The San Francisco call., 1897-11-14

the high office of chairman OF the General
Committee he comme enced looking around
for a successor who would be accepta Bile
to himself and he other mitteemen.
Major Harney made the mistake of for
getting that there was such pers onage
in the Democratic ranks as Samuel
Raipey.
Rainey did not forget that there YVES a
vacancy to be flle,, however, and he i'm
mediateiy decided on DR.. D. F. Ragan as
The man for the place. DR.. Ragan has
been quite handy in Rainey politics for
the past few years. As chairman of the
last municipal conven ton he proved him.
self a good programm mer and there were
no slips or bitches. The business of the
convention was conducted Just as Rainey
wished
Rainey is not forgetful of fealty to his
cause, and when vacancy occurred in the
Board of School Directors DR.. Rsgan was
given the place. Since he has been in the
board he has faithfully looked after the in
terests OF his friend and IS now quite close
up to the Rainey throne. In consequence,
Ragan was the choice of Rainey for cam
paign committeeman.
Ralney had decided on his man long
before the committeeman of the Thirty
seventh District had concluded canvass
ing the merits OF applicants for the COW
eted position. The committeeman agreed
on Frank Hughes, who, during the reign
of Sullivan and Dwyer over local Demo-
cratic affairs, acted as secretary of the
County Committee.
Hughes, who, it is said. will be pre-
sented with $175 a month job on the
water front on the 1st of Decem Der, was
the choice of Harvey and the ma iorily OF
the Thirty-seventh District com mittee.
Harvey. as chairman of the General
Com m1ttee and ex-othcio chairman of the
campaign committee, said that he would
name Hughes as his successor.
Rainey decreed otherwise and sent
programme to Harvey. containing the
name OF DR.. Ragan as com mitteeman.
Then the trouble commenced. The dis
trict mem bers howled and objected to DR..
Ragan, but all in vain. Rainey waited
Ragan and that settled the matter. So it
was with great dissatisfaction that Chair.
man HaTney announced Friday night
that DIR. D. f. Ragan would succeed him
as campaign committeeman. There is
row row on in the Thirty first District in
consequence, and Ralney will have Job
on his hands to get growlers back in line.
The Campaign Committee of the Sulli-
van Democracy met last night and
adopted several amendments to the con-
stitution and bylaws of the party. The
amendments are made with the intention
OF placing greater powers in the hands of
the chairman in the matter of filling va
cancies. The General Committee of ITO
members will meet Monday night in Bal
boa Hall to consider the suggested
changes and to reorganize the party.
1t was expected that Chairman Sullivan
would announce the names of the sue
cessors selected to fill the four vacancies
in the general committee caused by the
resignation of James H. Barry, Charles
Holcomb, ]. Keisel and Il. 9. Gesford
but be stated that he had not arrived at
any determination in the after.
The followers of Boss Buckley who took
hand in the last municipal campaign
and placed q ticket in the field under the
title OF the "Anti-charter party" are wax
ing up from the knockout blow they
received on election day. They are be-
ginning to get around in lively manner,
and declare they are going to take hand
in the charter fight.
DR.. Billy Gavigan, WHO is one of
Rainey's leading lights, has been in con-
sultation for several weeks with Charles
Mccarthy, the waterfront boarding.
house boss. who has always remained
faithful to Buckley's interests. The result
of the consultations is that the "Anti-
Charter party" is again in the field.
A secret meeting of about 100 of the
mem bers OF the Buckley convention was
held last Friday night and it was decided
TO take an active part in the charter elec-
ton. Charles Mccarthy was chosen chair
man and he will call the old committee
together at an early date. The mem bers
say that they intend indorsing board OF
non-partisan freeholders and it is safe to
predict that the non partisan board will
be the one on which the Rainey commit
tee agrees.