The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

GUS over the prospects Of victory be
| thought he saw before him.
! The interior delegates have generally
taken lately the position that they will
wait and hear the evidence before they will
| decide.
The question that will arise to-day will
| be, as has been often explained, whether
or not the State Central Committee shall
give the Junta the prestige Of official recog-
milton by resolution and the issuance to 1t
alone of the call for the State convention.
This would be onlysa matter OF prestige,
but it would be a great advantage and
victory for Gavin McNab.
The Buckleyites claim to have the reg
ular local party organization, are pre-
pared with able orators, witnesses and at
| iidavits to prove the regularity of their
organization and that the Junta faction IS
a minority born in trickery. To-day the
old liners will be championed at the
meeting by Judge Ferral, George K. B..
| Hayes, Peter +. Dunno and others.
| The position of the Buckleyites is, first,
that the State Central Committee has no
| initial right to interfere; that It's sole duty
! is to call State convention. If two FAC
| tions come before it and ask it to act as q
committee of arbitration then it may do
| something.
1t is planned that the fight shall come
up on the presentation Of a resolution
instructing the secretary OF the State
Central Committee to issue the call for the
State Convention to the Democratic or
ganization of San Francisco of which w.
7. Sullivan is chairman and John +. Nc
Govern secretary.
This would extend official recognition to
the Junta, though if it is adopted the
Buckleyites will go right ahead as the reg
ular party organization, send its delegates
fn hn OF Eerh nf
there. But the Buckieyites don't want the
damage that would thus result, in the way
of moral and political effect.
The committee or twenty-five appointed
at the meeting of the Buckley general
| committee last Thursday night TO take
| charge OF the case before the State Central
Com mittee held meeting at 935 Market
street last night and chose a sub-com nit
tee to do the talking and fighting to-day.
This committee is as follows:: George r.
B. Hayes, Reel B. Terry, NJ. J. Donovan,
Henry Ach, Joseph Rothschild, James II.
O'Brien. d. Nj. Gavigan. James Devote
and James c. Nealon.
When the resolution mentioned is Of
fered to-day some memb Der of the commit
tee friendly to the Buckley side will OBJ
iect to its consideration, on the ground
that the committee has, by all Demo
cratic principles and prestige, no jurisdic-
ton TO thus intrude itself into local polit-
cal affairs and Judge and regulate them.
1t can only act as committee OF arbitra-
ton, when both sides agree to present a
case.
The committee will probably decide to
proceed to do something, and then the de-
mand will be made, and undoubtedly con-
ceded that representatives OF the ''regu.
lar" local organization be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard before they arc exc
cuted.
Then, according to what appeared yes
terday to be the favorable course of things,
Gavin McNab will object to their being
given hearing unless they will agree in
advance to be bound by the decision of the
State Central Committee. Mr.. McNab,
feeling confident of majority of the COM
miitee, will agree 10 submit his case with.
out reservation and abide by the judgment.
Then the fight will develop.
The Buckleyites will not agree to sub
NIT to anything in advance. They will
say that if the committee wants to be fair
they will accept its arbitration on the basis
that there be held an open primary in the
selection of the officers of which both sides
shall fairly share. In other words, they
will offer to meet the Junta at a primary
election.
Quite number of State Central COM
mitteemcn arrived in the City last night.
Few or none from the interior would COM
nit themselves on the local situation. All
wanted to "hear the case first"
Daggett controls several OF the commit
tee. and they and others who are controlled
in other ways will "go down the line" for
McNab. Many of the members were open
to conviction as 10 what ought to be done
are the proxies
The Buekleyites say that the calling of
the meeting for a Saturday afternoon was
q scheme to shut off debate and fair in
vestigation through the members wanting
to hurry through and get home. and de-
bate and investigation are what the Buck
leyites want and what Gavin McNab does
not want.
Next to the local fight the only thing Of
interest, unless some anti i-railroad resolu-
tons are introduced, will be the selection
OF place TO hold the State convention.
Stockton began its campaign earliest,
but last evening Sacramento was making
the most noise and feeling confident of
winning. The last time the convention
was held in Stockton was in 1884. That
was the famous Stockton convention. 1t
is said that John Daggett has bitter memo
ries of Stockton, and that his influence
will not go to that city.
Sacramento has not had the Democratic
convention for about seventeen years, and
the Sacramentans were declaring last night
that it is time they saw one.
They hold that it cuts no figure that the
Republican and Populist conventions are
going there this year.
Isidor Alexander was the first Sacra-
mento hustler to appear. Last evening he
was joined by NJ. r. Baird and P. J.
Shields, who are with him on the COM
mittee and by Il committee of citizens in.
Guiding William Beckman and Postmaster
Fox.
W. NJ. Gibson led the delegation of Stock
ton workers that appeared about the hotels
last evening.