The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
KELLY, MAHONEY
AND SAM RA|NEY.
That Is the Fourth Districts
ConteSting Comb.
nation.
A SIGNIFICANT MOVE.
What the Success of Kelly and
Mahoney Would Mean to
the Party.
REVIVAL OF GOOD OLD TIMES"
Martin Kelly and ]. Il. Mahoney Make
Play TO Float in on the
Mckinley Tide.
OF GOOD OLD TIMES"

The MahoneyR Rainey delegation
from the Fourth District met last evening
and in accordance with d irections received
from Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney
adopted resolutions ple0ging the deIega-
ton to Mckinley. This move is a bright
exposition of Kelly -Mahoney politics.
The idea of Martin Kelly and Jerry Ma
honey caring anything about or knowing
anything about protection, money
or any other National issue is one to make
both horses and bicycle-riders laugh.
Kelly and Mahoney want their delegation
seated in the State Convention that they
may obtain some measure of local politi-
cal power, and as shrewd play they are
very naturally shouting Mckinley"
Kelly and Mahoney are trying 10 float
into local power on McKinley's name and
hope to play their practical tricks in such
way that they may take advantage of
the Mckinley sentiment and with the aid
OF their brass band and their shouting win
enough sympathy to accomplish recogni-
ton by the State Convention through
making their "whoop" hide the dement's
of their cause.
As the opposition to the Kelly Mahoney
delegation is composed of the mass of the
Republican party of the Fourth Congress
sional District, and as the regular delega-
ton nominated and elected by the people
of the district represents the Republican
sentiment of the district, the outcome OF
| an issue between the party and two dis
carded bosses who have raised one of its
banners as q political trick is not in
doubt.
The -Mahoney delegation repre-
sents the Mckinley sentiment of the
Fourth Congressional District exactly as
Martin Kelly represents the Republican
ism of the Fourth Congressional District
Among the regular delegates 10 the
State Convention are more sim
cere ana intelligent friends of Mckinley
than there are IN the Kelly ahoney dele
cation, but the regular delegation goes as
body Of free and representative
Republican voters, the majority of
whom are in favor simply of a
delegation to the National Convention
unfettered by castiron pledges, while the
Kelly-Mahoney delegation stands forth as
a punch of votes pledged to Mckinley,
wholly that Martin Kelly and J. H. Ma
honey may gain thereby tactical advant-
age in the State Convention in their little
pldN lOI lONdl pOlltlCdI power.
The manhood and the Republicanism of
the State Convention will deal with this
fact and this contemplate motive, along
with the facts in the case, which disgrace
/ this contest, born in fraud and fathered
by two of the most disreputable renegades
that atf1ict the Republican party in Cali
fornia.
A contest, the strength and force of
which consists of three things: Kelly and
Mahoney, the noise they can make ana
! 1900 votes which were added to the 300
which the push" of Kelly and Mahoney
could muster at the late farcical primary.
! The success of Kelly and Mahoney at
/ the State Convention means the entry of
Sam Rainey into the Republican politics
of San Francisco.
| What toothold by Sam Rainey in San
Francisco Republican politics means is
well understood by the people of San Fran
cisco, and is fairly well understood bv the
Republicans of California.
Ii any broad political fact is well known
1t is the one that now and for dozen
| years Sam Rainey's political partners on
The Republican side have been Martin
Kelly and Jerry Mahoney.
The ascendency OF Kelly and Mahonev
in San francisco politics means that these
two conscienceless and corrupt district
bosses will make any and all local politi
cal combinations that may be to the COM
mon advantage of these freebooters.
Jerry Mahoney is the political creature
OF Sam Ralney, who gave him the first DO
litical job dozen years ago. For twelve
years Mahoney and Rainey have done
politics together in the way that municipal
bosses who care nothing about party do
politics.
Sam Rainey was Jerry Mahoney's DO.
litical friend and sponsor twelve wears
ago; he has been his friend and political
co-worker ever since, and the story
OF how Sam Rainey and bis
gang turned out at the last general
election and helped knife ]. T. Burke. the
Democratic candidate; Williams, the inde-
pendent Republican candidate, and the
general Republican ticket that jerry Ma.
honey might go again TO the State Senate
is an old one to every politician in that
part of the City.
Martin Kelly was a Fire Commissioner
once By grace OF Sam Rainey, and Martin
Kelly did Tor years fun BILE the Fire Depart.
ment, which was owned by Sam Rainev
For four months, Sam Rainey. Martin
Kelly and J. Fl. Mahoney were in almost
daily open consultation, up to the time