The San Francisco call., 1909-09-01
BOURB0NS READY
TO BOOM LELAND
Convention of Democrats Forms
Permanent Organization
Amid Harmony
Drafting of Platform Left to
Committee to Embody Cam
didate's Policies

didate's Policies
The democratic county convention
perfected its permanent organization
last night, appointed committees on
platform and order of business. agreed
upon record breaking county com
mittee in point of the number of its
members and adjourned subject to the
call of the chairman
The bourbons will be reassembled to
complete their convention work when
the platform committee is ready to re-
port. That is the theory of the ad-
journment to the call of the chairman.
Reduced to simpler terms of practical
politics, the democratic local conven-
tion will be reassembled when the
campaign for Thomas B. w Leland and
his associate democratic nominees.
LELAND CONsULTs LEADERS
The platform committee can COM
plete its work in few hours. AS a
matter of fact the general character of
the platform is pretty well established
now and has been ever since DR.. Le-
land declared himself publicly on the
issues of the campaign. Leland has
just returned from a convalescing trip
TO the country. He Will go into con-
sultation with the members of the
platform committee or its leaders, one
or two planks will be amplified and
the committee will be ready to report
when LeIand's keynote speech is ready
for delivery.
Last nights gathering in Hendricks s
hall, Valencia street, marked an epoch
in democratic local convention delibera
tions. There was not the slightest rip
pie of dissent to any feature of the
program and for the first time in the
history of local democracy it was un-
necessary to decide any debated ques-
tion by vote or ruling of the chair.
Sydney M Van Wyck of the fortieth
district was unanimously elected chair
man, and Charles Meehan, secretary OF
the county committee, was elevated TO
the office of secretary of the convention
with equal unanimity and equal en-
thusiasm.
The convention adjourned for % min
utes to enable the delegations to nomi-
nate members of the committees on
platform and permanent organization.
When the convention was called 10
order again the committee on perma-
nent organization and order of business
was ready TO report.
REPORT UNUSUALLY BRIEF
The report was unusually concise 1t
provided for the election of a county
committee of 179 members to be com
posed of the 143 delegates TO the con-
vention and two others from each of
the IS assembly districts, the addi-
tional committeeman to be selected by
the delegates.
Chairman Van Wyck made snort
speech upon acceptance of the gavel.
and another after the work OF the ses-
sion was finished Thomas w Hickey,
chairman of the county committee, and
the cleverest stump speaker of local
democracy, closed the session with
characteristic speech. which bristled
with democratic optimism, jabs for the
republican enemy and reused the con-
vention to normal pitch of democratic
enthusiasm. Here are the standing
committees of the convention:
Committee on permanent organiza
ton and order of business-Thomas
w Hickey, thirty y-fifth district, chair
man: tWenty-eig William Hahn;
twenty ninth, Albert Willows; thirtieth,
j. Bresnahan: thirty first, William
O'Day; thirty-second, Nathaniel Halli-
nan: thirty-third. Terrence Leonard;
thirty fourth James Hore; thirty-siNth,
Thomas Searey; thirty seventh. Harry
NJ. Kelly; thirty y-eighth. William III.
Foreman; thirty ninth, Neil L. Duffey;
fo~tieth. D. A. White; forty-first. l. c.
Ackerman: forty-second, George Smith,
Fortv-third. Leo d. Byrne; forty fourth,
Adolph Mestori; forty fifth, George Sec
kamp.
Committee on platform and resolu-
tion-Justus 5. Wardell, forty-first dis
trict, chairman; twenty-eighth, j. H. 81
Sullivan; twenty-ninth, j. E. Gregory;
thirtieth William Doel1; thirty-frst
Thomas ]. Kelly: thirty-second. Daniel
r. Delury: thirty third, DIR. A. Steinan;
thirty fourth. Michael McGovern; thir-
ty-fifth. Timothy Donovan; thirty sixth,
Daniel Hanlon; thirty-seventh, Tim H
Reardon; tlirty-eighth. Dennis j.
Ahern; thirty ninth. o. X. Cushing; for
tieth. John p. Murphy; forty-second, J.
b. Kennedy: forty third, Morris Open
helm; ty-fourth. George sDowney,
forty fifth, Edward Rittore: ex officio
Sidney NJ. Van, Wyek of the fortieth
district.
Doodle Dee Convention
Eighteen members of the independ-
ence league party went through the
motion of holding a convention last
night in Polito hall, at 1865 Sixteenth
street John L. Polito as chairman of