The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-30
BUCKLEY CHANGES FACE,
The Occidental Club Meets
Tonight to Adopt Some
New Tactics.
The New Managers of the Baldwin
Hotel Will No Longer House
the Politicians.

There will be a meeting of the Occi.
dental Club tonight. The Buckleyltes
feel that they have pulled the roof down on
themselves. When week ago last Thurs
day night Jim Flynn, Buckley and the
directors of the club, after the refresh
ments had been passed around several
times, decided that they would circulate a
petition for calling the general committee
together, everything looked smiling.
But circulating petition is one thing
and getting signatures is another. The
reports from the field after the canvass
were to the effect that the bitterness
against Buckley and the Occidental Club
had grown suddenly intense and the only
way to save themselves from humiliation
was to prevent meeting of the general
committee. The meeting called for to-
night Is to devise ways and means to pre-
vent meeting of the general committee.
One of the anti-Buckley men said last
night at the Baldwin: "The Buckley men
are whipped out OF sight. Metaphorically
speaking the meeting tomorrow night will
be for the purpose OF endeavoring to dis
cover hole which the Buckley men can
crawl into and pull in after them"
town for a big attendance and Offering
great inducements. Among the rustlers
out are "Pegleg" Daily, "Beacon-nosed"
Kerwin "Split-lip" Collins, "Toughy"
Boyd, Mr.. Maloney, who was once osten-
sibly mortgage clerk, Jim Flynn, Pat
Dundon and Hugh Grumpy.
If a long political campaign stirs up
much bitterness of feeling, as has been said,
the local Democracy will have bitterness
to throw at the birds long before the next
election is held, if the mem bers keep on in
the way they are going. The braves of the
Iroquois Club have forgotten all about the
pipe of peace smoked at San Leandro but
a short time ago.
First, Max Pepper stirred up row over
the resolutions censuring DIR. Stanton, and
made enemies of many of his old follow
ers. This gave the Buckley members
hopes that they could throw Max down
last Friday were introduced to take from
him charge of organization by adding
enough Buckley men to his committee to
place him and his friends in the minority.
This made very pretty disturbance in
the club, but it does not stop there.
Saturday evening t. Carl Spelling, who
had introduced the resolutions, came into
the lobby of the Baldwin Hotel, where
Pepper was, as usual, surrounded by his
friends and sympathizers nursing their
wrath over the move in the club. Spell
ing's visit was for the purpose Of explain
ing his innocence of any unfriendly feeling
toward Pepper in fathering the resolutions.
But be did not get very far.
You can't explain to me" said Pepper.
Your actions are enough explanation to
nue. and brand you as a plain, ordinary
Buckleyite. want you to keep away from
me-"
The new managers of the Baldwin Hotel,
who take charge on Tuesday, do not look
with favor on the gatherings of political
factions in the different parts of the house
and will let them go with the old en-
ployes. Where Pepper and Lanigan will
make their headquarters now is uncertain.
Buckley will make his at Langdon's saloon
on Stockton street, where he will meet
those who are willing to meet him and re-
fuse to be seen at the Occidental Club.
The calling of the meeting of the anti
Buckley mem bers at the Occidental Hotel
last Thursday was the cause of some con-
fusion. Richard Akers, member of the
general committee and stanch anti
Buckley man, was asked the next day by
Gavin McNab, why didn't you attend
the meeting at the Occidental last night?