The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-17
DEMOCRATS
FIX Up THE
PROGRAMME
Municipal Convention to
Be Held Monday.
BOSSES, THE WHOLE SHOW
COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
WILL NOMINATE.
Disgraceful Scenes Attending the
Proceedings by Which This
Conclusion Was Reached.
Gag Rule.

Inc DeDQOCraI1C committee OIL One
Hundred met last evening and de-
cided that the Democratic municipal
convention shall be held next Monday
evening. 1t also decided that the men,
bers of the committee shall be the
members of the convention, all others
being barred because of an expressed
fear that there are no honest men in
the Democratic party in San Francisco
outside of the members of the COM
mittee
The proceedings that marked the ac-
ceptance and ratification of the pro-
gramnie rose above the high water
mark u anything in the way of boss
rule tactics that has ever been seen in
this city. The gray bearded chairman
took his orders openly from beardless
boys, mlsstated questions, announced
minorities as majorities and declined to
recognize any member not included in
the list Of programmes; cards con-
tanning the names of men who were
slated to fill vacancies We're handed out
to members of the push" who were
instructed to present the names to the
committee; other names were refused
cOnsid ration, or if considered at all,
the vote of their adoption was improp-
erly announced in order to secure their
defeat; those who desired to speak
against the programme were Kissed
down or denied the privileges of the
floor.
After Chairman Mcdonald had call
ed the meeting to order Charles w.
Fay, chairman of the subcommittee,
appointed at the last meeting to pre-
pare plan for convention, handed
in his report and asked that it be
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To the Honorable the Democratic City
and County Committee of San Francisco
-Gentlemen: Your committee appointed
TO report a plan for holding conyen-
pose OF nominating candidates for the va
rious offices to be filled at the ensuing
general election beg leave TO report as
result Of their conference and recon-
mend the adoption thereof:
First-That convention be formed for
and held on Monday, September l9 1888,
Second-That the convention consist of
not more than 100 members or delegates.
Third-That the City and County Com
mittee appoint the delegates, and the del
egates TO said convention consist of MEM
bers of the City and County Committee
and such others as may be elected to fill
the vacancies occasioned by resignation
of any delegates.
Fourth-That as some members of this
committee have announced that they
would be candidates for office and would
not participate IN the convention, that
those members Of the committee who are
candidates for office other than for Board
of Supervisors, Board of Education and
members of the Legislature, be requested
TO resign forthwith as. delegates to the
convention in order that the City and
County Committee may select and ap-
point delegates in their places.
To further carry out the plan presented,
your committee herewith present a reso-
luton and. unanimously recommend its
adoption:
Resolved. That the Democratic City and
County Committee of the city and county
OF San Francisco, State of California
deem ii eXpedlent to call a convention of
the Democratic party of not more than
100 members for the purpose of nominat-
ing candidates for all municipal county
or city and county offices, and for all jul
dicial offices, and for members of the Leg
all of which said nominees are to be
voted for at the general election to be
held on Tuesday, November s, 1898.
That said convention be held on Mon
day evening, September 70, 1898, at the
hour of s O'clock, or as soon thereafter
as said convention shall organize, and
Sons Hall, or such other place in the
city and county of San Francisco as
majority, of the members of said conven-
That the delegates selected to said con-
ventiQn be the following named persons:
James R B1 BepHa6 Go1 M DR. Clinton
Jr., W. b. Cope, Charles w. Fay, J.
NJ. Cline, George McGillivary, jeremiah
Deasy, 4. p Doolan, Francis ]. .Heney
Jones, d. c. Murphy, DR.. It. B. Leland
l. Cutie. A. b.. Mcguire, r. V. Whiting
2. J. Mccormick, Howard Park, G. How
McGilvray, DR.. T. T. Shumate, II h
Herman, Finlay Cook. F. K. Lane, E. A.
Bridgford, Timothy Lyons, W. II. vim
w. II. Meade, Patrick Boland, ]. c. Nc.
Kinstry, George L. Lynch, Rudolph Her
old Jr., Charles E. Jones, Samuel Braun
hlV ~
Louis Bartlett ". ID. Farran, Lawrence
Brannan, p H. Mccarthy, P. j. Tomalty,
]. n. Nougues, John H. Grady, Thomas
]. Walsh. Timothy 1. O'Brien, John Fay
Jr., Thomas Murray, Sidney NJ. Van
W. J. MCGEE. James Butler, Edward
Reddy, Edmund GodchauX, h. F. Z. Troy
Henry Lichtenstein, R. V. Curtis, F. c.
Drew Drew, J.. " CayYa vas J. H. Hansen.
Reinstein, Osgood Putnam. John p
Twigg, John Reedy, DR.. Max Magnus,
Percy Henderson, l.. f; Byington, Ben
barbour, DR.. G. A. Dozier, Barry Bald
win, Jasper Mcdonald, Joseph 1eggett
George Smith, J.. L. Gallagher, John E.
renee Hoey, John Heney, William j. Rem
WICK, {. ]. Gallagher, William P. Sulli-
van Jr, William r. Humphreys, II. L.
1'ed ana w. z. Sanborn.
An attempt was made to rush the
cP'iOll VI the resolution ana report
peIore any discussion could be had, but
Judge h. A. Bridgford secured the floor
through an oversight of the chairman.
ne vigorously opposed the adoption of
the resolution because he believed it to
oe uhuenocratic and contrary to the
wishes of the people.
we are here as the representatives
OF ahtl-poss rule" he said. Are we
going TO constitute ourselves bosses? L
understand that this thing has been
programmed for more than a week and
that candidates have been making their
fights accordingly. L am opposed to
this sort of thing, and L trust the mem
bers of this committee will not commit
such grievous error as would be the
case If this proposition is adopted."
Barney McKinne declared that the
proposition was good one. and it was
the only thing to be done, as it would
be dangerous to attempt to select dele
gates to a convention because the dele
gates might be captured by the bosses
Francis j. Heney wanted to know IF
the members of the committee of one
hundred were the only honest DEM
ocrats in the city. Mr.. Heney scored the
committee for its corrupt methods and
was just beginning to get warmed UP