The San Francisco call., 1895-11-18
Congressman Mcguire Delivers
a Vigorous Funeral
Grafton.
TWO VIEWS OF THE DEADLOCK.
Great Joy in the Buckley Camp, and
Review of the Tricks That
Failed.

pointment among what are left of the fol-
lowers of the Junta "purists" Raj
ney, Daggett and McNab principally.
That awful meeting Of Saturday night
clearly smashed the whole Deuprey COM
mittee programme, besides setting the
Junta in the light of south-of- Market
tough politicians by the iobbery and tricks
they tried to carry through from the start
of the rollcall to turning out the gas
Buckley is greatly strengthened and the
sentiment OF the party en- masse is for the
first time coming to the front and showing
itself to be in favor OF a primary election
regardless of the Buckley scare, which is
now being kept going mainly by Rainey
and Daggett.
The Saturday night meeting was the
universal political topic yesterday, and it
and its effects were considered wherever
two Democrats met. Congressman Ma
guire, who on Saturday night proved his
great popularity in his party ard who
took the helm OF the evening when it was
abandoned to chaos, was asked yesterday
what he thought of the meeting, and this
is the blast that he gave the Junta:
In my opinion, the Junta last evening
showed itself unfit to be trusted with the re-
organization OF the Democratic party. l was
disappointed beyond expression by the unfair.
ness shown by Mr.. Watkins in CARRYING out
what was manifeStly prearranged programme
of Mr. Rainey and his associates and ignoring
the demands for common justice coming from
the opponents OF the nnal adJournmant OF the
general committee.
If there ever was any doubt that the real
purpose of the Junta was not to get rid OF
Buckley but to secure control OF the party to
Rainey and Daggett the doubt was dispeled
by their conduct ct that meeting. The notice
given OF the meeting was suspic1ously short
so short that great many OF the people op-
posed to Mr.. Raincy's scheme did not get
their notices.
Mr.. Watkins refusal to have the numbers OF
the districts announced as the rollcall pro-
ceeded, according to the usual custom, was ex-
traordinary. His promise during the rollcall
that all errors in the roll would be corrected
Immediately after the roll was called, and his
subsequent refusal 10 carry out that promise,
in the face OF the admission that the roll con-
tanned many new names which had not been
approved by the general committee and that
the names OF number OF members recently
elected to ill vacancies were not on the roll,
his declaration and claim that motion to ad-
jonrn sine die had been put and carried, when
no motion was in TACT subpitted 10 the COM
mittee and could not have been submitted TO
the committee or voted upon in the state of
confusion then prevailing, was, to draw it
very mildly, disre equitable.
Mr. Watkins certainly would not thus violate
all rules OF procedure and of fairness unless he
was acting under some irresistible pressure
and that pressure unquestionaby came from
Rainey and Daggett, who, through Mr. Wat
kins are seeking to get control OF the party.
OF course Mr.. Watkins claim, under the cir
cumstances, that the committee was adjourned
sine die is absurd. The committee is acting
under q written law OF the party and could not
adjourn sine die. If il would, until the succes-
of the members had been elected and
qualified under the constitution; and if it
could adjourn sine die, no such adjournment
could be had by rne president without being
presented to the committee and actually voted
upon by II.
leaving the hall that the committee had ad-
journed sine die; indeed, the very last thing
that he said, when he was preparing TO depart
that he would put motion to adjourn the
committee 10 the call of the chair, but would
not put motion to adjourn to a specific time
and place. Ii he had any idea that the COM
mittee had adjourned sine die, why should he
propose TO put motion to adjourn ii to the
call Of the chair? Alter Mr.. Watkins left the
hall Mr.. Hughes stated to me that such mo-
tion had been put aud carried. | told him
that no such motion had been put and carried; ;
that had given as close attention TO the pro-
ceediugs as anyb body, and would have known
OF it if it had occurred. Men who viii resort
to such methods TO secure control OF a party
are utterly unfit to be trusted with the party
management or with any power which they
can abuse.
am opposed absolutely to permitting either
Buckley or Rainey TO again secure control of
the Democratic party of San Francisco and
am not willing to turn the party over to either
OF them in order to escape the other. Buckley
are honestly opposed to their domination will
firmly and manfully stand forth and oppose
both of them, and all BOSSES in q primary elec-
tion conducted by fair election officers. Surely
if the opponents of Buckley and Rainey are in
a position TO reorganize the party. they are i'll
position to hold fair primary election.
The Junta has sought TO run its programme
through under the stress OF terror lest Buckley
should get control. Ii their terror be genuine,
it mentally units them for the work OF reor-
ganization; and if, as ! suspect, it is not gen.
-I.s hat
alarm and their effort TO make Rainey and
Daggett bosses should be branded as perfdy.
OF course, there are members OF the Junta
who honestly believe that it is necessary to
make tw O battles for the defeat of the bosses:
The first to drive Buckley out OF the party with
the assistance OF Rainey and Daggett, and
afterward to drive Ralney and Daggett out OF
the party as reorganized. Such members are
merely deceived by the more designing ones,
who know the situation better than they do.
But, independently OF what we may think of
the purposes of the Junta, the general COM
mittee is the legally constituted governing
body of the party, acting under written con-
s;itution and laws, regularly adopted and ap-
proved, which provide that the successors, OF
the general committee shall be chosen at q
primary election, to be held pursuant to that
written law and under the auspices of the
present committee. This is the only proper
course to pursue under the constitution of The
general committee and In accordance with the
principles and universal usages of the Demo-
cratic party.
Yesterday for the hrst time since the
present local Democratic campaign opened
the Occidental Club was scene of life on
a Sunday.
All day the leaders and the followers
dropped in and out, crowded the rooms
and gossipped in glee about the glorious
battle of Saturday night, the like OF which
had never been seen by the oldest district
veteran. The Buckleyites, little and big,
were supremely happy over their victory
and they naturally flocked together for
mutual congratulations and to recount the
events of the Donnybrook fair that was
indeed promise OF the return of good old
times.
The Buckleyites sized up in full measure
their victory as they saw it. 1t had been
made plainly evident that the Junta was
in hopeless minority at the meeting and
the Buckley men yesterday claimed that
nearly two-thirds vote would have
buried the Juntas Deuprey committee
programme had it got before the meeting
in any shape.
They reviewed the events of that awful
time and saw that the Junta's people were
responsible for it's disgraceful features.
They sized up the popular damnation
which the Junta, or the remains of it,
would receive for the jobbery, tricks and
south-of- Market methods which character
lied its course. They measured the rapidly
growing sentiment In favor of a primary
hot