The San Francisco call., 1899-05-27

There have been all kinds of rumors
regarding the workings of the Buckley
faction, many of them, it is believed hav-
ling been set going by himself He is
said to have been affiliated with every
wing of the party, respectable and other
wise, since he returned to search for his
former power. He has been credited to
the Committee of One Hundred more than
once, but most perssrently is he con-
nected with the prospects of Phelan. 1t
| is believed that much of the talk con-
Meeting him with Phelan is an outgrowth
of his own desires, but so far there have
been no denials.
Coupled with the rumor of Buckley and
his Phelan Irritation is the we'll defined
idea that if Mr.. Phelan wishes to win
in his coming campaign he must come
down to practical politics. The Com
mittee of One Hundred is about of the
same mind concerning itself, but it's prac-
teal politics is of a nature peculiarly
its own. There is a minority in the COM
mittee which has heard the Buckley ru-
mors, and these men are asking that be-
fore Mr.. Phelan becomes their candidate
he be requested to declare himself free
and loose from all side issues and petty
bosses. If he does this he will lose his
chance of doing ''practical' politics. If
he does, not do so, it will probably cause
all kinds of a row in the committee and
the little bosses will profit anyway.
Rainey is doing very little so far, but he
has condeScended to bury the hatchet in
the Twenty ninth and join hands with his
old-t time enemy, Buckley The Twenty
ninth is Braunharts district. He has al
ways considered himself sole proprietor
and when the idea of forming club was
broached to him he took it under advise
ment and allowed the formation of the
club to drag along listlessly. But now
he has become most active. Both Buckley
and Rainey have we'll organized clubs
right in his own stronghold, and Braun
hart is now out with another club of his
own make into which he hopes to gather
what he considers the temporarily faith
less. The worst of it is the two foreign
clubs seem to be on the best of terms
with each other; it is practically a join
ing of forces
The blanket ticket idea of the Commit
tee of One Hundred has not been dropped
It is still simmering, and if there is the
slightest chance of 1t going through it
will be the form of ballot submitted to
the faithful at the next primary. The
State Central Committee has advised
that the precincts be given representa-
ton, and it was decided that such a plan
might be a good one. The idea was taken
as suggestion only, however, for it was
pointed out that the State Central Com
mittee had no wer to do more than ad-
wise the Committee of One Hundred; and
even if it had did not the Committee of
One Hundred control the State Central
Committee anyway-so what was the diff
ference?
The outgrowth of all this has been the
quiet formulation of plan of representa-
ton that, while seeming to have sub
stance, is really nothing but shadow
and a hollow one at that, if such thing
exist in the economy of nature. The idea
to give a representation of sufficient size
to allow of a man from each precincet
and then to so allot the entire number
that only the districts solid for the COM
mittee will furnish the men, is one too
attractive and too practical for the
committee to let go without a tremor
and it viii keep botsbing up No one will
be surprised if it should be thrust for
Jya r6 hat oil
representatives will be chosen "at large