The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-07-30
ONLY BEST MEN
ARE REQUIRED
AS DELEGATES
Affiliated Clubs Hold
a Conference.
REPUBLICANS ALL IN LINE
HARMONIOUS CONSOLIDATION
OF ALL ASSOCIATIONS.
Bold Scheme of Rainey-Examiner
League-Democrats Torn by
fractional Strife in the
Ranks.
REPUBLICANS ALL IN LINE
HARMONIOUS CONSOLIDATION
OF ALL ASSOCIATIONS.

The clubs Orga mixed under the auspices
Of the Republican County Committee, az
we'll as the clubs formed by the City Re
publican League. are busily>-engaSed IN
the preparation of delegate tickets to be
voted for at the primary election August
s At the headquarters of the league in
the Grand Hotel the prediction Is made
that the league organizations in the va
riOus Assembly districts Will elect a ma
1ority of the delegates TO the Republican
nominating convention The prediction OF
success is based on the ground that the
greatest diligence has been employed to
select. representative citizens and taxpay-
ers of character and influence for each
Assembly district ticket. Argument IS aH-
vance6 that the voters vii support the
leagues ticket when they see the names
presented
The officers Of the Republican County
Committee are equally confident that the
regularly organized clubs viii win out. 1t
IS claimed that the best citizens in each
district will be placed before the people
The representatives of the regular oTgani-
cation assert that the enrolment Of ke-
publicaus is very large and the selection
Of the delegate ticket is free from boss
methods ana influence No doubt many
active young men. who are well and ia
vOrably known in their respective districts
but not widely known in the city a. large,
VIII lt- tdIlN- les 70 represent l4iC pCCP-C
IN the convention. When the blanket
ticket was rejected the proposition that
delegates should be elected at large was
also Getea ted. hence each district elects
It's own delegates 10 the convention. The
people comprising the district should be
able 10 judge Of the merits of the men
brought forward 10 represent them. The
indications are that the Republican con-
venJion viii be composed OF able and
reputable men
IN Democratic ranks affairs are badly
mixed. In many of the districts each Of
the three COntending factions will present
a list OF delegates to be voted for. The
Call is Informed that the Buckley follow
erS and the supporters of the Rainey-
Examiner league have harmOnized their
differences in the Twenty ninth and
Thirty-eiEhth Assembly Districts, and as
q consolidated force viii there fight the
Hundred. In the Twenty ninth Buckley
and Rainey are openly fighting Braun
hart.
a politician who is well posted gives
this version Of affairs in the Thirty
eighth District: George Gallagher, who
IS controlled by Rainey. and Tim 'Brien,
- no was an Old-Jime Buckley lamb, have
induced many men to join a Phelan club.
Windy Powers and the McGueneyS are
IL The club but at heart are in sympathy
with Buckley. Hugo Asher, in Frank
Lanes Office. is a member Of the club.
lie pretends to be for Phelan, but is in
fact 3 RaineY man. The programme is
TO elect delegates OstenSibly for Phelan,
hut the delegates when elected will be
controlled by Buckley and Rainey.'
Democrats who are on the inside" were
amused when they read a postal card con-
tanning this statement: