The San Francisco call., 1908-07-02
HOLDS BELL FORCES
SLIGHTED PHELAN
McNab Man Causes Dispute in
Bourbon Committee and the
Chairman Yields Place

Various slight differences Of opinion
developed. among the members of the
Democratic state central committee
when that body organized yesterday in
Native Sons hail, but the hostility be
tween the Bell and McNab elements
was brought TO an issue by Frank
Gould. AIcNab man, sitting in the
meeting with a proxy, and was famed
into fame when Louis Il Mooser, an
other McNab man, accused the Ben
forces of slapping James d. Phelan IN
the face by leaving him OF the eN-
ecutiNe committee. When these differ
ences had been fought out the bour-
. bOns departed 10 their various homes
up and down the state happy in the
consciousness that they had enjoyed
q good old fashioned democratic
scrap
The state central committee organ
1zed by naming Judge 9ohn +. Raker
chairman, Senator }. z. Sanford vice
chairman and John +. Murray. secre-
stary. The chair was empowered 10
select a treasurer and an executive
committee Of 25, and ne promptly named
the latter by appointing the 25 mem
bers AT large of the committee Sc
lected at Sacramento.
After a contest. between san Fran
cisco and Stockton for the state con-
Tention, the river city Won by a vote
OF 56 10 %, The convention viii be
held there on Thursday, September s,
st p IN
WANTS TO NAME SENATOR
The days debate began when Penn
berton of Mendocino moved that the
state convention, if 1t sees fit, shall
name the choice OF the democrats Of
%.ar
John j. Allen OF the thirty ninth dis
trict, d Bell man, thought il would be
q mistake 10 include this in the call.
We have a chance to name 100 mem
bers Of the legislature" declared Theo-
dore A. Bell, rising 10 speak on the
motion, but if the convention at
tempts to designate a man for senator
it may seriously. handicap our legisia-
tive candidates. Don't bind our candi-
GATES in advance. II we adopt this IS
part Of the cali il may seem that some
individual is trying 10 advance his own
Interests
In the face of this opposition Penn
berton withdrew his motion, hut served
notice that be would bring the matter
before the state convention. just the
same.
DISPUTE OVER PROXIES
De WITT Of Siskfyou started warmer
argument when he proposed that at fu-
ture meetings proxies must be held by
residents OF the assembly district from
which they. emanate. Frank Gould.
who had just arrived at the meeting
with a proxy, arose TO oppose this and
other schemes which would shut him
out Of the committee.
Z am just as good democrat as any
man here" ne declared. with the ex-
. centjon Of one man who is not demo-
a. hrc %
Gould looked toward Al AIcCabe OF the
district attorneys office, who managed
the doodle dee campaign for William
II. Langdpn. The debate ended when
the c0mmIttee tabled the whole dispute
by e vote Of a 70 IL, ...=. :-.-
Gould started another half hour of
trouble by proposing that an advisory
committee Of representative democrats
outside the state. central committee be
appointed to conduct the campaign.
This brought Bell 10 his feet again
He defended tho executive committee
and declared IN conclusion: ...-:
There We're no men appointed on It
who packed their suit cases and went
home before the Fresno convention was
over"
Louis M0oser jumped into the fray at
tbis point with bitter complaints about
the slight to James .. Phelan, who was
not placed Oh the executive committee.
1fe declared that Pl4elan did not de-
serve this treatment. As he had always
contributed to the campaigns.
OFFERS PLACE To PHELAf5
ITO silence my critics and TO show
that Mr. Phelan was not slighted," de-
c-ared Bell Il viii resign from the COM
mittee in his favor.
Walter Macarthur 2 member of the
executive committee would have none
Of Bells offer.
Bell is the leader OF the party. and
the people welcome his leadership and
viii follow 1t to success" he shouted,
amid great applause.
You have slapped Phelan in the face
by leaving him off the committee" said
4fooser. He was on it for 20 years
and ought 10 be there yet"
1t has been said that Phelan was
left out because I feared him as a
rival" said Bell 1T is not So He was
not slapped in the face. nor was Cole
nor DockWeiler nor Gould nor McNab."
oil was poured on the troubled waters
when Raker declared that he would
resign and place Phelan in his stead on
the committee. This action left the
state central committee in the position
of having a chairman who was no long
er a member, but nobody seemed to
mind and the committee adjourned in
good humor