The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
THE DEMOCRATIC GAME,
1t Is Now Squarely Set as Far
as the State Convention
Is Concerned.
McNab, Lanigan and Sullivan Will
Name the Gold Delegation to
Sacramento.

Since the meetings of the general COM
mittees of the two local Democratic fac
tions on Thursday evening the local
Democratic situation has become clearly
defined as it will exist from now on until
the meeting of the State Convention at
Sacramento on June l6.
The Buckleyites have made a square and
open silver play by declaring that their
delegation to the State Convention shall
be wholly for free silver. From now on
the Buckley faction will be full of life and
its mass meetings, several committee
meetings and the preparations for its
primary election for convention delegates
will keep things humming.
The silver play made by the Buckleyites
is their chief reliance in their fight for
recognition before the State Convention,
They have on their side all the equities
that are based on the regularity of their
organization and the party methods which
have been pursued, but before a State
convention something else besides their
claim to having the regular local Demo-
cratic organization will count The con-
test will be settled in accordance with
sentiment and political expediency largely.
and as the convention is expected to be
largely in favor of silver, and as the Junt a
delegation will represent the Fedora
brigade and gold, the 161 silver votes
which the Buckleyites will offer to the
they represent the bulk of the local party.
are not likely to be spurned in moment.
The silver resolutions which the Buck
ley general committee adopted on Thurs
day night, on motion of A. j. Cluni e. are
too radical to suit many of the leaders,
and they are likely to be modified at the
next meeting of the general committee.
These resolutions prescribe silver test for
the primary election. There are several
gold men among the Buckley leaders.
among them being A. 7. SPOTS, coiner OF
the Mint, and John Mccarthy, president
of the Occidental Club.
Under these resolutions these and other
lie with the Buckley faction would be
shut out. This test will likely be elimi-
mated, but then the delegation will be solid
for silver just the same.
The Junta is now firmly concentrated in
Chairman w. p. Sullivan, who IS con-
trolled by Gavin McNao and Ed Lanigan.
with three or four people like Frank P.
Hughes and M. @. Hassett getting chance
to get in word OF advice now and then.
The delegates to the State Convention are
to be practically appointed by McNab
Lanigan and Sullivan.
The form of primary election will be
gone through with, but it will be wholly
controlled by campaign committee ap-
pointed by Chairman Sullivan, with no
recognition given to the people of the dis.
tricts or to the general committee itself.
and as McNab, Lanigan and Sullivan will
name the regular tickets and the elective
officers ana control everything, the people
they name will compose the delegation
which they expect to seat in the State con-
vention.
When the State Convention is over
things will break somewhat diffe rently.
The local Democracy will then engage In
a scramble for local power. The present
McNap-Lanigan regime looks to the ele.
walton of these two as the local Demo-
cratic bosses. But there is Buckley 10
reckon with and Ralney to reckon with. as
well as the great neutral element of the
party, who are no more inclined to boos,
Gavin McNab and Ed Lanigan into con-
troll of the local Democracy than they are
to back Sam Rainey in his fight for boss
mower.