The San Francisco call., 1896-05-15
Daggett Has Twenty Unused
Jobs in His Political Bank
After All.
WORTH FIVE p0LLARs A DAY,
The Junta Executive Committee Orders
Nominations for Delegates to
Sacramento.

GaVln McNab has been very busy In
an effort TO produce harmony in the
Junta executive committee not too incon-
sistent with the preservation of his man
agement of things.
He has been partly successful in allaylng
and holding in allegiance the hostility to
his bossing the machine. The executive
committee met Wednesday night and ad-
journed without war.
There was no war because McNab had
made some surrenders and some prom
ises that he would not try to name most
Of the delegates himself, and also because
the question OF how far com mitteemen
shall have the naming of election officers
in their districts did not come up.
a majority of the me n bers will insist on
their nominations for elective officers be-
ing recognized and majority of the
members of the committee have agreed to
su pport one another's nominations.
Against this committeeman sovereignty
McNab by himself or through Chairman
Sullivan may buck in vain.
The main significance of this agreement
is provided in the Thirty-ninth, where
McNab wants to down DR.. w. J. Gavigan,
the member of the executive committee
from that district, in the interest of j. A.
1SAtOh oha i4AC OdSSSiI-4Ndll4cN SOulUllld-
ton.
McNab wants Fenton delegation to the
State Convention, and SO would amend
Gavigan's recommendations for delegates
and election officers. But Ed Lanigan,
who is very strong in the committee, will
undoubtedly stand by his friend Gavigan
and against McNab, as will a number of
others who will stand in on general pro.
gramme OF self-protection against Boss
McNab.
McNab's plan of having the many dele
gates at large vote with the districts
where they happen to reside for State
Central Committeeman is also being
strongly opposed by members weo are not
ready to carry out McNabs con-
tracts with Daggett or TO satisfy his
own ambition of securing large control IN
the State Central Committee, which he
may use as whip in his efforts to boss
the local machine.
Wednesday night the committee decided
that the district clubs should meet and
nominate delegates on Saturday evening.
1hls Is the evening on which the Buckley
district clubs do similar work.
McNab's plan of sending one-third OF
the delegates at large was approved. The
apportionment declared gave six delegates
10 each district and provided for fifty three
at large.
1t was resolved that the rule prohibiting
Federal, State or municipal employees
from being convention delegates should be
enforced in the interest of good looks.
The good looks of the delegation is the
chief ssue on which McNab is bestowing
his political sagacity.
Election officers will not be appointed
until the night before the primary so that
the kicks will not last long.
The local Democratic politicians are
much at sea regarding the effect on local
politics OF the new civil service order placing
the tmployes OF the Mint and the rest of
the Federal employees here generally in the
classified list.
1t will entirely withdraw a number of
active workers from the local political
field before long and will leave number
taking an interest in politics, but IN a
much less active and influential and more
Independent way.
All of the mint employees will now be
secure in their positions for life or during
good behavior and capacity, there being
no laborers in the institution. major
ity OF the employees are politicians. They
have been politicians for their bread and
butter. Ii they want to stay where they
are they have nothing to gain in politics,
and the civil service regulations forbid
pernicious partisan activity.
Some feel already as though they had
received long-needed bath, and with
sigh OF relief are preparing to withdraw to
the sunny seclusion, prosy career and
satisfying security of q Government lob
that only tue King of Terrors may work
them out of.
Some will undoubtedly stay in politics
for the reason that some Alabama people
get into watermelon patches. They like
1t ard can't help it. But they will be no
mans political servants, and will lack the
partisan incentive that goes with many
Government jobs-an incentive that re-
sembles sharp stick. Then there must
ne fear nf The civil to -
fore their eyes.
Daggett is now shorn of much political
power through all this sudden loss of
patronage. There are many opinions
about what effect it will have on his
efforts and am mbitions to gain State politi-
cal power and to dominate the State Con-
vention IN the interest of gold.
But people who think this civil-servlce
order is going TO take the Superintendent
of the Mint out Of pol itics are very much
mistaken. Daggett will remain power
in local politics.
He mas patronage-iob bank left to draw
on. He will keep on buying committee
men with Jobs.
Recently he received an order TO coin
150. 900 standard silver dollars in addition
to the current output during the next few.
months. This will require the hiring of
about twenty extra men, and this extra
help will not come under the civil service
lic lldo lcit INtulN JODS at Do
day, which will last for ten months or a
year, and he will have absolute control OF
these jobs.
Twenty jobs of that sort m ay amount to
big political influence. None of these
appointments have been made.
There is general uncertainty as to when
the Presidents order goes into effect.
Many hold that it is in effect now and
removals and appointments are now
blocked by it. But yesterdays prominent
Federal employe, who was interested in
know ing. received telegraphic advice from
inside sources at Washington that the
order would not go into effect for several
weeks. The Mint employees must be cassi-
fed and sworn in and a Mint Board of
Civil Service Examiners appointed. ALI
future appointments will be made from
the list of those who successfully pass
the semi annual examinations in the
order OF both the percentage attained and
the priority of application.
There is much uncertainty, too, as to
what the politicians who are to become
civil service Government employees may be