The San Francisco call., 1897-07-28
POLITICS AND
THE CHARTER
Workers Scan the Creeds
Of Mayor Phelan's
Committee.
Not a Buckley Democrat Named
in the List Of One
Hundred.
Reformers Claim Rainey Has the Best
of It-How the Parties
Are Divided.

Inc pOl1llClaHS nave DeSul 10 scan the
personnel of the new ly appointed charter
committee very careful l.. Pretty nearly
every shade of political party is repre-
sented in the list of 100 names selected by
Mayor Phelan to draft the groundwork
for a new city constitution, and to a casual
observer il would seem that the loaves had
been pretty generally distributed.
Still there is some grumbling going
about and it comes principally from the
RefoI m and Buckley Dem ocrats. 1t may
have been an oversight on the part of the
Mayor that the followers of the dethron ed
blind boss OF Livermore tlnd themselves
without solitary representative in the
long LIST, but they will not look upon it
tnat way. The wise ones say nothing. but
wink the other eve at the lamentations OF
the Buckley people, as if to insinuate that
il could not be otherwise If Mayor Phelan
is sincere in his endeayors in behalf Of a
new and good charter.
But how of the Reformers? How is it,
they are asking, that OF the three dozen
Democra on the com mmlttee their num-
ber can be counted on the two hands? :?
And to make matters worse, the majority
OF this mum Der are known as the "busi-
ness element" who are too much en-
crossed in their own affairs to give much
atten ton to a Garter or anything else
that brings them IN contact with the
working politicians. OF course Gavin Nc
Nab and E. P E. Troy may be counted
for some steady drilling, but Rainey has
such sta wart followers TO oppose them as
Sammy Braunhsrt, Charles Wesley Reed
Coin NJ. Boyd, j. J. Dwyer, joe o. Con-
nor Ed Fitzzerald and Jim Butler
That's a working force that IS enough to
put fear into Max Pepper and Colonel
Sullivan and the other purists who are
aiming to get the better OF tbs big stable
boss.
Rainey conned his list carefully yester-
day and he was not heard to complain.
With the present City government under
his thumb 1t may be taken for granted
that he will see that all the mem bers of
any department on the committee will
not be anxious to oppose his bidding.
! The School Department is we'll repre-
sented there being no less than six
teachers in the hundred names, and the
school board Will see to it that nothing
creeps into the document that the free
holders will submit TO the people for ap-
proval that is at variance with the ideas
of the present powers on how to run big
| City.
All in all, however the selections OF
Mayor Phelan meet with general ap-
proval. Ii The practical politicians have
been taken care of the business element
has not been forgotten. The list OF the
com mittee EN- braces some of the best
people IN the City. The Republicans are
we'll represented, and it is the general
opinion that they are OF much better
! political tim Der than was expected. There
| is tendency in some quarters to decry
/ the presence of too many of the ''kid
| glove element on the committee on the
! ground that this class will take but little
/ interest in the doings OF the association
thus leaving the way open for the bosses
! TO accomplish their purposes. Tae Non
/ partisans have an unusually large elemen
/ on The committee, headed by that stall
wart champion of reform, George K.
! Fitch.
| Among the Republicans whose namei
! appear on the committee are P. A. Ber
! eerot, Madison Babcock, A. G. Boldemann,
| Joseph Britton, o. D. Bald win, A. s
| Baldwin, Hugh Craig, w. ]. Cuthbertson
Harbor Commissioned Gu uad bourne, Hor
ace Davi-. Colonel E. A. Denicke. Olive
! Everett, George r. Fletcher, Albert Ger
berding, G. E. Grunsky, NJ M. Hecht
| Samuel G. Hammond, Herbert E. Law
! William A. Mentzer. DR.. John Nightin
gale, w. F. Wilson, F. w. Van Reynegom
| Al Bouvier, Irving M. Scott, Julian Sonn
| tag, Vanderlynn Stow and Horace Wilson
The Non Partsans Lave in their mum
Der George X. Fitcn. DIR. Jerome A. An
! derson, George l.. Center, L. r. Ellert. f
w. Dohrmann, Richard l. Freud, 1.
Truman, James S. Webster, Frank ]. Sui
! livan and A. Sbarboro.
Among the Democrats appear the name
of Sammy Braunhart, port warden ant
| political messen nger between the Governo
and the fat boss. Colin M. Boyd, the fir
com m issioner James Butler, III. N. Glenn
ent, ]. J. Dwyer. A. Comte, Isidor Cutie
p j. Hea!y, Danisl V. Kelly, Stewar
Menzies, John j. Mahony, E. B. Pond
/ Joseph O'Connor, A. A. Watkins, A. w
| Thompson, M. L. Taylor, DR.. J. Stallard
/ James NJ. Reynolds and Charles Wesle.
Reed. The reform element of the part,
! claim these as their followers: Gavil
McNab, L. T. E. Troy, M. F. Hassett
| W. L. Hess, Frank J. Sullivan, John P
Dunn, James Denman and Oscar Putnam
Tue labor element nbers among it
representatives.: Joseph Asbury John
son, Walter Macarthur and Ed osenberg
Mrs. L. K. Burke has the honor of bein
the only woman on the committee. Mrs
Burke is the principal of the Colum BIZ
| Grammar School, and was selected as on
! of the two representatives of the Teachers
| Club.
The newly appointed committee will
| hold its first Getting at Native Sons Hal
| tomorrow evening.