The San Francisco call., 1899-08-20
UNIT RULE IS
To PREVAIL At
THE CONVENTION
Republicans Freeze
Out Bosses.
LEAGUE DELEGATES CAUCUS
NOMINATIONS WILL NOT BE
MADE WEDNESDAY.
WILL NOT B.
MADE WEDNESDAY.
Sheldon Kellogg VIII Be Elected
Chairman and Adjournment
Taken to a Time When the
Committee Is Ready.

The unit rule Is TO prevail at the COM
Ing Republican convention. This much
was decided last night when IT'S of the 200
delegates elected by the Central Republi-
can Committee, otherwise known as the
Central Republican League, caucused at
Golden Gate Hall. The bosses are TO be
allowed nothing in the county commit
tee. Memberships in the districts in
which they won were declared vacant last
night by resolution and will be filled by
the league when the convention is ready
for business.
The convention will not be ready for
business on Wednesday, the date set by
the Kelly and Crimmins faction. Pursu-
ant to the plan adopted last night, the
only business to be done on Wednesday
is the election Of permanent chairman
and secretary, and Sheldon G. Kellogg
of the Forty-first District and James A.
Wilson of the Thirty-sixth were declared
the caucus delegates for those positions.
After the election the convention is TO be
adjourned; unless in the next three days
some unlooked-for change is made
This programme was not decided upon
without a fight. There were many in the
caucus who held out for proportionate
representation. They claimed that in the
districts In which Kelly and Crimmins
won they should be allowed to name their
committeeman. Delegates from the Thir-
ty-sixth and Thirty-seventh were partic-
ularly emphatic in voicing this opinion.
and the argument that resulted and the
subsequent vote so incensed the delegates
from the Thirty-siXth that they bolted
the caucus and left the hall vowing ven
geance. 1t was the Dodge programme
that won out. and Notwithstanding the
DETECTION of the Tbirty-sixth. the Dodge
programme was the unanimous choice of
the caucus; the bosses lost on their last
hope, and although 1t was midnight when
ba II Of
wrangling had ensued, it was as harmoni-
Gus and unanimous a body and as strong
ly resolved against boss rule as when II
first went into the fight.
The first important action Of the dele
gates assembled was to agree upon eau
Gus rules. The meeting was called as a
conference. but the spirit OF unanimity
was so pronounced from the beginning
that caucus was agreed upon. The dis
cussion OF the evening was pFecipitated
by the following resolution:
Whereas. At Joint conference Of the ex-
ecutive committee OF the Central Republican
Committee and the chairmen Of the several dis
trict delegations held August II, 1899, resolu-
tions were adopted whereby plan for the
formulated; and whereas. said -esolu-
tions provided that each district be
four representatives. and that the Central Re-
publican Committee be empowered TO appoint
eighteen representatives at large; and whereas,
by said resolutions the districts represented in
the coming municipal convention by City Re
publican League delegates were allowed 10
select their representatives in said County
Committee while such districts as failed to
elect City Republican League delegates were
to be considered vacancies to be filled by
committee OF five appointed by the chairman
OF the executive committee of the Central Re-
publican Committee Of the City Republican
Leagues whose work is to be subsequently in
dorsed by the caucus, now, therefore, be II
Resolved That this caucus fully indorses
the action Of the joint conference.
Charles Nagle of the Thirty-sixth imme-
diately moved as a substitute that each
district be represented in the committee
by members selected by the delegates who
won out. Then began the wrangle. The
members of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty
seventh backed Nagle strongly. They ar
gued from every point for proportional
representation, but were beaten out in the
end The Dodge people won, and the
Thirty-sixth walked out in a huff.
Zenas Dodge, as chairman, called the
meeting to order, and Sheldon Kellogg
was elected temporary chairman and
George w. Lewis secretary. The chair
man Of each delegation will submit the
names of three delegates, and from them
the committee will select the members OF
the committees on credentials and perma-
nent organization and order of business.
Wednesdays convention, according to
programme, will be adjourned as soon as
the chairman and secretary are elected.
The committee will not be elected until
the second sitting.