The San Francisco call., 1896-03-10
Another Meeting Of the State
Central Committee Seems
Certain.
MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE.
Leading Republicans See the Only
Wise and Certain Way to Har.
mony and Success.
u. III. Mahoney.
w. s. Russell.
John G. Tyrrell, proxy to Frank
Worth.
Gustav Melsing, proxy forged.
John Martin, proxy forged.


These were the flve votes by which
Congressional committee for the Fourth
District was alleged to have been created a
week ago last Saturday at the snap meet
ing held in Senator Mahoney's rooms in
the Baldwin Hotel.
The list now contains two forged
proxies.
John Martin, the member of the State
Central Committee from the Forty-ffth
Assembly District, was not at the meeting
and the voting of bis proxy was simply
another shameless political trick of the
sort familiar to Jerry Mahoney and Martin
Kelly. who have had the practical working
OF things locally in behalf of the railroad
interests.
Last evening John Martin made oath to
the following affidavit:
State of California, J..
City and County of San Francisco.} So
John Martin, being duly sworn, deposes and
says: That he is duly accredited, regular and
acting mem Der of the Repu blican State Central
Committee from the Forty-fifth Assembly Dis
trict, which said district is within aud forms a
part of the Fourth Congressional District of
the State of California, and that he was such
committeeman PRIOR to and on the 18th day
OF February. 1896.
That on the evening of said lastmentioned
day certain members of the said State Central
Committee from the said Fourth Congressional
District met, as affiant is informed, in q room
in the Baldwin Hotel IN the City of San Fran
meeting in said room, either in person or by
proxy; that affiant is informed that at said
meeting some person claimed and assumed to
act, speak and vote for and on behalf of affiant
and did vote act and speak for said afliant,
claiming written authority from affiant so to
do; that afiant never at any time or times
person or persons to vote his name or to speak
or act for him, said affiant, at said meeting;
that if any writing or paper was presented by
any person at said meeting bearing the name
OF afiant, then affiant says that his name or
signature to said paper was forged
JOHN MARTIN
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of March, 1896. JUSTIN GATES,
Notary public to and for the City and County
OF San Francisco. State of California.
At the snap meeting in question there
were present in person the following men,
bers of the State Central Committee from
the Fourth District: :Twenty-eighth Assem-
bly, District. w. S. Russell; thirtieth, l. S.
Cohn; Thirty-first. William Smadeke;
Thirty-second, Thomas c. Duff; Forty
third, J. H. Mahoney; Forty-fourth, A.
Ruef
Z. c. Hughes, representing the Forty
second district, was absent and sent no
proxy. Jake Shaen was called in by
Mahoney, given piece of paper, which he
was told was MeIsing's proxy, and he pro-
ceeded to vote the programme according
to orders. On Monday he discovered the
situation and vigorously declared he was
the innocent victim of trick. County
Clerk Curry held the proxy of II. Sum-
mers Of the Thirty third, who was i'll in
bed. Frank D. Worth represented John
G. Tyrrell of the Thirty-ninth, and an
a1t ofI Inhn of tlo
fifth was in Jerry Mahoney's possession
The meeting hurriedly called at night
went in spite of vigorous protests by
Messrs. Duff, Curry and one or two others
that the meeting was snap proceeding;
that no due notice had been given, and
that programme was sought to be ;ushed
through without necessity for hasty
action and without due opportunity for
deli beration.
Ten districts were represented. Six only
of the eleven districts were represented by
memb bers of the State com mmittee them
selves. The notice to Thomas c. Duff had
been sent to his house at 8: 80 p NJ, and it
was by accident that he heard of the meet.
ing; x
legitimate one Mahoney and Kelly were
sure Of controlling the meeting. Mahoney
had his list of committeeman ready. The
committee was created by the votes of two
of the eleven mem bers of the State Cen
trail Committee, Messrs. Mahoney and
Russell, aided by the proxy held by Frank
Worth, and the two proxies forged for the
occasion.
A. Ruef, who was unanimously elected
chairman, did not vote. The votes against
the appointment of Senator Mahoney's
committee were those of /. s. Cohn, Will
liam Smadeke and Thomas G. Duff, mem
bers of the State Central Committee, and
of c. F. Curry, representing H. Summers.
That is the history of the snap Saturday
night meeting held at IL P. NJ. in Senator
Mahoney's rooms, at which Mahoney and
Kelly sought to grab the control of the
State and National interests of the Repub-
lican party in the Fourth Congressional
District and slip the victory to the rail-
road.
The regular Congressional committee ap-
pointed on Wednesday evening by seven
affirmative votes stands in marked con-
trast to the one created on the previous
Saturday night. Its legality and author
ity have been recognized by majority of
the Republicans interested in fairness and
decency and in the success OF the party.
This committee proposes to act in har-
'mony with the principles and methods in
behalf OF which John D. Spreckels has
taken bold and vigorous stand. 1t stands
for regularity and fairness of method, the
and the harmony and success of the party.
The end OF the present conflict between
the two com mittees in the Fourth District
as we'll as OF other conflicts presented by
the local Republican situation did not ap-
pea yesterday with clearness.
There have been indications that several
memb bers of the committee created at Sena-
tor Mahoney's meeting would decline to
have anything to do with Job so tainted
with indecency. From the first General
W. H. Dimond, who was willing to serve
the party in any dignifed, broad and
honest way, has declined to have anything
to do with that committee. Other MEM
bers are said to have about reached a
similar decision since the methods OF Ma
honey and Kelly have been exposed. How
small the Mahoney Congressional COM
mittee of seven will become through the
conscience and sense of respectability resi-
dent in its members. and how active Ma
honev and Kelly will be in filing va
cancies thus caused, cannot just now be
foretold