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Platform Is Adopted
After Very Warm
Battle.
Heated Debates En
liven the Con
vention.
An important real estate transaction
took place yesterday. Banker S. O. Mur
phy scld his beautiful residence, corner
of Pacific avenue and Broderlck street, to
Thomas H. Williams and the latter deed
ed it to his wife. It la said that the price
paid for the splendid house and ample
grounds approximated $100,000.
Banker Sells Residence.
Notwithstanding that the committee on
platform was so retlctnt the fact became
generally known that the <iuest!cns of the
bond issue and the city ownership of the
Geary-street Railroad were not decided
upon. It was thought besf- by the com
mittee to leave theso disputed topics to
be fought out In the convention.
"What the general committee of the
United Republican League did in the mat
ter of slate-making can be only prob
lematical also. Of all the rumors which
were circulated among the delegates the
most persistent was that Van der Nalllen
was to be the candidate Tor Public Ad
ministrator and that Aigeltinsrer was to
have a place on the Board of Supervisors
from the Thirty-eighth District. It was
also said that Griff was to supplant
O'Nell in the race for the County Clerk
ship.
One of the most Important acts of tha
committee on organization and one cal
culated to effect the position of on© or
more candidates for Superviso* 13 tho
resolution passed last nlgnt to the effect
that no one who haa been nominated by
another party can be a candidate for any
office on the Republican ticket.
GBIIT FOB COUNTY CLERK.
The committee on platform was very
secretive over the results of Its labors.
What the main planks In Its propaganda
are to be was left very problematical
by the close-mouthed members. Chair
man Charles Sonntag 1 of thi3 committee
vouchsafed the following statement con
cerning the general character of tha
platform:
Of course, wa are all pledged to secrecy aa
to the contents of the platform, but I will
say that it is one which is bound to go through
without any strong 1 opposition, since It em
braces the principles of every faction in tha
Republican party. Also you may say that It
absolutely was not cut and dried before our
meeting. TVe had petitions from improvement
clubs, suggestions of politicians and even the
little grrafts of ward politicians handed to us
for our consideration and we made up our col
lection of planks from these materials, chocs
tng what the majority thought was right.
This la the first committee on platform that
I ever had anything to do with which sat
down to Its labors absolutely untrammelnl.
I think that our efforts will satisfy the party.
WILL SATISFY PARTY.
Three committees of the league met Ui
private conference at 16 Geary street and
as a result of their labors, the order cf
business for the convention was drawn
up and the party platform constituted.
As the committee on permanent organi
zation for the convention has it. the nom
ination for JIayor will be the first busi
ness of the assemblage to-morrow night.
For the nomination of Supervisors, the
chairman of the convention will appoint a
committee of nine, one from each Sena
torial district, who will make a slate from
the sixty-five names presented to the con
vention by the districts and present It to
the convention after the other municipal
offices have been disposed of.
The expected failed to materialize last
night. In that Abo Ruef did not make his
formal withdrawal from the support of
the nominee of the Republican party for
Mayor in favor of Schmitz. It ia now ex
pected that ho will make this withdrawal
publicly at the time when the conven
tion makes the nomination of the man to
head the ticket.
Btax chamber session of the Re
publican powers that be in the headquar
ters of the United Republican League las*
night. The last finishing touches to ths
campaign before the convention to-nigrh*
had to be put upon the complexion of
things political. The machinery for tha
proper governance of the great political
assemblage to-morrow had to be set la
motion last night.
A STUPENDOUS amount of hurry
and bustle, secret conferences and
private buttonholing marked tha
Convention Is to
First Nominate
a Mayor.
Republican Com
mittee Offers
Planks.
PLATFORM
OF PARTY
MADE UP
FRANKLIN K. LANE RECEIVES NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
AT HANDS OF DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL CONVENTION
Choynski came back with a motion for
a recess of fifteen minutes, but it was
ruled out of order. A motion to adjourn
was overlooked and Cummlng's motion
for the previous question was lost, as
two-thirds of the vote of the convention
was necessary. A motion to adjourn was
lost by a vote of 231% to 113% votes.
More motions to adjourn followed
after come business Intervened, bat
the chairman ruled them out of order on
the ground that they were not made In
good faith.
Chairman Cannon of the committee on
platform was ordered to present his re
port and he mounted the platform for the
purpose.. He had to wait for some time
until O'Donnell and Choynski raised all
kinds of points of order and asked for
all kinds of Information. - Chairman
Hlckey lost his temper for the nonce and
If the chairman of this convention, haa au
thority to appoint forty members of the next
county committee to whom will they owe al
legiance, to the voters of this city, to any
district in San Francisco, or to the power that
appoints them? If they are elected by the
different delegations represented in this con
vention they will owe allegiance to tha dis
tricts from which they are chosen. Do you
believe for one instant that a committee that
has a large portion appointed by the chairman
of the organization will adhere as strictly to
Democratic principles as one elected by the
representation here to-night on the floor of
thl3 convention? I do not think they will. If
you want to give us an honest and fair county
committee, if you want to go out into this
coming municipal fight with a prospect of
winning it, you have got to start right at the
beginning. Pe;-sonally it is immaterial to me
what you do. but as a representative of the
Democrats of the Thirty-sixth Assembly Dis
trict I propose to go upon record here this
evening as raising my voice in opposition to
the chairman of this organization appointing
anybody on the county committee. My delega
tion I believe, is with me. almost to a man
in favoring committees being elected
by the different delegations here represented.
George E. Gallagher took the platform
to argue in favor of the adoption of the
amendment. He created a great deal of
merriment by his droll remarks. Gal
lagher took the delegates Into bis con
fidence and advised them to vote for the
amendment. He was interrupted time
and again, but held his place on the plat
form. Throughout the uproar Chairman
Hickey pounded the anvil until the con
vention hall sounded like a boiler factory
in full operation.
The amendment was lost by a vote of
21&% to 120*i.
The "Horses and Carts" then adopted
filibustering tactics. Colonel Choynski
grew hoarse yelling for recognition. He
moved that the original motion. ; which
was to adopt the report, be deferred un
til the next meeting. Upon motion of
Robert Boyd an attempt was made to lay
it on the table. Chairman Hickey tried
to have the motion to lay on the table
adopted by a viva voce vote, but his plan
met with opposition. A rollcall was de
manded and the chairman of the Twenty
eighth District caused an uproar by vot
ing his delegation against laying Choyn
ski's motion on the table. He saw his
mistake too late and the "Horses and
Carts" howled over his discomfiture.
Points of order, questions of Informa
tion and demands for rollcalls came with
such frequency that Hlckey became dizzy.
He pounded on the anvil for order, but
never got it. He yelled himself hoarse,
but his voice could not be heard above
the uproar. JVhenever he ruled, the
minority, led by Joseph E. O'Donnell or
Choynski, would threaten to take an ap
peal from the chair. At last a rollcall
was secured and • Choynski's motion was
laid on the table by a vote of 216% to
122H- Joseph - Cummlngs then moved the
previous question.
MOTION FOR A BECESS.
Robert Boyd was recognized by the
chairman and he/ took occasion to speak
in favor of the report. He denounced the
efforts of Messrs. Cook and Choynski to
belittle the majority. He favored the
adoption of the ' amendment. John H.
Mullln of the Thirty-sixth Assembly Dis
trict was heard from at this Juncture.
He started to say unkind things I about
Mr. Boyd, but was stopped by a point of
order made by Eustace Culllnan. He
then talked to the amendment before the
house.
In part he spoke as follows:
labors to ripen into some good fruit, into some
Democratic victory, you must give us a Demo
cratic platform, you must steer by Democratic
principles. You cannot expect the Democrats
of those districts that I have named to stand by
your ticket unless you show them that you are
a ' Democratic convention, that this is not a
Scotch highball, but a meeting of Democrats for
the purpose of showing that there are Demo
crats in San Francisco interested In Democratic
success. The Democrats with whom I am ac
quainted in the city and county of San Fran
cisco, and I am proud to say that I was rocked
in the Democratic cradle, nursed in the Demo
cratic lap, educated In a Democratic school
and have been in every Democratic convention
— will not permit one man, even though he be
divided Into 204 parts, to control the- destiny
of the Democratic party. Gentlemen, you
must support that amendment or you will find
that tha Democratic party Is further away
from the grand results we hope to achieve that
it ever yet has been.
Sir Joseph S. Clydesdale of Toronto
Canada, who has been visitinsr San Fran
cisco for a week past, left for Portland
last niffht after seeing started for hia
home a carload of "Mission" furniture
designed and made for Sir Joseph by the
Pattocien Co. The car consists of com
plete dining-room and library suits, with
many odd mission pieces.
Sir Joseph paid a local Industry a high
Compliment when he said the larg-e furni
ture factories of the East could not sup
ply his particular wants.
Mission Furniture for Canada.
Camera Club to Entertain.
The California Camera Club will crfv«
an entertainment next Friday evening at
the clubrooma in the Academy of Sciences
building, when a varied . pro^S"
music and recitations will be presented
The committee of the club also announces
that during next month an exhibition of
prints from negatives taken by J. n t*
Conte cf the State University will be
held. The prints will principally illus
trate the high Sierra Mountains
NEED FOB THE TICKET.
A« long .as the present conditions exist It win
be necessary for the wa« earners to have r^n
resentativrs ia office. It depends on you ?£
on November 4 next, whether our Jcl 9
Mrain heralded, not of the election o ™*l „!
two mt n on our ticket but of the entire tl^lceT
I have no doubt but that our entire tlTif^
T', U he Sl* ct * 1 and Fan Francisco will hav. i
fair and honest government. *
Keep up your enthusiasm and roll ud tun* .
majority that the Labor partv {n«*ad
ing a third party, will be looked™?*! £ {£
Brand Darty of all. v 9 ** tne
Powell Fredrick, nominee for the of
fice of County Clerk, was called tw«rl
the convention and he thanked the dele!
Shekel S ECleCtCd hlm t0 W^»
The convention then adjourned to meet
t *..? iL. e i as vl sorous a campaign as
I <2id before and feel certain that I will have
the "Wfort of the people. They now under
™r"k«Mr r UC £ et i8 , nom 'nated by earnest
¦workers and not by politicians and that the
*W earner* are determined to rive San Fran
cisco a model administration and to make it &
xnocel city.
I have no fear of the result of the election,
for I have every faith In the wage liirne™
%% hen the army of wace earners marges 7o
the polls the result cannot be doubted for an
instant. This la the time when the wace
earners mun have representation.. ¦ On one
ride the Democratic party is controlled by the
worst enemy of the wage earner* aid on the
Republican eide it Is controlled by a clique of
boest-s who put up men to suit themselves and
no £«£°J iult **°» le of San Francisco
Efforts are belntr made to down the wajra
earners and to stir up discontent between em
ployers and employe. 1 hope we may
«* the wape earners arrayed against eanital
h^d d ?n n £nT nt lh * : ™ »«^£S t C o aP waVk
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
I have jKersonaily known for some years your
nomine* iur tte ofhee of Tax Collector, ami
your choice is a g<xA one. He is devoted to
the cause of the wage earner and his counsel
is always of the very best. He will keep pace
with the ticket and 1 feel sure that he will
run ahead of it. The people of San Francieco
¦w-tre somewhat skeptical two years ago as to
the result that ralsrht lollow If labor men were
plactd In oMce. It was paid on all sides that
if a labor Mayor was elected for San Francisco
that the city would be ridiculed and that two
years of trouble would follow. It was predicted
that there would be a clach between the em
ployer and the employe.
I>oolc at tee record of the past two years
e can with pride ask the people of San Fran
cisco to eupt.ort our ticket solely on our record
and show that we can do still better We
practically know now who my opponents will
be on the Democratic and Republican tickets
It will be a three-cornered fight, and I am
proud to be able to a*rain ro before the people
of San Francisco as the representative of the
wage earners of this city.
This Is the xtcond time that I have had the
honor of 1 ¦ :•.>-• selected by you <ls your leader.
I desire to congratulate you on your work to
night and also en the nominations you have so
far made. Your choice of men is a wise one
and will afid strength to our cause. I feel eure
that when the ticket is completed that the peo
ple of San Krancisco will gi\e it their hearty
tupport at the Dolls.
Mayor Schmitz ¦was then called upon
for a speech and he received a warm wel
come at the hands of his supporters.
In part he said:
JIAYOB ECHMITZ SPEAKS.
Nominations for Supervisors were then
called for and the following names were
presented:
Washington Kugler, president of the
Bar Tenders' Union.
John Rutherford, steel forger.
Tim Nihan, Riggers' and Stevedores'
Union.
John R. Nichols, Laundry Wagon
Drivers' Union.
C. F. BuckleJ-; Carpenters' Union.
A motion "tvas carried providing that
when the balance of the nominations for
Supervisors are made, all the nominees
will be passed upon by the entire delega
tion under the Australian ballot system.
Highu-en of the names proposed for Su
pervisors will tfius be selected and placed
upon the party's ticket to go before the
voters for election. * '
For the office of Tax Collector Miles L.
.Farland was the only name proposed and
his nomination was made unanimous.
Farland, who is an ex-president of the
Typographical Union, was nominated by
O. G. Vickerson of the Waiters' Union
and seconded by J. X. Copus.
In addressing the convention, Farland
said that it was the first time that he had
ever appeared before a political body
and he appreciated the honor accorded
him by the convention. He felt that it
was an honor to go on a ticket headed by
Mayor Schmitz and if elected to office he
would devote all his energies to the wel
fare of the people aud for the public
good.
The only name presented for the office
was that of Frank Conklin, who Is en
gaged In the carpet cleaning business. He
was placed in nomination by E. J. Kervin
of the Carmtn's Union and seconded by
Harry A Knox of the same organization.
The nomination of Conklin was made
unanimous. The nominee was called to
the piatferm and he made a brief speech
In which he thanked the convention for
the honor and pledgel himself to support
the platform of the Union Labor party.
PLACED IN NOMINATION.
The dclepates were late in arriving at
the hail and many of the delegations were
Fhort of their quota. Chairman J. C.
Williams. In opening the convention, an
nounced that nominations for the office of
Auditor would be the first matter taken
up.
Hall and placed in nomination for
the party's ticket their choico for
the offices of Tax Collector and Auditor
and for Supervisors.
THE delegates of the convention of
the Union Labor party resumed
tholr duties last evening at Pioneer
Final Nominations
Will Be Made
Saturday.
Seven Candidates
Named by Union
Delegates.
SELECTED
AS CHOICE
OF LABOR
Continued on Page 5, Column 1.
I say that for the governing body of the
Democratic party each delegation should select
its own members of the county cjmmittee.
(Applause.) Without any disrespect to Mr.
Hlckey as chairman — it would be immaterial
who might be chairman — what doss he know
about the particular needs of any one district
in the selection of county commltteemen at
large?. Does he know what we want in the
Thirty-fifth? Does he know what we want
in the Twenty-ninth? He knows what the
advisory committee of the organization wants,
what th* advisory committee, which ia com
posed of defeated candidates, wants. (Ap
plause.) He Is acting at the suggestion and
behest of a county committee which comes
here and Is ruled by men who went before the
voters In their respective districts wishing to
be delegates to this convention and were
CRITICIZES HICKEY.
On behalf of 40 per cent of the delegates
of this convention and 60 per cent of the
Democratic voters of this city and county I
now offer an amendment. This report places
in the bands of the chalrtnan of this-conven
tion the appointment of forty for the county
committee at large and only four to each dis
trict, giving him the same power that the
present county committee has; that is. In
any one district he can fill up by appointment
to overcome the selections of that district;
he can fill up In that district, if be wishes
to control, by appointing at large a sufficient
number and apportioning them to that particu
lar district.
Cook took the platform and his speech
against the adoption of the report was in
terrupted with applause and hoots. He
was fearless In his remarks, and although
he knew the votes were against his side,
he appealed to the delegates to strike out
the troublesome section. He spoke in
part as follows:
That the chairman appoint a committee of
five to act as the committee required by the
purity of elections law.
That no changes of votes be permitted dur
ing roll call.
That each candidate on being placed in nomi
nation pay to the secretary the sum of $10.
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENE F. LACT (Chairman),
L.. J. DOLAN.
THOMAS J. KENNEDY.
SYDNEY M. VAN WYCK JR.,
DANIEL SHEA,
THOMAS F. GAVAN, , '.; .
F. G. DRURY.
Fifteenth — Election of County Committee.
Resolved. That the Democratic City and
County Committee consist of one hundred and
twelve members, four to be chosen by the dele
gation from each Assembly district and forty
appointed at large by the chairman of this
convention, said committee to hold office for
the term of two years.
That all resolutions Introduced b« referred
without debate to the committee on platform
and resolutions.
That the chairman appoint a committee of
five on vacancies.
Fourteenth — Two Police Judges.
Tou know that the foundation stone of De
mocracy, the stone upon which that grand old
structure has been reared and upon which it
has .been maintained for the past century is
equal representation. I ask you if there is
any equality in the proposition presented by
the committee on order of business. I ask you
if the Democrats of the Thirty-sixth, Thirty
seventh, Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth. Fortieth
Forty-first, Forty-second' and Forty-third As
sembly Districts of this city will have any
representatives In that governing body if this
original motion shall prevail or the amend
ment shall not be carried. They will not be
heard in the councils of the party. I tell you
gentlemen, that you cannot dress the Demo
cratic party in kilts and have | It expose Its
bare legs to the ridicule of the people of San
Francisco. (Laughter and applause.) I tell
you that the people of my district will not
stand for any counterfeit Democracy. In the
chart of Democracy there is but one point of
the compass, and that point Is principle and
you must steer close to that principle- you
must give us representation; you must give us
equality. If this amendment shall not prevail
the Democratic party will be taken up and im
pounded as an estray. I cannot go back to
the Democrats In my district and say to them
that theyare denied representation in the coun
cils of the party. I say to you. gentlemen, who
are engaged in this work of putting up a Dem
ocratic ticket for the consideration of the voters
of this city that if you want the result c£ -vur
DEMOCRACY'S FOUNDATION.
I suppose it will be useless for me prelimi
narily to tell you on which side of this question
I stand. I stand for the Democratic principle
that is represented by the amendment. For
the first time in my experience in Democratic
politics a minority of this convention Is repre
rented by compact district representatives
those who are here to speak for the Democrats
of the districts they represent.
Colonel Herbert Choynski seconded the
amendment and then . took the platform
and delivered a warm speech in favor of
the amendment and against the adoption
of the original report. In part he spoke
as follows:
cause of the manner in which It has been
conducted. I want to see a unification of this
party; I want to see a foundation laid for the
future. The people I am talking for are not
seeking for the positions or the Jobs. We are
fighting for a principle, so that we' may elect
a Democratic President of the United States.
That is a matter of national Importance. We
want to have from California a solid Demo
cratic delegation to the next National Demo
cratic Convention.
I move as an amendment to the report that
in the place and stead of the resolution drawn
and reported by- your committee the following
be Incorporated as an amendment: That the
new county committee, or sroverning body of
the Democratic party, be selected to consist
of 108 members, six from each Assembly dis
trict, to be chosen by the delegations to this
convention from each respective district, such
county commltteemen so selected to serve for
the ensuing two years until the next Demo
cratic Convention.
I believe that we are here to-night, \ not to
follow the dictates of Republican conventions,
or any Republican principles, but to have pure
and simple the doctrine of the Democratic
principle of representation from each particular
district, selected by each district, carried out.
I have also, with others, been styled In Jest
as belonging to the horse and cart brigade.
There Is one difference between -a horse and
one man who is trying to control the destlniea
of this convention, and that is a horse has no
gall bladder. (Laughter and applause.) .
I tell * you, this thing should be taken se
riously by you, and you should not allow
yourselves to be deceived on a proposition of
this kind. You should, assert your rights,
each and every one. of you; no matter from
what district you come, and demand that the
county committee be selected in a manner to
conform with the principles which ' the Demo
crats have always followed. I know of men
who are now affiliating with' the Republicans
who were -formerly stanch •¦ Democrats, but
have been driven away from our party be-
beaten. I say that after they have been
beaten are you going to lodge in their hands
the power to overcome the vote as cast by
the Democrats in the respective districts?
Are you going to allow, where there are eight
districts known to have been carried in op
position to the organization of the present
county committee, where more than 50 per
cent of the Democratic voters, of this city and
county have had tickets in the field and have
succeeded in electing in eight districts dale
gates to this convention, are you going to
allow the chairman, -for example, In the dis
trict I come from to select somebody to over
come the four that might be selected by us,
so that he can control that district? I say
that as we are Democrats, let us " stand by
Democratic principles. Let us have a rep
resentation from each one of the delegations.
I say a fair and Democratic way for the selec
tion of a county committee Is to have a com
mittee of 108 men, six from each Assembly
District, and let the delegates select them.
(Applause.) By doing so you have representa
tion, you have selected froni among? yourselves
men •whom you know, whom you can trust and
who can represent the Interests that you have
in your particular district, not men who know
nothing about your needs, who come in as
carpet-baggers. We don't want any carpet
baggers on the county committee. We want
every man on that committee to be able to
ppeak on behalf of the district that, he repre
sents, and we do not want Mr. Hlckey or any
other map as chairman to select t*em.
I have been charged with showing disre
spect to a gentleman who attempted to call
this convention to order. I have respect for
gray hairs, much more respect than those that
are nourished with Irish whisky and Scotch
whisky with a little dash of orange bitters in
it. (Applause, laughter and general uproar.)
I say, further, that It has been the policy of
some of the advisers of this so-called organi
zation of these defeated candidates to style me
ae an insurrecto. Well, I am an lnsurrecto
if to believe in Democratic principles is to
foist an insurrection upon this convention. :
BELIEVES IN INDEPENDENCE.
Second — Board of Supervisors.
Third — Assessor.
Fourth— District Attorney.
Fifth — Coroner.
Sixth — Recorder.
Seventh — Public Administrator.
Eighth — City and County Attorney.
Ninth — Sheriff.
Tenth — County Clerk.
Eleventh — Treasurer.
Twelfth— Auditor.
Thirteenth— Tax Collector.
JOSEPH E. O'DONNELL, Chairman.
EL'GENED. SULLIVAN.
THOMAS E. CURRAN.
• ALBERT P. WHEELAN.
Eugene F. Lacy, chairman of the com
mittee on order of business, submitted his
report and the evening's entertainment
commenced. William Hoff Cook, one of
the leaders of the "Horse and Carts,"
was the first speaker to attack the sec
tion of the report that stated how the
new County Committee ehould be ap
pointed.
-The report as submitted by Mr. Lacy
was as follows:
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
To the Chairman and Member* of the Demo
cratic Local Convention: Tour committee on
order of business respectfully reports the fol
lowing order of business:
Nominations of candidates for:
First — Mayor.
Prominent Speakers Give Utterances
to Their Opinions.
It "was 9 o'clock when Chairman Thomas
W. Hlckey called the convention to order.
He -was greeted -with cries from all parts
of the theater. "How about the switch.
Tommy," he was asked, but his only an
swer was to pound heavily on the sheet
of Iron with a heavy hammer. At the
outset of the evening Hlckey announced
the appointment of the following ser
geants at arms: John Kane, J. H. Ken
nedy, John Considlne, John B. Ford, Wil
liam Rledy, Joseph Tracey, Thomas Stan
ton and James L. Crooks.
The first order of business was the re
ception of the report of the committee on
contests. Joseph E. O'Donnelll, chair
man of the committee, took the platform
and read the following report, which was
adopted:
aJ5? £? ,? em ,??r&Uc Municipal Convention in
and for th« City and County of San Fran-
Cisco state of Calif omla-G^ntlemenT Yo^r
committee on contest* makes the following
2PE iW^V? 0 , 11 the two conte3ts submi *
tea to it for decision:
In the matter of the contest of Eugene B
SZS^SS! 1 °' C ° nnOr -
Alter a careful canvass of the votes of the
ninety-fifth consolidated primary election pre
cinct, your committee flnda that Eugene D
Regan is entitled to be seated as a delegate
to the Democratic Municipal Convention from
the Forty-third Assembly District In the place
and stead of Joseph T. O'Connor.
In the matter of the contest in the Forty
fifth Assembly District:
• After a careful canvass of the entire re
turns of the Forty-fifth Assembly District your
committee finds that the following seventeen
delegate* are entitled to be seated as delegates
to th« Democratic Municipal Convention from
the Forty-fifth Assembly District to wit •
Joseph L. Valente, Walter J. de Martini.Thomaa
Foley, David Capurro, Gustave A. Trost P
Paul Vlautln, Giovanni Baclgalupi Mario
Forno. Daniel Sullivan. Michael T Rcilly
Henry Leo Glmmel. Frederick O. Robinson.
William G. Antonovlch, Fred C. Boden,
Thomas W. Davits. John H. Ttacy and Harry
C. Simi.
Your committee unanimously recommends
that their findings be adopted as above set
forth. Respectfully submitted.
COJOnTTEES BEAD REPORTS.
seek or desire it. I have not asked a member of your convention nor any one outside' thereof to aid
or further my nomination in the slightest. I have persistently arid consistently for months past refused to
say whether I would accept such nomination if it were tendered me. I would be personally grateful if you
were to unite upon some one other than myself, and I would support him with the same energy that I would
put into a personal canvass. If, however, it is your wish that I should lead you in this fight the only condi
tions that would tempt me to compliance are these:
(1) That the nomination shall come as the demand of a united party. I have never been a man of
faction and I am not willing to accept the leadership of any less than my whole party. I would go into this
fight, if at all, for no personal reasons, but out of a high sense of duty to my party and a still higher sense
of the obligation 1 am under to the people of this city who have so signally honored me at other times and
who have the right to call upon me for any service I can render. If we are to make this fight for better gov
ernment it must be made as a unit. I do not believe myself to be the one and only member of our party who
can make such a battle, but if others cannot be secured to lead you I will. If, however, you are not united I
beg that you find some one other than myself upon whom you can unite. This fight means more to the city
than the success of any man or of any faction or of any party.
(2) That eighteen men shall be named for Supervisors whose personal integrity and loyalty to the
city cannot be questioned.
(3) That if nominated for Mayor it is to be expressly understood that I shall make no promises of
patronage during the campaign. The prime test of a Mayor is the character of his appointees, and I must be
free in the event of election to make such appointments, within my party and the law, as commend them
selves by their superior fitness. Respectfully, . FRANKLIN K. LANE.
TO the Members of the Democratic Municipal Convention — Gentlemen: As I presume you will this
evening proceed to the nomination of a ticket I desire to say a few frank and direct words concerning
my position as to the nomination for Mayor. I have not sought that nomination and I do not now
LANE REFUSES TO LEAD DIVIDED PARTY.
NOMINEE OP THE DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL. CONVENTION TOR MAYOR AND SOME OF THE DELEGATES
WHO WERE MORE OR LESS IN EVIDENCE, SKETCHED BY A CALL ARTIST WHILE DOING THEIR
STUNTS AT LAST NIGHT'S SESSION OF THE BOURBONS. ¦ , ' ' \
Lane was nominated for Mayor,
but the nomination vat not hailed with
any special demonstration of enthusiasm.
In fact, no motion was made to declare
the choice unanimous. There were two
candidates for the favor of the delegates.
Franklin K. Lane received 223% and
David I. Mabony 114% votes.
The adoption of the report giving the
chairman power to name forty members
at large of the new County Committee
was a signal triumph, for Gavin McNab.
The adroit leader of the Democratic
forces has eecured control of the works
for the great campaign of 1904. Another
triumph of the McNab forces was . the
adoption of the plank in the platform
which forbids any nominee of the conven
tion from accepting the nomination or go
ing on the ticket of any other political
party.
The so-called "Horse and Cart" dele
gates acted last night in a style that did
not reflect credit on their intelligence or
sense of propriety.
Chairman Hlckey seemed to be ani
mated by a desire to give the minority
fair play, but his efforts toward concil
iation were not appreciated. There are
indications that several district delega
tions are ready to bolt.
There was considerable talk last night,
after the adjournment of the convention
to the effect that Mr. Lane could not, un
der the present circumstances, accept the'
party leadership in this campaign.
ANOTHER disorderly session of the
Democratic municipal convention
was held last evening. Franklin K.
Dilatory Tactics Are
Employed by the
Minority.
"Horses and Carts"
Have a Merry
Seance.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903.
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