The San Francisco call., 1906-09-20
CONVENTIONS PROCEEDINGS.
Exciting Incidents Prolong Session
Until Late Hour,

The meetings of committees and the
preliminary lobbying among the would
be candidates delayed the calling OF
the convention to order until few
minutes before sIo'eiock. Immediately
after Chairman j. W. Maloney raped
with the gavel Delegate ]. N. Copus
moved that many delegates who were
unable to secure seats be permitted
within the ropes stretched near the
rear OF the hall. /
%. A. Tveitmoe rose to make a mo-
tion when he was interrupted by Works
Commissioner Tom Egan, who inquired
by what right Tveitmoe addressed the
convention.
II am a delegate to this convention
by proxy" cried Tveitmoe excitedly. II
represent the interests of James A.
Gray of Los Angeles, a regularly elect
ed delegate to this convention, and ]
move you, Mr.. Chairman. that all reg
ularly elected delegates to this -conven-
tion from recognized labor bodies be
seated in the convention"
A storm of ye1ls and stamping of
feet drowned the many seconds to the
motion Tom Egan with arms waving
finally obtained a hearing. He as
serted that proxies to the convention
We're inadmissible and was supported
in his contention by ]. N. Copus, who
maintained that to seat a proxy was an
infraction of the primary law.
Tveitmoe was on his feet in an in
stant and loudly cried that the con-
vention was not called under any prim-
ary election law but by the will of the
Union Labor party. In vain Chairman
Maloney raped for order and II was
not until Tveitmoe himself was con-
vinced that his explanation was under
stood by all present that he gave way
to Egan.
Egan thereupon moved that the cre-
dentials of all delegates be referred to
the committee on credentials. Tveit-
moe then asked that the report of the
committee on credentials, which he
claimed was then upon the desk of Sec
retary L. T. Jacks, be read. Copus
again took the floor to explain his In
depreciation of the primary law and
warned Tveitmoe that IL he took his
seat he would nullify the acts of the
convention.
Egan in defense of his motion to re-
fer the Investigation of delegates cre-
dentials to the credentials COMMITTEES
entered upon a long speech punctuated
with frequent interruptions. The out
come of the whole matter was the ref
erenee of the credentials to the COM
mittee and q recess OF i've minutes TOT
the committee to act.
At the tap of the gavel after the
recess Delegate Andy Gallagher asked
permission to present resolution out
of order 1t was accorded him and
Gallagher read the following:
whereas, This convention was called
together for the purpose OF nominating
a Union Labor party candidate Tor
Governor and a Union Labor party
whereas, In the minds of a great
many of the members of this conven-
Af vital Importance to
labor and labor's interests has arisen
through the nomination or candidates
for Governor by the Republican and
Democratic parties, which WI en- issue h WI VIII Dc
tion of a separate candidate OF the
Union Labor party for Governor; and
IF Of the deegates tne
this convention that at this time y
would be inopportune and 1nadvisable
| so TO confuse the issue, therefore be II
Resolved, That this convention hereby
decides and declares that no nomina-
tion shall be made by this convention
for the office of Governor and no State
ticket az party nominations; nqt thal
ment of the members of the Union La
Dor party to support at the coming
| election that candidate for Governor
who in their Judgment has been and
| shall be most deserving of their sup
port and most friendly to the interests
of organized labor.
Further resolved, Indt this ConVen-
tion does now adjourn a State con-
vention to meet in district conventions
next Friday night at 8 o'clock.
Lay 1t on the table" piped a score
of voices.
"The question is upon the adoption OF
the resolution repeated Chairman
Maioney, ignoring the motions to lay
it on the table, and It was only after
Egan had again taken the floor that
the chairman took notice of the dis
senters Even then the question OF
laying the resolution on the table was
never put
Egan urged that 1t was inopportune
and inadyisabie to place too many can
didates in the field and plunge the
voters into fight that might not bring
about desired results from a labor
standpoint. He said that the selection
of a candidate by the labor men might
cloud the issue. Tueitmoe also spoke
in favor of the conventions abstainins
from nominating a gubernatorial can
didate He declared that labor af-
fairs were reaching a crisis and II
was necessary to act carefully and
that any action injurious to the cause
of labor would be charged to the con-
vention
The motion to adopt the resolution