The San Francisco call., 1906-09-27

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divided the De nI ocratic party The
brutal and shar Ae,less methods which
have been usedl mere to compel the
nomination of AR. Hearst have aroused
revolt that ySoei; deeper than PARTISAN
ship.
The aues ion in the minds of all de-
cent Dem ccrats is one of wiping out
the stain tl1ats has been placed upon the
name OF the Democracy by the alliance
between TaEnmany Hall and the Inde-
pendenc . League nominee. The re-
sentmenI THAT is felt by men whose
llfeiong, PRIZE in the Democratic name
has oean changed to shame is so deep
that reb,lk has assumed the proper
tlons OF a moral duty.
WIZ l. AyENGE THE INSULT.
Sells respecting Democrats of New
York State Will fight shoulder to
should sr with the Republicans TO
aveng e. the insult which they cohesive
has Teen offered to them and to the
Who'll 2 State by the sale of the Demo-
craft party to Hearst.
Nci Democrat doubts that the eonven-
ton was bought and delivered like SO
mu' Z L merchandise. The leaders who
ste a d above suspicion of corruption
ia kt' pride in the faeeAof this assault.
Aninority Of the convention stood firm
aaid IL do H6CeSS1Iy u ucpiINC iS6d-
larly elected delegates of their seats
no give Hearst votes enough to nomf
nate him. 1t took all day to throw out
| a sufficient number of delegates to-
J assure Murphy of victory. The con-
I vention was to have met at IL o'clock
in the morning, but its meeting was
postponed until the evening to give
| time for the performance of the task
assigned to the committee on contested
seats. 1t was O'Clock when the COM
mittee finished the work of manufac-
turing a Murphy Hearst majority in
the convention. 1t threw out sixty
delegates who had been sent here to
oppose the hauling down of the Demo-
cratic flag.
DELEGATES "CUsso HEARST.
While the Murphy guillotine was
working, groups of disgusted and dis
spirited delegates stood in the corridors
outside the door of the committee room.
Even the men who were being driven
under the Tammany lash, swung by
Murphy to vote for Hearst revolted at
what they were about to do They re-
lieved their feelings by. declaring
Hearst would be slaughtered at the
polls applying characteristic Tammany
epithets to him and in other ways in
:. dicating their dissatisfaction with
themselves and the position in which
felt that his neighbors looked upon him
as man who had sold his vote for a
price, and the experience was un-
pleasant
While the subjects of Murphy, and
the still more abject delegates from
the rural districts who had
pledged themselves to Hearst. were
rebelling at the dose they were about
to swallow. the Democrats of the type
of those who composed the Albany con-
ference were preparing for action.
Their first duty, they felt. was to record
their protest in the convention against
the sale of their party.
PLANS OF THE ANTS.
They met and discussed the situation,
giving free rein to their opinion of
the crime" which was being committed
upon their party. Having arranged for
making their protest in the convention.
they made plans for meeting of the
conference. which will issue an ad-
dress to Democrats, giving it as the
opinion of the confreres that all mem
bers of the Democratic party are alb
solved from their allegiance in the
coming campaign and urging them to
join in Furnishing the men responsible
for the party disgrace.-
Even the well-drilled forces in Tam
many Hall were split in the caucus
the convention. a small band Of lead
ers refusing to be delivered for the
personal benefit of Murphy.
This is the situation into which the
Democracy has been brought by the
Hearst-Murphy .dealss 1t has been
divided into two factions whose bitter
ness transcends the utmost bitterness
of partisanship.
Charles f. Murphy, leader of fac
ton in Tammany Hall, is in full con-
troll of the fragment of the party that
he has been able to deliver to Hearst.
The other faction has gone over to the
Republicans and will give more ardent
support to the candidacy of Mr.. Hughes
than the Republicans themselves will
give.
! HEARST is Do0MEp.
All the Democratic leaders agree that
Hughes is the only man who can be
depended upon to defeat Hearst. Even
before Hearsts nomination both his
foes and friends among the Democrats
regard him as doomed to defeat. Scores
of Democratic delegates said boldly
that they were glad of it, and it is no
1 exaggeration to say Hughes is the can
didate Of half the regularly elected
delegates to the MurphyHearst con-
vention.
Hughes will have plenty of Demo
cratic help. The Democrats who have
been striving to preserve their party
and its principles are convinced that
the only way in which they can ac
complish their object is through the
defeat of the Independence League can
didate. There is no secret about their
revolt 1t is open and defiant They
take the ground that the methods
which have been used here to cheat
and trick them and to defeat the actual
will of the Democratic voters of the
State by unseating their representa-
tives in the convention have absolved
them from all obligation to support
the Murphy-Hearst ticket.
Hearst will be compelled to make
heavy drafts upon his check book in
order to meet the expenses of his fight.
both here and afterward. When
Murphy knocks at the customary doors
and asks for funds to help him elect
his candidate for Governor he will
find them closed. The Republican man
ayers, on the contrary, will not be
compelled, to ask. The sinews of war
will be supplied to them in abundance.
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.