The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23

A great Congressional fusion scheme,
Matched by the various conference COM
mittees and sub-committees and their adj
visers, was plunked into the meeting OF
the Democratic State Central COMMITTEES
yesterday afternoon and formed the chief
topic of debate at various personal and
committee meetings after long executive
session of the Democratic State Central
Com mittee was ended.
The new plan which various politi-
cal manipulators are trying to push
throu h by the Democratic, Populist and
and Silver parties is that the sixsDemo-
cratic and the six Popullst Congressional
nominees which have been made at regu-
lar conventions representing the people OF
six of the seven districts shall all hand their
designations to an appointed and put-up
joint committee of fifteen. This would
leave the political situation nominally
clear of Congressional nominations as far
as the Democratic and Populist parties
are concerned.
Then this committee of fifteen, COM
posed of six Democrats, six Populists and
three .'silverites." is to name one candi-
date in each of the seven Congressional
districts, which all parties are to be bound
to support.
This is a unique and before unheard-o
play in American party politics, and it
yields on the start forty promises of war,
misunderstandings, personal bitterness
and many revelations of the intrigues and
tricks of which political manipulators are
capable.
Twelve men named by the people are to
be ordered by few bosses to step aside
and let small junta of politicians, con-
troiled by various influences, put up a
Congressional ticket Tor the entire State
of California.
When the Democratic State Central
Committee met in the billiard-room of the
California Hotel at nearly clock, with
Chairman Afford at the table, there was a
fair attendance ana many proxies for the
care of Secretary r. Z. Troy.
Edward de la Cuesta OF Santa Barbara
ami r. T. Pierce of Mono became men,
bers of the committee.
Then the brief resignation of another
gold Democrat was read and promptly ac-
cepted 1t was from George Il. Marye,
who like e. B. Pond and host of other
leading Democrats in the State, is unable
to swallow Bryan, the Chicago anarchistic
platform and the amalgamation with the
Populists which the party leaders in this
State are trying to effect In way that will
give the Democrats the best of it. Mr..
Marye gave no explanations in his brief
communication.
Gavin McNab, who looks after all small
practical political advantages that may be
lying around loose, at once moved that
the vacancy be filled by the election of
John +. McGovern, secretary of the Junta
general committee who Mr.. McNab said
was popular business man and an active
and loyal Democrat. He was elected and
the Junta was further strengthened in the
state Com mittee.
Secretary Troy read the report of the
COMMITTEES on fusion, concerning presi-
Dental electors, which has been published.
The report which announced the with
drawal of four Democratic and five Popu-
list electors was approved, on motion OF
Samuel Braunhart without word of de-
bate. Slight applause followed the vote.
Then rose M. f. Tarpey, chairman of the
fusion or conference committee, who said
q few words, giving the key to the whole
Democratic play.
s.In working out the detailsof the plan,'
said Mr.. Tarpey, "the committee realized
the importance of the work and did every
thing in its power to get ali that was pos
sible for the Democratic party.
Mr.. Tarpey spoke of the noble electoral
candid ates who had resigned, and then
resolution of thanks TO them, read by
Eugene N. Deuprey, was adopted with no
signs of opposition or grudging. The -eso-
tuition contained Offered themselves as
sacrifice and .proves permanent debt
of gratitude and gave thTiT names as
Frank d. Nichol of Stockton, J. 81. Nc
Cune of Solano and Isidore Cutie and
P. M. Wellin of San Francisco. These
gentlemen will receive beautifully en-
crossed copies of the resolution because
the motion of w. p. Sullivan to that end
was carried.
The really important business be fore the
committee was yet to come and IL was