The San Francisco call., 1899-10-03

| port charges and restrictions on shipping
at this port may be reduced or removed
/ so as to invite ocean commerce.
| The reading of the platform contained
also paragraph announcing the oppo-
sition Of the delegates TO the Introduction
! into political ana social life Of religious
tests, and condemned any effort to
abridge the provisions of the constitution
of the country with respect to absolute
religious freedom.
The reading was concluded with a de-
nunciation of trusts and a condemnation
Of the present Democratic municipal Of
flee holders and a declaration that the
platform must be signed by all candi-
dates within ten days Of their nomina-
ton.
No sooner had Mcguire ceased from
reading than E. c. Harrison was on his
feet to hurl the first brick at the slate.
1t was a heavy missile and well aimed:
Il move" he thundered at the chair,
''as an amendment to the platform re-
ported that 1t contain a resolution declar-
ing ineligible for nomination by this con-
vention any member OF the convention"
One could imagine that he heard
of Good boy!", sit down" What's
were hurled at the amender through the
gaps in the applause. Mcguire, who had
reported the platfrom, arose to defend 1t
from this assault in the house of its
friends. He arose to the point of order
that the resolution contemplated by the
amendment of Harrison could not be con-
tanned in the platform, but should be
submitted as plain resolution, to be re-
ferred in its due course to the committee
on resolutions.
well taken, and the fighting blood Of
Harrison flew to the top Of the glass.
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Wow! how the Harrisonites yelled.
No! No. came came from al over the
Tsn and fas espep @
was falling down on them. NO! No!'
! Division! Division!'
The chair had gained its second wind by
! this time and was coming to- like a pugil-
| ist counting the fateful ten seconds. He
stammered and muttered a little and
| raised his voice to announce that divls
! ion had been called for, and he would put
| the motion again. This brought a remon-
! STRANGE from Harrison. who insisted that
the chair had ruled that his appeal had
aid was in an awkward fix. and might
have been there yet had not kindly lot
OF friends OF the slate got in with uprOar
enough TO drown a Niagara. BY the time
that had subsided Mcdonald was himself
again. He calmly put the question again,
and by rare intelligence and without the
aid OF teller plucked victory for the
chair and the slate out Of a chaos of dele
gates. SO cleverly did he do it that his
decision was announced before the noes"
had a, &c, chahce NJ Al TO = vote; 1t jarred him
about to pass over the platform without
the formality of indorsing it, when his
attention was cdlIeu To the matter, and
the eulogy of all things Democratic was
sent through with whoop.
Delegate Edelmann thought this was a
good time for him TO get in with his reso-
luton. and In he /. bobPed be- ~ up again with
promptly shut off by the chair. who "fpS b9
this time had got firm grip on the pro-
off the track by any such proposition He
announced that the committee on order
ing read the results of that committees
labors. 1t recommended that nominations
be made in the following order Super
visors, Mayor. Assessor. City and County
Attorney. Public Administrator, Coroner,
Tax Collector, Treasurer. Auditor Sheriff,
County Clerk, District Attorney, Recorder
and Police Judges. motion to adopt. this
or0er of business was prevented from
sliding through with the smoothness cal
culated by reason of the arising of Dele
gate Harrison with the resolution that
raised the preliminary row. 1t was
promptly. declared out of order and the
order of business adopted.
The chair then announced the appoint
ment Of the following committee on reso-