The San Francisco call., 1896-04-09

Daggett people will have every last man
there. The anti-Rainey people are not all
of the sort sure to be on hand. The Rainey-
ties hgure up 2l5 votes. 1t will be merry
time.
The first battle will come up in the
Forty-fourth District. In that district
George Maxwell, Rainey's chief ieuten-
ant, falrly elected twenty-five delegates at
fairly and regularly conducted primary.
Chairman sullivan recognized the rlght
OF the Maxwell side. but arbitrarily oe-
clared that as matter of expedlency the
Raineyites could be given but twelve dele
gates, ard he appointed thirteen, giving
Maxwell twelve. Maxwell has not ac-
cepted this, and will battle to have his
twenty-five seated. The Raineyltes neeo
a majority to seat Maxwell, and when MS
delegation is in their majority Will De
twenty-five larger. Since Maxwell has re-
fused to accept half loaf McNab ana
Sullivan have declared that they Will ap-
point twenty-five and seat them.
The next fight will be'over the adoption
of a constitution The committee now
working ON one belongs to McNab, sui
hvan and Lanlgan, the Raineyltes having
but one or two of its membe
The majority will report constitution
providing for an executive commlttee wltp
absolute powers, TO be appointed py the
for two-thirds vote to amend the constr
tuition and for other things that would
keep the power securely in the hands OF
the INSIDE if they could secure ma
iority at the one meeting.
A minority report will be handed in by
the one or two Raineyites. 1t will provide
for primaries, for an executive committee
to be elected in the districts, for district
club control of primaries, including the
appointment of election officers and gener-
ally carrying out the policy of district
home rule in contrast to the McNab-Sulli-
van policy of headquarters rule. The side
with the most votes will select the consti-
tuition and determine the destiny OF the
Junta.
and knows that at primary the 'outside"
would win everything. The Rainey- Dag
gett people are out for primary.
Daggett left last night for Siskiyou
County where he will stay two weeks.
Rainey is still farther in the other direc-
ticn, but their able lieutenants will carry
on the battle all right and both will be
back when the fight is over.
Gavin McNab's troubles. Buckleyites keep
repeating the insinuation and McNab has
printed several thousand dodgers present.
ing the letter he recently wrote to local
paper denying that either he or Chairman
Gould belonged to the A. P. A.
Braunhart is still full of trouble in the
Twenty ninth, where he is waging with the
Philistines risky battle for political right
eousness. Recently Braunhart has been
guardedly making overtures to Daggett
through Daggetts people it is reported.
1t is told that when the news was told to
Daggett, who disikes Braunhart and who
had heard of Braunhart's overtures to
Dick Creighton, he said: "WeIl, if Dick
Creighton wouldn't have him, | don't want
him."
The Junta will indorse Mcguire at its
first meeting.
The Buckleyites are getting ready to
break out again and whoop things up.
Buckley came to town to attend the funeral
of George r. B. Hayes, and will stay few
days. He is not going to Europe. A con-
ference of district representatives will be
held tonight, at which the date for a
meeting of the general committee next
week will be decided on. 1t will probably
be held next Thursday evening.
At tnat meeting an executive committee
will be created, but in Difference to the
sentiment in the faction against this con-
centration of power the committee will be
required to report to the general body
every two weeks and submit its acts for
approval. The committee of ninety will
thus have less power than is generally
given to executive committees.
The preparations for the coming pri-
mary to elect a contesting delegation to
the State Convention will be advanced.
The date for the primary, now fixed for
June 6, will be changed to one three or
four days earlier, and arrangements will
be made to carry on the additional regis
tration and start going the district club
meetings necessary to keep the machinery
in motion. At the meeting there will also
be arranged a series of district mass-meet-
ings, which will be kept up until the con-
ventiou meets.