The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

Thirty ninth districts inclusive. mere mere
are skeleton organizations in the other
districts The districts will select tne a
candidates for convention delegates , dno'
when approved. they will make up plan-
ket or general ticket of fifty. Suppose
the other faction will make a ngnt' LOT
the control of the orga gan thay are out
and done for for good The exeGutIre Goili7
mittee will meet next week ana aIraise
series of edueatiQnai mfeufs the actual
vote OF the local party at $500;
The Democracv is IN the throes of or
ganzation preliminary 10 tne pis paiIle
at the primary. District CUPS are peeiing
organized at a lively rate. Many poliu-
cal ambitions are involved in the COM
ing struggle and factions are mastering
and girdng up for the cones re not a aet
swineing in any lively way. The reason
is that All forces are waiting, while they
work. to see how the game is made up.
Each boss and faction is talking "har
monv" al the present moment ana point
ing out that harmony can De secured by
coming into the speaker camp But
knives will ply before the huryburly is
Boss Buckley has effected organizations
in several districts and others Will be
formed this week His orderlies are
bringing in the workers in lively way
and day and night there is a stream of
them going into the back room at head
quarters 10 report and for directions. The
Bucklev plan is for selected leaders in
Zach district to rustic about for support
ers and when a respectable list of names
is secured to call meeting and elect
programmed temporary officers. Then
there is a hurrah and another meeting
for permanent organization with siren
uOuS effort to get in more members.
The Twenty-ninth Club has opened per-
manent basement headquarters on Fourth
street and bought nine sacks of sawdust
The Twenty eighth viii have a ball this
week. There are two clubs in the Forty
second. with James OConnOr who wants
10 be Supervisor, as president of one At
torney c. J. Heggerty of Knight & Heg-
gerty is president in the Forteth The
Thirteth organized two weeks ago after
a street procession from Alex Greggains'
SiXth-street resort, headed by an ancient
ffer and fianked by skirmishers to round
up the gang. At Music Hall steam beer
and Robert Ferral's eloquence were the
features of the evening. Judge Ferrals
eloquence is cutting a frequent figure in
Buckley organizing. Tim Treacy has done
the work in the Thirty-first. Under the
Buckley plan precinct clubs and a big
Buckley county committee are to follow
But Chris Buckley is not the only
trump in the game. He is merely the
first systematic hustler in the field Phe-
lanItes, Raineyites and other forces that
WHY appear later are preparing for gen
eral organization Considerable has been
done already and much more will be ac-
complshed within a few days The De-
mocracy will be beautifully and thor
oroughly organized this year. There will
in each district and d number up
stairs" There are already three in the
Thirty-ninth. Some little time ago Dep
uty Assessor H. L. Benfeld and ]. S.
Treasurer, led in an effort to organize.
Assemblyman Wardell was Modified, and
finally organization was effected in Judge
Mogan's courtroom 1t was decided to
meet next in Saratoga Hail. and notices
were sent out. j. A. Fenton, superintend-
ent of the ferry building. and S. II. Kohl
man slipped around and hired the hall for
that evening, hustling the other fellows
back to the MOgan courtroom. Fish Com
missioner Nogelsang GRATED and the sec
ond club was organized. 1t was called a
Rainey Club, but Messrs. Fenton and
hoffman prefer to call themselves Har-
neyites. Now the Buckleyites have got
up a club and an independent" club is
already in sight
There will be some fun in the Forty
first, Ed Lanigan's stronghold of the
past. R. /. Mann, Emil Pohli and others
have led in an anti-Lanigan, anti-boss or
ganizaJion that proposes to win the
district Lanigan makes the same pro
pOsal, and the Buckleyites are muster
ing. Then there are all sorts of other
Democratic organizations that are walk
ing up. There is the big Democratic Cen
trail Club, with nearly 1000 members,
which has just opened headquarters in
the Emporium building. In theory it is
supposed to be non-factional AS it in
Cludes all factions in its membership ii is
freely predicted that ii Will see storms.
Its president is Oscar Hooks, who is act
ing president of the German Democratic
Club. very active in fraternal organiza-
tions, and who is one of the new entries
in politics. His ambition is understood TO
be directed to the City Hall. Its board
of trustees and its advisory board pre-
sents an imposing list of Democratic pol
iticians. Buckley is not the only one
credited with an effort to Capture the
club. High jinks is held frequently and
great efforts are being made to get in
members.
The German Democratic Central Club
has awakened to life and will revive its
six affiliated district clubs within a week.
The Iroquois Club is supposed to keep
out of fractional troubles, but fractional
troubles are apt to get into the club.
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