The San Francisco call., 1895-10-08

Dougherty, the red buggies and the other
Fire Department influences so powerful
with the ''push" are supposed to be still
loyal to reform and the salvatien of the
department from politics. 1t is, not
thought possible that Rainey will fool his
friends-Daggett and McNab. The Buck
ley leaders don't say much about him, but
don't believe that there is any yawning
chasm between him and Buckley.
But Rainey is mystery that we can only
guess about. He is not loquacious and
does not vaunt his humble labors for po
litical purity. What he is doing, or is
likely to do can be told only by circum-
stantial evidence. One may see things
moving, and perhaps family hear some
thing digging, and may know that there is
q Rainey IN there, but just what it is doing
will be hard to guess, beyond the proba bill
ity that it is purifying something.
Buckley went to Ravenswood Saturday
and will not be back until to-day. To-day
there will be grave consultations upstairs
at the Occidental Club, and a trooping in
of the lambs until midnight. Buckley's
skill at organizing hard fight is all in play
now, and the men who are doing the work
he orders are heroes of many half-forgot-
ten battles, who are once more getting a
delightful taste of political turmoil. The
Buckley forces keep still and say very little
that is definite about their strength and
plans. The anti-Buckley fight is a more
open one with less concealed.
The Buckley forces will meet Waterloo
if they do not capture the general commit
teeland presume the regularity" of their
machine, and not trick is being missed.
Every possible influence that the Blind
Boss and his lambs know so well how to
| use is being brought into play. A hurrah
is being developed, but under it is shrewd
and careful secret work. Prominent Buck
| leyites claim with confidence that the gen.
eral committee is theirs. The big meeting
on Thursday night will be made as formid-
able as possible, and every possible Demo-
crat of any influence who is not a member
of the club will be induced to attend.
| The junta rests confidently on the State
committee, in the event of anything like
| local defeat, asserting that they alone will
be recognized. Up at the Occidental Club
the State Central Committee is not so
fearsome thing. They argue that if they
get the present regular organization and
come to oppose contesting ''reform" or
! RdulZdIlOu Iuey Will De So SlTOHS an ele-
ment of the party that they cannot help
securing fair recognition. 1t will be a
Presidential campaign and the country
members of the committee will not court
party defeat by throwing overheard an
element of the party as large and strong as
they will surely be. If they capture
the general committee now they will
be the regulars" they point out, and the
Others revolutionists. All precedents, jus.
tice and the interests of the party will
favor them. They point to the course Of
the State Central Committee with the Sui
livan-Dwyer reorganizers, who were forced
to hold primary open to the entire parsy
and abide by the result, which turned out
in their favor. They count on party con
siderations to offset the curse of Buckley S
rule, and are going confidently ahead.
Buckley may be trusted to do what be
can with the State committee in his owr
way and he appears to have got after the
chairman already.
Such was the alignment of the force:
yesterday.