The morning call., 1894-09-22

that the convention had been slated and
was under the rule of one man.
The Incident occasioned a noisy scene.
The motion was voted down. The con-
vention had not yet lost all hope. Many
OF the more conservative men thought
that there was not yet reason to assume
that they could do nothing as against the
opposing factions. They reasoned that
they had majority in the convention and
that 1t would be folly to desert the field in
the face of an enemy of inferior numbers.
They did not know as much as Clunie
did about the condition of affairs and re-
solved to stand to their colors.
The Rainey fat went out yesterday aft
ernoon and it struck terror to the souls of
the friends OF the anii-boss candidates. A
half-dozen of these were at the corner of
Bush and Kearpy streets at o'clock,
when Billy Gagan Joined the party with
CONSERVATION written on his face. Then
came Senator Armes, and he, too, looked
worried and excited. whats the mat
ter?" asked one of the group. "Why,
nothing much" replied Armes, with an
attempt at irony and smile. Nothing
at all, except that they are going to barrel
McDade."
A dozen questions were put to the ex-
Senator at once, and in moment he was
drawn aside and was in close conversation
with deeply interested McDade man.
Gagan ran hitler and thither, talking to
this man and that.
They are going to barrel him." be said,
land we must stop it."
But they didn't stop it. The order had
gone forth and it quickly became known.
Sam Newman, who had promised to give
his district to McDade, lad been seen, and
he asked 10 be released.
The McDade men endeayored TO hold
him to his promise. but Sam couldn't be
argued with. He said that the jig was up
and that the Sheriff need not look for his
support. This he announced was final,
and the matter had to be dropped there.
Afterward Newman relented. He said
that he could only control six delegates in
the district and that the hers belonged
to FalIon. He would give his half dozen
to the Sheriff, but Fallon would give the
balance to Whelan.
Still The McDade men did not despair.
They chung TO Ned Laniran as one of the
oul"arks of their position. Lanigan had
been very friendly with McDade. He had
had long conversations with him, and had
said that he would support him 10 the con-
vention. The two had exchanged favors,
and Lanigan, though he is called Rainey
man. liked the Sheriff and wanteu to see
him rem ominated.
But Lanigan, like Newman, had been
called off. He was forced to tell the
agi;ated Sheriff's nen that he wanted to
be released. They argued with him, and
he finally said that he would stay with
them. II will not desert John now" he
said. "Pll tell RaiDey that if they don't
want me any longer I'll Quit politics alto
gether and go back to horseracing, whers
there Is some honor. | can't sit in a
caucus with a man, hear all his secrets
and advise with him and then desert him
because another man tells me to. No, ri
stay and they can do what they ease
about it,"
This was some consolation, but then
there was Eddie Graney with his district
and the practical loss of the Fo1ty-third
and the other districts which RsiDey con-
trolls was more than enough to overthrow
the majority of 40 which McDade claimed
to have in the convention.
Sam Rainey was seen and expostulated