The San Francisco call., 1895-11-06
BUCK AND THE JUN IA
Who Has a Majority of
the General Com.
mittee?
THE NEXT HOSTILE STEP
A Meeting of the Old Organiza.
tion Is to Be Called to "
Settle Things.
TRIAL OF STRENGTH WANTED.
If Buckley Is Too Strong the ReformerS
Will Appeal to the State
Committee.
TRIAL OF STRENGTH WANTED

IlieH say tnere were represented at the
meeting 259 out of the 400 Democrats
who constitute the general committee.
Ii this is so, Buckley has the Democratic
organization as tight as if he had hand
cuffs on them.
The intellectual members of the Junta,
however, foam at the mouth when any,
body says this to them, and declare with
as much violence as such eminently pure
ana proper gentlemen may indulge in
that instead of 259 there were just SO men,
bers of the general committee present at
that meeting, and that all of these cannot
be trusted to remain under the Buckley
banner.
II the statement of the Junta be correct,
BuckIeyfs grasp on the Democracy is about
as tenable as thumb-and-f finger clutch
upon an eel's tail.
The logical sequence of Monday nights
meeting is a petition for meeting of the
old general committee This is, of course
the governing body OF the local Democracy
until 1t is succeeded in due form and by
due process by another general committee.
Under the rules of the game, the chairman
OF this committee is bound to convene
whenever meeting is asked for by fifty
mem bers, and not even the Junta denies
tnat buckley controls at least that mum ber
OF general com mite emen.
The promise of an early meeting was
made by various speakers at the meeting
Monday night, but no formal resolution to
that effect was passed.
What did we tell you?" say the men,
bers OF the Junta. Buck is afraid of
trial of strength. If he had not been
resolution demanding meeting of the
general committee would have been
whooped through at that meeting"
"a man does not have bill passed
through Congress every time he goes to
take drink" say the political sages of
the Occidental Club. 1T is the easiest
thing in the world to circulate a petition
and get fifty names to it. Such petition
regularly drawn up and presented to
Chairman Watson would compel his at
tention and action. We might pass reso-
lutions until we were black in the face and
he would pay no more attention to them
than he would to the barking of the seals
out on the rocks"
will you demand meeting of the gen.
eral committee?" This question was put
to half dozen of the big men of the Buck
lev organization.
"Y oung man." answered the spokesman
of the aggregation. ''if you were going to
still-hunt coyotes do you think you would
start brass band abe ad of you?"
And that is as near direct an
swer to the question as can be obtained at
the Occidental Club. The reason for the
mystery is not hard to find. Either of two
conditions prevails. Buckley has not a
majority of the general committee, or the
Junta proposes to carry its contest for the
appointment of new general committee
up before the State committee. ignoring
the jurisdiction of the local organization
altogether.
If the latter is the programme Buck
ley's men will try to get the general COM
mlttee in session in hurry, so as to head
off the Junta's plan. Whatever is to be
done must be done soon. The committee
OF fifty is hard at work and within three
weeks will report its selections for general
committeeman.
Gavin McNab said last night: "Buck-
ley's majority of the general committee is
simply on paper. The Occidental Club
was furnished with the rollcall from head
quarters, and they did not dare to call the
roll at the meeting the other night. Some
OF the names they give as of their parti
sans are there legitimately. Others are
simply put down arbitrarily on the report
of some mem ber that he heard somebody
else say such and such a man was with
them. number of the names were signed
honestly; but at the same time the signers
do not take on themselves to support Buck
ley. Do you remember Buckley's claims
before the meeting at which Watkins de-
feated O'Brien for the chairmanship?
Buckley went into that meeting with 100
majority on paper. On the rollcall his
man lost the fight by over thirty votes.
You will find that the same condition pre-
walls now. He cannot realize on his paper
estimates. 1t was an endeavor to do this
the other night, but the men did not show
up in anything like the numbers he sug
gested, and so he did not dare to call the
roll.
The claims the ex-boss made are alb
surd. 10 take the sympathy expressed for
Judges Maguire's course and policy, that
was thrown in to give the idea that the
OF TACT Congressman Mcguire had openly
stated that he sided with the anti Buckley
movement. He warned us to be particu-
lariy careful of such influences as that of
Buckley. Buckley is now just scarecrow
invented by the Republicans to scare re-
spectacle Democrats from the field"
One thing is certain, whether Buckley is
scarecrow or not, the Junta is putting
forward every effort to fight him. 1t is
watching the list of general committee
men, and If Buckley is only 9 scarecrow
he is attracting more hostile attention
than ever man of straw did before.
Following is partial list of the names
OF those claimed by the Occidental Club to
be on their side. 1t is imperfect, because
large number of Buckley's adherents do
not dare to come out openly in his cause
until they know just how the cat is going
10 Jump. They are taking no chances of
communicating themselves from the
fold In case the boss plans fall through.
Frank Norton, Andrew L. Wood, John Raj
terty, Martin Heney, w. P. Honan, p J. Ryan,
Charles Rappold, G. McElroy, Louis Lehman,
John Ferris, D. W. Geary, John Keegan, W. J.
turner, James H. Stevens, John Magee, Ter
renee Growney, John Gallager, J. I. Mooney,
1ohn E IWlgg, r.. J. Barry, II. b. Goecken, James
boyd, o. ID. Morton, Samuel Magner, Joseph
Magner, I. j. McElroy, J. Rooney, P. F. Dundon,
Robert Boyd, Nick Delaney, John Rooney,
Joseph Kelly, T. J. Clancy, +. Bateman, James
+. Kenny, ii. Joost, George L. Taylor, c. D.
fHarney, George McGuin, James McClosky, J.
NJ. sullivan, r. Raabe, John NJ. Martin, Mark
a. a Deylne, John Krelng, James J. Twohig, P.
r.. Ward, Daniel Riley, George Young, Philip
Fr1or, W A. Burns, John O'Byrne, P. J. Carr,
). ). Mcdonald, Stephen Byrne James Mulla-
ney, L. J. Dolan J. II. Mcdonald. J. H. Robin
Son, Son william n Carroll. Thomas Brennan, John
aunt, charles Downes, NJ. j. Sullivan, William
connolly, John Tomalty, N. c. Wiuholtz,
,; si =; crowley, ]: f. Manton, Harry Mooney, ].
mMcCormick, II. f. McGrath, John Burns,
dnoInas Mclaughlin, John Mccarthy, J. f.
Srady NJ. S. O'Hare, NJ. G. Sears, Eugene
ODohnelI, A. ?. Mordant, S. T. Denahy, james
6yrnes, William Ring, n. Connors, Thomas
Iiark, W H. Mcdonnell, E. C. Harrington,
James Mclnerny, J. II. Sullivan, F. G.