The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-20
Sam Rainey Is to Show Up
Later as the Silent Partner
in the Firm.
THAT REORGANIZATION PLAN
Daggett, Rainey and McNab Will
Control the Junta Delegation
and Harvest Proxies.

Gavin McNab's State Convention pro-
gramme, which he intends shall make
him boss of the local machine, is nightly
interesting many Democrats.
The mysterious Gavin has been hatch
ing this scheme for many weeks, but so
well and shrewdly has he guarded his
great plan that few, even of those
who have been intimately associated
with him and been guided by him
through the stormy course the Junta
has followed. have known just what
it was He has often darkly
whispered the assurance that the Junta
com bipation would surely WIN, but he
has never confided to any of the smaller
politicians he has been controlling what
he was going to make it appear when the
Junta delegation was VIGOROUSLY seated
as he has declared II was sure to be.
Most of the people who have actively
stood by McNab in the Junta have sup
posed that the present organization would
become the local machine if the Junta
were recognized as the regular Democracy
OF San Francisco by the State Convention,
and that after their months of labor and
battle they would be parts of the machine.
But the publication by THE CALL of Nc
Nab's programme to secure control of the
State Central Committee and its eyecu-
tive committee and then effect complete
reorganization of the party through an
other Deuprey com mittee named for him
by the executive committee of the State
Central Committee has set half the poll
ticians of the Junta by the ears.
Many more have suddenly grown sus-
picious OF McNab and hostile to him.
They are not inclined to help down
Buckley and Rainey that McNab may
step into their shoes. They are
not inclined TO stand so valiantly
by programme which will dump them
into a common heap with the Buckleyites
and Raineyites and leave to scram BILE for
place on even terms with the Buckleyites
if they have not McNabs special favor.
McNabs programme has been further
revealed. He is in partnership, according
to ve.y reliable information. vii b Daggett
and with Frank Gould Of Stockton, in a
plan to secure control of the State ma
chine. All the clrcumstantial evidence of
recent political history confirms this in
formation.
This trinity figures on pooling strength
and heads and getting control of the State
machine. The Stale machine will be very
valuable two years hence, and now is the
time to get hold OF it.
But the machine is wanted right away,
as we'll by McNab and Daggett for San
Francisco purposes.
McNab wants to carry out this reorgani-
cation scheme and be a big and powerful
local Democrat during the coming local
campaign, and maybe get an attorneyship
for big public official as well. Daggett
wants local power as badly as ever, and he
wants IL for Two thlngs-to fortify his DO
sition in State politics and to carry out his
partnership arrangements with Sam
Rainey, by which Rainey is TO have the
purely local pie.
Daggett is Rainey's warm personal
friend and political partner. McNab is
Dageett's political partner helping Dag
gett to what he wants, yet he is trying to
keep up the impression that he is fighting
Sam Rainey, the boss of the Fire Depart
ment, for which McNab processes and
shows SO much friendship.
Most politicians see that McNab is in
effect making Rainey's campaign.
McNab is big figure in the firm of Nc
Nab, Daggett and Gould just now, but it
is said by some people who are "next" to
what IS going on there that when the
game is won the firm will gently but firmly
dump MeNab as a political necessity,
owing to his importantly in the party.
SO, as the State Convention approaches,
things get more and more interesting
among the auarreling Democrats.
The opposition to McNab is as deter
mined as ever, and it was expected to show
itself in its strength at a meeting of the
side was ready for battle and nothing was
brought up that was likely to precipitate a
row.
DR.. Gavigan was there, but he had moth
ing to say. He is biding a time which is
coming. 1t was found that there would
be contests at the primary in but two dis
tricts-the Twenty eighth and the Thirty
fourth. The fifty-three delegates-at-large
were not nominated.
This interesting labor was put off until
next Monday night, by which time McNab
and Sullivan expect to get things fixed up
according to the best terms they can
secure.
1t is found that as a result of McNab's
ability majority of the district delegates
nominated last Saturday night are Rainev-
Daggett people, and that Daggett will
control the Junta delegation after all.
Daggett and McNab are not resting at
this, however. Daggett's lieutenants are
already hustling about for proxies, several
days before the primary.
The demand for proxies has suddenly
become recognized as feature of the pri-
mary business and some nominees who
were not inclined at first to put up 50 80
and go on the ticket decided. it is quietly
told about, to do so in the prospect that
proxies would be worth $40 or go apiece.
number OF interesting things are likely
to happen amid the local mess before the
State Convention meets on June 16, and as
the convention approaches the hustling
and the scheming on ali sides increase in
intensity.
The most important development is the
fact that McNab the boss of the Junta
really recognizes the necessity OF getting
the Buckleyites in, and that his pro-
gramme Is big reorganization scheme
which they might accept while giving him
the strings.
The executive committee OF the Buckley
General Committee met last evening at its
Market-street headquarters with a large
attendance, and with Chairman Donovan
and Secretary Gavigan present
A member of the committee from each
district was especially delegated to see
that every nominee signed pledge to
support in the State Convention a free
silver policy and a resolution in opposition
to the funding bill, in accordance with the
resolutions by A. J. Clunie, adopted at the
last meeting of the General Committee
The name of no nominee who does not
sign this pledge will be placed on a ticket.
The executive committee adopted strong
resolutions denouncing the A. P. A. and
adjourned until Friday evening.
Chris Buckley returned yesterday from