The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11
M'NAB TURNED
 DOWN BY BARRY Contest in the Selection
 of Delegates. WHISPERING BOSS ROUTED PHELAN'S HENCHMEN ASSIST AT THE oBSEQUIES. Francis J. Heney Declares the Elec- tion to Be Illegal and Will
 Appeal to the State
 Committee.
WHISPERING BOSS ROUTED
PHELAN'S HENCHMEN ASSIST
 AT THE oBSEQUIES.

slate was smashed to smithereens last night at the meeting of the Committee of One Hundred, which was selected some time ago by the Gould-Alvord- McNab combination to manage the affairs of the local Democracy.
 The committee met for the purpose of completing the list of delegates who are to go to the State Convention. Whisper ing Gavin had, as he thought, put up a nice smooth scheme which would go through, and only men who are favorable to his nomination for Congress from the Fourth District were on the slate. But he failed to figure on James H. Barry and his friends, and before the meeting ad- jOurned the latter demonstrated their strength and frustrated the designs of the "Whispering Boss"
 Seyenty-tWo members of the committee were present at the meeting last evening. Of these forty were controlled by McNab. AS sixty votes were necessary to elect delegates under the provisions of the con- stituuon of the committee, the balance of power rested with the friends and sup porters of Barry, who is out tooth and nail against McNab for the Congressional nomination, Incidentally, 1t is, worth mentioning here that "Whispering" Gavin day he made proposition, through John H. Twigg, to Barry that he (McNabl not listen to the proposition, and Gayln was informed that the fiery editor of the Star would remain in the fight until he met worse fate than SeryeFa IS Ea, s, ao spair to the heart of the aspiring boss Is that Mayor Phelan Is a Barry man and will support him through thlck me f,d5 ana thin
 McNab's strength heretofore in the com mittee was partly due to the Tact that all the applicants for political jobs who are on the committee believed that Phelan was with him. Charles W. Fay, who is supposed to be the Mayors mega phone, has trained with McNab, and the hungry ones took this as an indication that Phelan and the Whispering Boss were pulling together The Mayors un- qualified indorsement of Barry has set all doubts at rest as to where he stands, and now the job chasers are deserung McNab
 Before a ballot was taken at the meet ing last night the McNab men tried to secure the passage of a motion to the effect that all the candidates for dele gates to the State convention who re ceived the highest number of votes at the last meeting should be declared elect ed. This was voted down after a long wrangle. A ballot was then taken ana seven Barry men were elected. AS 1t was necessary to select thirty more, a com promise was agreed to-. Sammy Braun hart made a motion, which was carried, that the representatives or the dlstrlcts in which contests existed get together and agree upon the delegates. This was another McNab scheme, but 1t did not re- suit as it's promoters expected Braun hart failed even 10 Iib OWH QlSllISt He and ex-Registrar Hinton clashed on the selection of the delegates from the Twen- ty-ninth, and when the hospital corps at the secretary's desk brought in the dead and wounded 1t was found that Braun hart had secured but one man to Hin-
 The selection of the delegates from the Thirty-first Assembly District brought on arother fight The combatants were Jos enh LeeCett and R. P. Doolan. Doolan was the only representative present from the district and he recommended three names Leggett wished to substitute Charles H. Holcomb, president of the Cen tral Democratic Club, for one of Doolan s selections He said MT. Holcomb was DresIdent of a Democratic club of over goo members, and that as the representa- tive of such large body Of Democrauc citizens he ought to be sent as delegate to the State Convention. Doolan retorted that MT. Leggett was not representative from the Thirty-f1rs and had no right to dictate who the nominees from the dis tion was adopted and MT Holcomb was showed under. This action brought Francis J. Heney to his feet. He declared that he would appeal to the State Central Committee and seek to have the action of the committee invalidated, as the method of electing the delegates was un- being chosen by ballot and none of those named In the compromise had received the reuuisite sixty votes because they were elected by vive voce majority whlch was
 
 Harmony was again restored and the remainder of the delegates were selected When the names were read by the secre- tary the members of the convention checked them off, designating them as Barry or McNab men as they went along. After adjourn ment notes were compared and it was agreed that Barry and his opponent had an equal number of followers among the delegates and that the doubtful ones were more than liable to go to Barry and give him distinct advantage when the dis trict convention Is held.
 The seven delegates elected by ballot were: Charles Keisel, Twenty ninth Dis trict; N. Cellar, Thirty-first; F. c. Cleary, likely and E. D. Sullivan, Thirty third; !; R. Lynch and R. Webb and A. w.. Thompson, Thrty-fourth.
 Those chosen as a result of the com promise are: John F. More, Alex J. Es- telita, Emil Shuck and D. F. Murphy Twenty y-eighth District; James P. Lally, Thomas Faulkner, Michael Lucy and John Allen, TWenty-ninth District; James Farrell. George Smith John Devenney, Thirtieth; Dr. Robert Lowry, John Reid, Major James Enright, Thirty-first; J. J. McManus. W. !. Reilly, Michael McGrath William J. Renwick, Charles Kelly. -Thir- ty-second; Robert Allen James Kings ton Thirty third; Dennis O,Keefe, Patrick Thirty-sixth; l.. w. Lovey. Thirty-nnth: O. M. Goldaracena Forty-frst; l.. V. Merle George Krimphoff, Forty-fourth.
 There were no contests in the Thirty fourth, Thirty-ninth and Forty-first dis tricts The delegates selected on the com promise were those who received the high est votes on the first ballot.