The San Francisco call., 1899-10-03

nave udISu TO assume Inc delegates
were there to do as they were ordered.
They could not venture an Individual
opinion or a vote. and in substitute for
both they groaned, cheered, hissed, cat
called and howled until the hall was bed
lam and the chairman, Jasper Mcdonald.
became the butt Of coarse Jokes and every
ribald jest that rowdies cared TO fling at
his head. But that was the sum of the
rebellion. The delegates voted the pro-
CANINE which McNab had prepared
There were two protests, but they were
weak IN effect if not in noise.
Break the slate" was shouted from the
galleries and among the delegates, but the
slate was not broken. Some Of the worthy
representatives of Democracy kicked in
the traces like stubborn mules, but the
. bit was too firmly fixed and they were
whipped back again IN line. The chair
man made rulings that brought a roar
from the stubborn ones and a smile to the
faces of the tractable, but his rulings
were sustained. And there were some in
dependent spirits in the convention that
chafed under the humiliation of being
moro insultingly led than they ever had
been under the regime which reform
politics has superseded.
1t was perhaps Ave minutes before
Chairman Mcdonald was fioundertng in
his own rulings. Appeals were taken from
making full moon Of his face he de-
clared himself out of order, sustained
an appeal, then rescinded it and finally
sazCu on the cat-calling crowd with a
lock that asked for assistance. With the
aic OF. several secretaries he was released
from his ENHANCEMENT and ordered the
reading OF the platform.
e.. The document discusses everything from
The white Man S Burden" to the neces-
sity Of keeping the streets clean. Every
thlns Democratic is lauded and every
thing Republican condemned. 1t Is re-
markable, perhaps, for two elements-its
extreme length and its significant silence
~ reference 10 the national Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago. This silence
II the Chicago platform had been adopted
the 'HCOt Mon would have to sacrifice
ms slated candidate for District Attor-
ueys VINO is Charles Wesley Reed, he OF
the brass lungs.
over the omission Of that Endorsement
the first row OF the evening occurred
Charles Edelmann had anticipated IL and
was prepared with a resolution pledglng
lAe convention TO the principles of the
national party. Mr.. Edelmann tried twice
20 5aIn the recognition of the chair, but
he was not on the programme and the
chair ignored him. The third time Edel-
man succeeded and he ascended to the
stage under the fire of his. enemies Kisses
and the cheers Of his friends. He tried
TO read his resolution and his voice was
drowned in the sound of hOWls and shouts
and Jeers. lie cursed with eloquence
tnat indicated that he felt what he said
and then tried again. Attempts after at
tempts were to no purpose and then Mr.
Ldeimann, calling upon the Deity to damn
the entire assemblase, laid his resolution
on the secretary's table and retired in
disgust. The document will be lost by the
committee on resolutions.
Another delegate strove to succeed
where Edelmann had failed, but after
nearly disjOinting himself in wild gesticula-
ton he also retired. The first skirmiSh was
over Chairman Mcdonald then announc-
ed committee of five on resolutions. The
h. yl-,l
he was not sufficiently familiar with the
last to decipher II.
The secretary came to his assistance
ana another awkward incident had been |
registered. The order OF business was an /
nounced, the committee on Supervisors !
asked for more time and nominations for /
Mayor We're declared in order.
The duty of nominating Mayor Phelan |
Tor another term fell to the luckleSs lot |
of Hugh Y Whiting. Mr. Whiting is uu~
QOubtedly a very estimable vO1lng man |
but he suffered last night from a painfully |
aggravated case of stage fright He |
should not, therefore, feel too keenly the |
oarlHg hls address. They certainly did |
not know what he was saying and prob |
aoly did rot care. Mayor Phelan was re-
HCmlnated by unanimous VOte-cast by /
the secretary. Assessor Dodge and City
and County Attorney Lane received sim |
HaT hOuOrS.
- 1t was while nominations for Public Ad-
ulnlstTator were IN progress that the first |
show OF rebellion came. Patrick Roland |
the slated candidate, had been named
and everything seemed sailing heautifuIIv
when George Maxwell was placed IN The
field. A lump of righteous indigna+inn
arose IN the throat of NJ. G.. Hassett when
the announcement was made Mr.. Has
sptt is to be Mr.. Boland's attorney after
election, and here at the very threshold of |
the campaign was an encroachment upon |
the attorneys vested rights He glow
cred at Mr.. Maxwell as that gentleman
arose and meekly asked the chairman:
. fiease Mr.. chairman, may ! speak?"
% Chairman Mcdonald hesitated a mo-
ment and then said that Mr.. Maxwell /
might speak. The candidate ascended to |
the stage and announced his withdrawal |
as he had been reliably informed that he |
bad no chance for the nomination. An !
other bridge had been passed.
) When the contest for the nomination for |
coroner was announced the storm Of re-
bellion burst forth. DR.. r. Beverly Cole /
was the slated candidate. but Coroner
!tLI determined to try conclusions with |
llTn. HIS friends were legion in the |
galleries, and during, the. roll call they
shouted, cheered and yelled encourage
ment, but 1t was TO no purpose. Only lib
votes against 220 could be mustered The |
flll men prevented Dr. Cole from receiv-
I.E. the courtesy Of unanimous nominal
ton, however. and after the contest they
gave their defeated favorite three rousing
Chairman Mcdonald raped for order
Shortly before O'Clock, with Thomas |
Hickey on his left to jOt down the pro- |
-ccedings. The uproar made by the gath |
the poundings of the gavel when Delegate |
Edelman was on his feet with the offer |
OF resolution. The chairman Informed |
the delegate that he was not In order |
and proceeded to get down to business by |
naming three assistant secretaries He |
9nnounced the names Of Frank Kenney |
Lnomas ClearT and James Maher for
those positions
D.. Andrew q. Mcguire then took the plat
form 10 read the report Of the committee |
on platform, from which he proceeded to |
consume the next thirty minutes of the |
convention by the reading of typewritten |
manuscript, wherein the Democracy Of |
san francisco reasserted again its belief |
II Democratic principles and in which |
Mayor Phelan. Assessor Dodge. CITY and |
county Attorney Lane and SUPERVISORS
Bylngton and Deasy were lauded to the (
skies. The pledge was read COMMITTING /
the nominees Of the convention to adhere
snce TO the civil service provisions of tho |
aeW charter, TO support of the movement |
Tor new pavements and new sewers. to |
the extension Of the park panhandle and
Tor the connection of the park with the |
Presidto. 1t advocated the doctrine ~ |
bonds for public improvements; declared |
for a new City and County Hospital.
pledged its candidates for Supervisors NOT |
TO grant franchises for steam railroads
through any densely populated portions Of
he city. and further pledged them to use
sNery legal means to cause to be removed |