The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-22
APPOINTMENTS NOT MADE.
An Attempt to FoiSt a Buckley
Slate Defeated.
JIM GROVE NAMED FOR OFFICE.
Local Members of the State Demo-
cratic Committee Hold Secret
Meeting in Vain.

The Democratic Executive Committee.
or at least its San Francisco members, are
in a Quandary over the appointments which
o. NJ. Welborn, the newly appointed Col
lectOr of Internal Revenue, has intrusted
them with. When Welborn received his
own appointment from Washington he de-
clared that all patronage at his disposal
should be given TO the Executive Commit
tee. and his men should be selected from
San Francisco.
This was hailed with delight by the poll
ticians in this city who expected some sort
of position under the Cleveland admins
tration. The local members of the State
executive body were also we'll pleased at
such evidences of courtesy and regard for
their work in campaign times.
When the time came. however, for
selecting men for positions in the Intern al
Revenue Office an unexpected turn in af-
fairs showed Itself. The slate was brought
into reQuisition on more occasions than
one, with result that no satisfactory un-
Outstanding could be reached by opposing
| interests, as represented variOusly in the
committee.
A meeting was privately held in the
Baldwin Eotel Monday night to make ap-
polntments:, Those present were Barry
McNap. Samuel Newman, James II.
O'Brien. NJ. J. Mcdonald. Robert Boyd.
Z. j. Harrigan, p. j. Sullivan, J. l..
| Franklin, Ii. T. Cresswell and James j.
| Flynn.
Blu; nothing was accomplished beyond
learning the fact that members are
| divided upon disposition of the patronage
under their control. Some of the COM
mittee are in favor of and earnestly sup
port men whom others bitterly oppose.
! To harmonic both parties 1t seems is not
at all possible, because as well as personal
considerations, friendship and promises
| questions of principle are involved.
| Flynn and OBrien had fights of their
OVID, while Gavin McNab was busy Sup
| porting his men. Again Garrett McEnerny
| wanted certain men for certain positions,
and so the matter rested without having
advanced in the least toward an amicable
/ arrangement.
| jim Grove, who was prominently iden-
titled with he Buckley regime, was boosted
| up by O'Brien. 1t may be remembered
| that Grove was an officer of the last
! Buckley County Committee, and also took
an active part with the "old liners" That
he should be recognized now gave rise to a
display of anger among some OF the COM
mitteemen. but still his friends refused 10
| withdraw.
| There are other names which the COM
| mittee keeps secret-because no doubt they
| were once prominent in Buckley machina-
tons and queer politics. Yet they were
not wiped of the slate i'll the secret SEES
| Son-
| The result was not generally announced
yesterday. for which reason there were
many dsgruntled office-seekers around the
Federal buildings and the Occidental Ho-
| tel, where WelbOrn is staying. Welborn
| himself is sorely puzzled over the sQuabble
! for office. and he would say nothing about
! it except to friends The committee will
| have another meeting and endeayor to
straighten out the tangle, which those
who claim 20 know say Is nearly impOs-
| sibIe. In consequence appointments may
be made by the Collector and chairman Of
the State executive committee without re-
gard for the slate or what individual men,
bers of the San Francisco committee may
think