The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-14
DEMOCRATS
' At WAR OVER
PARTY HARMONY
Adding to the Hun
dred an Issue.
AN EXAMINER PROGRAMME
THEIR SCHEME TO HARMoNIzE
BY ABSORPTION.
Tonight the Main Issue Apparently
Will Be Plan to Escape the
Wrath of the
Party.
AN EXAMINER PROGRAMME
THEIR SCHEME TO HARMoNJzF
BY ABSORPTION.

The NcNab and the Lawrence influences
IN the Democratic Committee of one
hundred have gone to war over party
harmony, and though this war has so far
gone on behind the scenes ii NAV easily
preak out in the open arena of the meet
lHS OIL the Hundred in Native Sons Hall
tonight
GAVIN McNab is not one Of the peas in
- examiner pod, and the hostility of
'..ese two political forces in the com
ihitee Is a matter Of frequent and amused
,ohmeht The Examiner has for weeks
'eeh quietly trying to arrange pro-
sIamne Tor the enlargement of the com
Htllee III a way that would ostens6ly
recognize important party elements nos
lie 10 the dlsCredited county committee
ana at the same time give il controlling
nand IN the party machine. 1t was th,
hosuhty OF MCNab and Others that pre-
vented the sprlngnS OF the scheme AT the
III ST meeting of the Hundred a week agO.
II Will Undoubtedly he sprung JO-uIsrt
ana vigorously advocated and opposed.
me plan mas long been discussed at
secret conferences which CONSTANTLY uC-
eur ana al many of which the Examiners
pcEuCal manager meets and tnes to dc
tate 10 prominent local Democrats who
Inquire IN the situation. Through Exam
her influence an especial EFFORT TO ar
Iange the programme for tonight was
mace on Monday afternoon AT a confer
tlCe ia the Office of Attorney Sidney Van
W IClt Some twenty-five or thirty Demo-
Gratis. including several not members of
the Committee of One Hundred. were in
Nted and several responded. The MEM
GERS OF the hundred there were: Howard
fark, Or. Beverly Cole, Or. Leland L. +.
bartlett X Y. Whiting, lsidor Cutie,
OSSood Putnam, Sidney Van Wyck and
d. W. Reay. Donzell Stoney, J. Slye and
vs. w. SanderSOn were among the others
there. Several argued in favor Of the plan
aLG X. \. hltuS was among those who
opposed II as being useless. The upshOt
OF hour hairs discussion
that no agreement was reached and the
caucus effected nothing definite.
The scheme is q shreWd one. intended
10 pull the wool over some Democratic
eyes and 70 help some people to the chest
nuts 1t Is recognized that the Commit
tee Of One Hundred is thoroughly dis
credited IN the ranks Of the party and
that anything it favors or that Its leading
members favor viii meet strong pre1u-
dlCes against it. Several members OF the
Hundred are leaders in district clubs and
Will control primary election tickets for
convention delegates, and an effective
primary battle cry will be against Com
mittee Of one Hundred" tickets.
The. scheme now is to take the cuss
on the county committee by adding fifty
OF hundred outsiders and declaring
that the committee represents the whole
party. and that the party is harmoniZed.
Many Democrats have been quietly asked
II they would accept such appointments.
how this can be done safely II a all has
been much discussed. 1t is proposed of
course that the control shall be preserved
q
hart elements and additions VIII he care
luHN supervised. If district clubs were
90 choose the new members rows would
ue instant Tor there are two or three OPP
posing faCuCnal clubs in every district.
a committee 10 select new members
wound also make enemies and jealOusies
1t Is proposed to recognize BuckIeyites
and Raineyites, and that would meet
fierce opposition.
But ali this would be simply for the
looks Of the thing This done, the pro-
Eramme IS TO create an executive COM
llittee TO do the work preliminary TO the
primary. This executive committee
would be the real thing and created to
AIRY out the programme. There is nomi-
uaIy nothing for the county committee
10 do but TO declare the apportiOnment,
but il is proposed that this executive com
mittee shall be very active. OStensbly 1t
IS 10 stir up interest in the primary and
posed that it would be able to help out
programme "clean government" tickets.
The committee or seven appointed to
recommend plan OF appOrtonment will
recommend that the legally required APP
pOruonment be by districts, making the
tickets district ones. The convention will
among the precincts of the number al
lotted to q district is a purely party mat
ter. a district ticket may be made up at
large or apportioned to general election
cincts. This will be much discussed to-
night. The committee will recommend
appOrtionment by general election pre-
Cincts as far possible, giving at least
There is a good deal of hawhawing
about Sam Rainey's retiring from poll
tics" 1t is generally accepted that
Rainey has effected an understanding
with Phelan and the Examiner that if
Phelan is elected the new fire commission
shall not disturb Chief Sullivan or Raj
ney's interests generally. In return he
will sing the old song. i amt politician