The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-18
LIFE IN THE lROoUoIs.
Charles Wesley Reed Talks of the
Fractional Strife,

CnarieS wesley R69Q talks or the
Factional Strife.
The factional fight in the local Democ-
racy broke loose for just few minutes in
the Iroquois Club last night, and it prom
ises TO break forth in storm at the meet
ing next Friday evening.
j. Richard Freud delivered an able ad-
dress on the new charter for which he was
applauded and thanked, and then Charles
Wesley Reed threw a irebrand into the
meeting.
Reed has for some time been advocating
the unification of the party by means of a
primary held under the Porter primary
law, at which time there should be elected
by the party voters new party organiza-
ton to supplant the two present rival ones.
he gets no encouragement from the poll
tlcians.
He has also been trying for some weeks
to get the Iroquois Club to take it up. This
was not easy as the Iroquois Club is Just
now Junta organization. At the annual
election last spring the Buckleyites were
beaten, the offices and committees were
secured by the Popper-McNab element.
and since then most of the old stand-bys
OF the club who belonged to the defeated
faction have kept away.
A month ago Reed, as g member of the
literary committee, signed with anoth err
mem Der report recommending that the
topic for one future evening be, How to
conuuct fair primary in this City, and
incidentally to harmonic the factions in
the Democratic party" He found last
night that after the report was filed it had
been Withdrawn by some discreet intiu-
ences, and so ne offered it again.
Then fun began. E. P. E. Troy made a
raging protest against allowing any such
discussion In that club.
There are no factions in the Demo.
cratic party said Troy vehementIy.
That scoundrel Buckley is not faction
ana such discussion recognizes him as
one: buckley has tried to thrust his
business men forward in this club two or
three times and now he is doing it again. -
John A. Wall, one of the few Buckley
ties present, made telling speech, for
which he was cheered, amid laughter and
hub-bub, sticking up for Reeds pro.
gramme.
This discussion will bring the boys up
ana give US something to talk about" he
declared Its not the same old lacka-
CLASSICAL bum business we have been COM
ing here for. Uniting the party is the
burning issue OF the day, and we might as
we'll meet 1t. The question is simply.
When are we coming together?
There are some people who go around
yelllng 'bnckleyP and 'RaineyP l tell
you that is wrong. What has brought
back to these men the power these people
say they are afraid of? Isn't it because q
lot OF horn reformers have been yelling
Buckley every time they turned a
corner?"
George H. Cabiniss and others tried to
amend the report in all sorts of ways,
amid clamors about points of order.
The COMMITTEES thought" said Reed,
that 1t was presenting live question
ana one that was of peculiar importance
to this club. There are men in both OF
these factions who are bound to gain
power by fair means or foul, bat the only
way that any man should be allowed TO
gain power is at fair and open primary
at which every vote is honestly counted. !"
1t was finally decided to lop of the SUBJ
lect and incidentally to harmonic the
factions in the Democratic party" and
with that it was ordered to be the subject
Tor next Friday night. 1t is understood
that the amendment will not very much
curtail the discussion. The evening prom
ises TO be entertaining.