The San Francisco call., 1895-11-24
Buckleyites Massing Affdavits
as to Who Were There
Friday Night.
TO CLINCH THAT MAJORITY.
Looking Ahead to the State Convention
and Counting Desertions From
the Junta.


of Rainey, Dageett and McNab, was so
complete a triumph for the Buckley fac
ton that the victory is to be chnched with
a stack of affdavits.
At the first calling of the roll 21O mem
bers responded, and then the ten new
members before elected to the vacancies
and there added to the roll and the mem
bers who reported a little later made the
membership actually present about 226.
There are now but 433 names on the roll,
and the friends of Buckley or Mcguire
who did not get there, and there is quite
long list of them, when added to the 226
made up decisive majority.
The prospects for compromise seemed no
brighter Yesterday, and as two factions
had dennltely started on SEPARATE courses,
which might be maintained until rival
delegations knocked at State convention.
hall, the condition of things at the start
became important
Yesterday some of the McNab faction
were declaring that there was no majority
present Friday night, and that whole lot
of people were answered for by Others So
it was decided at the Occidental Club to
clinch this matter OF majority being pres
ent when primary was ordered. To do
this leading men in each district will
make affidavit as to what members of their
district were present. For instance, it was
bruited about by the enemy that only ten
were there from the Forty third District
and before P. NJ. Sam Newman, secretary
of the Railroad Commission, had started
the affidavit business with the following:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
Samuel Newman, being duly sworn, deposes
and SAYS: That he is now and has been since
the organization of the present Democratic
general committee OF the City and County of
San Francisco, a member of the Forty-t third
district committee, comprising q portion of
said general committee and personally ac-
auainted with all the members constituting
said district committee; that affiant was
present at the meeting of the said general COM
mittee, held at B'nai Birth Hall, 121 Eddy
street. is said City and County, on Friday even
ing, November y, 1893, and that the follow
ing-named members OF sad district committee
were present in person and answered to their
names at rolcall at said meeting follows,
! to wit: William Henderson, Louis Teese, J. NJ.
Crane, R. q. Scott, Edward p Casserly, Joseph
NJ. Marks, James J. Flynn, Joseph Rothschild,
Matthew Fallon, L. p. Ward, Max Goldman, j.
H. Winthrop, Thomas kennealey and f. E.
Derham. SAMUEL NEWMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this, 23d
day OF November, a d. 1893.
r. NJ. EDWARDS, Notary Public.
There will be eighteen or more of these
affidavits, and if necessary one by every
member there, and then some people
would like to see disputed the assertion
that the general committee, which Mr..
Watkins tried TO adjourn sine die was the
regular and constitutional party organiza-
tion which furthermore represented party
majority.
The demonstration by the meetings of
the rival committees of where the ajor-
ity OF the regular organization stood is
what has given the anti-Junta element
decided advantage of which the members
Ia xr.r%I
They show 226 members OF the general
committee to 127 for the Junta, and they
show James G. Mcguire and long list of
influential and prominent Democrats back
ing them and their primary.
incidentally, they will naturally make
as much capital as possible out of the
Junta's tricks of last SATURDAY. night. and
especially of McNab's turning out the gas
in the interest of pure politics. That COM
mittee of five to investigate the gas Incl
dent will De appointed in day or two.
Attorney Joseph Rothschild, vice-chair-
man of the general committee, held long
consultations yesterday with A. II. SPOTS,
James II. O'Brien and others about the
committee of twenty-five which is to con-
stitute committee on appeals and
grievances to take charge of the regular
primary and guarantee a fairness which
will leave the enemy as little as possible
in the way of ammunition and in the wayi
OF chance TO claim that they represent
the ''decency' of the party. This commit
tee will be composed of some of the biggest
Democrats in town, and in it's makeup
Congressman Maguire's friends and we'll
wishers will be extensively recognized.
Another meeting of the regular general
committee will be held some time this
week. The primary programme will be
further carried out, and it is likely that
arrangements will be made to declare va
cant and fill the seats OF members who still
stick to what Mcguire calls the "side COM
mittee."
The Buckleyites extract some amuse.
ment and qualification from noting the
members appointed on the Junta's general
committee who have come over to their
side The McNabers couldn't find out
just how John III. Wise stood, and made
him member. He showed up at B'nai
Birth Hall on Friday night after the ma
iority for that side appeared, took his seat
and when Peter +. Dunno shrewdly called
on him for speech he said but little, but
put himself on record at last as to where
he stood.
gThe Junta put M. J. Donovan In their
reneral committee. ana Friday night his
esolution to investigate the gas business
was adopted. James +. Smith was made
a member of the committee to take charge
of the McNab-R Rainey primary, and Fri
day night the other side made him men,
ber of the regular general committee. He
declares himself against the Junta,. and he
is member of the Deuprey committee,
too.
Among other members of The regular
committee appointed to the McNab or
ganization, who, it is declared. took their
stand with the regular committee Friday
night are DR.. Regan, Q. P. Troy, Joseph E.
ODonnell, John Prendergast, Thomas
Brennan, Owen McHugh, Charles S.
Grain, P. J. Thomas, Gregory Casey and
others.
"They'n keep coming over right along
now" said Buckley leader last night.
Lots of those fellows would like to be
with US, but their jobs in the Mint or in
ternal revenue office keep them with the
other side Ed Lanigan and Thomas P.
Cusick are with them in lukewarm way, 4
but they'll gladly come over when We'll
burn does, and he seems to want to. He's
laying yet for some deal on the delegation
to the National convention. You see both
sides were claiming everything before last
night, but now since the situation is
demonstrated the fence-riders will pile in.
Now the other people are forced into the
position of bushwhackers."
Mcguire has not abandoned hope of get
ting all elements to agree on one primary
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