The record-union., 1898-08-16

UelIlS the ldCI tIldl tIley StdHu IoI pr
maries, as against the arbitrary power
Of a committee to name delegates.
HARVEY TALKS.
When asked last evening concerning
his claim for recognition by the conven-
ton, Major Harvey said:
"The rights Of political organizations
are as sacred as the property rights of
individuals. AS Government Is based
on the results of party action. a denial
of legal rights to a party-for instance
to the delegation known as the Harvey
delegation-to seats in the convention
is to reward baseless assumption OF
power by the rival organization with
success and thus place a premium on
unfair and tricky party action.
"Such course would tend directly to
encourage misgovernment and corrup-
ton in public affairs on the theory that
all is fair in politics. It would at
once lower the tone of morality among
Democratic party adherents and teach
young Democrats that it does not pay
to be just and fair in public affairs.
1.-The question submitted to the State
Central Committee last April was this:
Which Of the two rival organizations
Of the city and county of San Fran
cisco?' The committee did not pretend
to meet or answer that question but
arbitrarily and without jurisdiction as
sunaed to set aside both claimants and
appointed committee Of one hundred
citizens and non-residents of San Fran
cisco which at once assumed to be and
began operations as the Democratic
Committee of the said city and county.
''The delegation appointed by the
members of that committee now claim
seats as delegates in the State conven-
ton against the claims of the delega-
ton headed by P. J. Harvey, elected at
an open primary election regularly
called and held under the auspices OF
the regular Democratic Committee of
the city and county, known as the Har-
ney Committee.
you will search in vain for prece-
dent to such claim of authority as
that made by the State Committee and
it's creations. The members Of the
committee of 100 and it's appointees
should be denied seats in the convention
and should be sent back to establish
their standing in the party in the ap-
proved Democratic way pointed out in
the Constitution of the party Of the city
and county-namely at primary cleo
ton.
''In the nature of things there can be
but one Democratic party in a local
subdivision of the State. That the or
ganization known as the Harvey Com
mittee Is the legal and regular DEM
ocracy Is not and cannot be seriously
disputed.
Under the Australian ballot law the
place to settle disputes as to the legal
status Of county organizations is in the
courts and not in State committees.
THE Harvey Committee having been
long recognized as legal and having
been so established by the Supreme
Court, so decided in the case Of McDon-
aid VS.. Hinton, it would seem that no
member of the convention sitting in
judgment could consciously refuse to
seat the delegation elected by it,
DELEGATES ROLLING IN.
1t was a motely crowd of delegates
that arrived on the San Francisco trains
last evening, and the men from Los
Angeles jostled their Democratic breth-
rem from San Francisco, and were jos
tied in their turn, but each delegation
had it's troubles, and the two did not
seem to be inclined to fraternize, though
some politicians who ought to know
something Of the inside working of the
machine, stated openly that the San
Francisco fight was a factor in the Los
Angeles trouble.
The Los Angeles camp was badly
split on the qeustion as to whether
George Patton or Isador D. Dockweiler
should sway the gavel in the conven-
ton, and reports had it that the latter
was friendly to the Rainey-Harney fac
ton, while the former was out for the
McNab clan.
But the southern people had no in
tention Of going into the convention
with two candidates for the Chairman
ship, and those already here had ar
ranged for caucus to determine which
of the two should be presented. Owing
to the lateness of the first train, how
ever, those who gathered in the Sen
til IL p. m.
The Rainey- Harvey delegates are, or
will be, here to a man when the con-
vention is called to order, but 1t is diff
ferent with the McNab-G Afford
people. Only about fifty Of them will
be on hand, but those fifty carry the
proxies of the others and will vote
them to a finish.
j. P. Dunn, Chairman Of the Commit
tee Of One Hundred, which named del
egates to the convention, came up last
evening, but had little to say respecting
the situation. AT a late hour last night
both factions seemed confident OF being
seated. About the hotels, however, the
question of seating both delegations
and according one-half vote to, each
man, was debated pro and con, but
the parties most deeply interested con-
tended for all or nothing.
WHAT DWYER WANTS.
J. J. Dwyer, accredited with being
Major Harney's right bower, was busy
all day yesterday explaining his posi-
ton. According to his story he oc-
cupies a unique position, which with
out any intention of his own makes
him coadjutor of Harvey and Rainey
Mr. Dwyer says that, regardless OF
newspaper reports to the contrary, he
has nothing whatever to do with the
Harvey Rainey end Of the fight. He
does not, he says, know Rainey, and
QO6S0 I Want he Is IlicIcly Oul 1oA
pure politics, and has been making
fight on that line for two years.
Dwyer does not consider 1t was right
for w. H. Afford, Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee, to
appoint a committee Of seven empow-
cred to appoint another committee OF
one hundred, upon whom devolved the
labor of naming the delegates to the
State convention from San Francisco
He broadly stated that the Committee