The morning call., 1893-06-14
NAY, QUOTH WISE.
Federal Patronage Not in
Local Fights.
ANTI-POPPERITES DESPAIR
Sullivan Holds a Sad Star-Chamber
ConferenCe-Fizzlei in the Thirty
First District.

The Democratic tigers are hard at it,
tooth and claw. Harmony upon the burn
ing question of the charm anship of the
general committee seems as remote a pos
sbiity as Ncely Murphy's elevation 10 the
am bassadorship to England.
But the leaders Gf the oppnsng wing
show a brave front. What matters the
general schism IL only their hated rivals
are made to bite the dust?
Prominent among the candidates stands
Max Pepper. who relies on having won his
spurs iu the past and to have practica lly
won the present fight. His friends are
mastering his full strength for the engage
ment tomorrow night, and declare that as
there Is no campaign imminent they can
afford to play waiting game.
They claim that the filibustering tactics
pnt in action by the Sullivan Mcguire far
tion in behalf of Treacy and Harvey have
practically killed the leaders in any future
fights. ana are really to their own advan-
tage. The more decent Democrats. they
say, are disguised and are voluntarily
hocKing to Popper's banners.
As II TO bear ont these assertions, il
would seem that the greatest activity yes
terday was in the Sullivan camp Con-
Cruz, and upon Sullivan fell the brunt of
carrying on the war.
conference of n star-chamber charac-
ter was held yesterday in ex-Judge Sulli.
vans rffice. The personnel was made up
mainly of City Hall officials, consisting of
County Clerk Haley, Recorder GIynn, tho
under Sheriff, and a clond Of anxious
deputies, of whom Haley's Chief Clark
Fleming is understood to be the principal
whipper-in. Auditor Broderick was SAID
to have been absent for some reason, as
was Tax Collector Block, who is known
to be holding n neutral attitude in the
grand struggle. although his men appear
to have their instructions.
There was said To have been a strong
effort made TO revive the spirits OF
his followers by means of bushels of
promises ard haif-cOnfidences, but 10
judge by the detected bearing Of the
stragglers as they wearily lett the sanctum,
some OF them are beginning to lose faith
In their generals star.
There we're some notable absences from
that meeting. besides Auditor Broderick's. s.
Those in q position to know had relied
upon the appearance of Collector John II.
Wise. among other lights. and they we
grievously cast down by the vacuum he
should have filled.
EX-Jndge Sullivan is said to have ap-
proacked Wise and asked him to attend a
'meetins of Democrats.
us Max Pepper to be present p'' asked
the Collector, whose dealings with wharf.
ingers when Harhor Commissioner has
made him somewhat blunt and apt tt
come direct TO the point.
mo. that know Of" Mr.. Sullivan is re-
ported to have replied, blandly adding
Il don't know that that is necessary for
Democratic meeting"
Then don't CO." is Mr.. Wise's stated
reloinder. 1t is said that he supplement eC
his report with some caustic references t.
what he considered the duty of a Fedora
ofiicer, to the effect that he had been ap
pointed by the Government and his iuf1u.
rDce. financial or otherwise, in that posi-.
tinn was not intended 10 be used TO fur.
ther or retard a local political schism.
As matter OF fact small and bioodless
battle was fought last evening in thu
Ihlrty-hrst District, the executive com
mittee holding n meeting in Trades Hall
on Mission street.
neat little programme had been out
lined. The boys were understood to be il
line. As Sergeant BuZfuz put it, "tht
nine was laid, the sapper was at work"
The ThIrtv-drst delegates TO the gen
eral committee had proved recacitrant /
having largely stood for Pepper in the be-
wilderng succession of rollcslls. harDey
belongs down there, and although he was
not present for prudential reasons on this
occasion there was good reason to believe
that he had no objection to having some
Of these mutineers put hors du combat.
The proposition was to rule out several
OF the delegates on the ground that they
no longer resided within the boundaries
Delegates Troy. jackson and others were
to be thus thrown out and detail of men,
good and true" was on hand to drou
naturally into their vacant chairs.
But it was not to be. In vain was tn e
net spread in sight of the shrewd birds
.xIn IL
when the planners observed the opposi-
ton organized for their discontinue they
retreated in good order, adjourning the
meeting for one week. The menaeed dele
gates were triumphant and were spared
their powder. They had ascertained that
several other delegates-notably P. L.
Flynn-wno had removed out OF the dis
trict were not to be disturbed and had
armed accordingly.
These tactics for diminishing the ranks
OF the enemy are not new. 1t was pointed
ont that Troy, one of those complained of,
has only been temporarily living at San
Jose, aud that a similar attempt to remove
Max Poppei because be recently soJourned
at San Rafael had also ANONYMOUSLY
Jailed.
But at the same time the resources OF
peanut politics" are by no means ex-
hausted. The Gallaghers and Murphys
are said to be making tremendous effort
to recruit their ranks. especially in the
Fnrty-fourth, the Forty-frst and Forty
fifth districts. In the first named there
are twofactions. but both are said to be
virtually for Pouper; in the Forty-frs;
there Is one man reported to be uncertain,
and the same degree of dnbety is said to
prevail in the Forty-fifth. Around these
small gains the battle Is raging fiercely.
Max Peppers division is by no means
inactive in its proseIytizug work. which is
chiefly directed toward maintaining q
quorum tomorrow night.
Its chiefs declare they have the support
Of the majority OF the committee and of
nineteen twenteths Of the prominent
Democrats in the interior. They quote
such names as Campbell P. Berry, ID. A.
Oslron,. Barney Murphy pr San Jose and
John McGonigle OF Ventura in support OF
their claims in this respect.