The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
SENATOR SEAWELL
 OUT OF THE RACE
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 | fortunately for the interested specta- | tor. convention declarations are ire uuently overdrawn to suit the occasion | of those who listen to them. In this case it Is said that far from being pa cified the feeling between the gentle men and their respective friends is more bitter than ever before. It Is also said that Whispering Gavin McNab. who lost his first move in the deep game he is playing when Dockweiler defeated Patton in the Los Angeles delegation for the privilege of becoming the delegation's nominee for the posi- tion of temporary chairman of the con- vention, is flaming the flame between them for some purpose of his own. This purpose will be made apparent when Patton is made chairman of the com mittee on platform, when such a com mittee is appointed, after the perma- nent organization of the convention. Patton has been slated for the chair manship of this committee by McNab whose purpose for doing so is only too Iic COillAl1lllNC O4A PANSASA AA' will have in charge the task of build ing a platform that will conform In all essential particulars with the Populist platform to which 1t is required that the Democratic nominee for Governor shall subscribe. It is decreed that in the event that the Democratic nominee for Governor does not subscribe to the platform as required he will not De given the Populist nomination. Thls latter contingency Is not, from the Ma guire standpoint, to be considered for a moment So it is that MT. Patton and his associates will be called upon to perform the delicate task of making the Democratic platform appear like a Populist platform.
 Something of what is expected of the convention may be gathered from the remarks of Chairman Afford of the State Central Committee when hec called the convention to order this afternoon. He said that he expected the convention to recognize the great Democratic prin- ciple that the minority must be gov erned by the will of the majority. 1t IS true that he made no reference to such a condition as might be presented by a majority that was actuated by impure motives, but he may have thought that this view of the case must be apparent to all but the very slow minds among the 700 and odd delegates. Then, again, he was just fresh from a conference at the Golden Eagle Hotel, at which he had been forced to surrender some of his pet plans-a surrender which forced him to see the installation of Governor Budd as chairman of the convention. Hise side partner and co-conspirator, whispering" Gavin McNab, had also run up the white flag at the same time; but the humiliation of the Whispering Boss" was not yet complete. He was forced to sit in the convention hall and listen to the reading of a resolution in troduced by M. F. Tarpey of Alameda, which resolution, if adopted, as 1t Is reasonable to presume it will be, will put an end to representation by proxy in the State Central Committee.
 Heretofore McNab's power on the State Committee has been due In a great measure to his ability to corral the proxies of the members who reside outside of San Francisco. With this prop pulled from under him the whis- pering boss will cut no great figure in the councils of the State Central Com mittee than honest members who are so deluded as to remain firm In the be- lief that it is their duty as citizens and Democrats to accept a place in the councils of the governing body of the party.
 While McNab is having contumely heaped upon him Afford seems to have q IL ren honors. Chief among these is the placing in nomination of the man whom the Democrats believe will be the next Governor of the State of Cali fornia. It has finally been decided that the chairman of the expiring State Gen. tral Committee will be the one to place the name of James G. Mcguire before the convention. As Afford Is a good speaker he will no doubt do credit to himself and to the gentleman whom he nominates.
 Senator White will second the nomi- nation, and the delegates to the con- vention will be treated to a class of oratory that has found favor at the national capital Senator White and Judge Mcguire have been friends from childhood, and some time ago the Sena- tor expressed the wish to occupy a place on the floor of the convention hall when he might thus have the op- portunity to express his regard for his lifelong friend and political associate. His address and that of Chairman AL ford will be the chief events of the day on which nominations are made. Sen ator White arrived lore this evening. hut as he was not feeling well sought the quiet of his own apartments at the Golden Eagle Hotel and sent word to all callers that he was not able to see any of them.