The San Francisco call., 1898-08-16
PLANNING TO
 SETTLE THE
 DESTRUCTION New Primary Election Is Suggested.
STATE COMMITTEE MAY ACT
WHAT PROMINENT PARTY MEN SAY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
Some Delegations in Favor of Seat ing the Harneyites and Let ting the Factions Do
 the Best They Can.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, Sacra- mento, Aug. 15.-The fight between the San Francisco factions is growing more intense and the delegates from the in terior who are now here confess that they do not see the way clear toward settling the trouble. It was at first suggested to give each delegation half vote, but that plan has not met with favor It would be an easy way of adjusting matters so far as the con- vention is concerned but it would not restore harmony in the ranks of the San Francisco Democracy. The war for supremacy would be renewed with in creasing bitterness when the delegates returned home and nothing is more cer- tain than that two local tickets would be placed in the field. The plan has vet to be devised that will be satisfactory to both delegations and send the mem hers home satisfied when the conven- tion work is over The best suggestion this far offered is to give both sides recognition in the hall convention and then take the party machinery out or their hands.
 It has been suggested that the con- vention instruct the new State Central Committee to call primary in San Francisco, take complete charge of the
 primary election and give recognition to the successful faction. If this plan is adopted to secure a local nOmtnat- ing convention, 1t is also suggested that at the same primary a new county con- mittee be elected.
 The McNab- Sullivan faction has lost considerable ground already and seems to be making a poor fight among the country delegates.
 Major Harney, John F. McGovern and Samuel Kohlman have been doing
 good work on their side of the fight and many of the delegates from points outside of San Francisco seem favor ably inclined toward them. Francis J. | Heney. who is a member of the Com mittee of One Hundred. is opposed to the appointed delegation said to have been put LID in the interests of MCNab,
 who would like to go to Congress from the Fourth District.
 "I am not here representing any fac
 tion." said he, yesterday afternoon, while discussing the San Francisco
 fight with Edward McGettigan of So- lano County. Edward McCabe of this city and Judge Harris of Fresno. Al
 want is to have the convention take some definite stand and settle our troubles in San Francisco. Unless things are strengthened out the Demo cratic ticket will lose many hundreds of votes Every one will admit that un- less a good majority is given the ticket in San Francisco the candidates We
 nominate for State offices will be slaughtered.
 "It will not do any goGd to allow both 1 factions a half vote in the convention
 That will not bring them together. Ii l the State Central Committee takes tht matter in hand and calls primary fol | the election of municipal delegates anc
 a new county committee, I feel that al
 good Democrats would be satisfied. The l Harney people are in favor of prim-
 ary, but the majority of the Commit
 tee of One Hundred are opposed to the
 nIan. Unless some way is found out o1
 the trouble, I will resign from the com
 mittee and I know that dozen others
 will do likewise. I am not in the com
 mittee looking for office now or in the future. I want to see the party succeed