The San Francisco call., 1896-12-28
PATRONAGE To
JUNTA COMMIT TEES
Five Supervisors Elect
Vote in Favor Of
the Transfer.
At a Secret Caucus Saturday
Night This Novel Stand
Was Taken
Charles A. Reynolds First Choics Of
the Junta for Prosecuting
Attorneyship.

These are anxious hours for the aspir-
ants to political positions in the City Hall.
The time passes in mystery, at least to the
many who are out warming their toes ,on
the sidewalks, and a nod or a smile from
the dispensers OF patronage will fill a
doubling mem Der of the faithful with hope
and happiness, not TO speak of visions of
nice fat salaries. AS the climax ap-
p-oaches the struggle grows in intensity.
Last night it was feverish. From the
Junta headquarters to Bush and Kearny
streets, where Mr.. Rainey hangs his hat
the sidewalks were strewn with pulls and
more or less names for the slate.
They gathered on corners and thought
they were pumping one another dry on
news from "the inside" and of course
every gentleman of the "push" gave away
all he knew.
But the gravest question of all was,
"What did they Go at the caucus last
night?'
This caucus was held in a private office
Saturday night. Nine OF the Supervisors
elect were present, and few member of
the organization" the local Democratic
party, were quiet participants. 1t was
secret, but somebody came out and told
every body down the liLe from the Flood
building to Bush street that five Snper-
vlsors-elect had voted for giving all the
patronage to the organization, while four
stoutIy maintained that 1t was the board S
prerogative TO do as it pleased with its
patronage.
So. the jury disagreed, and now every
thing depends on the caucus Tuesday
night to determine whether two more
Supervisors elect will throw the patronage
TO the Junta. In this case there would be
seven, a majority in favor of Rainey.
More than usual interest is attached to
the fight being made for the positions of
prosecuting attorneys in the Police Courts.
Nearly dozen candidates are in the field
almost three to each position-and. since
the more the merrier, it can easily be
imagined how interesting grows the con-
hlct. Two new aspirants Dobbed up yes
terday-William II. Gleeson, brother-in-
law of NJ. c. Hassett with a recommenda-
ton from the Junta and a personal one
from James D. Phelan; also Andrew Nc
Guire OF the Thirty seventh District, with
a pull out that way.
The others are: Z. P. Mogan, Robert
:. Mann, Charles OCallaghan, Frank Drury,
Charles A. Reynolds, Judge Spinetti,
Geor-e 'Cabaniss and Stephen OKeefe.
MOgan is backed by Ned L4nigan ana is
reasonably certain of place. Mann has
=
the Juhta, and is regarded as a winner
Then comes Reynolds, with every Demo-
cratic committeeman in the Thirty-sev-
enth and Thlrty-eighth districts tor him.
A prominent member of the Junta said
last night that Reynolds claims cannot be
overlooked. Reynolds" said he, has
the best claim OF all the candidates, from
the organization point of view. In the
beginning of the Junta movement he led
small minority, fought his way through
and defeated the faction led by McNab,
Sullivan, Pepper, Braunhart and others.
He paved the way for DR.. Ragan, as he
finally landed on top and was made tenn
porary ch hairman OF the Democratic NUM-
cipal Convention, and he was with the
dominant faction OF the party in the con-
vention. If the dominant faction has
anything TO say he certainly should be
recognized"
@ A protest has been urged against o. Cal
laghan and Drury.
The former appears in the directory of
i. 1896 as a law student, and Drury is given
e. in .sthe 1895 directory as "clerk, Wells,
Fargo & Co." Chief Crowley and the
Police Judges have protested to the Super
visors-elect against inexperienced and in
competent prosecuting attorneys in the
Police Courts.
SpinettI has the whole Forty-fourth
District with him, and O'Keefe is only
backed by part of the Thirty-third.