The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-18

night, and for a few minutes was given
the attention of the convention Hi:
bold presentation of facts and figures
however, failed to hold the convention
and by the time he was half through
the members were grouped about, do.
ing individual politics, or had left the
hall. He closed by denying that he
ever wore the collar Of any politica
boss, and said he had ever been OPP
posed to bossism in every instance and
in every manner.
McNAB REPLIES.
AT the conclusion of Major Harney's
remarks, c. c. Wright Of Los Angeles
moved that a recess be taken. He was
ruled out of order, and after a shor1
debate, the order of business was pro
ceeded with, and Gavin McNab tool
the platform to present the argument:
for seating the faction he represented
Mr.. McNab introduced his argument
with the following:
Il shall not consume much of YOU
time by discussing the legal technical
ties and the various institutions of the
party in San Francisco, since it ha:
been organized, reorganized and disor-
ganized.
I'VE made constitution after consti-
tuition that were only made to bt
broken; but no paper resolutions will
make honest men, and unless you have
honest men in Office in San Francisco
you may furnish dishonest men with
pledges, and you may surround them
with all the paper constitutions that
there are but they will still steal
IT am here to speak for the honest
Democracy of San Francisco, as repre-
scented by it's Mayor, James D. Phelar
Cheers, as against the Board Of Super
visors that has violated its pledges and
robbed the people and deprived them of
their rights; and the Board of Educa-
ton that has made the name De-
mocracy' in many circles Of San
Francisco, under the present organiza-
ton, synonymous with indecency and
dishonesty. (Applause.)
THE act of the Democratic State
Central Committee was an act Of ne
cessity. At any time the governing
body of the State has a right to as
semble to try to save the party's life
in any district Of the State of Cali
fornia, when an emergency has arisen
that threatens the very existence of the
party therein, and that right it cannot
be deprived of, and it is that right that
I am here to represent.
"The condition Of affairs had arisen
in San Francisco which necessitated the
interposition of higher power, and
that higher power came upon the stu
alton in order that the name Of the
Democracy should not be used for pur-
poses that had contaminated, disgraced,
dishonored and would have destroyed
it. 1t was to save the life Of the
party that this work was done.
'I know that there are distinguished
gentlemen here-sonle Of my friends not
far from San Francisco-who think
that it is better to let the party rot
and die than apply the surgeons knife,
but I never was one of them. I be-
lieve it is better to be honest than
conservative. We talk about party reg
ulation, but it is only a formula. We
believe in results.
1--WE never assembled in State con-
vention or a State committee with a
contest, that the story told here by
Major Harvey has not been told there.
This idea Of a gigantic enrolment that
nobody knows anything about; this
story of 30, ZOO votes signing for repre-
sentation-that story has been before
State convention after State conven-
ton, yet never in the history of San
Francisco when State Committee in
terfered in the cause of decency did
the Democracy Of San Francisco fail to
elect it's tickets"
Mr.. McNab followed up the line OF
argument made by him before the
Committee on Credentials.
FITZGERALD OF ALAMEDA.
Fitzgerald of Alameda, among other
things, said:
81 would not talk on this question
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