The morning call., 1894-04-15
AT LAST.
Politicians Have Decided
to Begin Work.
Chair man Mainwaring About to Start
the CampaigD-Tom Clunie
and Chris Buckley.

L
cratic League in calling a meeting OF the
clubs and voters of the party for next
| Monday night to denounce Senator Hllps
| course and incidentally the course of any
other swerving Democrat will have the
effect of precipitating active work in both
political camps.
Impatience to get down to business has
been agitating many Republicans for some
weeks and they have been importuning
Chairman Main waring 10 call meeting of
the County Committee and give the work
ers something TO do.
Mr.. Mainwariug has himself concluded
that it is about time to act and yesterday
said he intended to have a consultation
with members of the executive committee
of the State organization in relation to
their intention as to the calling OF tue
State convention. He wants 10 know what
San Franchises representation will be so
as to map out the work for the various dis
tricts.
"The Democrats are ahead of u.s., he
said, "in the matter of organization. They
are ready to go into the fight now, and we
shall have to begin to move. | am glad
TO hear of their meeting next Monday
night. 1t shows they have not learned by
experience and are going to follow the
old party lines in sticking to certain prD-
ciples, no matter how unpopular or unwise
they may be. Let them read out of the
party its good men as fast as they please.
The more they fight the better it Will be
for us"
Nothing has been heard from Colonel
Dan Burns. He was expected to return
from Mexico on the 18th. and his brother
in-law, Registrar Evans. is waiting impa-
tenty for some announcement Of his
coming.
Presidents iof a number of Repu blfcan
district clubs will meet next Tuesday
evening at the AlcaZar building for the
purpose of organizing an association to be
known as the Republican Alliance.
So far as Surveyor w. ID. English is con-
cerned. the question whether Thomas j.
Cune's brother Andy is to have the ap-
pointment as Deputy Surveyor has for
some time been definitely decided in the
negative, yet the elder Clunie has not vet
ceased to trouble the political waters in re-
lation to the matter.
1t was an edifying spectacle to see the
eX-COngressman laying his grievances te-
fore the dethroDed boss" Buckley. when
the latter was recently In the city. Buckley
himself could not fail to see the humOr of
the situation and he has since given 10
some of his friends al amusing account of
the affair. 1t is said that AIR. Clunie CON-
planned bitterly of the treatment he had
more his services to the party in the past.
His allusion to the banquet rendered
Buckley in New York upon his return
from Europe was very pathetic. Gen.
eral Clunie. it will be remembered, fig
ured prominently on that occasion and the
speech he made in eul0gy of "the un-
crowned king, before whom Democracy
was bowing," and "the statesman who
would one day wear the Senatorial toga," +"
must have been fresh in the memory of
the Bush-strset 'boss," for it caused him
so much amusement that he could not help
but laugh about it.
What good Mr.. CluDie thought Buckley
could do in this emergency is not clear, but
1t would appear that he, like many of the
slam bs," still believes that Chris will rise
again in the local political world and re-
sumo the scepter wrested from him four
years ago.
In this connection and this stage 1t is in
teresting to recall a conversation Buckley
had with George r. B. Hayes long before
the public arose in its wrath and buried
the Boss" Ibid you ever study the his
tory of bosses?" said Mr.. Buckley, who.
without waiting for reply, went on: II
have, and l have always observed that
when at last they reach the height of their
power they fall, and having fallen take
their place in the ranks of the workers.
They generally have nothing and are be-
reft of Influence, but are left in pitiable
poverty. Now, since | have been in poll
tics l have accumulated some means, and
when | fall / mean TO stay out for good
and hold what | have"
But this was years ago. and Clunie and
the rest probably think that time may
have effaced the determination to "stay
out for good" At all events they are not
going to overlook any chances for serving
in Mr.. Buckley's political vineyard in
tha futurs