The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
liberatione. I name Charles J. Heggerty
temporary chairman Of this convention.
GONG BELTED THRICE.

Cheers greeted the mention of Heg-
gerty's name and it took three full
belts at the gong to shock the assembly
into Silence-V
William F. Humphrey of the Thirty
eighth District rose to second the NOM
the gallery of platform" had their
effect and Mr. Humphrey ascended to
the chairman's table, where he
delivered seconding speech warmly
eulogistic of Mr.. Heggerty. Seconds
then followed in rapid succession. The
Twenty ghth Assembly District again
seconded Heggertys nomination; the
Twenty ninth, Sims; the Thirtieth,
Sims; the Thirty-first, Sims; the Thir-
ty-second, Sims; the Thirty third,
Sims; the Thirty fourth, Sims; the
Thirty-fifth. Sims; the Thirty sixth,
Heggerty's; the Thirty seventh, Heg-
gerty's; the Thirty eighth, Heggerty's; ;
the Thirty ninth, Sims; the Fortieth,
Sims; the Forty first, Heggerty's; the
Forty second, Heggerty's; the Forty
third, Heggerty's; the Forty-fourth,
Sims, and the Forty-fifth, Heggertys
Nominations were then closed upon
motion and the call for a vote was
made. Chairman Hickey, after an
nouncing that it would take IS votes
to elect either nominee, appointed
Messrs. Duncan, Welch, Mullen and
Dillon to act as tellers. Mr. Mullen
gave way to Horace Ford of the Thir-
ty-sixth.
AS the secretary was about to pro-
ceed with the calling of the roll, one
Mccarthy rose from his seat among
the delegates Of the Thirty-fifth and
protested that his name had not been
called at the opening Of the conven-
ton and demanded that he be seated.
Chairman Hickey Informed him that
made was the temporary roll which
had been certified to the County Com
mittee by the Registrar. and though
the Registrar had certified another roll
to the committee at o'clock
PROMISES TO BE FAIR.
Il promise to be fair to all of YOU"
said Chairman Hickey, and all l
ask is that you be fair to me. Under
the law the first roll that is submitted
to the committee by the Registrar is
the legal roll and this eXhausts his au-
thority. If the Registrar was allowed
to change these rolls at will there
would be no end to the difficulty he
could cause a convention, but the law
is plain and positive"
At this Mr.. O'Donnell, who had
placed Heggerty in nomination, rose
and said: IF the Registrar, by mis-
take, had certified a number of Re-
publicans to your committee would you
accept that roll?"E
THE acceptance Of such a roll I
would not find violently opposed to my
duty" answered Chairman Hickey. 1T
is my ruling that the roll from which
the call was made tonight is the legal
roll, and L cannot hear the protest at
this time"
"Then 1 appeal from the ruling of the
chair said O'Donnell.
II move that the appeal be laid on
the table," shouted delegate in the
rear Of the hall, and this move was sec
onded. A vote was called for, but
O'Donnell avoided defeat for the Horses
and Carts by Withdrawing his appeal.
This ended what threatened to develop
into an interesting row. The chair then
ordered that the count proceed.
The Twenty eighth came in solid with
nine votes for Heggerty. In the twen-
ty-ninth there was a split the vote
standing nine for Sims and three for
Heggerty, Frank Shannon, James
Creighton and Robert Cough boiling
the McNab ticket in favor of the
league. In the Thirtieth there was an
other break from McNab's forces. Fred
P. Bender skipping the traces, making
the vote of that district twelve for Sims
and one for Heggerty. The thirty-first
cast twelve votes for Sims, the Thirty
second eleven votes for Sims and the
Thirty-third eight for Sims. In the
Thirty-fourth there came another
break to the Horses and Carts. William
Reedy, who cast one vote, and William
J. Siebert, accredited with one-half- a
vote. voted for Heggerty, making the