The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23

to appoint a committee on order of busi-
ness. A second was readily found and
the motion was unanimously carried.
Andrew Mcguire moved the appoint
ment or committee of tfteen on plat
form and resolutions, but Bert Schlesinger
particularly desired a representative from
each district on this committee, and his
amendment f6 to ench MAKE eighteen
The appointment of the committee Tor
the selection of Supervisors indicated the
warm fight that was to follow the ap-
pOintmcnt of representatives TO the
county committee. The original motion
was for the lucky number seven, but a
batch of amendments followed in quick
succession, some for eighteen members,
and one for as many as thirty-siX The
original number was Gally selected.
The fight of the evening which pro
voked the true spirit of Democracy and
consumed a full hour of time was over
the discussion of appointment of repre-
sentatives to the county committee.
p. II. Mccarthy introduced the following
resolution:
Resolved. That the Democratic County Com
1nittee of the City and County of San Francisco
shall consist Of IL members, four members
thereof TO be selected forthwith by the dele
gates in this convention from every Assembly
district and the remainder to be appointed at
large by the chairman Of this convention. Va
cancies occurring in the County Committee
after its selection shall be filed by the re-
naming members thereof
Z. White objected TO this system of APP
portiOnment and he proposed a represen-
tation based upon the primary vote at
the last election. Columns of numbers
were presented and the discussion waxed
hot over the distinct claims of each dis
trict for representation When the con-
vention worked its spirit out on this
amendment 7. j. Haggerty felt in duty
bound to suggest another, and he was for
the appointment Of five members from
each district and eighteen others to be
selected by the chair. The amendment
to the amendment died quick death
when a vote was called and the amend
ment met the same fate as the first Nc
Carthy's original motion was carried.
A recess was suggested by Chairman
Mcdonald, but before this could be peace
ably allowed the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved. That this Democratic local con
vention appoint a committee consisting Of one
man from each of the eighteen Assembly dis
tricts to act in conjunction with the Red Cross
and employment committee to aid in securing
also aid in having soldiers from other cities re-
turned to their homes.
The following are the committee in the
order of districts, from the Twenty-eighth
to the Forty-fifth:
Robert Cough, John F. Rennault, E. J.
Brandon, P. J. Hagerty, A. w. Thompson,
John H. Grady, r. S. Shepston, A. G. Ma
gure, Leo Kaufman, r. V. Whiting, NJ. {.
p. II. Mccarthy, e. Caglieri, I. b. w.
Leland.
A fifteen minutes recess gave the chair
men Of districts an opportunity to enter
the names of the four appointees to the
County Committee. Everything pro-
gressed smoothly upon the reassemblage
of the convention until the Forty third
District was reached The Forty-third
had not filed the names of the four com
mtteemen, and when the district was
called in regular order a war of words
was introduced upon the scene. William
r. Mccarthy, chairman of the Forty
third, arose and attempted to tell the
convention that the delegates had not had
an opportunity to reach an understanding;
This was martial food for j. j. Fagan of
the same district, and he claimed long
and vociferously that an agreement had
been reached. For time it looked as If
a fight was about to break out, but Chair
man Mcdonald passed the district after
motion to investigate the contention had
been lost.
In the reading of the committeeman an
objection was taken to the name of
the tangle in the Forty-third was put
over. All names entered were declared
members of the County Committee. and
il was suggested that the other districts
decide and send in their names. The
Forty-third finally worked its way out of
the tangle and agreed on the four mem
bers The Thirty-fifth fell in line and the
four names originally read were agreed
upon.
The convention then adjourned to be
reconvened at the call Of the chair.
The choice of the districts for their rep
resentatives to the County Committee Is
as follows:
Twenty eighth. j. Allen. NJ ]. Brown,
T. J. Cleary, Patrick Hayes.
ntyrninth-George Cullen, Thomas
Dempsey, Thomas +. Eagan, James Il.
Walsh
Thirteth-P. j. Tomalty. ]. Farrell
Charles McMurray, George w. McLaugh-
lin.
Thirty -frst-Daniel Donovan. Thomas
Hickey, Charles ]. Gallagher. J. r
Renault.
Thirty-second-J. F. Twigg. J. T Mono
CHAN, Edward Lawton. James T. Mooney
Thirty-third-J. J. Donovan. John Re
han, P. ]. Finnigan, James o. Flynn.