The San Francisco call., 1896-09-29
Preparing to Put Up Candidates
for All the LEGAL
Offices.
DIMoND's ANTI-CHARTER WAR
Buckleyites Kick Frank J. Murasky
From Their Ticket and Plan a
Hot Campaign.

The regular local Democracy, otherwise
known as the Bucklevites, has played an
other trump. They have effected fusion
with the Populists and expect to add the
force of the local Popullst party to the
blow they will deal to Sam Rainey's out
MT, and especially to James D. Phelan and
to the Junta legislative ticket.
The local Buckleyite and PopuIist lead
ers have been in constant consultation re-
Gently, and the upshot is that the Popu-
lists have agreed to indorse the Buckley
ticket practically from top 10 bottom.
The Buckleyites had to bid high for this
ally. The PopuIists are to get half the
municipal patronage for one thing.
The most important feature of the deal,
| however. is that the Buckleyites are all to
vote for 7. V. Gator for the Senate. This
is really the niger in the woodpile.
While Gator has been busy throughout
the State making combinations for the
Legislature on the basis of Populist As
semblymen for himself and Democratic
Assembly men for White two years hence
he has not for a moment neglected the
eighteen Assemblymen who are to be
elected from this City, and this outcome is
the result OF his studying, pulling and ex-
ercise of Judgment.
However, other things made the condi-
tions favorable for local fusion with the
Buckleyites, rather than with the Junta.
The Buckleyites are the silver wing of the
local Democracy, while the goldpugs are
herded in the Rainey camp.
That is partly why Jose phi IL. Dimond
the Buckley candidate, will be indorsed
instead OF James d. Phelan, unless hard
and-fast bargain be broken Unexpectedly
within two days. Phelan is an out-and-
out gold man, and refused to go to the
| Chicago convention as a delegate for that
reason. That surely puts PheIan out of
the race for Endorsement. John Dagpett
and the rest of the gold men who run the
Junta are equally distasteful to the Popu-
lists.
On the other hand Dimond is
an avowed advocate of the public
ownership of public utilities, the
cardinal feature of the Populist muni-
| cipal policy, and after looking him up one
side and down the other the Populists
have decided that he is all right.
The Populists did not take up the ticket
last night, but the programme will I'M
doubtedly be carried out during the week.
Sam Braunhart, the Junta candidate for
Senator in the Nineteenth District, seems
| likely to win Endorsement, but the excep-
tions to the Endorsement of the Buckley
| legislative ticket will probably be few.
The Buckleyltes Lave other trumps up
| their sleeve. Their suit-to get on the Off
| cial ballot as Democrats is now pending
before the Supreme Court and a decision
is expected this week. If they are denied
| IL e use of the party name con Jointly with
the Junla, they will instantly make other
| important moves in the courts and the
| tangle and the uncertainty of litigation
may continue until election day.
They will, however, be prepared for
emergencies, and to guard against the
possibility of being Kept off the ticket
altogether they Will prepare a petition
containing the names of per cent of the
voters, and will file 1t at least twenty davs
before election with the Registrar. They
Will thus be sure of getting on the ticket
| by petition, if in no other way, and will
continue their legal battle during the rest
of the time.
| All possibility of union with the Junta
wing of the local Democracy is conceded to
be past, and the fight will go on to TIE
death. The Buckleyites are perfecting
arrangements for a perfectly organized
| fight on the plan of Tammany Hall, hav-
ing district and precinct men to work,
watch and report and act in harmony with
and under the orders of The bosses in
| higher authority. TIE Buckleyites will
dl igently ply the knife on Phelan and the
rest of the Rainey ticket. Phelan will
make pro-charter fgh and Dimond an
anti-charter fight, and the local Demo
/ cratic fur will fy.