The San Francisco call., 1899-05-27
TIME FOR THE WIND-UP
MCLAUGHLIN MAY CALL A MEET
If!G OF THE COMMITTEE.
Gage Threatens to Kick Against
the Board of Health Programme
Which Burns Has Pre-
pared.

The executive committee of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee had very
nearly reached the order of unfinished
| business when the contest for United
states Senator called some of the mem
| bers to Sacramento. The incidents and
events of the Senatorial campaign en-
bracing the part which the Republican
organization" played in the contest are
still so fresh in the minds of the people
that it is hardly necessary to recount the
failures of the session.
The unfinished business of the exec
utive committee must be adjusted some
time, and many leading Republicans
fancy that Major Frank Mclaughlin
could not do a better thing than call the
members together at once for a final set
tlement of affairs. In the language of
the prize ring fraternity, it is time for the
"Wind-up.
The aspect of affairs is not delightful.
The statement is made by one member of
the committee that there is no money in
| the treasury, and yet there are many un-
paid accounts. The fact is known that the
Republicans were generous contributors to
the campaign fund for the election of Henry
i. Gage and his associate Among the
liberal contributors were sound money
Democrats, who were firmly convinced
that the welfare of the State demanded
the success of the Republican party.
There is record in the committee S
possession of many cash contributions.
This record, together with the memoranda
of what might be called cash donations
out of the regular order, ought to show
| the aggregate amount of coin received.
The vouchers on hand should show the
disbursements and the amount of the un-
paid claims can be easily aScertained. 1t
will be an easy matter, therefore, to de-
termne the amount of money required to
liquidate all outstanding obligations.
Judge Nusbaumer, Phil Lilienthal, Judge
Hart, Wendell Easton and Paris Kilburn.
The last named is treasurer, but cannot
pay bills unless the same be audited.
Several members of the auditing COM
mittee assert that they will never audit
bills for certain services at Sacramento.
They take the position that the engage
ment of rooms at the Golden Eagle Hotel
was unauthorized so far as the executive
committee was concerned and therefore
cannot be charged to the account Of the
organization. There is no certainty but
only a surmise that the party will be
asked to pay certain bills contracted at
Sacramento. An effort was made last
winter to obtain the written consent of
a majority of the members of the exec
utive committee for the maintenance of
headquarters al Sacramento. but when
The Call began TO make inquiries oon-
cerning the character of the document
and the names of the signers efforts to
obtain signatures were suspended IL not
abandoned.
A
Yesterday: Il do not believe that Nc
Laughlin Kilburn, Watt and Steppacher
will put in claims for money expended at
Sacramento. | am sure that the auditing
committee will never approve sucn
claims. There is likely to be lively time
when the executive committee meets, and
the meeting must take place sooner or
later We might as well settle the matter
now as defer the question. l know that
several Republicans will speak their
minds when the committee gets together
to discuss the subject. The power TO call
a meeting of the committee rests with
Major Mclaughlin.
Governor Gage, d. NJ. Burns, Major Nc
Laughlin and Phil Crimmins cannot agree
as to Board of Health appointments. So
far Burns has had things pretty much his
own way in the distribution of patronage,
but the report comes that Gage is lncl1ned
to kick against Burns Board OF Health
programme. Martin Kelly and Phil Grim
minis have taken steps to en4ghten the
Governor concerning the limited range OF
Burns influence in local aft RS.
The Governor has arranged to attend
the annual meeting in the valley of the
Board of Yosemite Commissioners. II ne
does not change his mind ne Will an
nounce Board of Health appointments on
the eve of his departure for the valley.
The adjutant general and LABOR COM
missioner may be named before the Jaunt
to Yosemite begins. Major Be Z. Iru-
man. who reported the hrst but not the
worst speech made in California by Gov
ernor Gage, will leave Los An n-eles TINS
evening to attend a meeting of Commits
sioners in this city on Monday, to or
ganize the Paris Exposition Board.