The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

The State Central Committee has in its
operations in the last campaign and his
efforts to defeat the election of Budd, and
his work in the Pond campaign when
Pond and the entire ticket were sold out is
matter of common notoriety."
They're a fine set of reformers, amt
they?" is the derisive chorus up at the
Occidental Club when the Junta is dis
cussed and McNab engenders the keenest
hostility.
And the fellows that are doing their
purifying for them,' shifted the we'll
known Buckley man yesterday. major
Harvey, the Sacramento politician, who
came down here to a waterfront job under
English; Billy Gavigan, who was caught
with delinquent taxes in his pockets;
Senator Billy Williams. who was indicted
by the Wallace Grand Jury as one of the
Denomination in the Senate; Lanigan,
Chandler, Jack WEIGH, Mike Finn
they're great reformers, they are.
McNab and those fellows are in
with Rainey, too, eh2 It's very
interesting all round. Why, Buck won't
stop to look at 'em. McNab, Daggett, We'll
burn! Why the fellows working for them
will barrel 'em if they took notion.
suppose you remember the nomination for
Supervisor that McNab took from Buckley
back in the eighties"
A well-informed Democrat, who has
been through many battles and who talked
from the position of an impartial man up
tree, made some interesting comments
yesterday.
"Well, now, what is this new Junta
likely to amount to?" he said. "McNab,
Welourn and Daggett have no pc rsonal
following as Buckley has. They have
tactical strength because they control
few Jobs. Welburn is false alarm and a
good thing like Colnon. When he talks
ne loses you. He gets around with his in
growing voice, taps the table and says, I'll
show these fellows a thing or two OF
course he's got some district workers in
his Office, and he controls them because
he controls their jobs. That's Gavin's
ength-through Welburn. McNab says
| he don't know Rainey, yet he has been on
| intimate terms with Sullivan and the Fire
| Department for years.
"These fellows want..to keep Buckley out
Of politics, yet they go in with Rainey.
There's a great choice, amt there2 They
couldn't have won their fight Wednesday
night without Rainey. Rainey says he's
| only interested in keeping the Fire Depart
ment out of politics. No doubt he iollies
the boys in the department that way. The
Fire Department is a useful thing for a
man that's grating It's close to the
| push and it's a good thing to
trade with. McNab talks about using
Rainey for an end. Why, Rainey
will barrel him in minute when
he wants to. AS to McNab, he's not wor-
rying about the dear people; though I
| don't know what he is grinding at. Rainey
is avaricious and he will keep that Fire
Department for himself. That's what he
| wants. You can't tell anything about
Rainey. Just as likely as not he'll stand
in with the Junta and make mbina-
ton with Buckley at the same time. That
would be good politics.
"Daggett comes into this thing through
his intimacy with Rainey. Of course he
has few men in the Mint that he can
order. McNab's first programme three or
four weeks ago was to get the Deuprey
committee to work and make Ed Lanigan
the active boss, but he found that Lanigan
was not strong enough. Lanigan is a
false alarm to great extent as far as per-
sonal following goes, and he is handi-
capped by his job. These deputy revenue
collectors have certain influence, of
course, because they get around among
the saloon men and are in q position to
ask favors.
81 can't guess how the anti Buckley COM
binatfon is coming out. I doubt if Max
Pepper will become active again. lie had
his chance at the party and fiZzled. Braun
hart is but a small force against Buckley.
He doesn't amount to as much as his talk.
He is under orders now and he's lost the
Twenty ninth to McCourtney pretty well.
But what can those tyros do against Buck
ley? McNab has the Civic Federation for
an outside scheme, and he is unpopular by
reason of his bitterness of speech, lack of
policy and stiffness"
So the battle grows. Buckley has opened
up new vista to host of politicians, and
he is credited with spending thousands
already. Amid all the gossip about him is
the widely spread suspicion that the rail-
road would like to have him help defend
it. An illustration of his present author
ity was the nomination of James II.
O'Brlen for chairman of the general COM
mittee. Several of his influential followers
urged friends on him for the place. Buckley
made no promises, while carefully study
ing the situation. Then he himself picked
O'Brien as the best candidate, because he
was we'll known, had clean record and
was good fellow with the boys, while
commanding their respect. His orders
went and O'Brien was nearly elected.
On the other side there are all sorts of
war in the Federal brigade, and in the State
| forces, and the local anti-Buckley wing is
in the throes Of reorganization, without
strong leader in command. There is room
| for many interesting developments.