The San Francisco call., 1896-05-04
Fifty Delegates-at-Large Likely
to Be a Feature of the
Junta Plan.
BIG SWARM OF LAWMAKERS.
Some of the Many Local Democrats
Who Want TO Go to the Senate
or Assembly.

line Junt6 wants TO make James ID. Phe-
Ian the Democratic nominee for Mayor
and Mr.. Phelan is not opposed to having
that process worked out on him.
If considerable portion of the local
Democratic party will join with Mr.. Phe-
Ian and the Junta, MIR. PheIan may be-
come very prominently mentioned for the
place.
Ofcourse by the ''Junta" in such con-
nection as this is meant Gavin McNab, Ed
Lsnigan and Chairman Sullivan, along
with the half-dozen smaller political fry
who are standing in with the real powers
in control.
sPhelan is member of the Junta COM
mittee and is understood to be in sym
pathy with it. He is the recipient of much
of Gavin McNab's admiration and is quite
popular in a distant way in the Junta. NJ.
c. Hassett is said to have sounded Mr..
Phelan on the possibility of his accepting
a nomination for Mayor and Mr.. Phelan
is reliably reported to have avoided any
direct acceptance, but to have said that the
Office bears an honor and duty which no
citizen should refuse.
OF course the Buckieyites sniff and guess
that they will have something to say
about the Democratic nominee for Mayor
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
Fifth District slowly increases its volume,
especially among the Junta Democrats.
There is an idea in the air that Sutro
would be satisfactory to the Popuiists,
and so strong candidate in district
where fusion OF that sort is possible would
be wise.
This impression, however, will receive
an early and a general correction, it is
likely de WI I,,r
The Populist leaders have no enthusiasm
for Mayor Sutro, and he is not likely to
get any political recognition from them.
They do not consider him a member of
their party, and say that he has done too
much explaining and apologizlng about
how he came to be elected as a Populist
Q, nominee.
Joseph P. Kelly is the only Democrat
who has yet put any ardor into pursuit
of that nomination. Kelly is a favorite
son of the Buckley faction, but Kelly is
reported to be. quietly scheming 10 play
things IN his favor with the Junta outfit
as well.
Both the Junta and the Buckley fac
tions recognize that Maguire's nomination
in the Fourth is inevitable if he asks for it,
and both sides are ready to give it to him.
The Junta sees that though Mcguire has
taken vigorous stand against the regu-
larity OF their organization, he is too
strong in the party for them to strike at.
will meet Monday night to do what Nc
Nab, Lanigan and Sullivan have decided !
upon. The primary for the selection of !
delegates to he State Convention will be
held on the 18th inst, ana the campaign |
committee has the regular" nominations |
the appointment of election officers, and
all the election arrangements in its abso- /
lutte power.
Hence opposition tickets will get no
show. Hence it is that Daggett is
vigorously trying to force McNab and
Sullivan to give him the recognition he
wants in the naming of delegates. 1t is
said that the vlctors will generously let
Daggett have fairly decent show at the
delegation.
About one-third of the 161 delegates are
TO be selected at large. This will take the
delegation largely out of low district poll
tics and allow it to be made up more
largely by the intelligent and decent"
powers of the inside. The idea is to COM
pose the delegation as far as possible of
the biggest men that can be got to
serve, as their names are counted on to
give the delegation prestige in the contest
with the Buckleyites before the State Con-
vention. Among the people one hears
are to go as Junta delegates-at-large, If
they will accept, are James d. Phelan,
George T. Marye, Gavin McNab, Clitus
Barbour, W. P. sullivan, NJ c. Hassett,
Jere Lynch, J. ]. Dwyer, Max Pepper,
James Gildea, Thomas T. Barry, ex-
Judge ]. f. Sullivan and others of similar
high grade.
Just getting out for all sorts of municipal
offices, but there are more early candidates
for the Legislature than for anything else.
Nobody knows how and when the divided
party. will crack together before election
day, but there is an idea in Democratic
minds that a number of Assemblymen
and maybe three or four Senators will get
in from Democratic districts in spite of
the overwhelming Republicanism of this
campaign year.
Most of the precincts of the good old
Twenty eighth District and the Twenty
ninth District make up the Seventeenth
Senatorial District.
John F. McGovern, secretary of the
Junta general committee, is out for this
Senatorship. He is a respectable young
groceryman, and though never identified
with the push, is very popular with all
elements and is looked upon as strong
candidate.
1t is currently said that Samuel Braun
hart, the Port Warden, who runs the
Twensy-ninth for the Junta, is an aspi-
rant for the Senatorship. His friends be-
lieve that he would be an easy winner if
he went after it. but Mr.. Braunhart de-
clines to say word about his candidacy.
Jack WEIGH of the Twenty-eighth wants
II too. The Hayes crowd is with him and
Frank P. Cusick will fight him.
Henry Healey, Assem- bly, man last time.
now tender OF the Fourth-sireet bridge
through Ed Lanigan, would also like to
make laws in the upper house. Like
Others he is mixed up with all sorts of
factional troubles down there.
John ID. Coghlan, ex-Assemblyman and
saloon-keeper, of the Twenty-ninth, is said
ito have Lanigan's favor Tor the place. w.
II. Boyce, Chinese Inspector, is also men,
toned.
Then on the Buckley side are John
Brown, the gentlemanly little hero of the
old Hickory Club who has ex-Supervisor
j. Ryan and other Buckleyites of the district
to fight and some others, including
Thomas Egan, sometimes known as Robert
Emmett Egan.
There are. two Buckley candidates for the
Assembly, from the Twenty y-eighth and
Twenty-ninth, in the field. One is
Lawrence Conlan and the other is James
Meaghe the Recorders office. Larry
Conlan is a vigorous and good-looking
Young fellow who has often served his