The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
He Defines the Several Quail,
fcations of Some of the
Leaders.
THEY BELONG TO THE JUNTA
Buckley Is Solid Enough at the Occi.
dental Club to Get Inside and
Give Advice.

Two souls with but single thought, two
gangs that beat each one.
The Junta spends most of its time think
ing and relterating that the Buckleyits are
not in it.
The Buckleyits spend the same amount
of time swearing that the Junta is not
in it.
"You see," said Jim O'Brien last night
at the Occidental Club, "Braunhart, Armes,
Sullivan and others of the Junta are SIM
ply job-cbasers. They know they are not
on earth and that we have got the next
election practically in our hands Whv,
say, look at the whole works and every
man OF prominence in the organization
has outlived his usefulness. Look at
Chairman Sullivan. l tell you, that man
IS nothing more nor less than a mushroom
politician. They are all out of it with
Mr.. Buckley, and having wasted away as
political gladiators they assume to control
and reorganiZe the Democracy with colors
that no sensible Democrat will fight under
Now, take Buckley, for instance -
us Buckley back in politics ?'' was asked
mot exactly back-that is, not distinctly
in charge of the party. But we allow him
to come into our meetings and advise-ad-
wise, you understand. That is to say, he
is permitted to talk matters over and
make suggestions, and we are glad to have
him"
''Will Buckley swing any influence in
the next campaign?"
'Well, he's likely to be in town. But to
continue in the matter OF these job chasers.
They are all self-interest men, and when
the Junta begins to go to pieces you will
see them all begin to reach for some safe
spot where they will be above high water
and high tide. They are well schooled in
the art of falling down at the critical time,
and If Sullivan does not make a better
Democratic leader here than a soldier at
Sacramento he will never get them up to
the political fence that they are anxious
10 straddle.
Listen to all this chatter about the
blanket ticket they propose to turn loose
for fear that we have some precincts that
they claim. Why don't they come out
and light IN the open and get at the polls
man to man and stick to their own dis
trict? We will go into the deal with them
on dead-level basis and i've them the
hottest game they ever engaged in. Say
between YOU and me, we have got the
whole works in the door. Now, that's
straight"
But" was asked of Mr.. O'Brien, Twill
1t not be necessary for some faction to
compromise at a loss in order for the
Democracy to win out at all? The split
will make it impossible for the leaders to
carry the works unless terms are made
with the minority"
That's right, that's right" broke in
O'Brien, "aDd thev will be the fellows to
get in and howl for terms. If they don't
do that they will all get left in the shuttle;
and, mark my word, you Will see them
breaking their necks to get in and square
things. Why, | tell you," continued
o Brlen, with smile on his face, sthose
lob-chasers are not on earth. We are the
strong wing of the Democracy, and when
the time comes we sweep the decks and
,ff h
state that for me, and when the hour ar
rives you will see a stampede from the
Junta that will look like a circus output.n
Mr.. O'Brien then answered call from
another room and wended his way up the
steps. laughing and jesting about the
Democratic remnant that calls itself the
Junta.
There was meeting of district chair
men last night in the Buckley camp, and
it was pretty well understood that its OBJ
ject was to arrange for little care at the
Junta primaries on the 22d in order to pre-
vent what IS known IN political parlance
as repeating"
The board of directors of the Occidental
Club were holding a secret session with a
view to reorganiZing the club and make
every member show his hand or go over to
the Junta, where all the job-chasers be-
long, as one politician put it.
Buckley is up at the farm i'll with
bronchitis, but it is expected that he will
be able TO drop down in a few davs and see
the lambs, whose fondness for him equals
that of the celebrated Young mutton that
remained by the side of one Mary, who
was IN the habit of going to school oc-
casionallv.
W. H. Harrison, who was approached
by Jake Rudolph few days ago, is not
able 20 understand why the officers permit
Rudolph to run at large with two six
shooter pistols in his possession looking
for the scalps of inoffensive men,. He
has been cunning for me for the last three
years" said Harrison last night, "but do
not propose to get done If l can help it.
do not care to get into a row. but will
not run away from one."