The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-10
His Friends Met Mcguire, Wei.
burn, Wise and Others
Yesterday.
NEW POLITICAL VISTA OPENS
A Conditional Surrender to the Deu-
prey Committee in the Inter.
est of the Party.

The local Democratic situation took a
very important turn yesterday-one from
which may proceed changes in the pro.
grammes OF both the Junta and the Buck
leyites as they have recently appeared
during the shouting and preparations fol
battle.
Leaders in the Buckley and anti-Buck-
ley camps came together and talked com
promise yesterday afternoon. Buckley is
past master of compromise and he recog-
nizes party harmony as one Of the prime
essentials of success at the polls. 1t makes
him tired to hear good Democrats abusing
one another. To him success at the polls
is the one thing for which all political
work is to be done. If a party is divided
neither faction wins, somebody else gets
the juicy plums and the politicians would
better have been nursing pumpkins.
So in this situation his chief problem
is, How to get the party pulled together
in fairly good working shape with his
friends getting fair show IN the game?
Thus it was that a meeting was ar
ranged for yesterday afternoon by Buck
ley leaders. The Buckley wing was prop
erly and officially represented by John
Mccarthy, the rich tea merchant and pres
ident of the Occidental Club and by J. J.
Flynn, president of the Iroquois Club.
Judge CARRIER was expected to also aid in
representing the Buckley interests, but
business prevented his presence.
The other influential Democrats present
did not include fierce fighters and uncom-
promising enemies, like Gavin McNab,
Samuel Braunhart and Max Pepper, but
they were men thought to calmly and SEN
sibly have at heart the best practical inter.
ests of the party in a broad way, and to be
likely to quietly talk political common
sense.
John H. Wise was one of them and the
meeting occurred at his Office at 21S San
some street. Mr. Wise's attitude has been
somewhat doubtful during the recent en-
tanglement, but what little he has said
has been anti-Buckley, though his son,
Harry Wise, has been an active worker in
the Buckley camp. Mr.. Wise didn't call
tie meeting at all. He was asked to pro.
vide his Office and his presence and be
kindly did so. Congressman Mcguire
anti-Buckley and anti-Daggett, was there
Internal Revenue Collector o. NJ. Wei
burn, who has been backing the present
anti-Buckley battle, was the third member
terests of these men are apart from and
beyond the offices and clerkships at the
City Hall and they don't want to disap-
pear from the scene and see the party
defeated in the State and National cam.
paigns because lot of Democrats in San
Francisco can't agree on the local machine.
Colonel w. P. Sullivan, the chairman Of
the Deuprey committee, resolutely op.
posed to Buckley, but assuming a calm
and sensible attitude, represented the i'm
portant factor in the situation, and Eddie
Ring was there to represent the Fire De-
partment, which cuts so large figure in
the battle array.
The conference lasted for three hours,
but, as far as reliable reports leaked out
last night, no definite results were at
tanned at that meeting. Messrs. Nc.
Carthy and Flynn presented the considera
ton that they represented a powerful
wing of the party, and that though they
had a majority in the general committee
that was comparatively small matter il
the foreground. Success required har
mony and unification. They wanted that
and would go to any reasonable length t.
meet fair-minded opponents in the party
The Buckley side presented two plans
They believed in a primary election for
new general committee, and that wa
Democratic principle. They didn't wan
to hog everything at primary; the
wanted it open, fair and clean. The
would agree on any reasonable plan TO
holding it-probabIy under the auspices G
the Deuprey committee.
AT this meeting the Buckley side di,
what no Buckley man had openly done be
fore-recognized the legitimacy of tn
Deuprey committee, but its sovereig
power to reorganize the party regardless c
the general committee was not recognized
The objection of the anti Buckleyites t
a primary-that Buckley would run an
win it somehow, and that primary coul
not be safely held except under the ney
primary Jaw next year-was considered.
Then the Buckley side went further an
made surprising proposition. If pr
mary could not be agreed upon they woul
accept new general committee appointe
by the Deuprey committee, waving a
technical objections, if they were given
fair representation and if the Deupre
committee did its work entirely indepeno
ent of the Watkins committee of twenty
five appointed not long ago to act with i
This committee was fixed up by the junt
of rabid anti-Buckleyites who are largel
controlled by Messrs McNab, Poppel
Braunhart, Daggett and Welburn. Th
Buckley compromises said that the Deu
prey committee itself appointed at the las
convention was mainly composed of goo
and fair men, and they would accept an
approve its work if it acted fairly.
The urging of primary in some con
promise arrangement and the offer to Boz
to the Deuprey committee under certai
conditions were the only definite propos
tions advanced as far as known. The di.
cussion resulted in a pleasant arrange
ment to meet again next week with half
dozen additional leading Democrats.
They are talking compromise b.
cause they know they are beaten" sa
McNab, Braunhart, ct. al, "but we hav
the works and have nothing TO comprc
mise. There can be no compromise b,
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