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of the meeting was transacted just before
adjournment. when a resolution was in
troduced that the chairman of the com
mittee be empowered to appoint from lts
membership an executive committee OF
eighteen, one from each Assembly DIS
trict with the chairman and secretary
all means necessary to enlist Democratic
voters in the campaign. Although the evil
dent purpose of the resolution was to put
the power of the entire Committee or
One Hundred in the hands of the twenty,
it was adopted with a rush. The chair
was given until the next meeting TO make
up his mind
per Mcdonald ascended the platform and
raped the committee to order. After
rollcall and the approval of the minutes
of the last meeting Secretary Walsh READ
a communication from the Democratic
State Central Committee, heretofore pub
lished. urging the Committee of one
Hundred to so act in the apporuonment
of delegates to the county convention as
to promote harmony in the party in this
county.
Pat Boland declared that the communi-
cation was an unwarranted interference
with the affairs of the local committee,
and moved that the communication be re-
turned to the State Central Committee
W. j. MCGEE offered as an amendment
to the motion that the communication be
received and placed on file. The amend
ment carried
e. P. E. Troy, chairman of the COM
mittee appointed TO ledIH Wuctntl any
Democratic office holders were aiding or
abetting the movement to test the validity
of the charter, reported that assurances
had been received from all Democrats
elected atsthe last election declaring that
they were not parties to any such suit,
and that they believed in sustaining the
charter He read letters from Mayor Phe-
Ian. Supervisors Byington, Deasy and
Lackmann, School Director Eells and
Rrandenst Elm, Judges Conlan and Mogan,
Coroner HILL Assessor Dodge and City
and County Attorney Lane to this effect
The report in which the following reso-
lutions were embodied, was then adopted:
Whereas Certain officials of this city and
county are now contesting the validity of the
new charter; therefore, be IT
Resolved That the Democratic city and
county committee congratulate the Democratic
PARTY upon the fact that not one or It's nom
inees is to be found among these pledge break
ing enemies of municipality; and be 1t fur
Their ~,
this CITY upon having elected some officials
who are faithful TO the trust put in them and
abide by the platform of their party.
Emil Pohli, in the absence of Chairman
Bytngton of the committee on appor
tionment then read the following report:
To the Democratic City and County Com
mitteLGentlemen: Your committee appoint
ed to prepare plan of apportlonment of the
delegates to the next municipal convention of
the Democratic party, in compliance with the
primary law passed by the last Legislature, re-
spectfully reports as follows;
That after earnest discussion and mature
deIfberation Of the various plans of apportion
ment suggested. such at large, or by dis
trcts or by precincts, your committee unani-
mously recommends:
@ That the apportionment be made upon the
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WILL FOLLOW THEIR
PASTOR TO THE GRAVE
FATHER FLOOD TO BE BURIED
WITH RELIGIOUS HONORS.

The parishioners of Sacred Heart
Church met last evening and made ar
rangements for the funeral of their late
pastor. the Rev. Father Flood. which Will
be held from the church, corner of
Fell and Fillmore streets to-mor-
Floods body will be followed to its last
resting place by all the different religious
societies in the parish. James c. NeaIon
presided and II. |. Mulcreavy acted as
secretary. The funeral cortege will start
from the church after the ceremony is
Webster. along that thoroughfare to
Golden Gate avenue. thence to Calvary
Cemetery. Colonel William P Sullivan
Jr. was selected to act as marshal of the
funeral procession. The following gentle
men and ladies will assist the marshal in
James c. Nealon. James P. Dockery
Harry 1. Mulcreavy, j. B. Quein, j. c.
Murphy, P. +. Dundon, Colonel Fitz-
patrick, Martin Mehern, L. Fitzgerald
Thomas Burke, DR.. w. B. O'Connell Miss
Arnold. Miss Celia Finnegan and Mrs. Dr.
D. F. Raglan.
The Young Mems Institute Branch No.
s. Young Mems Catholic Union, Young
Ladies' Sodality, Holy Angels SodaIity
Childrens Sodality, st. Vincent de Paul
Society. Conference of the Sacred Heart
Church and the League of the Cross
Cadets, Company B, will follow their dead
pastor to the grave.
The following committee was appointed
to draft resolutions in memory of Father
Flood: Judge NJ. Cooney, j. w Nc
Carthy. Colonel J. G. O'Conner, jeremiah
Mahoney William Stafford, Miss Arnold
and Miss Celia Finnegan.
J. P. Dockery. Thomas w. Burke, J. B.
Quein and Harry L. Mulcreavy were APP
pointed to assist Colonel Sullivan to mar
shall the funeral cortege.
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sembly District ample representation for
ordinary business, the new laws provide
means for bringing to the committees
aid the services OF ten or twelve active
and influential business men Of large af-
fairs TO assist in the campaign work i'm
mediately preceding the election. The
purpose in view is TO bring forward the
best elements of citizenship in the party
TO advance the cause Of good local gov
eminent. Men who cannot get time to
serve the year around may yet at a given
time put aside business cares and give
month or more to help along the good
cause.
The committee appointed last night to
prepare and submit system of appor
tionment for the nominating convention
under the new primary law has no pro-
gramme, but there seems to be a senti-
ment in favor of giving such amplitude
OF popular recognition that each precinct
in the city may have delegate in the
convention The committee will report
plan before July l.
Among Republicans there is talk of
bringing forward an honOred and capable
business man for Mayor. Several eminent
names are discussed Eighteen Of the best
citizens of San Francisco may be placed
on the ticket for the Board of Supervis-
ors. The convention to make the ticket
will not be a small gathering in the inter-
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there shall be one delegate for each sixty votes
and one additional delegate for remainder OF
thirty votes or over, and that your otncers De
instructed to certify such basis of representa-
ton In said petition.
And in that behalf your committee herewith
states That from the figures furnished by the
Registrar of Voters of this city and county. it
has been determined that the average Demo
cratic vote in each of the eighteen Assembly
Districts is follows:
1856 55-52; Thirtieth. 1923 1852 Thrty-frst,
l2SS az Thirty second S7S Sig; Thirty-thiTd
1888 1852; Thirtyfourth, 1906 ASP; Thirty-ffth.
1854 25-52; Thirty sixth 1855 1852 Thirty
seventh, 1884 1892 Thirty-eghth, 1909 os 2o-52
Thirty ninth, 1852 1852: Fortieth. 1892 24-52
Forty-first 134S 1852: Forty-second, 9SS 1-52
Forty-third, Iss 1872; Forty-fourth, 9l4 12-o2;
Forty-fifth GIT 4-52
as suggested in this report. the number of
delegates to which each of the eighteen AS
Twenty eighth, Is; Twenty.ninth' IS; Thir-
tieth, II; Thirty-frst. 81; Thirty second. l6;
Thirty third, 81 Thirty fourth, %; Thirty,ffth,
eighth, 90 Thirty ninth, %; Forteth, %; Forty
first. %; Forty-second, IS; Forty-third. 10;
Forty-fourth, 49, Forty fifth 10. Thus making
& convention of 354 delegates.
In conclusion. your committee. feeling that at
last the time has come when the citizen may
freely and fearlessly express his Individual
choice for representatives in the councils of
his party, calls upon all those who have the
welfare of the Democratic party, as well as
the interest of our city at heart, to do their
utmost between now and the Sth of August
to arouse all Democratic citizens to an active
sense of appreciation of their civic duties and
privileges, TO the end that convention of in
dependent Democrats may meet to nominate
servants of the people, who will not only carry
out the letter but the spirit of the new charter.
E. P. E. Troy vigorously opposed the
scheme to choose delegates to the County
Convention by districts. He declared that
the report did not comply with the spirit
of the law, which was intended to confer
the greatest possible measure of home rule
on the people of the city, and prevent, as
far as possible, the usurpation of power
by the bosses. He maintained that under
the system outlined IN the report a man
with small, compact following in any
district could compel all candidates to
come to him. He thought the precinct
plan the only one that would give all the
Democrats in the city a fair and full rep
resentation in the convention.
This view of the case was also taken by
Pat Boland Clitus Barbour and several
other members. while M. c. HasSett took
it upon himself to champion the report in
a long speech in which he reviewed the
history of the party in this citv from 1882
to the present day. calling particular at
tentfon to the many disastrous defeats
which it had suffered in the past, all of
which he said, was due to the lack of
proper organization. He argued that the
plan reported by the committee was the
best for the interests of the party and
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Est of one man or one clique Of men It
will be a large, representative convention
IF the people There is already consider
able talk about probable candidates. John
Lackmann is spoken of for Assessor. DR.
Perrault is mentioned for Sheriff, Heyer
for Tax Collector, l.. S WhitComb for
Recorder and DR.. Bunker for Coroner
There will be no lack of good material,
and there is no lack of confidence in the
ability of the Republicans to win, pro-
progressive ticket is carried out.
The committee last night was called to
order by a. j. Raisch, chairman. The
secretary. T. II. Pendergast called the
roll and read the minutes Of the preced-
ng meeting. G. A. Wentworth chairman
IF the committee appointed at the last
meeting 10 prepare bylaws for the gov
eminent Of the main body, read the result
IF the subcommittee labors: The rules
presented provided that the County Com
nittee should be the governing body of
ne Republican party in San Francisco.
Il would have for officers a chairman.
rice chairman. secretary, treasurer and
Iergeant at arms 1t provided that meet
ngs could be called only after two days
lotce but this was changed on motion to
'ead twenty-fOur hours.
An executive committee of one delegate
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man made the same point that Parke had
raised, and although determined at
tempt was made to choke him off, he in
sisted on ruling by the chair. While
the question was in allegiance, Sidney Van
Wyck moved that the chair appoint a
committee of three to select the sixty adj
ditonal members, but his sarcastic sug-
gestion was ignored.
MCGEE moved that the matter of legal
ity of the proposed increase be referred
to a special committee. There was no
second to the motion and Chairman Nc
Donald at last ruled that Kaufman's
point of order was well taken.
Osgood Putnam appealed from the rul-
ing of the chair, but the appeal was lost
by an overwhelming vote
NJ. B. Farrer then offered resolution,
which was adopted empowering the
chairman to appoint an executive COM
mittee to consist of eighteen members of
the committee of one hundred, said execu-
tive committee to be authorized to hire
halls and do everything necessary to fur
Their the interests of the party in the
coming campaign The chair was given
his own time in naming the executive
committee An adjournment was then
taken, subject to the call of the chair
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PRE- INtINARIES OF THE COMING BATTLE OF BALLOTS
REPUBLICANS WILL RECOGNIZE
RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL VOTERS.

now in Idaho was read. in which he re-
lterated the statements which were re-
Gently published in The Call regarding the
situation at Wardner.
The lives and liberties of the miners
and laborers," he concludes, ARE now in
the hands of one mantle executive of
Idaho, who has allied himself with their
adversaries and who has called in United
States troops to carry out the schemes
of the mine owners to increase their own
enormous profits by pauperizing, oppress-
ing and starving the miners into abject
and absolute submission.
Mayor Phelan and Charles L. Patton
sent letters of regret at being unable to
be present. while sympathizing with the
purpose for which the mass-meeting was
called
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MILITARY RULE IN
IDAHO Is DENOUNCED
BIG MASS MEETING AT METRO
POLITAN HALL.
Labor and Building Trades Councils
Adopt Strong Resolutions-Pro
inent Speakers Voice Their
Sentiments.

Metropolitan Temple was crowded last
night in response to a call for a mass
meeting held under the auspices of the
Labor Council, Building Trades Council
and Affiliated Unions The object of the
meeting was to voice a strong protest
against the establishment of military rule
at Wardner, Idaho. the scene of the re-
cent miners troubles.
Chairman P II; Mccarthy stated that
II was not a partisan or political protest
but one in the name of humanity against
the methods employed by the Idaho an
thorities and General Merriam.
Judge Highton James G. Mcguire and
A r. Andre addressed the audience in a
similar vein. and the following resolu-
lions were adopted by unanimous vote:
Whereas, The horrors of the Ward
ner bull pen and the unconstitu-
and Brigadier General Merriam in
their treatment of the parties sus-
pected of completely in the destruction
of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Hill
mines at Wardner, Idaho continue in
spite Of protests from all parts of the
country; and
Whereas. 1t is evident from the most
reliable sources that Governor Steun-
enberg is a plant tool of the mine
owners, combined TO establish indus
trial feudalism in Idaho; therefore
be it
and Building Trades Council of San
Francisco that we protest against the
suspension of the writ of habeas cor
nus in time of peace; that we denounce
the suppression of free speech and
free press and the denial of the right
of combination; that we condemn the
Wanton brutalities of the bull pen
and that we call upon all trades
unionists and citizens in, general to
make similar protest; and further
Resolved. That we call upon Presi-
dent Mckinley. as commander-n-chi
of the army, to order the cessation of
the usurpation of power by the mill
tary; and further
Resolved, That we request the Cali
fornia Representatives to ask. on the
assembling of Congress, for Congress
sionaI investigation of the Wardner
brutalities; and further
Resolved. That the secretary of this
meeting wire these resolutions to
President Mckinley.
San Francisco, Cal, June IA, 1899.
A telegram from Patrick Reddy. who is
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the laws of the State Of California. Said com
mittee to report at the next meeting Of the
county committee, which shall be called by
the chair for date not later than July /, 1893
In pursuance of this resolution the
chair appointed ]. NJ Chretien. A Ruef
/. Z. Savage, Charles MCGOWAN and Jo-
seph Windrow as the committee to ap-
portion the delegates.
This settled thee business for which
the committee had been brought to-
gether, and it adjourned after the chair
man had announced that he would call
a meeting some time before the first of
July.
Those of the committee who were pres
ent at the meeting were: J. J. Daughney
James Fallon, Charles Berliner Fred
Wallace, Horace Jackson, p II. Fender
CAST, II. J. Mcconnell, Edward !. Nolan
j. ]. McGlynn, John A. Hoey, P. J. Ha-
gan, J. f. Sullivan, John Welsh. William
McHugh, Felix Dugan, Charles Mayer.
J. w. McCabe. l. II. Thompson Joseph
Windrow, Bert Mahoney, a. Davidson,
Fred Eggers, G. A. Wentworth, A J.
Raisch, c. c. Morris, r. w Roberts, Frank
Grimes, Charles Breitenstein, David
Short, William Wilkinson, ]. c. Steven
SON. H. A Steffens, T D. Riordan. H. N
Gray, H. ]. Flynn, Martin Brady, A.
Ruef, Z. NJ. Buckley, n. A. Smith. James
McNair, Thomas Sheehan, Harry Lewis
and Joseph Barbetta.
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~ HE disgruntled "uitlanders" Of the
local Democracy made their con-
templated raid last night into the
territory of the Committee of One
i Hundred. They met their Kruegers-
dorp and were routed by the Beers under
the leadership of Dom Jasper McDon-
aid Major Barna McKinnie led the
charge, encouraging his followers by wav-
ing a resolution calling for the enlarge
ment of the Democratic Volksraad that
the privilege of vote therein should be
extended to at least fifty of the faithful
now in the hnterlands.
The major was ably supported by Ben
Wright and one or two others, but MS
forces were impaled on chevaux de frise,
planted in the name OF points of order by
Dom" Leo Kaufman, and were allowed
to wriggle there while "Oom'' Jasper held
the disturbing resolution up in the air.
This action settles once for all, no mat
ter how much the ''utlanderS" hope
otherwise, the question of the enlarge
ment of the committee. The members do
not wish to confer any of their powers on
outsiders, and their vote last night shows
that they are sufficiently in the majority
to shut off any attempt to increase their
number
The committee also decided on district,
as against precinct, election of delegates
to the coming convention. This was not
done, however, without a vigorous pro-
test from several members, who claimed
that the minority had some rights. The
committee also adopted the report of the
committee of seven on apportionment.
difference of opinion and discussion.
some acrimony and many appeals to the
fairness of the committee.
Probably the most important business
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DELEGATES to the Convention to
Be Selected by Districts.

basis of the average Democratic vote cast at
the last election in each of the eighteen as
semby districts in this city and county. and
that the officers of your committee be instruct
ed to certify in the petition to be filed under
the law with the election commission that the
Democratic delegates to the local convention
are apportoned upon the basis of the average
Democratic cast at the last election in
such combination of primary election precincts
established by said commission, in
cluded in and cotermnous with the several
assembly districts.
g. Your committee, believing that the pres
ent primary law makes il possible that the
voters of this city, and not the bosses, may de-
termine who shall represent them for the pur-
pose OF formulating the policy of the party
and nominating the candidates for the offices
in their gift, deems il wise that the governing
body of the Democratic party in devising a
plan of nominating the delegates should give
the voters the amplest opportunity for home
rule in that regard; hence your committee
earnestly recommends that the delegates in the
several districts be nominated in such manner
that every general election precinct shall be
represented by at least one bona fde resident
elector.
A. Your committee further recommends that
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LINCOLN MONUMENT.
The League Begins Active Steps for
It's Erection.

The general committee of the Lincoln
Monument League met last night in the
rooms of the Union League Club, Palace
Hotel, with President w. w. Stone in
the chair and Frank Elliott Myers secre-
tary.
During the past year the Span
ish war has absorbed every interest and
comparatively little progress has been
made, but now the league will make re-
newed efforts to accomplish the erection
of monument to the memory of Lincoln
in Golden Gate Park.
The committee has had assurances from
wealthy citizens that just as soon as suf-
fcient progress had been made toward
the accumulation of a generous fund
they would come forward with liberal
contributions.
It was decided that the aid of the Co
lanial Danes. Daughters Of the American
Revolution Children of the Revolution,
the various Woman's Relief Corps, the
Ladies of the Grand Army Of the Re-
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public and others should be invoked, as
it was believed that with their assistance
rapid progress would be made.
The chair appointed the following COM
mittee of five to confer with all such So
cieties: s. M. Carr. Sheldon Sturgis,
Charles Edelman. j. Murray Bailey and
Frank Elliott Myers.
1t was also decided to take such mea-
sures as may be best for the purpose to
have incorporated in the proposed plan
and appropriation for the extension of the
park panhandle provision to set aside
the sum of $50 .0O0 to help pay for the
Lincoln monument and to have the trib-
ute placed If possible near the entrance
at the intersection with Van Ness ave-