The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
THE nPUSH"
At RAIHEY'S FEET
Fears and Joys That Fol-
low the Fall of the
McNab Dynasty.
SAM HAILED AS KING.
Phelan's Nomination for Mayor
Goes to the Dogs With
McNab's Slate.
so sULLIVAN'S GUARDIANSHIP
The Junta Convention Will Be an
Awful Mess of Politics With
Rainey in the Middle.
so sULL1vAN's GUARDIANSHIP

Sam Rainey was regarded yesterday with
more genuine respect and admiration
among Democrats than be has COM
manded for something like years. The
boys appreciated his worth and loneliness
as highly as they did years ago when the
ruddiness of his spreading cheek had in it
more of youth.
He owns municipal convention again.
AT least he Is tee principal owner, and for
the first time he is the real managing
partner. So business is rushing, as Junta
politicians tumble over each other to en-
liss on the winning side.
The complete downfall of Gavin McNab
as the autocratic boss of the Junta and the
revelation of Rainey's actual position in
the organization was the talk OF the local
Democracy yesterday. The fragments of
McNab's slate, which was to be put
through by Chairman Sullivan, were re-
garded in variety OF ways by the Junta
factions. A few shed tears of despair, the
Rainey- Lanigan people still danced with
Joy, and the independent, mlddle-of-the-
road fellowship anarchists" as they
have been humorously dubbed-chuckled
in glee at the revelation of the end OF the
domination of McNab and Sullivan.
The Junta, while ostentatiously repudi-
ating Buckley, has all along been well
known to be in the grasp of Rainey, Dag
gett, LanIgau and other smaller political
bosses who quietly schemed for and held
their strength while handful of decent"
fellows who backed Gavin McNab in his
am billions for boss power sat in the front
row and said nice things.
The meeting of the campaign commit
tee the other night showed the McNab ele-
ment to be in a hopeless minority with
two factions against 1t, the Rainey- Lani-
gan faction and the anarchists, both of
which are opposed to McNab and which
are quite ready to play together.
The anarchists gleefully say that McNab
won't get a smelP' in the convention.
Several interesting results of all this are
foreseen. One is the probability that
James ID. Phelan will not get a chance to
gracefully and periodically accept the
nomination for Mayor. Phelan has been
the candidate of McNab, Sullivan, Marye
Watkins, Hassett and few of the now in
consequential minority; but Phelan
don't go" with the ''push.}'
"Why that fellow would Roosevelt the
town if tie new charter was adopted"
said one of the leaders of the push" yes
terday.
The objection to Millionaire PheIan
could not have been more elnquently ex-
pressed.
He's pretty good art critic said this
wise politician, "Dut nobody could do any
business with him, and the boys wouldn't
trust him.
Then w. P. Sullivan is not likely to be
chairman of the Rainey convention and
get chance to push through McNah
programme. He was on McNab's slate,
but he is not on Rainey's.
Mr.. McNab had ii all arranged when IL
seemed plain sailing that the 200 delegates
at large that he was going to have APP
pointed should be put first on the roll to
help shove the programme through, but
Mr.. McNab is not so elated over this plan
now.
OF course if Mr.. Phelan does not become
Mayor under the new charter Gavin Nc
Nab will not name new police commits
sion, NJ. C. Hassett will not be appointed
City and County Attorney, Max Pepper
will not be appointed an election commits
sioner AID all SORTS of remote and inter-
esting things like that will be removed
from the pos sibihties of Junta politics.
Gavin McNab is reported to be particu-
larry incensed against DR.. w. ]. Gavigan,
who has been an especially active organ
izer of the six Independents who hold the
balance of power in the campaign COM
mittee.
Rainey and Lanigan will have, accord
ing TO conservative estimates, at least 228
votes in the convention oil 600, while others
figure out an actual majority at the pres
ent moment. Giving Rainey 228 votes
leaves MIN put Gnlrty-Sl4 10 secure TO nave
an out-and-out working majority. This
estimate takes no account Of the combina-
tions with anarchists, which will be very
easily made, as each member OF the cam
paign committee will control a bunch OF
votes and be looking for all he can get.
The convention anu the preparations for
it will be a tangled mass of political
scheming, amid which Sam Rainey will
have the easiest convention job of his life
to get all he wants and say what things
shall be.