The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
A JOKER IN THE
CONVENTION CALL,
McNab Worked in an limo.
vatiOn in Democratic
Politics.
TO APPOINT DELEGATES.
The Junta Makes a Move Toward
Getting a Constitution and
Bylaws.
RAINEY GOES BUT TO RETURN.
Dick Creighton Tells Story on Braun
hart and 0'Donnell Starts for
Congress.

| Chairman W. P. Sullivan of the Junta
last evening announced his appointment
of the following committee to prepare a
constitution and bylaws for the general
committee:
Twenty-eighth District, John Welch Twenty
ninth, John Allen; Thirtieth, John Devaney
Thirty-frst W. A. Asmussen Thirty-second,
w. H. Harrison; Thirty third. S. r. O'Keefe !;
Thirty fourth Paul B. Hay; Thirty fifth, John
H. Grady; Thirty-sixth, E. P. Mogan; Thirty
seventh, NJ H. Mead; Thirty-eighth, NJ. Green
blatt; Thirty-ninth, W: ]. Gavigan; Fortieth,
NJ. Jasper Mcdonald; Forty-f first, T. W. Doyle /;
Forty-second, Frank McElrath; Forty-third, T.
]. Pinder; Forty-fifth, Thomas Murray.
Chairman Sullivan thought this would
start trouble enough for one time, and so
the appointment of the committee on
grievances is delayed until next meeting
The Junta has so long used the "oilroom"
at headquarters for a constitution and
Gavin McNab for its bylaws that there
are some doubts that the organization will
know what to 60 with the other kind.
There is also some surprise that the little
coterie of bosses should have the temerisy
to risk the presence of written regulations.
This committee will meet tomorrow
evening at the headquarters in the Flood
building. 1t wilt not be likely to report
any lettering constitution for seve,al
weeks, but one will be adopted Just before
the State Convention, that it may be put
on like new suit to so to Sacramento
with.
1t is through this committee that the
scheme OF appointing delegates is most
likely to be brought forward if possi-
billty OF doing 1t appears when the time
comes. Whether delegates are appointed
or not will depend upon how Sullivan,
McNab and few others stand in regard
to Daggett and Rainey when the time
comes.
San Francisco delegation to Sacramento,
with fair concessions to Welburn, and
Rainey will back Daggett in the State fight
in return for Daggetts help later in his
winning and using the organization in
local politics for himself Ed Lanigans
interests are all local or legislative, and so
he will stand in on the State Convention
wherever his personal interests in local
politics direct. Few people have doubts
that he will be with Rainey.
Sam Ralney goes to San Bernardino
County this week, leaving his political
forces in the hands of George Maxwell and
Eddie Creamy, to be used as Daggett
directs. Having secured control of the
Junta he sees that it is good politics for
him to clear out for while. When the
State Convention is over, or before, he will
return expecting to go ahead with Dag.
gett's forces and his own and manipulate
local politics.
This plan of appointing delegates to the
State Convention, something almost un-
heard OF In the party, appears to have been
early planned. 1t has been discovered
that there was little Joker in the State
Convention call quickly read and adopted
at the recent meeting of the State Central
Committee which Gavin McNab passed
with Chairman Gould's assistance.
This call is a new thing in Democratic
politics of California in that it contains a
covert provision for the appointment of
delegates. The call says:
ResolUed, That members of said State Conven-
ton be selected in such manner as the yari-
Gus county committees shall determine to be
expedient, the holding of primary elections
therefore, being recommended wherever prac-
ticable.
So far the Junta has been run on lines of
''expediency,' and the State cali was
especially framed so that Men alb would be
free to manipulate an arbitrary appoint
ment of delegates if that course turned out
to be expedlent in the interests of 'de-
cency, clean politics and nti-bossism."
OF course the same course is open to
county committees all over the State.
The universal custom of the party has been
to order primaries in the call for the State
Convention. The corresponding paragraph
in the call of 1890 is typical of all in the
history of the party. 1t was as follows:
RESOLVED, That in the cleo tion of delegates
from the different counties to the State con-
vention all such delegates shall be elected
either at open or club primaries held for that
purpose, or by delegates selected at an open or
club primary to county convention, called for
the purpose of selecting such delegates to the
State Convention.
The Junta is g queer mess of practical
politics With Rainev and Daggett in
nf1nf fnv rCt.x rs ,Ir Il
gan playing for place" and a number of
reforDers who are struggling to make
thu party decent and give the City a clean
government by putting themselves in
office, there Is a lot OF peculiar manipulat-
ing going on. McNab, Sullivan. Braun
hart, Hassett and a few more are still
loudly proclaiming that the decent" ele-
ment controls and will win out. Sam
Rainey doesn't say anything. but he
knows heap,
The Twenty-ninth District is one that is
being watched with great interest. Sam
Braunhart declares that the Raineyites
haven't ghost of show in his district,
and that the decent people there, who are
standing by him in the interest of pure
politics, can even win at primary.
However, Braunhart is nightly wor-
ried, and almost the entire band of politi-
cal workers of this famous south Of Market
district are against him. The Rainey-
Daggett boys are all working against him,
and the Buckleyites, who have the largest
numbers in that district, hate him,
But Braunhart is doing politics and the
Twenty-ninth may yet stand forth tri-
umphantiy for "decency,'' with excel
sior" on its banner. Richard Creighton
tells story of politics in the Twenty
ninth. "Dick" is member OF the Buck
ley general committee from that district
~ am out of politics." said Mr.. Creigh-
ton last evening, land Pm earning an
honest living. OF course l know some
thing about how things are going down
there. Braunhartl Great Scott! That fel-
low came to me about week and half
ago and he proposed to me that | stand in
with him with my friends. go over to the
Junta and name half the delegates.
II was to help make him State Senator
and then take the works. Well, l would
hardly go into another combination like
that when [ am on the big end now. Nc
Nab, Braunhart and those fellows make
me laugh when thev talk about pure poll
tics They would do politics with the
devil if they thought it was to their inter.
est to do so.''
G. C. O'Donnell will not run for Mayer
this year. He will run, though. He is
going to be candidate for Congress from
the Fourth District and bury Mcguire.