The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22
MACUIRE
 WILL NOW
 EXPLAIN Contemplates a Visit to Constituents. AN UNCERTAIN RECEPTION. CALF IN NO DANGER
 OF DEATH. Both Governor Budd and Mayor Phelan Said to Be Leagued Against the Congressman
 From the Fourth.
AN UNCERTAIN RECEPTION.
FATTED CALF IN NO DANGER
 OF DEATH.

There is considerable agitation in the
 Democratic camp on account of the an-
 nouncement that Congressman Mcguire
 will soon visit San Francisco for the pur- 1 pose of giving greeting to his late con-
 stituents.
 The announcement has caused some
 comment among Californians who are
 patriotic enough to believe that In the
 present war crisis the place for a Con- i gressman is at his post of duty, rather | than at home mending political fences. | It may be that those who hold to this
 opinion overlook the fact that it will require about five months for the states : man to explain why he called American seamen pirates. This calculation does not
 take into account explanations that may have to be made regarding his introduc- tion of a single tax war revenue bill As the coming election is to be held early in November, it can be readily seen that
 the time at his disposal is somewhat lim- ited.
 If present indications count for any thing, Maguire'S home coming will not be
 made the occasion for the slaughter of any fatted calves by the local Democracy. His erstwhile friends, the reformers, are just at present engaged in a struggle for existence-a struggle that Maguire's pres ence will more /than likely render futile. There are several reasons for this. and all of them are good ones. The reform CTS are led by Mayor Phelan, who is credited with having a secret understand ing with Governor Budd, the opposing leader. The understanding is that If Budd will assist in bringing about the adoption of the proposed charter Phelan will ask to be elected Mayor under its provisions. In return for this aid Phelan will lend his political followers to Budd for the purpose of defeating the gubernatorial defeat of the proposed charter all bets will be declared off and Phelan will try to win for himself the place at the head of the State ticket. It will be seen, there fore, that no matter how the tide turns Mcguire need not expect aid or comfort from the Phelan Democrats. It is also apparent that he stands about much show of rounding up the Budd contingent of the local Democracy as the Spanish do of capturing Chicago.
 While Mcguire has been creating trou- be for himself, some of his rivals in the Democratic fold have been saving con siderable wood. Frank Gould. for in stance, has not been letting any moss ac- cumulate on the rolling stone of his polit- ical ambition. Some time ago he an- nounced that he was forced to refrain from declaring himself in the race for the high honor of appearing before the Demo- cratic convention as an aspirant for the nomination for Governor because he felt that he could not afford the expense of such a campaign. He added, as a saving clause, that if it should so happen that the convention demanded that he accept the nomination he would not refuse 1t. It Is not without the range of possibility that he will be confronted with such demand. He is certainly not throwing any obstacles in the way of those who are trying to bring about such a condition of things. It was Gould who introduced the resolution in the Democratic State Central Commit tee providing that the basis of represen- tation of the various counties at the con- yention should be the vote cast for Bryan Instead of the vote cast for Budd. This was a nail in Maguire's coffin, as 1t re- duced the representation from San Fran cisco and increased it in the interior, where the Congressman single tax doc trines are not held in great esteem. Gould is also a member of the committee of nine having in charge the task of adjusting the differences among the local Demo- crats. It is not to be presumed that ne will lend his voice to any agreement that will prove of benefit to Mcguire.
 Lieutenant Governor Jeter is also talk ing advantage of the situation to promote his boom for Governor. He has the adVan- tage of a great personal popularity and has never given voice to any incend1ary utterances against the nations defenders. Recent events have served to blast the homes of at least one Democratic asplr- ant to gubernatorial honors. Railroad Commissioner La Rue allowed Collls r. Huntington to escape over the state me, and now he despairS of his ability to make if plain to the voters of the State that he did not connive at the clandes- tine departure of the railroad magnate Ii Ia said that he contemplates giving the eIad hand to Mcguire upon the latter arrival in this city. A consolation hanol- cap will then be in order
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