The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
AN EX-BOSS AND A CLUB
Buckley Meets the Occidental
and Chides the Tagging
Members.
A Fatal Omission of Steam Beer in
the Fortieth The Coming
Entertainment.

There is not much dong in politics just
now beyond the efforts of Buckley with the
aid of the Occidental Club, better known
as the "Home for Political Incurabes,"
to make some little show. He tried to get
meeting in the Fortieth District last
week, but the secretary carelessly omitted
the words ''steam beer' from the printed
Invitations, and all the people who came
could have assembled under an umbrella.
Then they attempted on Wednesday TO
organize the Forty-second District, and
orders were given to the political revolvers
to be there. Garibaldi Flynn was in
structed to bring a delegation of ''stew
buns" and Hugh Grumpy was ordered
to bring some of the boys from Butcher
town. With all this exertion only six peo-
pie signed the roll. These disco uraging
results have depressed the Livermore
viticulturist very much, and he has had
several conferences with his frie nds. One
result is that ii is announced that his head
quarters will be at Langdon's saloon, on
Stockton street, near Market, in the line
Of approach to the Occidental Club.
The eX-bosS does not desire ''de push" to
Immediately jump to the conclusion that
ne is dispensing free drinks for politics.
Times are not as flush as they used to be.
1t Is hard to get money, and until there is
some way of raising campaign funds
''de push''-'stew buns" ''hopheads''
and all-will have to go dry and husky.
Another scheme which did not work was
when he had Aleck Greggains and Feet"
Maloney lead him about the districts to
see the boys. 1t is said that Buckley in
this trip around talked in very conf
tial way, intimating to various would-be
leaders that, although in the past cam
paign funds had been expended by him
sol ho har
after; that district leaders would handle
any campaign money to be expended in
their districts. Where he expectt to get
the so-caled campaign funds he did not
say.
The trip was a failure He did not sue
coed 10 bringing to his standard any per-
sons who had political goods to deliver.
Another scheme of Buckley's advisers is
to have an entertainment at the Occidental
Club at an early date, for which invita-
tions will be profusely scattered over the
town. There will be refreshments galore,
a large supply of stew for the ''stew buns
and 'samshu" for the ''hopheads."
1t was proposed to have Sheriff Whelan
sing his favorite song, "Pat Malone Forgot
That He Was Dead" but Pat Dundon OBJ
jected. He said that it was Whelan who
forgot that he was dead.
This rivalry between Whelan and Dun
don has threatened to split the club, which
is too small already to stand any further
OBJECTIONS. Dundon, whose resolutions
when member of ehe Board of Supervis-
ors to reduce laboring mems wages so en-
deared him to the working classes, prefers
to have his friends style him next Sheriff
Dundon, but Whelan, whose deputies con-
stitute the principal support of the club,
considers that destiny marked him out for
two terms and insists that Dundon's title
should be spelled "necks," because he says
that's where he will get it.
1t is said that Whelan had talk with
Buckley about these rivalries. The ex-
boss is said to have stroked and caressed
his leg in way familiar to some very
prominent members of the Democracy in
this town. 1t is said to have had the effect
of making Whelan think he was all right.
But Dundon says that Buckley wasn't
caressing his leg but simply pulling it.
There was meeting at the Occidental
Club on Thursday night. For two days
before, Billy Harrison, Buckley's nephew,
Tommy Glynn, Sheriff Whelan's deputies,
Dick Creighton, Dundon, Sam Newman,
whom Buckley affectionately terms "Old
Faithful" John Burns of the Whale lodg-
ing-house, Eddie Farrell and the Banjo
eyed Kid had been working industrlously
to have an attendance of revolvers.
The gathering was not what was ex.
pected nor what it should have been after
such preparation, but it gave Buckley the
opportunity ne naQ Deen seeking 10 give
them all to understand that the work that
had been done was not satisfactory.
All the members of the club present
united in impressing on one another that
the fact of failure must be studiously re-
pressed.
Another matter considered was the motto
to be adopted by the club Sam Newman
proposed when Buck is again in the sad
die" Dundon preferred "Buck is good
shepherd; he cares for the lambs and
Feet" Maloney offered "Buck for US
see" Final action on this important sub
ject was deferred to another meeting to
give Garibaldi Flynn, president of the
Stew Bum Society, and Hugh Grumpy of
the Slaughter-house Cleaners Brigade, an
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