The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-07

of the general committee and $50 at large
to be appointed pro rata by the members
OF the campaign committee. 1t has been
inquired out to a certainty that Rainey and,
Lanlgan together can have their own way
with such convention.
Having rescinde ed this order the plan is
to adopt resolution providing that the
campaign committee shall appoint out.
right campaign convention of 800 men,
bers or less.
This would shut ont the General COM
mittee in which Rainey and Lanigan con-
troll majority, and a majority of the
campaign committee of twenty, ii it could
hang together on programme, could do
as it pleased with its own convention.
Then Gavin McNab's programme might
side along with some slight approach to
the smoothness with which Buckley's pro-
gramme goes at B'nai Birth Hall.
But the trouble with this coup and the
contingency on which Its success depends
is the getting of fourteen votes for it in
the campaign com mittee. The campaign
ommittee is to meet tonight to appoint
the $50 delegates at large. and some votes
for this revolutionary "cinch" program
must be gained before nightfsIl. That
meeting tonight is likely 10 be mighty
interesting.
The "McNab" faction in the campaign
committee comprises nine votes-Gavin
McNab, w. z. Sullivan, George L. Marye,
A. A. Watkins, Peter Quinn, Samuel
Braunhart, NJ. @. Hassett, James Butler,
Timothy Donovan. Captain Fitzpatrick,
representing the Thirtieth District, was
bought few weeks ago with a job in the
Mint, and as his vote belongs TO Daggett
he has been counted with the Rainey
vote.
at the last meeting OF the campaign
committee, however. he surprised every
body by voting for McNabs programme.
ShNts1 4 IL. - 10,
Nab ten votes.
Besides Fitzpatrick Rainey has but one
vote in the campaign committee, that of
Joseph P. Hayes of Eddie Greany's dis
tricI. Lanigan has one vote-John N.
Meuh. ]. j. Harvey, the post warden, has
never been counted with the Rainey-
ties, but he has no use for McNab, and the
other night he denounced McNab in the
committee meeting and presented the
Rainey programme.
The SIX left are the anarchists They
are Secretary McGovern, NJ. Tierney,
George A. Love. John O'DonnelI, r. L.
Mann, and DR.. w. J. Gavigan. These have
compact and taken an independent posi-
| ton between the Rainey and McNab
factions BY holding together they can
| dictate terms, as without them the four
! teen votes necessary to pass a convention
measure cannot be obtained. The McNab-
topper 1dCt1oil WIZ nave ~ puy up tnOSe
OF the anarchists with bigger concessions
of convention power than Rainey will give
| to accomplish that coup. Quotations on
anarchists will be high to-day.
| Pepper is an old hand at convention
and campaign management, and MCNab's
great 'hold" is com binations, but then
Sam Rainey was born before last Tuesday.
The Rainey people laughed yesterday
at Peppers entry into the fray and they
feared him not.
MAX Is a lobster" said one of the
Rainey lieutenants, who knew racetrack
slang.
If the McNab minority does not sue
coed by It's usual "cinch" methods in nam
ing outright convention of its own and
Rainey and Lanigan are able to hold in
operation the present plan there will be