The San Francisco call., 1899-09-29

bard, chairman of the committee, read 6
| report in which the committee respect
! fully recommended that the order of bust
ness be as follows; that the nomination OF
| deliberate on, and that the presentation
! of names of candidates for the following
| following order: Supervisors, Auditor
| Treasurer, Assessor, Tax Collector Re-
! corder, City Attorney, District Attorney
| PUBLIC Administrators, County Clerk @
! Sheriff. Coroner, four Police Judges; that
! nominating speeches be limited 10 nVe
minutes and that $40 be assessed to each
! candidate.
The report was adopted.
Delegate Smith was of the opinion that
the nomination of Supervisors should be
left until the Mayor had been nominated.
This brought on more discussion and in
the end il was explained to the salts
faction of all the delegates that no Su-
pervisors We're TO be selected that even
ing. but simply the names or prospective
candidates for the office.
Mr.. Bradford then moved that the
names submitted be referred to a com
gate from each district. Although the
motion was seconded, it was lost for the
moment III the calling of additional names
and the general confusion.
During Iull in the proceedings the
chairman took occasion to order the sec
retary TO read a series of resolutions
which We're passed at a mass meeting IN
the Twelfth Ward, which were TO the Ell
feet that as that ward was one of the
i.
largest in the city and had a tremendous
voting strength, six of the eighteen super :
visors chosen come from that ward Inc
resolution created deal OF laughter anu
was placed on file.
Delegate Elder renewed the motloh
made by Mr. Bradford that a committee
of twelve be appointed to consider the
names offered for Supervisor. Delegate
Morehouse of the Thrty-hrst moved as
an amendment that the names be printed
on tickets, be distributed among the dele
tas al 10
mem brought on heated debate, IN
which Edmund Tauszky, j. Is. Z. HOODS, NJ;
Brandt, the mover or the amenulheHt anu
others participated, and IN the end the
amendment, TO have secret ballot, was
lost, and the first portion OF substitute
notion to have the names printed, was
carried. ,,
NJ Brandt then moved that each delega-
ton appoint its own member to serve on
the committee on Supervisors. Ihls was
unanimously agreed on
The chairman then announced lIlat tne
next order of business would be the pre-
sentation of candidates for Auditor. Dele
gate Mason placed Asa X. Wells IN nom nom
ination, but neglected TO make nom
mating speech Mr.. Bancroft OF the
Forty-first District then offered the name
of ". G.. Doane, a well known merchdnt it
of this city. He eulogized him for MS
integrity and honesty and read petition
signed by well known business men m
dorsing his nominee. Mr.. Hillman sec
onded the nomination OF Mr.. Doane, ana
at the conclusion of his speech the candi-
dates were invited to the platform. Mr.
Wells had not been apprised of his right
to be present and did not put in an ap-
pearance. Mr.. Doane did. however, and
addressed the convention as to his quail
fications.
Chairman Kellogg excused the absence
of Mr.. Wells on the ground that he did
not know he would be invited to appear
before the caucus. Max Goldberg and
Delegate Gibbons also apologiZed for his
absence. Delegate Haynes moved that no
more candidates be invited to address the
caucus. and his motion prevailed. d; l..
Reynolds, fearing that Wells candidacy
would be injured by his absence, moved
to postpone the voting until the following
night but the motion was lost. On vote
being taken Mr.. Wells received 137 and
Mr. Doane g. Delegate Bradford moved
that the nomination of Mr. Wells be made
unanimous, and after Mr.. Hillman had
seconded 1t, 1t was carried. motion to
adjourn was lost and then the question
of finances was taken up. After some
heated discussion 1t was decided to tax
each candidate so for allowing his name
to be presented to the caucus.
After another motion to adjourn had
been lost nominations for Treasurer were
in order. Charles J. King Of the Thirty
ninth District arose and said that he sim
ply desired to say that the gentleman he
wished to put in nomination was Louis
Feusier: that he was worthy to hold such
a high office, having held a similar one
in Nevada with credit to himself: that
he was a man of honor and deserved to
be placed on the Republican ticket. r.
A. Denicke in seconding the nomination
said that he was well-known business
man and that If he was ever put in that
high office his honesty and integrity
would never be questioned.
Mr. Hobbs then nominated /. j. Tru-
man. the incumbent, and Delegate Jones
seconded 1t. vote was then taken and
resulted in Mr. Feuser receiving 109 and
Mr. Truman 10 Mr.. Feusier was then
unanimously chosen as the choice of the
caucus. An adjournment was taken until
tonight at o'clock in the same hall.