The San Francisco call., 1897-10-30
Steps Taken at the Grand Hotel
to Reorganize the Local
Democratic Party.
6AINEY Is READY TO RETALIiTE.
he Proposes to Gust the Mayors Sec
retary and Give the Command
to Major Harvey.

The war in the Democratic ranks of San
Francisco is on. At the Grand Hotel last
night Colonel w. 2. Sullivan called Sam
uel Rainey "a certain notorious and dis
reputable boss This language was not
addressed 10 Mr. Rainey in person, and
neither was it spoken directly by Colonel
Sullivan for Rainey's special editication,
but it was so resolved and so written down
by q campaign committee which Colonel
Sullivan created night before last and so
the colonel, according TO the code, could
be held accountable for the language.
What Rainey may call Colonel Sullivan
when he gets ready to use the figures of
speech employed in the Fire Department
when politics is hot can be imagined but
not published.
Fifteen OF Sullivan's men who were
appointed to the campaign committee
met in room of the Grand Hotel last
night. On motion of Eugene Deuprey,
Colonel Sullivan was elected permanent
chairman OF the committee and I. J.
Walsh was elected tenn porary secretary.
OF the twenty mem bers of The new cam
paign committee appointed by Colonel
Sullivan last Thursday evening, these
responded 10 the rollcall last night: S.
y,
John II. Grady, Max Pepper. T. J. Walsh,
l. Gatte. E. n. Deuprey, Robert Barnett,
T. W. Chinn, A B. Ricket, w. P. Sulli-
van Jr., Thomas Murray and Paul B.
hay. Proxies of Osgood, Putnam, John
Murphy and S. r. O'Keefe were placed
on file.
1t was held to be the sense of the meet
ing that the campaign committee, under
the following provisions of the consti-
tuition of the general committee of four
hundred, had ample power to reorganlze
the party:
ARTICLE Ill
Sec. z. The campaign committee shall be
intrusJed with the care and proper manage
ment OF all preliminary campaign work, and
snail determine and es Ia bhsh the same for
the best interests OF the Democratic party.
ARTICLE VI.
Sec. 3. For the best Interests of the Demo-
cratic party the campaign committee may,
whenever II deems nece ssary, provide for the
reorganization OF the ger erai committee; pro-
vided, however, that TO take such action or 10
issue g call for or institute any nominating
convention, as auth OrlZsd by section of arti-
ticle III, 1t shall require the votes OF fourteen
members Of the campaign committee to adopt
any motion OF resolu tlon resative thereto.
When the members of the committee
convinced themselves that they had the
constitutional right to oust Rainey and
his followers they were ready to vote for
the following resolution, garnished with
hive preambles:
WHEREAS, A very large number of the men,
bers OF the Democratic General Committee OF
San Francisco were named by persons holding
Federal employment and now under the con-
troll and auth Ority OF the Republican admins
tratlon; and whereas, IL must be obvious to
6lI patti. otlc Democrats that such conditions
render i'm possible and hopeless n aggressive
and successful management of party affairs
and the advancement OF Democratic prlnci-
NIL n - y Il. 10.
parent to the public that certain notorious
and dtsreputabIe boss-one Samuel RaIne Y
taking advantage OF these conditions, mas
united with the Republican bosses to control
the organization OF the Democracy for their
common purposes; and whereas, this Boss
Rainey, in his efforts to debauch the Demo-
cratic party, mas the loyal, devoted and en-
thusiastic support OF the Republican press and
the open and notorious recognition of the Re
publican County Committee of San Francisco;
and whereas, as part OF this conspiracy OF boss
ism against the Democracy aud the commu-
nifty the creatures OF Boss Rainey have at
tempted TO destroy ana over throw the consti-
tuition OF the party. and as all decent Demo-
Gratis must and do recognize the necessity of
immediate action to preserve party honor, in
tegrity and principles; therefore. be it
ReSOtUed, By the Democratic Campaign Com
mittee OF San Francisco, that by virtue of the
authority vested in TINS committee by section
3 OF article VI OF the constitution OF the party
and for the best interests OF the party, and be-
cause such action has become absolutely
necessary, we consider 1t our duty to effect an
immediate reorganization OF the general com
mlttee, to be composed OF five mem bers from
each Assem- bly, dls trict and twenty members
at large, such reorganization to take place un-
der the management and direction of this
campaign committee.
Tonight at the Grand Hotel the work
OF selecting new Democratic County
Committee, under the auspices of Colonel
Sullivan, will begin. Commodore Cutie
will be there to see that some members
are put on for ballast.
Two weeks time may be required to
complete the work of reorganization.
There will be conferences day and night
until the work is done. It is not sup
posed by the clans of Sullivan that Rainey
will idly sit in the ST. George stables