The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-15
HOW THE PALACE
MIXED UP IN TAR
FLAT POLITICS
New Power in the Old
TWenty-Eighth.
MAXWELL'S POLITICAL NIGHT
A CIVIC HERO IN WHITE VEST
AND HIS CIRCUS.
The Results of Dash for Good Gov
eminent on the Unterrified
Democracy Beyant the
Palace.
A CIVIC HERO IN WHITE VEST
AND HIS CIRCUS.

When the old Twenty-eighth awakes to
campaign glory the campaign may be de-
clared open. 1t has wakened and it's
three-ring circus. Some time ago the
Buckleyites got a strong club going under
the leadership of Larry Conlon.
A few days ago Gavin McNab decided
that it was time to organize the decent
element" with which to win the district.
J. D. Maxwell was picked out for chair
man and Michael Brown for secretary.
When Mr.. Maxwell was consulted he
would say, 'Mr. McNab thinks this and
Mr.. McNab says that"
Now j. D. Maxwell is a nice and good
man. He is a prominent insurance man,
lives In the Palace Hotel, and is stran-
ger to the turbulence of primary politics
on Tar Flat After rejecting on the du-
ties of citizenship and the political millen-
mum which the primary law has ushered
IN he agreed that it was mis- duty to take
brave hand in local politics in the inter-
est of good government.
he realized that he could be a power
for civic righteousness in the Palace
Hotel where several Democrats reside. He
worked on James V. Coleman and Joe To-
bin. and they agreed to also do their
politics. Thus was the Palace Hotel
dragged into the arena of primary poll
tics at last. 1t has hummed with politics
before and politics sizze there now, but
primaries have been as strange to it as
steam beer. 1t mas never thrilled with the
JOY of barricaded ballot boxes. 1t is said
that some of the Democrats of the Palace,
with the grace of the Stratton primary
law in their hearts, proposed to have one
precinct polling place In the hotel itself as
a striking object lesson on the regenera-
ton of municipal politics.
Larry Hoey of the Committee of One
Hundred was brought into the prelimin-
array conferences, as was John Ferris of
the Assessors office. where Mr.. McNab is
credited with influence. One of the pol
itical powers in the Twenty eighth is John
F. McGovern, long secretary of the Com
mttee of Four Hundred and Fifty and
now wharfinger at the Main-street wharf
in his district. He represents a large ele-
ment, and in consultation was assured
that only complete harmony was wanted
and that the interests of his faction would
Ing at Second and Folsom streets were
sent out a week ago yesterday evening.
Meantime Mr.. McGovern and his friends
decided that ii would be just as safe to
have some voting strength on hand. and
gang" The organizers did likewise and
the little hall was packed; Heroes of
many primary, were there IN numbers;
Larry Hoey, called the meeting to pi a,rniai
nominated and elected temporary chair,
man per programme. The new political
leader came out on the little stage in
white vest and other correct evening at.
and they owed to themselves, to their
city, to the country and to Thomas Jefter-
who's this dude that comes down here
wild white vest to teach US politics?'
growled some of the unterrified.
II move YOU sir, that the chair appoint
temporary secretary" said John Ferris,
"NoiINor and Second the motion!"
Now herein appears a trick in primary