The San Francisco call., 1898-08-03

Such words as peace" and ''harmo- n.y. have been plotted out of the vo- cabuIaries of the local and State De. moeracy, and :.War to the death" is now the Matchword. The respectable element of the party in this city has Joined with the. Democrats of the inc rior in an open revolt against the half dozen political tricksters who have gained control of the machinery of the organization and are assuming the right to run the affairs of the party in the way that they shall dictate.
 :Goufd,. Afford, Pepper, McNab Sulh- van. and Fitzgerald are pulling the strings and the other members of the party throughout the State are doing the dancing. Having stolen control of the local Democracy they propose to send a. delegation to the State conven- tion without allowing the voters in this city ito have a voice in its selection. They: propose to seat this delegation and. thus secure for their own use solid block of .i54 votes. In order to bring this about they have planned to have one of their own number selected as chairman of the. convention. This chairman will appoint a committee on credentials favorable to the schemers and. they will then seek to have the re- port of this committee accepted by the coifventioFl.
 It now appears that in order to gain control of: the convention these political sharpers have adopted a plan which, while not. altogether new or novel. is lfkefy. to prove successful. In the vari- ouS counties of the State where there are two or more, Democrats who are .aspirants for the nomination for the jsaffies .piace on the State ticket the plan has =5een worked to perfection. In cases WFeFe:there. are two men who seek the same moInination the political wolves wifi divide into packs. Gould, Afford and FitZgeraLd will go to dne- Of the aSIlLrants and promise him the undi- Nfded support of the San Francisco CCimblna tfon: if he will agree to pledge the Support of his county delegation to the +$npport. of the schemers. At the .safne;.time Pepper, McNab and Sullivan will a.pproach the other aspirant and make .a >pr9position identical with that made, to the~Other man. Both are us .li23ilY read Y. and willing to give the de- sired >pledge;i the result being that If the. delegation happens to be split as :.betMee1 these two particular candl- dates :the schemerS are still assured Of the undivided support of the entire del egation. It was the. discovery Of the manner. in which this sort of sharp practice. was being worked that helped t6. raise the storm that now threatens disruption of the party.
 The methods of the combination in attemDting to. hoOdWink interior -candi- dates are: hQweyer, only a drop In the bucket compared with the Indignation that+fs being manifested on account of .the:nI&nner in which the friends of Ma i.gIiEe rgiheered the so-called fusion agreement whereby the. only office worth. speaking of that was left to the Democrats is that Of State Treasurer. :.The. party; finds itself facing the alter native .iof accepting the office of State Treasurer together with fusion and .Maguire,- or 'surrendering all hope or aid. from. the:V6teS of the Populists and Silver Repu blfGans. The men who have heretofore been recognized as the lead , CTS of the. party say that they do not object to fusion. but they do protest against. a set. of self-appointed bosses coneOcting an. agreement whereby they are to be forced to accept fusion and resign all claims to all the principal places on the State ticket, or to have no fusion at all: These men are not only making verbal. protests, but they are determined. to destroy the carefully laid plans of the schemers at whatever cost, even if it be that of putting an end to all hope of the questionable sup port of the PUpulists and Silver Re- puhlicans.:. :...
 The address issued by the Harney Democrats. has made a favorable inn pression on such members of the party as were ignorant of. the manner in which the Gould -McNab- Afford combi- nation has attempted to strip them of power. They will send a delegation to Sacramento, and from present indica- tfons 1t seems likely that the delegation will be seated. In any event they will hold congressional, railroad commits siener and equalization district con- ventions- and the certificates of their nominees will be forwarded to the Sec retary of State, with the request that they be placed on the regular Demo cratic ticket. If he refuses to comply
 with the request the aid of the courts will be invoked to compel him to do so
 The Democratic County Committee of San Mateo County, which Is included in the Fifth Congressional District, has instructed it's delegates to vote for Ma guire for: Governor, Hinton for Rail- road Commissioner and William Craig of this city for Congressman.
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