The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
DAGGETT SWEATS
FOR FRANK GOULD.
A Lead-Pipe Cinch on the
Convention Is Pro-.
claimed.
SHOVELING MINT JOBS.
The Opposition Waits for a Can.
didate and a Spontaneous
Boom.
ISSUE OF THE CONVENTION.
Buckley Delegates Indorse White for
the Presidency, and Order
Special Train.

"Daggett has lead-plpe c1nch, say the
politicians of the Mint and the Junta as
they hustle or worm about under orders
getting in their work for Gould, the
Juntas cause and the Daggett programme
generally.
There is no doubt in the minds OF Dag
gett's henchmen that Gould will be elected
chairman, that the Junta delegation will
be seated and that Daggett will get, direct
and do at Sacramento according to his
hearts desires.
There is no bunch grass growing rankly
on Daggett's heels. He works while it is
day and then works while it is night and
his talking is inversely as his hustling.
He has worked up an iron will and de-
clared, "My man Gould shall rule my con-
vention."
Daggett works and keeps still, while Nc
Nab hustles and talks-talks of the lead
pipe cinch on Gould's election and
the programme that is to fol-
low. Daggett is making sure through
Rainey, Lanigan, McNab, Ed Greaney,
George Maxwell, J. A. Fenton, Nat Seelig
and the other Daggett-Rainey hustlers
that the Junta delegates are all right and
that no proxies got away. Democrats
from all over the State who come to the
City are looked after, and the machine
forces throughout the State are kept in
close touch with the machine.
Daggett is shoveling out Mint patronage
for the benefit of his fight in even livelier
fashion than he has done at any previous
time. Five more jobs have been given out
within week. Three are to country poll
ticians and two are City appointments.
They have brought support to Gould.
Day before yesterday welgher in the
assay department, Captain Ritter of Oak
land, Republican, who has been in the
Mint for fifteen or eighteen years, received
his discharge. The vacancy is to help
make Gould chairman.
The Mint employees understand that the
recent civil-service order of President
Cleveland is not to 20 into effect here
until it is officially transmitted that it is
being held back in Washington that it
may not handicap Daggett's fight for the
administration and himself, and that II is
still good thing to obey Daggett's orders.
1t is also expected that during the brief
time between the adjournment of the State
Convention and the establishment of civil
service protection paggett will oil up his
guillotine and see that sins of employees
and of their brothers, cousins and political
sponsors are properly punished. During
that same opportune period the $1,000 APP
pointment of Gould's brother-in-law and
other patronage rewards that Gould may
possibly earn will be made finally good.
The opposition to Gould developed no
candidate yesterday. They were still at
sea about both Foote and White, either of
whom will be forced into the race if there
is any possibility of accomplishing it. A
candidate of some name and degree of
power will be hoisted to the view of men
by the early gathering of leaders that will
put heads together at the Golden Eagle
about Sunday night, when the POSSIBLE
ties more clearly appear.
Those who do not believe that Daggett
will boss the convention are counting on
a somewhat spontaneous union of the
delegates opposed to Daggett, Gould, the
Federal machine, gold rule of the plat
form and the Chicago delegation and the
surrender of the State machine to the Dag
ACKNOWLEDGMENT combination. They
calculate that such q last day candidate
may be rushed into the chair and the slate
smashed.
Nearly every i'm portant feature of the
convention depends on the craftsmanship.
The settlement of the issue promises to be
attended by surprises for all hands.
Congressman Mcguire will not be at the
convention when it opens, if he reaches it
at all. Patton of Los Angeles is possible
candidate. John I. Coffey will play him
if he gets chance to. Senator Burke of
Santa Cruz has also been mentioned. Po-
litical conventions are uncertain.
Many of the interior delegates are
expected to arrive in the City en- route to
Sacramento tonight aud tomorrow.
Daggett is expected to go to Sacramento
toni hit to open the commander-in-chiefs
headquarters. Quite number will go up
tomorrow.
Monday will see the huge importing at
the capital. San Francisco will yield her
Democrats by hundreds. There will be
only 800 looking for seats in the conven-
ton and crowds are expected to go along
to see the fun. The Buckleyites will go in
a special train.
The Iroquois Club will go in special
embannered car at P. NJ. Monday. They
will wear white straw hats and toma-
hawks, take aboard Iroquois clubs at Be
nicia and Suisun, and install officers of
the new Sacramento club Monday night.
They talked much about the trip at the
regular club meeting last night, when w.
P. Stradley had finished his address on
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