The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-27

will be sort of campaign committee from
now until the organization of the new gem
eral committee elected at the coming
primary.
1t had been planned to call another
meeting of the general committee for the
latter part of this week, but now it has
been decided to let it go until early next
week.
Gavin McNab and the gas have not been
forgotten by any means. AT the last meet
ing of the general committee a resolution
was passed providing for committee OF
five to investigate the turning out of the
gas on a crowded and excited throng in a
great public hall, and to bring it to the at
tention OF the Grand Jury. Last night
Mr. Rothschild also announced the gas
committee, and this it is:
r. L. Barry (chairman), John Rafferty,, James
Z. kenney, Colonel J. j. O'Byrne, James
Bowen.
Since a week ago last Saturday night
quite number of people who were on the
platform during the row and who heard
McNab hustling about ordering the gas
turned out have been listed and they are
ready as witnesses. OF course, it is not
expected that Mr.. McNab will go to Jail,
but certain moral effects are expected
to result from pushing good thing along.
The respective meetings of the respective
general committees last Thursday and
measurement of factlonal strength, and
demonstrated that Buckley, with the Ma
guire and other independent elements,
had large majority of the regular organi-
cation, while the Junta, which had been
loudly proclaiming a big majority, stood
forth with a handful.
| Now another comparison of factional
strength is coming. The enrollments for
the two primaries will provide it. The
Ralney- McNab-Daggett combination has
ordered club enrolment to begin week
from tomorrow and the CLUB enrolment
for the regular wing will begin Deem
Der 9.
Between now and then every effort will
be made by both sides to secure a big en-
| rolment and in those efforts the mastery
political skill OF Chris Buckley and his ex-
perienced Eeutenants will be constantly in
play. The Buckleyites expect to be able
again to show the result and ask, well,
now, who are the Democratic party of San
Francisco?"
1t doesn't look much just now as though
Sam Rainey will fix things up with Buck
ley before the primaries come off so the
Fire Department and the Daggett forces
will be strong helps in the enrolment
business. The gist of the primary stua-
tion is that Buckley and Rainey are draw
ing cards, and the pot will be divided
before convention time according to the
strength of the hand Rainey can show.
It's very hard to bargain with him now.
In looking ahead beyond those pri-
maries and viewing two delegations march
ing to the State convention the JUnta is
counting on the State Central Committee
and the Buckleyites with the convention
when their hosts are shown. The
'reformers" expect the State committee
to tell them to take the right-hand seat
and so make them ''the" party, and the
Sfa+o
mittee and reckon that the State conven-
vention will show some political sense,
tb Oueh they deny that the State commit
tee would do anything of the kind.
Max Pepper, the revived Junta leader,
modestly denied last night that he was a
leader.
II am simply member of the general
committee that l think is the right and
regular one, and l am going to do what
can to help the movement along. | am
with those opposed to Buckley's resuming
where he left off, and | am not letting per-
sonal enmities have anything to do with
the political course that l think is right
We are going ahead with our enrolment
now, and as far as l can see there
will be two primaries and two general
committees, and if the new primary
law is knocked out, two delegations to the
State convention. OF course if the new
primary law is upheld the general COM
mittees will amount to nothing, for their
chief value, from a political stand
point, is the control of primary that
they afford. 1t is hard to tell what the
State Central Committee would do, but
am in hopes at least that we would be
recognized as the legitimate party organi-
zation. Recognition would be bestowed in
the issuing of call to hold primary cleo.
ton, and whichever organization receives
the call will be so far stamped as the legiti-
mate one. Still there is nothing certain
but death and taxes"