The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-11
McNAB ON RAINEY.
The Latter Said to Be Without
Honor or Power.

The Latter Said to Be Without
Honor or Power.
Gavin McNab, who is generally credited
with having knowledge of the inner work
ings and motives of the Junta, made the
following statement defining the standing
OF Sam Rainey in the Junta councils:
Ithas been the habit to speak of the Fire
Department as belonging to Rainey. IL could
not apparently be conceived that the depart
ment could have any ideas of its own. In the
last six or seven years the department has been
developed by Chief Dennis Sullivan, and al
though Rainey is mis- friend ana Chief Sullivan
on all occasions speaks OF him as such, yet
Chief Sullivan has given his friends to under
stand that the Fire Department is strictly out
OF politics-that 1t is q machine for the ex-
tinguishment OF fires, not for carrying pri-
mlries.
Chief Sullivan's and the Fire Departments
attitude to what is generally styled as theJunta
movement has been one of self-defense. Buck
ley sought to degenerate the department and
bring 1t back to what 1t was when twas as bad
as he could make it. 1t must be remembered
that before Chief Sullivan obtained control the
department was everything which 1T is not
now.
The interests of the Fire Department under
Chief Sullivan's management are identical
with those of the so-called Junta people; it
is case OF parallelism, nothing more. If the
Junta people can assure 20 San Francisco a
government in ali departments successful,
efficient and honest as Chief Sullivan has mede
organization will have been accom- plished.
The Buckley Democracy represents in its
personnel the reasons which a large part of
the public of San Francisco gave for period of
ten years for not voting the Democratic ticket
AS long as the two Democratic factions can be
kept separate-and there is no reason to pre-
vent them from being kept apart-the Junta
organization assures the good character and
popularity of the Democracy as represented by
Chairman w. P Sullivans committee.
The attempt to Offset the Democracy of the
criminal conspiracy of the Buckleyites by
charging Rainey to the regular Democracy is
nonsense. Rainey is potential in politics, as
has been explained before, through the infiu-
ence OF the Fire Department. Iwould like any
enc TO show where Chief Sullivan or his friend
Rainey have in the slightest degree attempted
to interfere with the organization known as
the Junta.
l have been more or less active or prominent
in this organization, and am as firmly opposed
to the ascendancy OF Mr.. Rainey in the party's
affairs as any other good Democrat OF this City
could be, but do not believe in fighting wind
mills. | must see some actual evidence of
Rainey's participation in this movement other
than being used as cry OF fire by the Buck
leylteS while they rob the house.
Ii is true that Eddy Greaney, the close friend
and intimate OF Chief sullivan and horseshoer
OF the Fire Department, is an active partici-
pant within his district, but so he with
the reorganizers under Judge Sullivan and
Dwyer, when the reorganizers' committee read
all firemen out of the party by refusing TO
allow any OF them to sign the club rolls or vote
~ u pIlluuFy.
Greaney represents the majority in his dis
trict, as he has done for years. He is popular
with his neighbors and they will all turn out
and tight for him. The absurdity of the Phari-
sees OF the Buckley movement demanding that
Mr.. Greaney be disfranchised and cast out by
the regulars because he is friendly to man
who has done him favors is too pronounced to
need any further comment.
Mr.. Rainey is not a counselor or adviser of
any of the men prominent in the new COM
mittee. These men are friendly to Chief Sulli-
NJ nj gf ~ lnY 0f "a tyrrsan m
He wants it kept out of politics. they want it
kept out of politics; the public wants it kept
out of politics. Buckley wants it in politics.
That is all there is of it,