The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-25
TO GUST THE BOSS.
Democrats Laying a Plan to
Shelye Mr.. Buckley.
The Party to Be Rsorganized if Possible BY
:; : Dissclving the County Committee.
=: Views of tho Chairman.

10 De SNtecLeu, 10 lMO lfiSLiOhS "eiNS'
: The Reform Democracy together with
large element of the independent voters are
pointing their fingers at ex-Boss Buckley
and his following as having been response
bic for it. while the latter in return lay the
-odfiun at the feet of Mr.. Deuprey and his
-.fe!lew-workers. At any rate they realize
that tbey we're struck by political cyclone
from some direction, and realize that some
thing must be done to redeem the lost cause.
with this idea in view they have decided
that the party needs bracing up, and that
unless it is Iegenerated further disaster
stares them in the face.
The anti-Buckiey men are of the opinion
that no reorganization will be effective that
does not contemplate the Telegation of the
boss to the shades of priyatelife. Upon him
they cast the responsibility for the disas-
trous rout, and claim that the Democracy
can never hope TO regain its lostprestge in
this city until he is thrust completely into the
background and deprived of The last vestge
=. of power. The better element, they say,
. will no longer tolerate his interference in
public affairs and with him must go tile men
W no have chung TO him in days gone by and
assisted him in his battle for power and
pelf.
FIRST MADE PUBLIC.
- The first intimation Of move of this kind
q. was made public en- last Friday evening at a
meeting of the IrcQpois Club by the intro
dnction, by Mr.. Clitus Barbour, of a reS0-
lutien calling attention to the necessity for
! Regeneration # the party, and suggesting
q. tie adyisablity-of appointing committee OF
FIVE TO confer with the State Central Com
;. -mittee, in order to devise plan for etfecting
the desired reorganization. The resolution
as: originally presented contained a bitter
personal attack on Buckley. and attributed
to him the defeat sustained by the party at
the. polls. OF this the press were denied
:. copy, and after discussing the matter in
executive session that portion OF the reSolu-
lion referring to Buckley was expunged
:sTheresolutlon as thus altered was adopted
and, the following committee appointed &C
corfipsly: Jacob Bergman, L. V. Merle,
Ed MGGettlgan, s. q. Kellogg and Clltus
Barbour
- While the movement has ostensibly origin
..sfted with the 1roquois Club, an organization
: which is accused of seeking to gain control
: Of the Democratic machinery, il is asserted
by those III a position to know that the real
promoters of II are Thomas j. Clunie,
= William D. English aud Dennis ). Spencer,
and in support of this assertion the fact Is
pointed out that one of the prlncp pal men on
the Advisory Committee is Jacob Bergman,
iWh0;has always been an enthusiastic fol-
lower of Mr.. English, and who managed
that gentleman's fight for the gubernatorial
nomination so far as this city was concerned.
It-is:alSO charged against them they have
never forgiven Buckley for throwing En-
. glfsh-oyerbOard at San Jose, and have been
Quietly, laying fer a chance to deal him a
blow in return. They now, it is alleged. see
: the waited for opportunity and will make a
-. suprenle effort TO Wrest the control of the
party organization from him.
- a SERIOUS OBSTACLE.
. Gina .cbriouc obstacle hiopGS
their road to success, and that is the County
Committee, So long as that remains as at
present, composed CT men who have been
placed there by Buckley himself the latter
has :a:h0ld on the organization which they
cannot wrest from him except through the
treachery OF his own lieutenants, and it is
.lfaVdiyIo be supposed they would prove so
. .u5lgEatefgi as to desert him entirely, even if
they rad the courage to do so. And 1t is
question Of courage, for the average small
Try politician has an exalted idea of Buck
= ley : Shrewdness and power, and many of
= them in days gone by found to their sorrow
tile penalty exaeted Tor treachery.
-: The TeOrganizers however see. or fancy
they-See. a way out Of the difficulty, and
THAT iSto bring such pressure upon the
-G0Hnfy Committee as to induce them to re-
sign, in order that new committee may be
'-ch0SFn: following out this idea, the desire
:. is Whfn the committee shall have resigned
=. to organize the party by Assembly districts
llHbuSubNN lhC Nlt1 anu 6iNC W tuCu ilil-
-bitiaGS aspirant chance to go in and make
:. H:-open fight for supremacy. This they
: say Has not been done in the past, but that
ON :fhe contrary, Buckley has, through the
medium Of his heelers, SO manipulated the
.cliib= rolls as to prevent the selection of any
but such as would do his bidding. Worthy
=; men in this way, who were really the choice
of The Democrats of their respective dis
tFicts, have been kept in the background
and forced out Of the fight to make room for
; .Buckley's choice spirits. The new order of
affairs is intended of course 70 give all an
::equaF chance, and is aimed as direct blow
AT buckley without openly avowing it as
such.
:: In the meantime no definite steps have
been taken, beyond single conference, at
(which the general plan Of action was
. mapped out.
:: :ihe scheme, while well devised, is liable
to meet with serious opposition from the
members of the committee, who do not rel
.is1r the idea Of giving way at the present
time, and who have serious objections to re-
liffqulshIng the power which they have in
their hands and leave the future to depend
upon the doubtful results of district fight.
=. DoUGHERTY'S VIEWS.
Chairman John Dougherty, who may be
regarded as yoiciag the sentiments his
fellow members, was seen last night, and
see no reason why should resign, and as
the matter now stands l have no intention
=. OF doing so. OF course | have heard that
we were to be asked to step down and out,
but 1t occurs to me to ask who ii is that has
the authority TO make sucn request L
know of no one who would do it, unless il
were: some disappointed office-seeker or
some one like Mr.. Deup.ey. The latter
might possibly do it, but l do not think
would be justified in delivering my interest
. in the party over to man who helped to
destroy it. Moreover, if l were to resign it
would be an admission on my part that
=. had. done wrong, or else that. had not
served the party faithfully. Now the fact
of the matter is that gave four months of
my time, without expecting any return, and
the result shows that the great body of the
= party was with me. Out of some %, 600
Democratic ballots cast 1000 were voted
straight and 10000 more went in with but a
single. scratch. That, certainly locks. as il
the majority were with us, does it not?
= NOW, as TO Mr.. Deuprey. a proposition
=, has already been. made TO let him in, but so
far as WAS concerned l refused to give my
!eqnsent:to any such arrangement. To him
rs DUE in large. part the defeat, and for one
don't propose to let in that kind of people if
j can prevent It
WILL NOT BE IGNORED.
aside from all this the promoters of this
scheme seem inclined to overlook the County
Committee entirely, and it looks as if the
lroqqois Club had forgotten that we repre-
sent the county organization and not the
DtdPt Ocutldi W ste WUtlt
The latter has right to interfere in local
Matters and. if they have, we certainly
should. he consulted first This talk of re-
:generation sounds very fine and looks very
well in print, but they will find that
they cant reorganize the party with wind.
Neither can they do it by promenading along
Market street and down Kesrny, and talking
ABOUT it. Work is what is wanted, and not
fine speeches, and some of those who are
most deeply Interested in our affairs would
do well to. organize their own counties, so as
60 carry them for the Democrats before in
terfering with lis. No. you can say that
haveno intention to resign, and know of nc
member of the committee that has. l think
I'VE will stay just where we are at present,
andpay NO attentionto the cries of lot Of
:. disappointed aspirants. Of course, we are
willing to. do what is best for the interests
of the party. but l fail to see how our get
ting out of the fight would help matters
any,
- STEAMERS FOR THE JAPS.
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