The San Francisco call., 1899-05-06

a short time there will be created a new
local Democratic committee, large in
numbers, which will represent every pri-
mary precinct in the city and which will
direct a campaign for the capture of the
municipal convention.
1t is we'll known that Boss Buckley has
quietly played a hand in each election
here for some years since he was deposed
from power, but it has always been done
under cover of the plea that he was
merely advising his friends" He does
not now think 1t necessary to put forth
says in effect, i've taken my coat off
again, boys" and his followers are being
mustered from the Potrero to North
Beach with the cry, Buck has come
Buckley is going to cut large figure in
the hot and interesting Democratic cam
paign that is now forming amid such
mystery. OF course. some other people
will cut large figures, more or less, too.
There's James ID. Phelan, with as pretty
a tight as one could wish TO see on his
hands There's the Examiner. which cuts
so large figure in the now uncertain cal
culations of many Democrats ana which
expects and proposes to do what II can
toward running the machine. There's
Tarpey. manager OF the Hearst estate.
who will be back from Mexico and seeing
people long before the campaign Is over.
There's Harbor Commissioner, .I, HaTney'
chairman of the Democratic -Four Hun
dred and Fifty committee that was prac-
tically snuffed out at its last row, and
John F. McGovern, its secretary. Then @
there's Sam Rainey Waddling around the
political pond with much motion and little
sound. Rainey is looking after the pros
poets of the Fire Department under the
new charter; Chief Sullivan ct al may be
all right, whoever loses. The Committee
of One Hundred, the regular county com
mittee, which is threatened with the Hee-
ney appeal, the old Tarpey resolution and
some other things before the State Com
mittee, cuts figure but a comparatively
small one because of the primary law.
There will be no row over the Committee
of One Hundred except on the matter Of
apportioning municipal convention dele
gates, and this committee is likely to act
Ciscreetly and keep the peace.
Mr. Phelan and his fight for the Mayor
alty are discussed just now as much as
any other feature of the inchoate cam
paign and politicians wonder how Phean
stands and how he is going to stand with
this and that influence and faction
1t is amid this party uncertainty that
Chris Buckley suddenly looms up and
boldly begins the first organized effort of
the campaign. Many Democrats surmise
that Mr. Buckley knew what he thought
he was doing before he started in, and
that he had effected strong combina-
tions and secured the backing of strong
influences in advance. There is consid-
erable speculation as to whether or not
one of the influences behind him is the
Examiner which has avoided even giving
briefly the news that Buckley had opened
fine Democratic headquarters in the Bald
win Annex and was whooping up politics
day and night. Politicians observe that
the Examiner has shouted no warning
cries about either Buckley or Raney.
Mixed up with these observations are fire.
uuent speculations rs to whether or not
a prominent Examiner man will become
chairman of the Police Commission under
the new charter, and Lieutenant Esola
Chief of Police.
Chris Buckley may be found every
afternoon and evening enthroned in one
of the two very nice suites on the first
upper floor of the Baldwin Annex. hired
for the campaign The "Old Guard"
focks there in greater numbers every day.
Those who come to see him and those who
frequent the quarters would make quite
a long roll Those who see him elsewhere
on the quiet would make another roll.
Sam Newman is one Of his chief lieuten-