The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
Buckleyites Are Charged With
Trying to Spoil the Big
Annual Supper.
THE STATE CoNcLAvE TODAY.
Anti.Rainey Leaders of the Junta
Still Wrestling With Sam and
the Primary.

There is more war for the Iroquois Club,
and it's about the big and fine annual
banquet which the club will give tonight
at Delmonico's in honor of Washlngton's
birthday and the country delegates to the
State conference of Iroquois clubs, which
will meet to-day.
During the discussion of the banquet at
the regular meeting OF the Iroquois Club
last night it was announced two or three
times with indignation that certain men,
bers of the club had gone about yesterday
trying to produce frost for the annual
feast, asking other mem bers not to put up
So for ticket and offering to bet new hats
that Governor Budd would not go there.
They are of the defeated Buckley eleme Mt
of the club who are thus indicted.
The anti-Buckley element captured the
club at the recent annual election and now
it is said that some of them look with
Jealous eyes on the prospect of their ene-
mics shining at the annual banquet before
the county Democrats and the Governor.
Max Pepper and Louis MetZger made this
announcement of traitors in the camp and
when T.. 2. E. Troy moved that the out
rage be investigated and the offenders
properly dealt with it was decided to attend
to that when the feast is over.
A state of war is the normal one for the
Iroquois Club, but such serious issue has
not been raised for along time. The braves
enjoy banquet picnic and bulls head
breakfast annually, and on these occasions
all hatchets are supposed to be buried.
When the supper is eaten hatchets will be
dug up for those who tried to spoil it, and
meantime the wine will be watched until
supper time comes.
The State conference will assemble at
Pythian Castle at 10:30 this morning,
and Lawrence j. Welch, secretary of the
State League, announced that the appoint
ment of thirtv-eight delegates from out
side clubs had been certified to him.
Grand Sachem Raleigh Barker of Vaca-
vile did not arrive last night, as expected,
and no definite plans as TO what will be
done were arranged. There will be resolu-
tions expressing the Democratic sentiment
of the body on all sorts of things and dis
cussions supposed to be for the good of the
party.
Governor Budd and Frank Gould chair
man of the State Central Committee, are
among the delegates appointed by the
Stockton club, and this delegation is ex-
pected TO do what it can while here to Sc
cure the coming State Convention for that
city.
The banquet is to be a gem and "out of
sight" 1t was so announced by l.. V.
Merle and Louis Metzger of the board of
trustees last night. There are to be palms
and flowers, music galore, eloquent
Democrats and an astonishing menu.
The Governor is to respond to the toast
California"
Up at the Junta headquarters in the
Flood building Chairman Sullivan, Chief
Boss McNab, a. A. Watkins, NJ. c. Has
sett, John f. McGovern and two or three
more of the committee wrestled with
problems involved in the primary to be
held on Monday evening. They settled
on the lists of election officers and polling
places and then tried to settle some of the
contests with Sam Rainey, particularly
the one in the Forty-fourth District, but
they didn't succeed in settling anything.
Chairman Sullivan said that they would
probably succeed in compromising on one
ticket in every district, but George Max
we'll and some others have not yet dis
played compromising disposition.
More will be known about Rainey's grip
on the Junta after next Monday night.