The herald., 1898-08-22

SACRAMENTO. Aug. so.-lspecial Cor
rsspondence to The Herald) Now that
the convention Is over and the nominations
on the state Democratic ticket are made.
Il l. possible to divulge inside truths about
the delegates who helped to make that
ticket and the delegates who tried to hin
der ,it-truths that 1t would have been i'm
prudent to reveal until all the plans Of the
party had been worked out. In all that
convention there were but two delegations
that fought among themselves. They were
the delegations from Los Angeles and San
Francisco, the two strongest bodies In
number Of votes in the convention. The
cause Of disagreement in both delegations
was the same-the attempted domination
Of the Southern Pacific railroad as to how
should be named as candidates. San
Francisco won, as did Los Angeles, for
decent Democracy, but both delegations
we'll know that the fight in the convention
Just finished will be renewed in the con-
ventions In their respective counties for
municipal anu GUILTY ohACSASs ~SSAASv~AAo
this to be true. and because Of the action
ana statements made by certain Los An
geles delegates, now desire to state some
facts which have been withheld because
Of z desire to create no more scandal than
was absolutely unavoidable in the state
convention.
McCahery's Crew
When the Los Angeles delegation board
Cd the train at home, DR.. Hill had in his
possession the evidence Of the work the
Southern Pacific had been doing. A num-
Der of the delegates, under the lead Of M.
W. Conkling, Tom McCanery, 7. Bilder-
rain and others, were also known to be
railroad delegates. but 1t was believed by
Or. Hill, John T. Gaffey and others on the
side Of decency that the railroad forces
were not strong enough to accomplish any
thing. Mayor Snyder and Earl Rogers
were in San Francisco, but 1t was thought
that the former in any event would remain
out Of any fight that could compromise
mayor.
The story has been printed how the rail-
road delegates left the train at Tracy and
went to San Francisco for final instruc-
lions, etc., and many Of them for the etc.
only, as when that had been received they
were ready to follow their leader-and I
have also told you Of their arrival here and
how quickly Mayor Snyder threw himself
into Dockweiler's fight with Conkling and
Rogers as close seconds. McCaffery, Casey
o'Brien and the rest Of the known South
ern Pacific contingent did not attempt to
openly advocate anything. They knew
what Hill and Gaffey and Simons did not
know at that time, namely. that delegates
unsupported were in their ranks, but
scared to DEATH" and Boss McCaffery
prudently ruled that any open work upon
the part of well known Simon impure
Southern Pacific delegates might frighten
these new recruits from the railroad camp
and drive them back to the tents Of decent
Democracy.
What Mcguire Wanted
among his first acts was to send for DR..
Hill, John T. Gaffey, Joe Simons and 9TH
ers, and to them he said substantially this:
II don't want this convention to open with
controversy either in caucus before
It meets or on the floor. I would like to
have George S. Patton for chairman of
the convention, for two reasons-hrst, be-
sause he has been long and widely known
as an anti-railroad, anti-boss man; and,
secondly, because he comes from the far
south and is one of the clean Democracy's
representative men in that region. But
gentlemen, 1 understand your delegation
Is not agreed on Patton; that Dockweiler,
backed by influences opposed to my IDEAS
will be named. Now, want to say this to
you: unless you are sure you can elect Pat
ton in caucus, don't try it. We will name
someone else
Snyder's Shuttle
It was after this talk that Hill, Gaffey,
simons. Burke and others met and went
carefully over the list of delegates and re-
ported back to Mcguire that they had an
assured majority of at least four and prob
ably six votes. The caucus met at the ap-
pointed hour of 9 p. m. At that hour, al
though a majority Of the delegation was
present and that majority was all for Pat
ton, he would not consent to proceeding
with the caucus until all the delegates were
pn hand. 1t was poor politics, the worst
George 8. Patton ever did or will do. The
railroads. delegates were in town and kept
AWAY for reasons Of their own, although
the hour for the caucus was well known.
But Patton. at the earnest solicitation of
Mayor Snyder. who said (afthough he had
baen in town since in the afternoon and it
vas then $50 at night that he had been
unable to get anything to eat since arriv-
lng from San Francisco, agreed first to an
hours delay. then to another hours delay,
both Of them unnecessary. The facts are
L hat Patton defeated himself. for in the
NO hours delay two delegates were pulled,
>uahed, coaxed or carried into the rail-
foe1 camp
The Climax Of the Conspiracy
suddenly the railroad people were ready
- ctucua. Or. Hill and John T. CAREY,
e n y lers nA1IinG Patton's light, ably a.
diE1 ~ =. G. Wright Jos. simons. Dan