The herald., 1898-08-22
True Inside History of the Los Angeles
Delegation
M'CAFFERY'S MEMS VACCINATIONS
The Southern Pacific Railroads Determined Attempt to Dom
nate the Convention and Its Ultimate Illustration.
Dockweier Duped and Snyder Shuffled

was counted Patton man. Business went
along, everybody waiting for motion to
test the Delegations strength on one side
or the other. Finally 1t came. The Dock
weller forces sought to vote the proxy of
o. Bulls of the Fourth supervisorial dis
trict. The proxy had originally been given
to the convention, and he having been
taken sick en- route transferred the proxy
to the Dockweiler men. The point was
made that the proxy in the outset was
illegally given to Messmore. since the
county convention had expressly declared
that only elected delegates could mold
proxies, and upon the question as TO
whether it would be received in caucus or
not came the longed-for test vote. The
proxy was denied by a vote of As to 80. Hill
was treasured, as was Patton. Gaffey,
Simons and their friends. 1t looked like
Patton's fight, and word was sent to Ma
guire. He was treasured and sent back
word: go ahead; we want to get to BUSH
ness
men in their fellow men! Napoleon once
said: II would rather face an army Of 10, 900
in the field than have traitor in my camp"
camp" Patton and his leaders now agree
with Nap.
The Bombshell
When the motion to nominate a can
didate for chairman came up and the vote
was taken, the first break in the Patton
forces came when J. H. Goldman and
Charles Menifer Of Patton's own district
voted against him. honestly believe that
a bomb dropping in the midst Of the Pat
ton forces would have caused less conster-
nation. Never to my knowledge have
either Of these delegates explained their
sudden change of front. Then came Shir-
ley Wards vote against Patton. Ward
deserves the right to explain. He had
promised Dockweiler to vote for him be-
fore he knew Patton was in the fight. On
the train, seeing the way in which Conk-
ling, McCaffery ct al. were working, he
went to Dockweiler and asked to be re-
leased. Dockweiler partially consented,
but the night Of the caucus he came to
Ward and said: II can't release you from
your promise" and Ward kept his word
sorely against his will.
Dockweiler's Denials
What followed Dockweiler's nomination
has been told. Mcguire. disappointed and
somewhat angry at the result OF the Los
Angeles caucus, like the wise campaigner
that he is, determined to have harmony.
Everywhere were floating the rumors Of
"Railroad-Rainey CONTROL" Dockweiler's
selection as temporary chairman would
mean a recognition Of railroad power.
There is no other way to put 1t. and in no
other way was it looked at. Dockweiler's
denials were wasted. The phalanx Of
railroad men behind him Id his own dele
CATION was SUFFICIENT answer to them.
McNab and others said he should not
preside. and In less than an hour r. M.
Fitzgerald Of Alameda county had been
selected to go against him. But Ma
guire did not propose to have fight for
withdraw and Mcguire sent for Budd.
When the case was explained to him. Budd
agreed to run, although he had refused
a dozen times before, for temporary chair
man. Dockweiler could not very werl
stand against the governor. and when Ma
guire telephoned him he gave way. In
the interests Of harmony Dockweiler nom
mated Budd, and Patton seconded the NOM
nation. Cassin was Budd's choice for
permanent chairman. and was selected.
The Final Showdown"
50 much for that fight. but all through
| 1t In caucus and convention Dockweiler.
Snyder and others had said again and
again that they were innocent Of any
knowledge of McCaffery's actions or Of
railroad pull or influence, and their pro-
LESSONS were believed until the caucus was
held to name the supreme court justices.
The railroad had a candidate and every
body knew 1t, although he was not named
in caucus. The Showdown" came this
way: McCaffery urged that the caucus
name its candidate for the supreme bench
Hill, Burke, Carey ct al. fought the propo-
sition until such time as nominations were
made. The matter was put to vote. Dock
weller on the first vote divided his four
proxies, one Of them Mayor Snyder's, but
voted himself for McCafrery's motion. The
motion to name was lost, and McCafrery
secured a second ballot on the grounds
that the tally had not been correctly kept.
It was now a straight out open and shut
railroad fight. There could be no denial.
and on the second vote Dockweiler voted
himself and all his proxies, including May
or Snyder, for McCanery's motion. How
Dockweiler will explain remains to be
seen. How Snyder will explain his alb
sence and yet his sanction by proxy re-
mains to be heard
When the matter OF nominating an asso-
ciate justice came up in the convention, so
strong was the railroad push against Judge
Corey, who had not been nominated, but
was named by decent Democrats because
they wanted him. that Senator White in
caucus called attention to 1t. Dockweiler
then voted for Corey with an apology for
so doing. admitting that he changed the
votes he controlled because of whites
charges. At the door Of the Los Angeles