The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02

\. :yFhe particulars of the deal by which Mir. Phelan attempted to sell out his party and: betray his friends are still freshin the minds of the voters of this city. The. initial. offer was made no longer ago than last Friday and was in- spired by the desperation of a. man who already saw defeat staring him in the face: On that day Governor Budd, M. F. Tarpey and others went to the residence of Major P. J. Harney, chair nIar of the. Harney- Rainey committee of .450,. and proposed the terms that would be, granted, provided. the com lnittee would indorse Phelan's candi- :daey:.
 :. Prior to this meeting MT. Phelan. Governor. Budd and others held a con ference in the Palace Hotel and agreed >up@n the terms of the contemplated proposal. =
 . As a result of the meeting at the. resi- .dence of Major Harney that gentleman called meeting of his campaign com mittee to consider the proposal This meeting was held last Sunday in the offices of the Harbor Commission in the New Ferry building. M. F. Tarpey ap- peared before the coinmittee as the au- thorized agent of W. R. Hearst, pro- prietor of the Examiner, MT. Phelan's personal organ. The proposition to de- liver one-third of the patronage of the city government and the control of the party organization to the Harney- Rainey people was made by MT. Tar pey: He declared that MT. Hearst guar aflteed the faithful fulfiIlment of the offer in. case of it's acceptance and that he (Mr. Hearst) would put up his per sonal check as an additional guarantee. On this showing Major Harney agreed to call a meeting of the committee for last night and submit the offer to it for it's. acceptance or rejection-ffrst prom ising to do all in his power to secure the ratification of the agreement
 Such Is a brief history of the circum- stances attending the attempt of MT Pheian and his friends to sell out to the people whom the Mayor has so fre-- quently referred to as the scum of the earth, the curse of the city and the tools. and political agents of the allied corporations. MT. Phelan's complicity in the scheme is apparent even to those who will not see. That the committee of 45O repudiated him was because of no lack of effort on his part to induce. the members to come to his arms and be treated as long lost brothers.
 It was apparent from the beginning of the meeting last night that the mem bers of the committee were determined to listen to nothing that savored of a compromise with the silk-hat boss. AS a matter of fact the few members who had been induced to favor the compro- mise offered by MT. Phelan were not permitted to bring the matter before the meeting. An attempt was made to do so, but the opposing members would not listen to it. A motion was at once made to adjourn and it was insisted on in such vigorous manner that Major Harney, after nearly precipitating riot by his efforts to secure hearing for Mir. Phelan's scheme. was. finally forced to listen to the voice of the ma jority and put the motion to vote. This was the test vote. Those who wished to favor the compromise voted against the motion to adjourn and those who were opposed to MT. Phelan and his methods voted in favor of adjourn ment. When 1t was announced that the vote stood $40 for and 80 against ad- journment a mighty cheer went up. This outburst of approval was supple mented by three rousing cheers for Charles L. Patton and three more for Henry S. Martin, the Republican can- didate for Sheriff
 It was nearly S:30 o'clock before Ma jor Harney succeeded in hammering his committee into sufficient order to hear him in his opening explanation. It was his object in calling the corn- mittee together that he wanted to set forth, and he did so in ripping speech. He wanted to emphasize the fact that it was solely the best interests of the party that moved him and no consid- -