The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
Alex. Greggains, the Buckleyite,
Is Discharged From the
Mint.
HE DIDN'T OBEY ORDERS.
A Story of Daggett's Municipal Push"
Politics in the Thirtieth
District.

day lob in the MINT 1Or ulsplaylng per
nicious activity in the interest of Chris
/ Buckley.
Greegains didn't heed Daggett's orders
to his employees to get out and hustle for
the Daggett- Rainey McNab reformers and
on Saturday last the Siskiyou boss taught
him and others a lesson. When Mr.. Dag
gett gives political orders to his Govern
ment employees from the Thirtieth or any
other district when primary politics are
going on, he proposes to be obeyed, and
other Mint employees, who might dearly
like to chase around again with Bucks
lambs, as the grass seems to turn green
again, will now know the peril of it,
The discharge of man from the United
States Mint because he didn't do as he
was told with the push" in south-of-
Market-street district will give Congress-
man Mcguire some more ammunition, and
as the victim is very valuable and very
popular district politician and loyal
friend of Buckley, the incident will in
tensify the bitter and rapidly growing
hostility to Daggett among the Buckley
ties and other elements OF the party.
Alex. Greggains is big, good-natured
and quite good looking fellow, who has
long been leader of the Fire Department
''push," as it is termed, in large SOUTH
Of Market region, especially in the
Thirtieth District. He used to be in the
Fire Department and is now strong
leader among the boys. He can organize
a small regiment and do valiant practical
! politics most any time Tor the chief 10
whom he gives his fealty for thick or thin.
| When he was doing politics most regu-
| larly Buckley and Rainey were partners,
| and perhaps they equally shared his re-
spect and allegiance. When Daggett took
! the Mint and gave his friend Rainey
show at the patronage Greggains was one
of the men that Rainey put in. He be-
! came q workman In the coiner's depart
ment at 81 day year and half ago.
! Perhaps Sam Rainey thought that
man that lie had found a job for ought to
| stand by him when he was engaged in
! fighting Buckley for decent terms in an
| other partnership; but, anyway, when
! Greggains got to his nice little fiat on
| Shipiey street last SATURDAY.. a little after
noon, the mail-carrier had left for him the
| following:
THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES
AT SAN FRANCISCO, SUPERINTENDENT's :
OFFICE November 80, 1899
| Aler. Greggains, Esq, Workman an Coiner's
| DEAR SIR: You are respectfully informed
! that your services will not be required on and
! after this date, VIZ: November 80, 1895. Re-
JOHN DAGGErT Superintendent.
Greggains hasn't been around to, the
Mint or to the st. George stables making
| any inquiries. He has been to the Occi-
dental Club mostly, and Buckley and the
rest up there stand by such loyal friends.
| Daggett must report the discharge to the
Director of the Mint for his formal ap-
proval, which would ordinarily be given,
but in this case there may be a little Sin
| reference"
'.Al l know about it is that after l quit
work at noon and got home last Saturday
| | got this notice." said Greggains last
! night at the Occidental Club. "Well,
amt caring particularly. I'm staying by
my friends, and that's what / always do.
'Of course, it's because I'm up here and
nothing else. Daggett never told me to
get into his fight after that time when he
stood everybody up and told them to work
for Watkins against O'Brien. when that
election came off few weeks ago. Dag
gett didn't call me in until the afternoon
before Watkins was elected that night.
I'd been out hustling for Jim O. Brien clear
up to that time. l was off that day to go
to funeral. and Daggett sent the watch
man out to hunt me up and bring me to
his Office. He said that he wanted Wat
kns elected and that he was fighting
Buckley. told him Buckley and Rainey
were my friends. He said Rainey
is fighting Buckley. said that
Rainey wasn't; he said that he was. If
Rainey was fighting Buckley didn't know
it then. He said that if Rainey didn't
fight Buckley he'd fight him. Well, he
said he wanted me to get out and do what
| could. | told him l wasn't member of
the committee and couldn't get him any
votes, but he said he knew what l could
90 on the outside. | says, We'll. it's too
late now for>me TO get out and get anybody
to switch that I've asked to vote for
could do. No, he didn't make any threats,
but he said things that you would know
meant something.
"Well, L got out and perhaps did what
| could and perhaps [ couldn't do much.
/ was around there at the meeting that
night, but l saw they had 1t and kept
still. Well after that Daggett told me
that he wasn't having anything to do with
local politics-ony National politics. Well,
/ supposed he meant it, and | supposed
after Watkins was elected l could do as |
wanted. l had to get out and protect
myself, and I'm friend OF Buckley's just
as | am of Rainey's. I'm friend of
Rainey's and always have been. don't
know how he stands on this; l haven't
been to see him yet.
81 suppose that at that meeting week
ago Saturday night, when Watkins tried
to adjourn the committee, they counted on
me standing in with them. was there
with some of my friends to help see that
our friends didn't get the worst of it, and
you know Fitzgerald and | had some words
up by the platform. guess they saw how
/ stood, and then, when was up on the
platform, l was introduced to Judge
Mcguire, who shook hands with
me, and / suppose somebody told
Daggett about that. One day Daggett
met me in the corridor OF the Mint and
asked me if 1 was in Maguire's district.
He swore and said that he'd run Mcguire
out of town. I've always been friendly
to Mcguire. Since Mcguire and the pa
pers have been going for Daggett again
lately | suppose he got madder yet and
says to himself, That's one Of those -
- and off goes my head"
The arrangements for the Junta's en-
rollment on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day evenings were further completed last
night. This evening the district delega-
tions of twenty-five in the general commit
tee will meet and organize to look after the
enrolment as follows:
Twenty-eight District, Drew's Hall, 121 New
Montgomery; Twenty ninth, room IL, Flood
building; .Thirtieth, 511 Minna; Thirty-first
southeast corner Howard and Eighth; Thirty
second, 514 Fourth Thirty-third, Masonic Hail.
South San Franpisco. Thirty-fOurth. Harmony