The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

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 Sullivan, whose fealty for the Mayor and
 ed. What did they do! They associated
 Philip crimmins, Kelly, Curry and
 the interest of the associated villains, in
 rupted privileges of these men. These
 men so assembled placed a ticket of fif-
 teen freeholders in the field; Mayor
 nine hundredths of all San Francisco
 stands by Mayor Phelan--Mayor Phelan pam pan up tb ms own 5ekeI dhe & d,eG
 out to MT. Spreckels, MT. Curry, MT. l Crimmins and MT. Harney to use for cor ever suspected of voting for Mir. Will. liam J. Bryan was allowed to go on that ticket. Mayor Phelan rested on the Dem ocracy that Colonel Sullivan organized. | The Democrats backed that organization | Of Mayor Phelan which named the fifteen | men who ran as Freeholders in San Fran l cisco, and the result of that election was | that the highest men on this ticket that Major Harney says has got 30, 900 Demo supported, MT Kelly supported and MT. Spreckels supported, and which did not have any assistance in San Francisco ex- cept the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Bulletin, elected every man on 1t from the highest man, and on MT. liar ney's ticket they could not show the low est man, for the reason that the Mayors s ticket was so far away
 These men formed a charter which win be the pride of San Francisco and will be the pride of the Democracy of the State These men have framed that charter for the united antagonism of every ele- ment of indecency of the corrupt interests election but a repetition of the cleo | ton previously held. That charter was carried by the same vote and the 25,0OO Democratic vote that you have heard so much about did not carry a precinct in San Francisco That was the situation as 1t existed at that date and the State h0xr fhnf "a principles of the party were being vio- lated and the Democratic party was be- ing hawked about as designation to be used by the corporations against the peo-- pie and that the life of the Democracy 1 of San Francisco required the surgeons knife, they put 1t in where they | thought it would do the most good. That is the condition as 1t existed and that was | the reason for the interposition Is the | Democratic party organized for the Re publican party, is it matter in their hands, or is it a designation for Demo- crats to stand for Democratic principles, decency and integrity?
 l Now we hear a great deal about the fact that these delegations were appointed. | regret that there was any necessity at l this time that any delegate should be ap- l pointed to the convention. 1 am person. ally in favor of primaries wherever they can be held and whenever they can be held in a way to bring out the. Demo- 1 cratic vote. I stood before the Supreme l Court in behalf of the Stratton primary 1 law and I labored with the Senators of l the last Legislature in the consideration of that instrument and l will labor with the Senators at the next Legislature and aid them in every way in putting 1t into force. You cannot conduct a primary | without great detail. I am In favor of these men, the committee of one hundred, conducting the primary as long as they possibly can. I am in favor of them la | boring for 1t until they find they are in a condition to get out the Democratic vote. It is absolutely impossible to con- duct primary under these conditions.
 Now. there Is no delegation of l5O elected by primary; that is subterfuge Sam
 Rainey desired to have so many men nominated, and a week before the prt- mary was held every man elected here was nominated by Sam Rainey and pub- lshed in the papers. Now how could Sam Rainey, sitting in his Alameda Warm taken away from his chairmanship and his guidance by interfering means not chargeable to the gentlemen who repre- sent the other committee at all? Not to get personal or anything of that kind and I do not want 1t taken from any word that I may say-whether true or false, I do not know. but 1t was asserted in San Francisco that the other commit tee was dissatisfied with its chairman and was at last owned absolutely by a man known as "a boss, by one who had no confidence of the voters. In the spirit of what 1 thought would be harmony and am as largely responsible for that as any man on the committee of nine-1 proposed to wipe them both out and put in new committee, hoping that would
 
 me now to know that not one word in all this matter has ever been said against They stand there the representatives of our principles; they stand as men who have been prominent in business and against any bosses, and that is the best that can be said of any man. l have heard my friends in the Alameda delega- been termed the old war horses They advocated d great deal about coming down close to the people. I agree with them, but say the way to stand close to bosses. [Applause.1
 I agree with them. am willing to difference between a boss and leader. The boss has no politics; he never had. and cries Right you arerD. The boss is in politics for what he can make out of it. He has no principle. He believes in vio- not punishable by law openly. He. be- leves in violating every rule of law which he can and not get caught. Applause side states to you what his views are and asks that you believe with him. The way to get tb close s to the pee people Is to cut thieves, Ife cut know know the @ gentleman Shos Who wifi follow me will say that the other side present idea of primaries in San Fran cisco, with no law to punish infractions
 
 to punish persons for swearing falsely l am for primaries and think they can be held. but not until this State will pass some primary law to punish a man for abusing the primary acts.
 MT. Deuprey followed. He said: My respected friend was pleased to challenge upon this platform any one to deny that the committee of which he claims to be chairman Is the legally and properly au- thoriZed committee In any wise, and should, under any circumstances. be con sidered by this convention. At the time that the committee of twenty-five was appointed. of which Major Harney W Is a member, and of which committee he | acted in the, appointment of a general committee, which general committee sub- | sequently had after MT. Watkins, Colonel 1 W. F. Sullivan as chairman. was | sought to be disrupted by Illegal acts. Both of those who seek. to represent the | so-called committee of the city and l county of San Francisco were followed by the successors appointed through Col | onel w. F. Sullivan, under the cQnstitu- tion which then existed of which com mittee I have the honor to be elected i chairman and to remain chairman until the contest was presented before the | State Central Committee, and then Major l Harney was heard before that commit