The San Francisco call., 1896-06-24
BUCKLEY|TES ARE
ALL ON DECK,
The Biggest Meeting Held
Since the Split
Occurred.
NUMBERS AND HURRAH.
The General Committee Prepares
for a Future Municipal
Convention.
0'BRIEN STILL IN THE FOLD.
Declaration of War, Hope of Peace,
Loyalty to the Dollar Limit
and Speeches.
0'BRIEN STILL IN THE FOLD.

The Buckley regular Democratic Gen.
eral Committee held the biggest and most
enthusiastic meeting in its history at
B'nai Birth Hall last evening. 1t will
not hereafter be hinted by the coterie of
the Flood building that the Buckleyites
are whipped off the face of the earth or
that they will be breaking their necks to
get into the Junta camp.
The organization which was denied
recognition by Frank Gould at Sacra-
mento, last night emphatically declared it.
self the 2ular and legal party organiza-
ton, ordered primary to elect delegates
to municipal convention to be held in
September, ordered headquarters opened
in each Senatorial district, resolved to re-
mind the four Democratic Supervisors
that they were elected on dollar-limit
platform and loudly cheered men and
speeches expr essive of the determination
to stand boldly together and win.
There cropped out in two or three of the
speeches the general belief and desire that
the party would, however, be united
through a fair primary which would give
the Democratic voters chance to create
one party organization. But until that
comes the Buckle yites will hold and mass
and play their strength to its fullest ex-
tent.
The chairs in the hall provided seats for
about half those present. Men stood
three deep along the side wall, packed the
rear of the hall and filed the gallery.
Chairman Joseph Rothschild called the
meeting to order and Secretary ID. M.
Gavigan's rollcall showed the presence of
1856 members of the committee. Most of
the delegates to Sacramento and about 300
spectators were also present
swell, now, are we the people or are the
other fellows?" was jubilautly asked
hundred times when the typical Demo-
cratic San Francisco mass-meeting had
paved the sawdust into moistened disor-
der and the tobacco smoke had spread its
haze
Five cheerings and one bunch of Kisses
interrupted the rollcall. DR.. d. f. Reagan,
who went to the enemy some time ago and
became delegate to Chicago, was Kissed.
James H. O'Brien, who had been report
ed in the Rainev camp while he was at the
Santa Cruz carnival, answered Here" all
right and the boys hurrahed. Thomas
Ashworth got his usual applause, as did
Recorder Glynn and Railroad Commits
sioner Stanton.
resolution ordering primary election and
giving the executive committee general
power and discre ton where the interests
of the faction are concerned:
Resolved, That in pursuance of section g.
article l, of the constitution OF the General
Committee, call is hereby made for the pur-
pose OF holding primary for the election of
delegates to n municipal nominating conven-
tion to be held in the City and County of San
Francisco not later than September Is, 1896.
ReSOtUed, That in accordance with section /,
article V, OF the constitution, the number OF
delegates composing said municipal conven-
ton shall be 40, apportioned as follows: To
each Assembly district twenty-three delegates,
to be elected by the district clubs of the As
sembly districts; two delegates at large for
each Assembly district, to be elected by the
voters OF the eighteen Assembly district clubs,
Resolved That pursuant to article vi, sec
tons 1, 2 and 3, OF the constitution, candidates
tor the Senate shall be nominated by the
several Assembly district clubs embraced in
each Senatorial district; that candidates for
the Assembly shall be nominated by the AS
sembly district club in each Assembly dis
trict: that the nominees for members of the
Legislature, when elected by the district club,
shall be reported to the municipal convention
for Endorsement.
ResOIued, That the executive committee be
and hereby is empowered to designate days
and dates for future enrolment of members
in district clubs; day and date of making
nominations for delegates to municipal con-
ven tion and Legislative candidates; also date
of holding primary election in accordance
with articles l, III ana III of the constitution
governing district clubs, and to make any and
all arrangements to carry out these resolutions
and to attend to all details in furtherance
thereof and report the same to this committee.
Res0lUed, That the executive committee is
further empowered to personally perform any
act that may be necessary to protect this COM
miltee and the Democratic party in all its
rights.
The resolution was adopted with a
whoop, as was the following one, intro
duced by T. ]. Powers, declaring loyalty
to the dollar limit:
WHEREAS, The tax-levy for the ensuing year
is about to be considered by the Board of
Supervisors and among its members are four
Democrats, elected on a platform pledged TO
the dollar limit; therefore, be 1t
Rescued, That we, the members of the Gen
eral Committee, request that the executive
to work. upon said Democratic Supervisors
and call their attention to the platform
adopted at Union Hall September 10. 1894,
and upon which they were elected, and which
we reaffirm and believe to be sufficient for the
purposes of onducting the present City gov
ernment, as has been proven by many years
OF Democratic rule.
A resolution by James Eagan, author
izing the executive committee to open
headquarters in each Senatorial district
followed.
NJ. J. Donovan, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, offered amid applause the
following resolution, which was quickly
adopted
WHEREAS The General Committee of the
Democratic party OF the City and County of
San Francisco, OF which Joseph Rothschild is
the president is the only legal representative of
the Democratic party of this City and County,
having succeeded TO all the rights and powers
OF all previous committees: therefore be it
ResOtUed, That the executive committee of
this General Committee be and hereby Is in
structed TO proceed to acquire and reduce to
possession, on behalf of this committee and for
the use and benefit OF this committee, any
money or property of this committee or its
predecessor, in the hands of any person per-
sons, and upon acquiring control OF the same
10 turn it over to the treasurer OF this COM
mittee.
The election of Matt O'Donnell as a
member from the Forty-third District and
of T. J. Casserly from the Thirty-sixth
was approved.
This ended the business of the meeting,
and the speeches and hurrah followed.
DR.. Stanton received an ovation as he
went to the platform, where he briefly
said:
You all know the story OF the State Conven-
tion. Through series of Misrepresentation
and the tricks of Mr.. Gould's programme our
delegation not seated, but visit to this hall
tonight would settle anybody's doubts as to
which organization represented the regular
Democracy. At Sacramento the Junta tried to
gain promise that they would not be hurt in
San Francisco. That was their only fear. The