The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-18
7 HE 4ARNEY
DEL EGATlON
KNOCKED OUT.

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night sink into their sleeping bosoms,
the Democratic party will never allow
the Republican, party to monopolize the
American flag. (Cheers)
THE flag which the immortal Dewey
planted upon the ramparts of Manila,
and which the Rough Riders carried
through a leaden hail up the nights OF
San Juan and flung to the breeze from
the rampartS of Santiago-that flag
was no party emblem that flag was no
party standard.
When the ships of our navy are
once more painted white, let them carry
welcome on the broad face of our
country's flag into every port ON eartn.
Tyrants will behold it with secret
tremor, the slave will kiss it and
moisten it with his tears; and the in
telligence of the American people Will
not permit party, out of ambition for
office, to monopoliZe to itself the glory
of it's achievements and its renown-
The resolution was adopted in the
unique manner Of rising vote, with
three cheers for the army and navy,
and American institutions.
The Chairman announced that as
the war question had been settled, the
convention would turn it's attention to
it's own little war, and he called for the
report Of the Committee on Creden-
tials.
The majority report, recommending
the seating of the McNab delegation,
was read. Appended to it was long
recommendation respecting the future
method of procedure in San Francisco
politics.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
Then w. H. Gibson took the platform
and read the report Of the minority,
which was the cause Of all the trouble
| that followed. Mr.. Gibson, as we'll as
everybody else in the hall, knew the
| report would be the signal for long
| and somewhat wearisome debate. but
! the idea of any rupture on the floor
| had long before been exploded, and 1t
was known that the will of the ma
jority would be accepted as final. The
| report-the bone of contention Of the
convention-was as follows:
eve, the undersigned members of
| your Committee on Credentials, beg
leave to submit the following report:
After a patient hearing of the ques-
| tons presented to us while sitting as
| a Committee on Credentials, we most
respectfully announce that we have
reached the following conclusions, viz:
THAT the temporary roll of the con-
| yention be made the permanent one,
with the exception of the delegation
| from San Francisco.
THAT the San Francisco delegation,
of which organization Major P. j. Har-
ney is Chairman, is the regular organ
ization of the Democratic party of San
| Francisco, and is the same organiza-
| ton whose delegates were seated in the
| Democratic State Convention OF 1880,
| and it's delegates are entitled TO seats
| in this convention to the exclusion or
the representatives Of the so-called
| Committee of One Hundred, now on the
| temporary roll of the convention, Tor
the following reasons:
| Taking I'D the consideration OF the
! question at the time when the SUD-
committee of nine Of the State Central
| Committee cited the representatives. OF
! both organizations to appear before
| them for the purpose Of endeavoring to
| bring about an adjustment of the then
existing differences, we find that the
| General Committee had not conferred
authority on any person to submit on
: its behalf any question concerning its
existence to the State Central Commit
| tee, or any committee thereof, as an
arbitrator; and that it did not submit
to a subcommittee of the State Central
| Committee the right to abolish it, and
! create a new committee of their own
'In our judgment, the subcommittee
of the State Central Committee exceed
ed it's authority in resolving the San
| Francisco General Committee out Of
| existence.
while we admit the authority Of the
State Central Committee to interpose
| its good offices for the purpose of bring
! ing about adjustment Of disputes
among Democrats, we respectfully sub
nit that such interposition should al
ways be exercised in accordance with
the time honored Democratic usage of
permitting the Democratic voters to ex-
press their will by means Of primaries,
and we believe that in the matter now
submitted to US the Democratic State
| Central Committee, through its sub
committee. exceeded it's jurisdiction, and
arrogated to itself autocratic powers.
| 1--WE believe it would be destructive
/ of Democratic organization. and re-
versal of the respected doctrines and
methods of the party, to permit the
| State Central Committee to appoint a
| County Committee for the purpose of
appointing delegates to conventions.
Such a course is tantamount to nam
ing the candidates, and performing all
other party functions without permit
ting the voters of the party any voice
in party management.
I'VE find that the following was the
method pursued by the Committee of
One Hundred in the selection Of dele
gates to the State Convention. Each
member Of the Committee Of One Hun
dred was allowed absolutely to appoint
one delegate to the State Convention,
making 100 In all, and the remaining
fifty-four delegates were appointed by
the vote Of the same Committee Of One
Hundred and called delegates at large.
This method Is not calculated to
bring out the Democratic vote on cleo
ton day, and is neither Democratic nor
just.
I'VE find that in the composition of
the Committee of One Hundred, seven
ty-three of it's members were selected
from the nine Republican Assembly
Districts Of San Francisco, and only
twenty-seven We're selected from the
nine Democratic Assembly Districts;
and we further find that in forming the
Committee of One Hundred, the SUBJ
mittee of nine of the State Central
Committee selected twenty EIGHT mem
bers from the so-called Sullivan organ
ization, while the so-called Harvey or
ganization was completely ignored. We
further find that not only was no effort
made by the State Central Committee
to ascertain the will of the Democratic