The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-17
It Began Last Night and Unex-
pectedly Large Results Were
Reported.
BUCKLEYITES ARE JUBILANT.
The Junta Decides to Keep Up Its
Canvass for Names the Rest
of the Month.

The Buckley wing of the local Demo
cratic party began its six nights enroll
ment last night in the various districts.
The rolls were open at the appointed
places from 1880 to $3.50 P. NJ.
By 1870 o'clock everybody at headquar-
ters was jubilant as members of the can
wasting committees and others iocked in
from the districts and reported. The en-
rollment was large and larger than that OF
the Junta IN the first night of its enroll
ment a week ago last Thursday.
The reported enrolment last night was
as follows:
Twentv-ninth District, 143; Thirtieth, 259;
Thirty-trst, 236; Thirty-second, 81; Thirty
fourth, 9S; Tbirty-sixth, SO; Thirty-seventh,
g9ifeth i9s foftyT5t 23o foryseco a
1853; Forty-third, 90; Forty-fourth, "a.
This gives an average of 141 for fourteen
districts and a total of 1880. The unre-
ported districts are strongly Democratic
and it was claimed last night that they
would make the total 300. y similar
average enrolment for six nights would
give a total of IA 28. The partial report
of the first night of the enrolment OF the
other faction showed the following:
Twenty-eighth District. 125; Twenty ninth
District, II; Thirtieth District, 145; Thirty
first District IL; Thirty-seventh District %;
Forly-irst District, 265; Forty-thirc, 140;
Forty-fourth District, 125; Forty-tfIh Dis
trict, IS.
As the regularity of their general COM
mittee and their party standing and work
generally is vital thing, the Buckley
primary committee of twenty-five is TAX
ing extreme care that everything shall be
done according to constitution and bylaws
and party traditions.
The/primary committee is also steering
as far as possible from open and public
contact with Buckley. So far they have
avoided meeting a the Occidental Club so
that Buckley may not be too clearly iden-
titled with its work, and 1t is probably 10
save the faction as far as possible from
the curse OF MS name that he has stayed
for ten days at Ravenswood. He is ex-
pected in town in day or two.
Yesterday the primary committee
opened headquarters for the week at 20
Ellis street, where orders will be given
and reports received, and there the leaders
and workers viii gather as they did last
night. 1t is claimed by the Buckleyites
that they will roll up bigger Legitimate
enrolment than the other faction, without
canvassing with slips for names, and they
anticipate an enrolment of anywhere from
5000 to 10, coo by Saturday night, when the
rolls will close for good.
Inc Junta Is yet making no move beyond
keeping up its canvass for names with lists
and slips. 1t was decided last week not to
close this enrolment on Saturday, as an
nounced, but to quietly keep 1t up until
the first OF the year. No definite figures
have been given out since the first night,
bat it is claimed that about 5000 names
have been secured.
The Buckleyites claim that many sup
porters of the Junta have deserted to
them, and more are ready to do so. They
got five members of the Junta's general
committee from the Thirty-second District
in a bunch on Saturday. They were
William Larkin, Frank Helmer, William
Obert, John Holland and Frank Connors
all of whom resigned. Larkin was a mem
Der of the Deuprey committee. He sent
the following resignation:
". P. SHlliran, Chairman Of the Nea0 Demo
cratic General Conmfttee-DEAR SIR: After due
deliberation as to the present condition of the
the conclusion that to be any longer identified
with the body of which you are chairman
would only be wearing a political mask
my sympathies rest entirely with
the organization over which Joseph NJ
Rothschild presides, now that 1 have officially
completed my work as imposed on me by Mr.
Deuprey, chairman OF the last municipal con
vention, that of the organization of the Demo
cratic party OF this City, which am very sorry
to say has caused disruption instead OF a re-
organization. Hoping that you viii please
note my resignation, remain,
WILLIAM H. LARKIN.