The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Further Arrangements for the
Anti.Buckley Primary
Election.
NEW DATES AND COMMITTEES
A Special Committee on Election
Officers and an Assessment of
One Dollar Ordered.

The Junta decided last night to hold its
primary for the election of new general
committee on the evening of February "a.
This decision was reached at meeting
of the primary committee of twenty five
held at the headquarters in the Flood
building, twenty of the members OF the
committee and many other buckley
ties being present. This was the second
and last meeting of the committee of
twenty-five. At its first meeting it Gre
ated an executive committee of seven with
power to act, and from now on this COM
mittee will have full control of the ar
rangements for the primary in conjunc-
ton with Max Pepper, Gavin McNab and
Samuel Braunhart, the active managers of
the Juntas affairs. The committee con-
sists of w. P. Sullivan, chairman, J. f.
McGovern, F. P. Hughes. J. B. Reinstein,
James F. Butler, M. c. Hassett and A. A.
Watkins.
AT the meeting last night the following
report from the committee of seven was
approved:
At a special meeting of the primary commit
tee OF seven OF the general committee of the
Democratic party of the Cry and County of
San Francisco, held January % at Democratic
beadq uarters, room IL, Flood building, the
following mode of procedure was agreed upon
to be submitted to the committee of twenty
five Tor their approval:
Nominations for membership on the district
committees to comprise the general commit
tee OF the Democratic party will be made by
the respective district clubs on February z,
the place OF holding such meetings 10 be set
tied upon at a later date, and report of nomi-
natlous TO be made upon following evening,
accompanied by 81 for each nominee.
The Date OF holding the primary was then
taken under consideration, and by unanimous
nj En hrr1a rtT
lected as the time for electing new general
committee.
1t was duly moved and seconded that the
secretary of the various district committees as
now constituted be notified that they return
the poll lists by January 81, certified 10 by the
chairman and secretary of their respective dis
tricts, and after due examination OF said lists
by this committee, and having received the
OH cial signature of the chairman and secre-
tary OF the general committee, they shall be
returned to the secretaries of the various dis
tr1cts to be used at the primary.
W. ?. SULLIVAN, Chairman.
J. f. MCGovERN, Secretary.
The question of the appointment of
election officers, which the general COM
mittee directed should be done by the
members of the new Election Commission,
just removed from power, was settled by
the adoption of motion by +. P. Hughes,
that the election officers be appointed by a
committee of seven, to be named by Chair
man Sullivan, which committee should
IL,
the Democratic members of the ousted
commission.
The hours and the places for holding
the primary, which will be according 10
the club plan, will be settled hereafter by
the committee OF seven, and between now
and the 24th OF February the primary will
be the main thing that will enlist the ac-
tivity OF the Junta faction.
The Buckleyltes are ia liking of future
compromise as lndustrlously as ever, but
the Junta leaders pin their faith of success
to the expected recognition of them by the
State Central Committee as the regular
party organization of San Francisco.
"There is no possibility of compromise"
said Chairman w. 2. Sullivan last even
ing. "This committee is solid against it,
but even if a majority of it went over to
Buckley the rest would carry through the
fight and stay with it. The Buckleyites
know that they hayn't a leg to stand on
and that their only hope lies in a COM
promise that will concede something TO
them.
but you can Judge their chance of
being recognized when | tell YOU that we
have expressions from nearly every mem
Der of the State Central Committee as to
how he stands on the proposition, and
that over 80 per cent of the members ara
decidedly against Buckley and IN favor OF
aiding any measures that will drive him
out OF the party. The State Central Com
mlttee now contains l02 members, and as
it happens to be constituted just now it IS
exceptionally representative of the best
element OF the party in every county of the
State. San Francisco has twenty mem
bers, of which seven are conceded to
Buckley and the rest are strongly opposed
to him. We expect that the State Central
Committee will formally recognize our
organization as the regular party machine
and direct that the call for State con.
vention primary be issued to it''
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