The San Francisco call., 1899-06-22

Will certainly reaCn the zenith
Up 10 date there is greater activity
snoWn among the Democrats. The reason
possibly for this is that the chickering's
among Republicans fer Jobs that have
failed TO maJerialize and the bitter ami
mCSiues caused by the recent Senatorial
fight have inspired the Democrats with
the belief that this is Democratic year.
VI lille the "unterrined' are seemingly
enthusiastic, and a. q result two and three
= 2hs have been organized by them IL
' -ch Of the eighteen Assembly districts,
II. to use the common political phrase,
there is low down" a bitter and tercey
hcsllie sentiment prevailing among them.
All sorts Of iGmGrs Ill the air Buckley
clubs here. Committee OF One Hundred
CLUBS there. Rainey and Lannigan iubs
and independent clubs elsewhere, can be
heard of ON all sides. The battle is on.
ana henceforWaId Until the primary lay.
Oh August S, the Democrats are bound 10
line up. and on that DAY the fire along
the line Will be fast and furious.
The great masses OF the local Denoc-
racy have not forgotten the naughty
measures carried through last year, re
sultirg iU the appointment Of The Com
mittee of one Hundred. The action of the
new men Who control the one hundred in
heir manipulation with country members
ct Tho State Central Committee in depriv-
ms the voters here of a voice in the man
5Eement of their own party affairs. must
be- avenged. This can only be accom-
pii4hed by complete discontinue OF the
ticket the Committee of One Hundred will
eIdeaVOr 10 carry through at the ap-
preaching primary TOR delegates TO the
coming municipal convention. Mdssed UP
against the RUE OF the one hundred are
some Of the best and most representative
members Of the party. 1t is realized ON all
sides that the domination Of the one Hun
3red brought ruin and disaster TO the or
ganlzauon last NoyempeI. 10 De tcIlo NIclo-
uCuS, the large body Of the party believe
that the action Of last year must be re-
buked by decisive vote at the primary,
aLC those leaders, such as the McNabs,
Peppers and BraunhartS, must be rele-
gated to a back seat in the party councils.
These leaders in the promotion OF Dem
ocratic dIscord seem TO be doubly am
oitiOuS this year TO continue their reign OF
1iSorganiZariOn and defeat. At the last
meeting of the 100 the chairman was au
.horized to appoint an executive commit
ICE of eighteen. who IN turn are to eStao-
iSh headquarters and conduct the prl-
mary campaign in the interest of the gen
sral committee 1t is asserted that in the
appointment Of this committee OF elgh-
.een that the programmes violated the
trust reposed in the local committee by
she Democratic State Central Committee.
The 100 We're appointed by the State
Central Committee, and simultaneous
With their appointment they were handed
4 constitution for their government.
Section 2 of said constitution reads:
THE Democratic City and County Com
nttee shall have no pow er to delegate TO
any other committee or persons any of the
powers hereby conferred on II except as
herein provided
Section reads:
The Democratic City and County Com
nittee shall have power to appoint all dis
.rict or rrecinct committees and all sub
committees that ii shall from time to time
3eem eXpedIent, solely Tor the purpose OF
Investigating and reporting to said Demo
cratic City and County Committee upon
any matter with regard TO which II may
oe directed to investigate and report
Section / reads
None Of said committees shall con-
dnue in existence except for the purpose
IF reporting 10 the Democratic City and
County Committee beyond the time or the
aext meeting of the said Democrauc CITY
and County Committee and not longer
than thirty days in any event
The committee of eighteen was not ap-
pointed to investigate anything II was
appointed solely and simply Tor the pur-
pose Of conducting campaign IN the
Interest of the bosses, who control the
committee of one hundred. These would
be bosses have discovered that it Is much
easier to manage small committee OF
eighteen than the larger one OF 100, which
has already. so il is said shown itself
unwieldy and difficult to handle. At the
meeting at which this executive com
mittee was provided for by resolution
there were only forty-five members pres
ent, and section 10 of the constitution
reads:
~1'i4-N
be valid or of any effect except as herein
otherwise provided, unless said action is
taken by a vote of three-hfths of all the
members of said Democratic City and
County Committee"
1t will be observed that even if the
100 had the power to transfer any author
ity 10 an executive committee, then the
resolution creating the executive com
mittee did not have the necessary votes
to carry it. Sixty votes were @ necessary. a
difficult to understand by what process
of reasoning Chairman Mcdonald de-
clared the resolution carried The Demo-
cratic voters were absolutely ignored
when the Committee of One Hundred was
originally created and now the said com
mittee has absolutely ignored the consti-
tuition which ii was pledged to support.
1t is noted that the several factions Of
the Democratic party are now extremely
active in the enrolment OF voters. The
keenest observers are not able to explain
fully the significance of this early activity.
Buckley's Strength in the party is still
an unknown quantity. He Is working
night and day and constantly receiving
suggestions from Heutenants who were
al one time rated as successful polti-
clans. The problem is sull unsolVed
whether Buckley is in the field to organ
iZe a machine for the future control or
the party or simply taking part in this
campaign to serve the cause of some big
corporation. Openly he Is not opp0Sei 90
the denomination OF Mayor FheIan;;
Whether his attitude in this respect VIII
change after the election Of delegates 10
The convention is a matter of conjecture.
Gavin McNab holds to the opinion that
Buckley will cut but a small hgure IN
the forthcoming campaign. He regards
the Buckley following as insignificant, pc
lieving that the strength Of the Buckley
clubs is overestimated. In his Judgment
Buckley is simply working the wires 20
get some delegates in the convention ana
secure the nomination of a few super
yisors.
The Call has endeavored to ascertain
The real strength Of the contending local
factions of the Democracy, and to bring
to light the real purposes of recently or
ganiZed clubs.
In the Twenty-eighth Assembly District
there are three clubs. The club organ
lied by Maxwell and Hoey undoubtedly
represents the Committee of One Hundred.
There is a Buckley Club in this district,
and also a third club. John +. McGov
crn and Larry Buckley have been active
in the organization or the third or inde-
pendent clubs, and overtures for a COM
bine have been received by them from
the One Hundred Club and the Buckley
crowd The district is entitled to fifteen
delegates in the convention. 1t is proba-
bic that two OF" the clubs will combine
and each take seven delegates. The dice
can be thrown for the odd delegate.
In the Twenty-ninth District it appears
that the Rainey and Buckley men are
combining to down Senator Braunhart
A Rainey Club is being organized by Joe
Flanagan and others. Gibney and Tom
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