The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
SAM RAINEY'S CONVENTION
The Junta Is in a Row over the
Way to Appoint 1t.


The municipal convention that Sam
Rainey and Gavin McNao are going to
operate alongside of Buckley's looms into
view about ten days distant and some
thing serious can be already seen to be the
matter with it.
Sam Rainey is understood to be little
ashamed to display his convention along
side OF that of his old partner. The con-
vention that Chris has about fashioned
with the exception of appointing the
mover of adjournment at the end will be
"built like a watch" and run a smooth
course with master for chief engineer.
But Sam can't get the pesky thing to
work Just right. He will control it along
with his new partner, Ed Lanigan, the
rising young boss, and will get the nomi-
nations for patronage offices al. right, but
there will be lots of hot journals and some
breakdowns.
The Junta people are expecting a merry
row tonight at the meeting of the cam
paign committee, when an effort to adopt
plan and fix a time for the Junta munich
pal convention will be made. 1t is gener-
ally agreed that the convention will be
called for either the 18th or 14th inst
The Junta does not believe in primary
elections or in meetings of the general
committee. 1t is loo ticklish a thing for
the bosses to let control out of their hands
for few hours. The convention will be
composed of the general committee OF
450, to which a number of delegates at
large will be added The naming of these
delegates at large involves power in the
convention, and as the Junta is torn up
into bitter factions the naming of these
additional delegates is a cause of trouble.
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decide everything about the plan of the
convention. Boss McNab wants 200 at
large added. Rainey and Lanigan want
100. Another faction in the committee
some times called the anarchists" because
they will not be controlled by either Nc
Nab or Rainey, want $50 appointed.
Rainey and Lanigan, though controlling
a majority of the General Committee,
have but four votes in the campaign COM
mittee-Joseph p. Hayes, Captain Fitz-
patrick, J. n. Much and Thomas Haskins
McNab has himself, Chairman Sullivan.
M. @. Hassett, J. +. Butler, P. ]. Harvey,
A. A. Watkins, George Il. Marye and T.
Donovan. Sam Braunhart has been in
duced to leave the anarchists" and sup
port the McNab programme, giving Nc
Nab nine votes as the measure of die
tatorial power he and Chairman Sullivan
can WELD. The seven independents are
Secretary John F. McGovern, w. J. Gavi-
gan, M. T1erney, Peter Quinn, j. O'Don-
nell, K. L. Mann and George Love. No
faction has majority and the constitu-
ton requires fourteen affirmative votes
'to institute any nominating conven-
tIon." There is thus a probability that
the anarchists" will compel a COM
promise on their own plan to add $50 to
the 450.
McNab some time ago wanted the dele
gates at large named by the whole COM
mittee that he might dictate majority of
them, but now he has been forced to con-
cede to each mem Der of the committee
his pro rata share OF the appointments.
The constitution prohibits any Federal,
State or municipal employee from sitting
as a member of a nominating convention,
and there are about seventy such inelig-
ible members in the general committee.
Such members are to name their substi-
tutes themselves. McNab and Sullivan
want these individual appointments sub
iect to confirmation by the campaign
committee and there may be a row over
that.
Out of it all will come an appointed con-
vention, in which Sam Rainey will get
about what he wants, giving the other
factions some of the offices that there is
nothing in for him.