The San Francisco call., 1897-10-30
whi Sullivan, Pepper and the Mayor,
together with Sammy Braunhart, are
diOing politics at the Grand Hotel.
HARVEY FOR CHAIRMAN.
The Raineyites Promptly Clear the
Decks for Ag ssive Action

The Raineyites have promptly cleared
decks for action also. They waited quietly
to see what Chairman Sullivan really pro-
posed to do, and when after few days of
talking bout it he really appointed a new
campaign committee there was a quick
gathering of leaders and quick decision
on what TO do.
This decision, which was reached yes
terday, was to call meeting of the Cen
eral Committee early this week and at
IT, at mesting metaph orically throw Chair
man Sullivan out neck and heels elect a
new chairman, indorse the action of the
old campaign com mmlttee, declare them
selves the only Democratic party in
this neig n borhood and go right ahead with
party affairs.
So the old campaign committee will
meet tonight according to notices rushed
out yesterday after Sam Rainey, Ed Lanl-
gan. W. J. Cav. gan, Harbor Commissioner
z. J. Harvey, Secretary McGovern and
others had consulted on the situation pre-
sented by the launching of q new cam
paign com mmittee by MIR. Sullivan yester-
day morning.
To-day available halls will be looked up
and at the campaign committee meeting
to- night place and time for the meeting
will be decided on. 1t was not decided
Yesterday in precisely what manner the
meeting will be called, whether by the
campaign committee or by virtue of a call
signed by fifty mem bers, but that is a small
matter. Chairman Sullivan will probably
be ignored on the ground that he has re-
pudiated and abandoned the regular or
ganization and Is no longer its chairman.
And the new chairman to be elected
next week is likely 10 be 7. J. Harney
now the chairman of the campaign COM
N ittee.
1t is intimated that the resolutions to
be presented for adoption at the meeting
OF the general committee will be forCible
and very interesting reading. They will
charge Mr.. Sullivan with arbitrarily exer-
clslng a greater boss power than Buckley
ever dared to do in his palmiest days !;
they will denounce his action as reyoIu-
tionary attempt to control the Democratic
party. and will generally invite all true
Democrats to come where party love lies
bleeding.
Tnen with a brand-new chairman and
with the course of the campaign COM
mittee indorsed by the general representa-
tive body of the party, the old party
machine will re fully started up for the
new campaign, and the old campaign
committee will go ahead exercising the
! absolute powers conferred upon il by the
constitution.
1t has not been feared by any OF the
combined elements opposing the new
antl-Rainey campaign that they would
ever lack q majority in the general COM
mittee IN any event, out now that a new
general committee is TO be appointed by
the Sullivan faction it is not expe cted
that the latter will take any notice of the
meeting In this event but $50 mem bers,
which constitute a quorum. would be
necessary 10 be present TO carry out the
prog eramme.
Thus within the next few days the local
Democratic party will be properly sup
piled with the two tierceIy hostile organi-
cations which history shows it is not in
Its nature to get along without.