The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
BOSSISM BOILED DOWN.

I HE unrepresentative character of the committee
 ot one hundred appointed by the whispering"
 Boss McNab and his coadjutors in political conspiracy to take charge of the Democratic party of this city ought to appall the Democrats of the en- tire nation. Ii there Is any thing more than an other for which Democracy stands 1t is the right of the people" to be represented in party committees and party conventions. Yet here is case in which only have the State bosses ignored the rank and
 file of the party and the people in this city, but in which they have fastened upon them an appointed committee with full power to filch their political lib- critics from them. If the whispering boss were really Democrat-which being Hessian, he is not-he would stand aghast at the enormity of his acts.
 There in this city eighteen Assembly Districts To create county committee for either party of representative character 1t would be necessary to ap portion it among them according to the vote cast at the last election. In 1896 the Democrats carried nine Assembly Districts and the Republicans nine. Seven of the Democratic districts south of Market street. and therefore in order be representative county committee of that party would have to be elected or appointed mainly from among the Demo- crats of the Twenty eighth, Twenty ninth Thirtieth Thirty-frst Thrty-second and Thrty-thi Assem- ply Districts
 The committee of one hundred appointed by Boss McNab to rule the Democracy of San Francisco has not only not been chosen from these Democratic Assembly Dstricts-it has been chosen from the Re publican districts Seventy-thr of its members come from regions which return Democratic legislators. Seventeen reside in the Fortieh Assem- ply District, which in 1896 gave 8oo Republican ma ority; eleven reside in the Thirty ninth District which gave at the time s7I Republican majority thirteen reside in the Thirty which gave Ioo Republican majority. Here is the way Whispering" Gavin has taken of the party of which he claims to be member Twenty eighth District 37o Demo cratic majority, representative; Twenty -nnth 731 majority 3 representatives; Thirteth District, $40 majority representatives; Thirty first District oIo majority representatives; Thirty-second District 4o5 majority, representative, and so on
 One Democratic Assembly District only has been properly recognized We refer to the Forty-hth This region gave 40 Democratic majority at the cleo tion in 1896. It has upon the committee of one hun dred nine representatives. The good fortune of the Forty fifth is accounted for by the fact that Boss Mo Nab himself resides in it.
 The interesting question n connection with the ap- pointment of the committee of one hundred is this: Will the Democrats of San Francisco stand it? Boss McNab's theory is apparent All he wants of the or ganzaton is to its right to place on the off cal ballot He will nominate his tools for office. cali them Democrats" and with his newspaper organ demand their election in the name of reform" Tn this he hopes to get control of the local govern ment A fragrant case of bossism has never been developed in this city It is enough to make Whispering McNabs preceptor, the late Mir Hip- gins, turn in his grave
 Sampsons shells at Santiago are said to have been worth half million dollars, but they cost Spain SO much more than this that nobody minds the expense