The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16
M'NAB READY
FOR THE FRAY
Democratic Local Conven-
tion to Meet at Alhambra
Theater To-Morrow Night
O'BRIEN is OUTFLANKED
Regulars Will Prepare the
Temporary Roll of Dele
gates and Elect Chairman

The Democratic local nominating con-
Vention will meet and organize at the
Alhambra Theater tomorrow evening
When the county committee, Thomas
W. Hickey chairman, met at Native
sons Hall on July and issued accord
ing TO law the call for convention or
the party no time was fixed for the 10
cal convention to assemble. The chair
man Of the committee has now desig-
mated August II as the date. The tenn
porary roll, of delegates for the local
convention will be prepared by the
chairman and secretary Of the Demo-
cratic City and County Committee. The
trainers of the official call did not
neglect to insert the important provi-
sion relating to the temporary roll.
Affairs seem to be shaping UP for
Dig row in the Democratic convention.
GAVIN McNabs followers are in posses
sion Of the works and Will make up the
temporary roll hence the Horses and
carts will get no advantage in the first
mlXup. The McNab tactic elected 81
OF the 16S delegates, and therefore has
d cIear working majority OF 26.
1t is highly probable that Charles J.
Heggerty will be put forward as the
SAOACO VI (uH minority ldCllOl LOI CIldlI
man OF the convention. Heggerty's de-
Votion to the principles of the party is
unquestioned. He stands so high in the
1dVor OF Democrats of the O'Brien
school that he is prominently men
toned as the partys candidate for the
office of United States Senator. His
voice has not that penetrating, far
reaching quality which is supposed to
lend special strength to a Senatorial
aSniranf h,1f 0fJ, ha Ie TO
receive such honors as a Democratic
minority caucus may bestow. Practice
In the open air under the instruction
of a skilled master in voice training
should make Heggerty an ideal candi-
date for the Democratic compliment.
Gavin McNab entertains t. 2 notion
that Heggerty does not possess the all
around accomplishments which the
chairman of a Democratic local nomi-
mating convention should be able to
display. In Democratic circles Mr..
McNab is regarded as an expert in the
line of organizing conventions. Thomas
w. Hickey, chairman of the Demo
cratic City and County Committee, ac-
cepts Mr.. McNab's judgment without
question or bubble. Any hes. --cy in
such acceptance would lost Hickey the
craftsmanship Therefore Hickey holds
to the belief that some one other than
Heggerty should be chairman of the
convention. Ninety-seven Democrats,
whose names will adorn the temporary
roll tomorrow night, viii acquiesce in
the views of McNab as expressed
through Hickey.
The minority deleeate-. consisting of
the Horse and Cart faction Of seventy,
Will probably make a deal of noise, and
then get into line under McNab's lead
ership. There is some talk to the ef-
feet that O'Brien will bolt, organize
a rump convention, make nominations
and appeal to Ruef and Schmitz for
recognition on the official ballot In
that manner it is said that the regu-
lar McNab nominations could be ex-
cluded from the Democratic column of
the ballot.
The regular Democrats do not talk
of nominating q ticket at the present
time. The avowed purpose of the early
meeting is to organize the convention
and pave the way for an effective
investigation Of the frauds perpetrated
on the day of the primary election.
Inquiry has already disclosed the fact
that thirty votes in one precinct of
the Forty-third Assembly District were
cast by suffers. Gavin McNab is firm
in his determination to bring all the
facts to light, so that the names Of
the men who hired the suffers may
be given to the public