The San Francisco call., 1896-03-20
Buckleyites Are Whooping Up
Things and Splitting on
the Floor.
ARE AFTER THE LOCAL PLUMs
Some Early Rumors About Ambitions
in the Decent" Element
of the Junta.

The Democratic politicians are putting
In the week doing a tremendous amount of
talking and getting ready to proceed next
week with meetings, committees and those
definite things that are teeth in the turn
ing political ratchet-wheeI.
The enmity between the Buckley and
Junta factions is much more bitter than
ever since since last Saturday. The chasm
Is wide and deep, but both sides can shout
bad names across it. All possibility of
compromise seems just now to be gone
and both sides look away ahead to even
rival municipal tickets on election day.
The State convention is three months off,
June 16, so there is plenty of time for
the primary election for the selection of
delegates to it. The primary will not
likely be held by either faction before the
last OF May and enrolment will not begin
until the middle of May. Meantime each
side Will do its ut most to gather strength
and get its organization in good working
condition.
Boss McNab is quietly active smoothing
out the district difficulties in the Juntas
general committee. Tne Rainey people
seem to have already secured all they
want and to be satisfied. The Forty-fourth
district row. which, before the meeting of
the State Central Committee, was sup
posed to be a hot one, in which Rainey
was to be squelched, has apparently SUBJ
sided with the Rainey element pleased.
81 can't tell what will be done until Mr..
Sullivan appoints that grievance commit
tee. Since Buckley has been beaten we
care little who has the committee" was
the way Rainev's district boss, George
Maxwell, expressed his satisfaction yester-
day.
The Federal brigade, Carlisle and gold
promise to cut quite figure in the local
campaign for the State Convention. Dag
understood to be ordered, or at least re-
quested, to see that the California Demo-
cratic delegation 10 Chicago is for Carlisle
and ''sound money"
Daggett's influence will undoubtedly be
thrown strongly in the interest of his ad
ministration masters. and with the assist
ance of Rainey Welburn and others he
NAV control the San Francisco delegation
TO the State Convention, along with many
delegates from other parts of the State.
OF course it is too early for the definite
shaping of things on Presidential candi-
dates and National policy, but there is
already talk among the Buckleyites of
uniting in opposition to Carlisle. partly as
local war measure. But then gold and
silver Democrats are scattered through
each faction, regardless of the local split.
Sam Rainey is understood TO be blmetal
list.
It's Just talk UP at the Junta headquar-
ters in the Flood building. The Junta is
using the rooms of the State Democratic
Club, and so enjoy carpets, pictures and
real nice chairs.
Sam Braunhart threw his leg over chair
last night, rubbed his head as usual and
made vigorous denial that Rainey controls
the Junta.
W.'I can take the general committee by
districts" he declared, land show that
Rainey does not control over a hundred
votes. The decent people in this organiza-
ton will see that he is kept down.
The "decent" people who take an inter-
est IN the Junta and the Government have
quite collection of political aspirations
among them. However they will not al
low Rainey to give them Office of course.
One hears that A. A. Watkins wants to
be delegate to the National conven ton;
that Alex Vogelsang would like to be
State Senator and. may be, Superior
Judge; that NJ. c. Hassett still has ambi-
tions to grace the bench; that T. ]. Pinder
has wistful eye on the Recordership, and
so on.
1t has long been understood that Chair
man w. p. Sullivan expects at least one of
the Democratic nominations for Sheriff
and that Gavin McNab would make a
good attorney for some public official.
Any number of would-be Legislators are
fighting Buckley and Rainey.
The Buckleyites are getting ready for
tremendous whoop. and they will do every
thing possible. with the aid of Buckley's
masterful advice. to fill up their ranks.
Big red banners stretched across the
front of the new headquarters at 935 Mar
ket street announce, Regular Democratic
General COMMITTEE" and "Registrstion
Bureau" The boys are all welcome UP
there. Daniel NJ. Gavigan, secretary of
the general committee, has charge after
the Recorders office closes. There are no
frilIs on the Buckley downtown head
quarters, though they are going to put in
some tin spittoons for style.
Yesterday afternoon Dan Gavigan
started downstairs to the hardware-store
below to buy some cuspidors, but he quit
when he learned before getting there that
A. A. Watkins, who beat James 81. o. Brien
that time and who tried to adjourn the
committee sine die, lad just got the store.
The Buckleyites wouldn't even spit in
cuspidors sold by Watkins.
The old man who came slowly in last
evening smoking rubber bands in a pipe
was an old backer of Buckley south of
Market.
as there a meetin' of the Twenty
O. nth mere LO-nlg0tl uc NO!
We'll. some of the boys said SO. I've had
the lumbago in me back, and nailed to
the bed for three months, and I'm Just
eettin' round, and / wanted to see the
ssWeli. come around and spit on the
floor and bring your friends, said Dan,
with Genial Democratic welcome.
Reeinning next week a committee on
the Glad hand, which will also look after
n aturalization, will be kept posted at the
headquarters.
Nigh. before last a committee was ap-
noinIed to prepare report OF the proceed
ms before the State Central Committee
o. md resolutions vigorously denouncing, the
doings of Chairman Gould, Gavin McNab
. nd Come Others. The committee consists
81 samuel Newman, A. t. SPOTS, Joseph
Rotbschild, Henry Ach, I. J. Gallagher
md d. M. Gavigan. The report and reso.
I,t;ons will be read Monday evening at
odd Fellows Hall at the meeting OF the
ueneral committee and general rally called.
L,doe Robert Ferral, George X. b. Hayes
md other orators will dispense eloquence
Aila Reginning next week three district mass
aaf7pys per week will be held to keep
y, tI,ings booming and all the features OF
"a paign will be kept going IN business
fashion. 4ha c+ote