The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
BATTLE AGAINST CHRIS.
The First Hints of Denunciatory
Mass Meetings, Have
Appeared.
Arms Says Buckley Will Be Beaten.
If Not He Will Vote the Re.
publican Ticket.

The Democratic preparations for battle
went on yesterday without any important
surface developments. Both the Junta
and the Buckley faction kept up their
snorts OF defiance and proclaimed again
that it was all over but the shouting.
If the members of the general commit
tee would all send to the papers announce
ments of how they will vote it would re-
lieve the suspense, but they won't. AS
both sides are now supremely confident of
having a large majority at the meeting
that is to decide the control and reorgani-
zation of the party within a few days, it is
likely that some of them are false alarms
and are trying to avoid hurting the feelings
of either Buckley or Men alb when they are
asked for their votes.
AS the Junta depends so much for its
present and ultimate success on the public
hostility to Buckley, there is already talk
about getting up mass-meeting to de-
nounce him and to make the people sensi-
bic of the imminent danger of his return to
power.
Handsome Senator c. S. Arms, who, hay
ing a good JOB in the Mint, is valiant
supporter of Daggett and the Junta, is
very active now in the present campaign,
and Is welding quite an influence. He is
one of the hustlers who, next to McNab,
and then Braunhart, is oftenest respect
fully consulted by the committee workers
who drop every evening into the Junta
headquarters, on the second floor rear of
the Flood building. Of course Mr.. Arms
doesn't go into the back room and shut the
door or go out in the hall and lean against
the wainscoting as often as Mr.. McNab,
but he consults in one corner of the roon(
frequently. This is Senator Arms idea of
the situation:
tT)0n' T. FORGOT that wa arn anyinIle for
this meeting as they are, and that we know
what we are talking about when we say
that we have majority. If our majority
is not between sixty and seventy-five III
be surprised. If we, who want good gov
eminent and decent politics, cannot keep
the party out of the hands of a thing like
Buckley what will become of the party?
Do you suppose-does Buckley suppose
that the people of this City will stand him
again? Do they want the push to run
elections, courts and juries to be corrupted
in spite OF watching, and the City govern
ment given over TO the corrupt and selfish
politicians? Buckley Is fool to make the
mistake he is making. Since he ran things
in the SOS thing. have changed.
"a wave Of municipal reform has swept
over the country, and an era when the
people of cities take an interest in good
government has come. In municipal poll
tics citizens are more independent, and
they will vote non partisan ticket now
if it is necessary to get clean government.
l tell you that Buckley can never get on
top again. If he should win this party
organization he wouldn't have passed the
first water tank in his rocky road. The
people wouldn't have him. If he put up
the twelve apostles for Board of Super
visors the people wouldn't elect them. If
such thing would happen it would simply
mean that thousands of Democrats would
vote Republican or non-partisan ticket,
and I tell you that L would be one of them.
But, Buckley, sir, is not gong TO run this