The San Francisco call., 1899-08-04
THE HAND Of
HERR|N IS IN
LOCAL POLITICS
Plan to Stuff Demo-
cratic Convention.
CAUTION TO REPUBLICANS
ANY RAILROAD TICKET WILL BE
DEFEATED.
Heelers and Toughs Imported From
Oakland and San Jose to Assist
the Rainey-
Lsague.
CAUTION TO REPUBLICANS
ANY RAILROAD TICKET WILL BE
DEFEATED.

The Registrar of Voters is anxious that
each party putting forward a delegate
ticket to be voted for at the primary cleo
ton next Tuesday shall send to his Office
the names of proposed delegates in each
Assembly District in order that such
names may be printed in the tally books
and semi-oftCial return blanks.
The faction of the Democratic party
which is controlled by Gavin McNab and
Jasper Mcdonald has completed its dele
gate ticket in every district, excepting the
Fortieth. The list is put forward as the
genuine Phelan ticket.
The followers of Buckley and the round
ers comprising the Rainey-Examiner
League have not completed their tickets
in all the districts Buckley and Rainey
have haLmonized in several districts. In
other districts the Ralney -t-Namlner
League and the Mcdonald NAB taction
have come 20 terms. The indications are
that each of the factions Will secure
on election day the Fire Department
forces will be brought TO the front under
the leadership of the RalneE-EXanIner
League. 1t would not be surprising II
many of the Buckley men, together with
Republican heelers from The corrai OF tne
Mexican, should get in behind the ire
Department. Boss Rainey says ne as IN
politics only TO the extent OF protecting
the Fire Department bat ms work as re-
vealed to the managers Of the Committee
Of One Hundred shows that he has trans
ferred. or has sought to transfer, the de
can make use of the hremen to force
Mayor Phelan into line.
The FOUNDERS. toughs, tOuts. gamblers
give their support to the Rainey-EXam-
iner League. There has been large i'm
portation Of suffers from Oakland and
San Jose within the last two weeks. The
. Examiner is authority for the assertion
that Rainey is an expert In stutting bal
lot boxes. The suffers are not here for
purposes of exhibition. Good citizens
should vote early next Tuesday morning,
so that their names may not be assumed
by the suffers and repeaters brought TO
the city to help the corrupt bosses of
Democratic factions.
Agents of the Southern Pacific Company
have been taking an active part in Demo-
cratic politics since the beginning of the
municipal campaign. At the outset Her
rim calculated that the Democrats would
have a walk-Over and accordingly laid his
plans to secure control of the municipal
convention of that party. The names of
the proposed delegates and especially
those on the ticket of the faction repre-
senting the committee Of one hundred
show that the railroad boss got in his
work. The Call was informed yesterday
that agents of Herrin had been suggesting
names to the leaders of the Republican
County Committee and the roa0arers IF
the Republican League Republicans
should closely watch the raiIUau pom
tiCianS. Under the battle-cry of Phelan
the Democratic convention will be stuffed
with agents of the railroad corporation
and care should be taken to prevent the
success of the scheme as applied to the
Republican convention.
Herrin IS a Democrat and therefore has
no right to advise or instruct Republicans.
Because he managed one end of Dan
Burns contest for the United States Sena-
torship some people obtained the impress
sion that he belonged to the Republican
party. and others ironically remarked that
the Republican party belonged to him.
The real fact is Herrin is a 'dyed-in-the-
wool" Democrat and as such he should
confne his political instructions to the
nor =
promptly any attempt to foist railroad
servants on the Republican municipal con-
vention. Republicans will not take orders
Sacramento last winter clearly and for
chilly demonstrated the fact that political
bosses and railroad managers cannot con-
troll the Republican party. Voters should
bear in mind that two daily papers in
San Francisco that supported Herrin in
his fight to force the election of Dan
Burns are now standing in with the Dem