The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02
REPUBLICANS
ARE DEMANDING
THE BEST MEN
Democrats AXE Any
body to Win.
A REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN
CONTEST BETWEEN BUCKLEY
AND RAINEY.
Delegates to the Republican Central
Advisory Club Meet Tonight
to Effect Permanent
Organization.
A REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN
CONTEST BETWEEN BUCKLEY
AND RAINEY.

get the leading citizens of the party
interested in the campaign to the eX-
tent of serving as delegates in the
municipal nominating convention.
The organized and active efforts of
the City Republican League have add
ed largely to the enrolled Republican
strength, and induced many Republi-
can voters of the stay at-home" per-
suasion TO give little time to the con-
sideration of municipal politics. The
leaders of the league say that their
organization is perfect in every district,
but they do not readily find men of the
right type who are willing to be put on
the ticket for delegates. For one rea-
son or another prominent business
men who are willing to contribute
money to the cause ask to be excused
from service in the nominating con-
vention. Pressing business demands
and lack of time are generally submit
ted as the reasons for declining con-
vention honors and responsibilities.
The officers of clubs organized under
the auspices of the Republican County
Committee are strenuously endeavoring
to bring out the best class of men
to be placed on the delegate tickets.
They also find that leading taxpayers
and merchants put up excuses and
figure that they cannot give the time
required to serve the people in the con-
Vention. There is no trouble in tndlng
men who are ready and willing to go
to the convention, but the chief diff
Guilty is to find men willing who will
give character and prestige to the nom
mating body.
There does not appear to be any par
ticular pressure on the Democratic
| forxxr oy-1 t1t va
men as delegates. The main point in
each Assembly district is to make up
ticket that will command the support
Of the push" So far comparatively
few Democrats Of prominence and in
huence have been named. FOUNDERS
and job chasers who have a popular
acquaintance at saloons ana know
everybody "along the line" are in de-
mand for service in the convention.
Leaders of various factions dare not
turn down the popular fellows Tor fear
Of losing the fight in hotly contested
districts.
The Rainey- Examiner League is
making a bold effort to capture the
Democratic convention. The sugges-
ton emanating from the league that
| jeremiah F. Sullivan should be ap-
pointed to arbitrate disputes in the
several districts was at first accepted
by the leaders of the Democratic exec
utive committee of the Committee of
One Hundred as an evidence that
Rainey had weakened and thrown up
his hands.
Reflection and investigation have
convinced the followers of Jasper Nc
Donald and Gavin McNab that the
Rainey-Examiner League is playing
foxy game in order to win few dele
| gates by arbitration. 1t is quite well
known that arbitration will not be in
voked in districts where the forces
ralIying around the Fire Department
are strong enough to ride roughshod
over the opposition. The programme
of the league is to elect as many dele
gates as possible, then claim all the
doubtful and finally, through the Ex-
aminer, force the weak and Wavering of
the elect into the Rainey camp.
The notion that Mayor Phelan is in
some way tied up to the Examiner is
all that restrains many of the Demo
cratic clubs attached to the Committee
of One Hundred from coming out open
ly and repudiating the paper. Jasper
Mcdonald and Gavin McNab have
been obliged to employ fine persuasion
and tactics of Cancellation to prevent
clubs from adopting resolutions con-
demning the course of the Rainey or
gan.
The Republicans throughout the
city are giving Crimmins and Kelly.
the so-called Republican bosses, cold
shoulder The boss influence in the
party is SO light that one bartender can
do all the work at Phil Crimmins' sa-
loon. The Mexican boss has not shown
his hand openly in this municipal con-
test The heelers and touts, who clus-
tered around his headquarters in Sac
ramento last winter, are scattered.
The most of them may be found doing
Democratic politics with either Boss
Buckley or Boss Rainey.
At a meeting of the regular Repub
1ican clubs held in the various Assem-
| bly, districts of San Francisco last Fri
day night five delegates were elected
from each club to constitute an ad-
visory board for the government OF the
Republican party of this city. The
ninety members chosen by the eighteen
organizations will meet tonight in
Western Hall, Shiels building, 80 O'Far-
rell street for the purpose Of effecttng
permanent organization.
The duty devolving on the advisory
board is to bring about degree of
harmony in the various Assembly dis
tricts so that but one ticket is present
ed to the voters at the primary cleo
ton on Tuesday next. Until the COM
mittee meets tonight and considers the
various disputes now pending in the
different Assembly districts, no ticket
can be presented. In fact the Repub-
ican County Committee is patiently
waiting the report of the advisory
| board, as 1t expects through the lat
| ter agency to bring about harmony in
the party and the smoothing over of
factional differences.
According to prominent member of
the county committee the plan to be
carried out at to-night's meeting will
be to choose a prominent member from
each Assembly district, and the eigh-
teen so chosen will act in the capacity
of an arbitration committee. 1t is ex-
pected that through this course all diff
| ferences may be appeased and but one
ticket will be presented for the suf-
frages of the Republican voters on the
Sth of August.
The members of the Central Republi-
can Club were in session until long af
ter midnight last night trying to set
| tie the differences in the Thirtysev
| enth Assembly District. For two hours
the vexing problem was discussed be-
| hind closed doors, and during that pc
riod representation from the district
| in controversy was invited in and
| through its spokesman stated its case.
! The differences were at last diplomati-
! cally settled and the members retired
| tbai,. horneS for nuch-pepdp0 rest