The San Francisco call., 1903-01-31

AKLAND, Jan. 3o-In battle to-
"A ia night that nearly disrupted the
N ~ Union Labor party, at its Ger
~ mania Hall nominating conven-
ton: that developed a strife
which brought the partisans to the edge
of violence; that. caused cries Of treach-
cry to hurtfe through the hail. the munici-
pal convention of the Union Labor party
nominated for Mayor E. L. Bair. a MEM
Der of the Order of Railway Conductors,
and one of the organizers of the United
Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Two ballots were required to nominate
Bair, Theodore Gier wholesale and re-
tail liquor merchant, being the opposing
candidate There were others named. in
cluding z. T. Gilpin and Charles l..
Pierce. Pierce withdrew before they got
to ballot, and Gilpin's sponsors tried to
pull down his name before the first bal
lot was completed, but Chairman Smith
would not permit that action. M. j. Kel-
lers name was withdrawn by his own
word before the Mayoralty nominations
were commenced.
On the first ballot for Mayor the vote
was: Bair GO. Gier IS, Gilpip 8. A second
ballot was completed, the Jesuit showing
Bair Sc, Gier 60, but the Seventh Ward
vote was objected to by David A. Sinclair
and Convention Secretary T.. j. McGOvern,
who led Giers fight Sinclair and Me-
Govern demanded a poll and that deYel
oped the absence of several delegates for
whom proxies mad been voted
A second poll from the platform was
made reducing Bairs vote of IS in the
ward to IL. but giving him the nomination
by vote of 81 to 50. 1t was made unRni-
nous. Early in the convention It devel.
hat loA aVNfRR cd n a1= Hffh
ing among the delegates. He had lobBy
that was busy among the delegates.
Batr went on the platform. however, and
Easde a clever appeal TO the convention.
flashing his union card and talking as q
labor union man. Despite this appeal,
Bair and his supporters-Charles Clark.
j. b. Crandali and j. ]. Victory-found a
fight on their hands that took all their
ingenuity TO overcome.
For City Attorney J. f. McElroy was
nominated, defeating Hugh s. AIdrich by
a vote of "a to "a. For City Engineer A
r. Guppy was named by acclamation.
The convention was called TO order by
r. c.. de Villiers, chairman of the City
Central Committee. who was named as
temporary chairman. and T. ]. McGovern
as temporary secretary. The following
committees were announced:
CredentIaIs--J. B.. Rebol p. j. whalen, ]
Raymond, J. D. Gardllia. Martin Rogers. r.
Hopkins and II. Fake.
Kerns, G.. W. Smith. T. c. de VIIIiers H.
0'Netl, r. S. Feeley. w. J.. Baccus and W.
King.
Platform and resoutions-J. Cavanaugh. D.
A. Sinclair Thomas Keating. Charles Petrie,
H. f.. Hahn. Charles Locl<ren and C. l.. Oroke
The following permanent officers were
chosen:
Chairman. George w Smith: vice chairman
B. b. Booth; secretary, T. j. McGovern; assist
ant secretary, John Kelly
The platform ratified the county Union
Labor party platform, favored betterment
of schools strets and sewers, a new City
Hail.. preservation of public parks and the
submission of a bond issue.
Murray Laidlaw. a member of the
toard OF free library trustees, defeated
George r. Crane, president of the Street
Railway Mems Union. by a vote of n to
40. For Auditor A. II. Breed and ]. T.
Kerns of the Plasterers Union were nom
mated The vote was Kerns Sc, Breed "a
other nominations were:
CouncImen: AL Inrge-WiIliam Duchard,
Richard NJ Hamm. Thomas Gallagher. G. E.
Aitken BY wards-First, TO be filled: Second
Daniel Sullivan: Third. George Fitzgerald;
Fourth II. Brown; Fifth. E C. Thurber:
sixth. william j. Baccus: Seventh. James
Larue.
The City Central Committee will name
members OF thf. Board of Education at
large School directors by wards named
are:
First. F. c. Cllft: Second TO be filled: Third
George Randolph: Fourth. to be filled: Fifth,
c. J. Twomey: Sixth. c. D. Rogers; Seventh.
w A. Johnson.
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