The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19
Jubilant Buckleyites Enroll Over
Six Thousand in Three
Nights.
JAMES F. SMITHS POSITION.
The Junta and Buckley Factions in the
Iroquois Club Prepare for
Battle.


cratic party has over 5000 names on its
club rolls as result OF three nights of en-
rollment. If the enrolment is as heavy
during the rest of the week the faction will
have about 1000 names enrolled to back
its claims to the regular party.
Omcial reports have not been received
from all the districts at the headquarters
of the primary committee at 20 Ellis street.
For Monday night the reports from seven
teen districts-all but the Forty-fifth-
show total of 2450. For Tuesday night
reports from fifteen districts show 1880.
Only eleven districts were heard from last
night, and the total from these was 1925.
This gives 5255 names officially reported,
with eleven reports lacking. Should the
average for the next three nights be any
approximate 12,OOO, which would be a
heavy enrolment ordinarily for a united
party. The Buckleyites claim that they
will exceed 10000.
The districts reported last night were as
follows:
Twenty-eighth, 90; Twenty-ninth, 15s
Thirtieth, 81; Thirty-second, 1913; Thirty
fourth, 70: Thirty-siXth, 2O3; Thirty-eighth
As; Thirty-ninth, 4s; Forty third, 81; Forty,
fourth, 10S: Forty-tifth, 100.
James f. Smith of the Deuprey commit
tee has been at various times claimed by
both sides, and recently be was elected a
member of the regular general committee.
he defined his position yesterday as fol-
lows:
My position is neutral one. I have had
nothing to do with the work of the Deuprey
committee since the Watkins committee was
added to it, and have had nothing to do with
the other side. could not go into combina-
ON wit COy q QJnay fn he rf NV
getting Chris Buckley out of it, and l could not
go in with Buckley to save the party from
Rainey. There are good, honest and sincere
Democrats on both sides. The upshot of the
whole trouble will be that there will be q
consolidation. The leaders of the party and
the rank and file who want party success and
and force 1T. 1t may come before the rival
primaries planned are held, but it will surely
come afterwards at least. A large portion Of
the party take this stand
Eugene n. Deuprey, the anti-Buckley
chairman of the last municipal conven-
ton, who appointed the Deuprey COM
mittee which was Iesurrected and started
in the work of reorganization a few weeks
ago, won't have anything to do with the
present row or with the work of that Deu-
prey committee. When interviewed yes
terday he said briefly:
was authorized by the convention to ap-
point that committee, which was to confer
Win LHe general ana reOrg8n1Ze the
party. l know of what has happened since
only through what have seen in the papers,
What happened at the meeting when Mr..
Watkins declared the committee ad journed
don't know. Ii the rollcan was stolen, ana if
an adjournment was taken by unfair MEANS
the adjournment will not stand. The situation
depends on the actions and the facts of that
night and what they are don't know. No, 1
am taking no interest in the situation. 1t has
q peculiar appearance. One side seems to be
pretty strong with Rainey and the other side
seems to be something else. l dont know
anything about their quarrel. I've concluded
to try and get my health and have nothing to
do with them.
Iroquois Club politics are warming up.
Tomorrow night nominations for officers
to be chosen a week later will be made.
The election will be a struggle between
the Junta and anti-Junt factions. Charles
Gildea will be the candidate of the anti
Buckley faction headed by Max Pepper.
They will concentrate their strength in
the presidency as that Office CONTROLS the
committees and the organization.
The other faction iS in something of
pickle because John A. Wall is not in
clined to give way to James ]. Flynn.
Wall is now first ce-president, and his
succession to the presidency would be in
accordance with Iroquois Club precedents.
He is not, however, considered the most
available candidate by the Buckleyites and
others who oppose the Junta element.
They want to run President Flynn again,
and are trying to fix up plan of electing
him. Wall might give way and retain his
present office as compromise. but several
others want the first vice-presidency. On