinion on
| the Cuban war or some other such irrele-
want matter.
His innocent question provoked laugh.
One of the committee clerks came out
during recess and announced that the
com mittee had not decided on the First
District, and that in all proba bility, the
committee would not conclude its labors
until 3 o'clock this morning.
! A disquieting report was waited across
| the bay from Oakland, to the effect that
| the Populist County Committee of Ala
media had met on the evening before and
| had passed a resolution repudiating Eng
| lish and declaring the sense of the Popu-
] Tc,,y ~ Gov ~
| Mr.. Vann, the Peoples party nominee, as
| the fusion candidate.
a 80, when the committee adjourned
| for dinner, it was reported that they had
| arrived at no conclusion and had nothing
| to say to the reporters. 1t transpired,
| however, tina: the committee were practi-
cally agreed on all the districts except
one, and that the evening session would
be brief.
This is the way in which the slate
| looked at recess:
! First District-Cutler Cd.
| Second District-De Vries Cd.
Third District-Vann tPop).
Fourth District-Maguire 3D..
| Fifth District-Barry D..
Sixth District Barlow (Pop).
Seventh District-Castle (Pop.).
! As the evening began to wear away Mr..
| English, who had been chatting cheerily
| in the ante-room, showed signs of nervous
nervous, but respondent. He had re-
ceived a quiet tip from the inside that
Governor Budd, Mint Superintendent Dag
gett, w. w. Foote and NJ. F. Tarpey were
actively engaged In kniting his Congress
sional aspirations.
While The crowd chatted in the ant E.
room a tragedy was being enacted in the
| unholv of holies. This is the history OF
| it, and ii is a pretty quarrel, indeed,
| among the Democrats.
| 1t appears that the fusion proposition
| or at least the principal part of it-orlgi-
mated in Tarpey' fertile brain. Chairman
| Afford of the Democratic committee was
placed there, it is said, by Gould, Gavin
! McNab and Daggett, and the six mem bers
of the Democratic wing of the fusion con-
ference committee were appointed by
Afford in the interest of Tarpey for the
nomination for Congress.
Governor Budd hates English because
English made some very cutting remarks
concerning the Governors alleged perfidy
and peAchant for throwing down his
! friends. Daggett, McNab, Tarpey, Gould
and Harry Patton, Democratic candidate
| for Congress in the Sixth District, are
intimate friends of the Governor.
In fact it is said that Patton and jim
Budd think through the same quill. So
they combined their forces to knife Eng
lish out OF the fusion and to down Bar.
| low who is Patton's competitor in the
district.
7. V. Gator is working for Barlow, and
Gator is MOI liked by the Democrats of the
conference committee, so that the combi
nation was peculiarly favorable for the
downfall of English, Gator and Barlow
and the upraising of Patton by one and The
same com bination, as well as the sweet re
venge of Tarpey and his friends. 1t i
said besides that Mcguire and Billy Foot,
have the Senatorial bee buzzing about il
their buzzery, and that Billy Foote, Will,
a member of the English family, think
that two of the family are too many to b.
prominent in politics. Heis of the opinion
that one in family is enough, and tina
he should be that one.
Hence the political Donnybrook fai
which has resulted.