The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
The Buckley.Populist Campaign
Will Try to Enlist All the
Opposition.
L1QUoR.DEALERs FOR DIMoN D
Phelan's Friends Spent Two Weeks in
Futile Effort to Pull Dimond
Down.


sive fight against the new charter is about
to be launched into the seething waters of
municipal politics, and it promises to be
one of the leading features and forces OF
this interesting and complicated local
campaign.
This organized anti-charter fight is to
range itself about Supervisor Joseph L.
Dimond, who is to become the distinc-
lively anti-charter candidate for Mayor.
Mr. Dimond is the Buckley and the Popu-
list candidate for Mayor, and the Bucku-
listic local campaign will in way include
in its goal the whole Buckley-Populist
ticket. Chris Buckley is the master poll
tician who has planned the campaign.
Joe Dimond will personify the complex
nature of the Buckleyites' campaign, and
as much as possible of the political force
accumulated will be directed to the rear
of the rest of the ticket to boost it along.
The great issue of the Buckulistic cam
paign will be the charter. The Buckley
faction of the Democracy will fight the
charJer tooth and toenail. and the Popu-
lists, who have surrendered to Buckley,
will play the part of allies so far as the
leaders can direct the party's force.
friends of Dimond and leading opponents
of the charter, who are ready to accept
D;mond, have organized powerful support
and arranged plan of campaign, the de-
tails of which will appear in two or three
days.
There is to be first big anti-charter
mass meeting. At this mass-meeting
some resolutions will be passed providing
for a definite anti-charter or anization.
r - ~ can
sort with large mem Dershlp is created
there will be an executive or campaign
committee, which will conduct an aggres-
sive anti charter campaign.
Anti-charter campaign literature will be
freely distributed and 1t is understood
that at least TWO meetings per night will
be held.
All this will be ostensibly purely anti
charter, but it will all be in effect pro-
Dimond as we'll. Mr.. Dimond will jump
into the middle of the fight and will ad-
dress a mass-meeting somewhere just
about every night.
Patrick Reddy, ex-Judge ]. F. Sullivan,
J. S. Reynolds and many other we'll
known citizens, who oppose the charter,
will take an active part in the fight from
rostrums, wagons and private consulta-
ton rooms.
Mr.. Dimond opens his anti-charter
campaign in a communication to THE
CALL, published elsewhere, in which he
expresses his views on two of the main
objections 10 the charter On which its OPP
ponents rely.
This issue, it is at once seen, divides the
local Democracy by still wider breach.
"Jlmmy" Phelan, the Junta and Exam
iner candidate who is now on the street
generally remarked to be an apparent
third in the race, is an outspoken advo-
cate of the new charter.
t. i~ ole lu nd
the politically wise that Rainey has con-
ceded to him his support on the basis OF
proper understanding about the Fire
Department if the charter and Mr.. Phelan
should both succeed.
Mr.. Dimond opposes the charter and
Mr.. Phelan advocates it. Mr.. Dimond is
silver man and Mr.. Phelan is gold bug.
Mr. Dimond has the Populist indorse-
ment and Mr.. Phelan has the Endorsement
of the unorganized artists.
| Mr.. Dimond is backed by Chris Buckley
ct al. and Mr.. Phelan is backed by Sam
Rainey ct al. The fight is bitter and un-
compromising. and will end only in the
death that November will bring.
Other forces beside the anti-charter
and the Populist sentiments are being
massed behind Dimond and the Bucku-
| listic ticket. It is already we'll under
| stood that Dimond and much of the rest
of the dual ticket he is on is to be sup
| ported by the strong organization of
| liouor-dealers which are allied this year
in the California Protective Association.
There is a powerful lot of connubiating
going on in local Democratic politics, and
| it has included a desperate but futile
! effort on the part of ]. d. Phelan and
some of his friends to pull Dimond out of
the fight.
| All that has leaked out before this about
| it was a vague rumor, half credited by
some. that Dimond would withdraw.
Dimond' s friends laugh at the idea.
| According to the Story, in the main con-
| firmed by Dimond himself the political
| friends of Phelan began nearly two weeks
ago their efforts to induce Dimond to
withdraw.
"Mr. Dimond was asked to call on Mr..
Phelan," said one of Dimond's friends
yesterday, land Mr.. Dimond replied that
he could be easily seen by his friend, Mr..
Phelan, if the latter would call.
ALI sorts of efforts and arguments were
made by Phelan's friends and there was
always the argument among others of
| party harmony.
''Last week Mr.. Dimond made plain
and a square proposition. He said he
would resign if Mr.. Phelan would, on the
| understanding that the three conventions
the two Democratic and the Populist-
| should unite in the interest of harmony
and name candidate.
"But Mr.. Phelan really couldn't do that.
He was nominated by the Non-Partisans,
4 too, ana so on. All the Phelan people
asked was that Dimond should get out of
his way. But Mr.. Dimond is in the race
! to stay"
! The BuckleyItes are to have big ratif-
cation meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Sat-
| urday night at which most of the candi-
dates will make brief speeches.