The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

Boss Buckley's present, sudden and ap-
parently threatening march to Democratic
power is the absorbing political topic of
the day. All who intelligently note his
progress are surprised and even startled at
the strength he is displaying at the outset
OF his campaign.
The entertaining interview in yesterdays
CALL, in which Buckley told the story of his
position and the aims of his organization,
on which he was willing to go before the
public, afforded to everybody at all wise in
the ways of politics a key to what he is
doing, what he will try to do and how he
will try to do it. The force and interest
of what Christopher Buckley said in that
lengthy talk to the people and the party
lay chiefly between the lines IL the ex-
hibition it afforded of master at work,
and in its uncoYerlng of the "play'' that
he is making.
Buckley points his finger at the chaotic
party organization-atthe machine" that
he says has been wrecked, tinkered at by
journeymen and left out in the weather
and says that the party needs organ liza
ton and management. This gives timely
force to the truth that Mr.. Buckley knows
a thing or two about organization, the
in the opinion that he is badly
needed. He says the party must be united
and that it will be. That sounds we'll. OF
course, it means that the reform, the
anti-Buckley element of the party, is
corner torn off and it must be restored.
Smooth Cancellation, tempting honors, far
reaching combinations, dough" and all
the things which Buckley knows so we'll
IN 10 10 will
have a tendency toward party harmony
when the Buckleyites become the party.
Buckley has taken shrewd and skillful
observations of 1.-The people'-one of the
important factors to be considered-and
announces that the people are groaning
under burden of high taxation, while the
City finances are in a terrible condition.
He mounts this wave of discomfort by de-
claring that he always kept plenty of
money in the treasury with dollar limit,
which is abundantly large with competent
administration. He talks "good govern
ment," "good men, and Glow taxes in
disarming quiescent hostility to Buckley
ism, and is prepared to put forward for the
confidence of the people superbly respect
able men who will serve him when he
wants them to. 1t is an elementary politi-
easiest handled. The popular demand for
municipal improvements is handled by
the taking policy, LETS have fine i'm
provements within the dollar limit, but let
the people vote on the matter"
While the anti-Buckley wing of the
party is solely crying Buckley" he hobs
up exhibiting his shrewd foresight in
policy and municipal platform to suit the
hour, already prepared.
The cooperative association of anti
Buckley leaders who are now trying to
work the machine-the junta-he calls a
combination of incompetent demagogues
who have axes to grind with the party,
and so endeavors to intensity whatever
distrust and jealousy of them may exist on
that side. To save himself from the curse
of Buckleyism he swears that he is out of
politics for good and is simply counseling
with some friends who want to secure
good government.
Along these lines Buckley and his fol-
lowers are working with all the political
arts in the catalogue. The Occidental.