The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-23
BUCKEYES HAND VISIBLE,
Politicians Are Waiting for
the Second Advent of
the Boss.
Sinister Meaning of the New Lights
in the Occidental Club on
the Hill.

Old mariners on the sea of San Fran
cisco's politics gaze with JOY at the Buck
lev lighthouse on Stockton street hill The
light may be called the Occidental Club
but the faithful of the party know that
Buckley's men trim the lamps. For long
time the house was deserted, and no cheer
ing ray of light from within illumined the
fog outside. Now it is bright and cheerful,
and there the party workers assemble to
organize for the next political campaign.
Buckeyes attitude is significant. He is
not stalwart figure in the foreground
where all may see him and measure his
strength. He turks now in the shadow.
but his will is done all the same.
An old-timer In local politics, whose ex-
perience is wide and whose knowledge is
deep, yesterday commented on the situa-
ton. II said: ut is an absurd idea to
fancy that Buckley has withdrawn from
political activities, and simply desires to
dwell in Arcadian simplicity in Alameda
County. He is cutting out political cam
Daign and handling the work with his old
time sagacity. He is too cunning to place
himself in front.
1.-THE members OF the ring in the Board of
Supervisors are being relied on to make
themselves SO 0dious that the odium for
their existence may be charged to the Re-
publicans. Buckley expects in time to say
to the credulous public: Look at this
gang OF rascals. They surpass in iniquity
all other rings that ever brought disgrace
on the City. We used to expect our Super
visors to make a few dollars for them
selves and make some places for the party
workers, but we never would allow them
to betray the public as this gang has be-
trayed it.
''rhe Occidental Club" continued the
politician, ''is only an incident The fine
work may be done in the Police Depart
ment through the agencies of Sam Rainey,
Nose Gunst and Dan Burns. | believe
the scheme is to make Whitman Chief, and
/ suspect that Chief Crowley has dropped
to the game, although he is not very
shrewd. The advice to Douglass to fight
retirement signifies something.
"Crowley occasionally stops at Gunst's
place now, but it is only short time ago
that he called it the Suicide Club.
Gunst has been in New York comforting
with Dan Burns. Jake Shaen, the par.
ticular friend of Supervisor Hughes, has
gone on to Omaha or some other place to
meet Gunst."
When the suggestion was made that it
was wild conjecture to suppose that Witt
man could be Chief of Police, the politician
replied: Not SO wild as you fancy. Witt
man is solid at Southern Pacific head
q uarters. He is in with Sullivan of the
Fire Department and Dave Nagle of Law
yer Herrin's Office is close to him. There
is little scheme on foot to vote Whitman
the most popular officer in the de-
partment. Stranger things have happened
than Whitman for Chief of Police. In the
department Lees doesn't count for much
now. He guards the banks and insurance
companies and attends to a deal of the
Pinkerton business IN San Francisco, but
that is about all he does.
''The Buckley plan is to get Board of
Supervisors, and then, with Sullivan in the
Fire Department, Whitman in the police,