The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07
The Old General Committee
Amicably Settles Its Prim.
airy Plans.
OVER TWO HUNDRED PRESENT.
Arrangements for an Early Primary
Put Through According to
Programme.

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Hall last evening. This was the second
meeting of the committee since the Junta
element pulled out and set up an indie pend
ent institution.
Secretary Twoohig announced over 200
present after rollcall, which was a big
showing for the Buckley faction when no
contest was on. Everything was harmo-
NOUS and the business of the evening was
almost wholly devoted to the coming pri-
mary arrangements, which were ordered
as recommended by the primary commit
tee of twenty five.
The meeting was fashioned in work
manship way, just as all such Buckley
meetings are. Political apprentices don't
run Buckley meetings and one can be
spotted from the sidewalk if the front door
is open. AT P. NJ. the sawdust on the
floor was evenly raked to make things
natural and comfortable and all around
the gallery front hung big placards,
"Twenty-eighth District, and so on, that
delegates should be properly marshaled
together. A big man in white hung at an
inside hall door his pasteboard sign,
Beer cents, and J. J. Maloney took a
last survey at the perfect arrangements
and the clean orderly scene.
Then they began dropping in. James
II. O'Bren, Joseph Rothschld, A. It.
SPOTS, Sam Newman. Robert Boyd and
two or three more leaders came later and
consulted in the details of the proceedings
to come. The delegates went all to their
sections. Under the summary style of or
ganization that Buckley has put in force
there is 'district man" in each district
who has precinct men" under him. The
district man knows all the who's and
whats Of his dist riot, and in meeting time
he does all necessary talking for that dis
trict and the rest keep properly STILL
When Buckley meeting comes to or
der it looks different from some other pc
ltlcal meetings somehow. There are not
so many delegates who preen their hair
little, for instance. when they come to or
der, or take such good care of their hats.
AS likely as not the delegations are the
"loins of the people" to which such elo-
quent Democratic commoners as Colonel
O'Byrne often trace back their popular
candidates when on the platform. Then
by the end of the rollcall there is an azur-
ish haze softening the gaslight. That is
the way it was last night.
Just notice that our chairman wears
diamonds" said James H. O. Brien, as act
ing chairmen Joseph Rothschild pro-
ceeded vigorously TO business at s 40 P. NJ.
John H. Wise, DR.. Stanton, Joseph Leg
gett, Thomas Ashworth and some other
popular supporters of that faction were
not there last night. Recorder Glynn was
as usual on rollcall. In the lobby were
several Juntaites watching the proceedings
and helping crowd the wel-illed nall.
Chairman Rothschild announced the
committee of twenty-five on the primary
and the committee of five on the gas Incl
dent. both of which committees were ap-
pointed ten days ago.
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committee. submitted his report. The
oates for the primary arrangements as
fixed by the Fallon resolution of the pre-
ceding meeting and referred to the COM
mittee, were advanced one week, making
the six days enrolment begin on the 10th
inst, and liking the primary for January
IL. The district delee ations were directed
to fix Oh places for enrolment at once.
Here 2. +. Dundon, who is chairman of
the Occidental Club committee on
organization, made for some reason or
other the only interruption in the flow
OF arrangements. He opposed holding a
primary, as it would only widen the breach
in the party, and advised holding off to
see if some neutral Democratic body could
not fix things up.
But things had gone too far and Dundon
was alone in his plea.
Robert Boyd made speech favorlng
going before the people" at once, and
saying that Il 900 new Democratic voters
who had come into the party since 1892
ought to have something to say about the
party organization
NJ. J. Donovan sailed into the Junta,
who, he said, were irving to disrupt the
party for their own ends, and said: I'VE
began this movement for primary. They
didn't want primary, but they found
what the people thought of their method
of keeping themselv in power and they
took a new tack and said, We'll, well have
a primary, too Let us 60 ahead and not
be swerved by man who will turn out the
gas"
'Dundon is entirely wrong and ought to
do penance for half an hour" said Colonel
O'Byrne in his Speech and he referred to
the unholy alliance of Federal office
holders, political expectants and general
calum niators OF their betters, who desire
to perpetuate their own oligarchy in the
party.
The gas-McNab committee asked and
got further time" 1t will probably go to
sleep quickly and Gavin McNab will re-
main uninvestigated.
The constitutional amendment provid-
ing for committee of twenty-five TO take
charge of the primary proposed at the
last meeting was adopted, and the pres
ent primary committee created under a
resolution at the last meeting was formally
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constitution.
This general committee is carefully OBJ
serving regularity in everything, and in
order to legally elect new committee of
$50 at the coming primary another const-
tutional amendment was proposed by
James II. OBrien. Just before the pri-
mary of May, 1894, which was never held,
the constitution was amended providing for
the election of a smaller committee, COM
posed of fifteen members from each dis
trict, instead of twenty-five, as in the
present old committee. 1t is deemed ex-
pedient and wise, in view of the charge
that Buckley wants small committee, to
elect q committee composed of the old
number, and so OBrien's amendment
changes the number to the old standard.
The district men made partial announce
ments of places where the rolls will be
opened in the various districts as follows:
Twenty-cighth District, Drew's Hall, New
Montgomery street; Twenty-hinth Irish
American Hall; Thirtieth, Berry and Minna;
Thirty first Eighth and Folsom Thir,y-second,
New Occidental Hall, Fourth and Brannan; ;
Thirty-third, Twenty-tourth and Potrero
avenue; Thirty-fourtn, alternate between Har-
mony Hall and Nineteenth and Howard !;
Thirty-seventh, Hayes and Franklin, Hayes
and Frederick, Haight and Stanyan, Haight
and Cough; Thirty-eighth, Pierce and Turk,
726 McAllister. First avenue and Fulton street;
Thirty-ninth, Saratoga Hail. Fortieth, 18th
and 18th inst, Franklin Hail. Fillmore, near
Sutter. 9Th and 18th inst. Kelly's Hall. Goth