The San Francisco call., 1904-08-06
FORCES ALIGN
FOR PRIMARY 7
Betting Is Even on Outcome
of Fight Between McNab
and the Horses and Carts
BARD is COMMENDED
High Tributes to Senator
From Eminent Associates
in National Legislature


There is even betting in the court Of
the Palace Hotel on the outcome of the
fight between Gavin McNab and James
H. O'Brien for the privilege of control
ling the Democratic local convention.
McNab has the advantage which comes
from the control Of the regular party
machinery and many Of the politicians
who are disinterested observers Of the
present war in the Democratic camp
predict that the regulars will elect
majority of the delegates to the conven-
ton The Horses and Carts will need
something better than an even break
in the result at the polls to accomplish
anything in the convention. McNab is
, decidedly clever in generalship and
could enter the convention as leader
/ of the minority and emerge therefrom
as a director of the majority.
All the observing politicians agree
that OBrien is putting up a rattling
good fight. If Hearst can be induced
to put some more money into the cam
paign of 1904 the insurgents may cap
ture the convention and dictate the
nominations of the party for the Su-
perior Court and Legislature.
LIVERNASH is SLATED.
1t is gossip all along the line that
E. ]. Livernash will be renominated for
Congress, even If the battle on Tues
day goes against Hearst and OBrten.
There is no certainty. however, that
Wynn of the Fifth District will fare
as we'll at the hands of the Democratic
party as his colleague of the Fourth.
McNab and the regulars are under no
sort of obligation to nominate Wynn.
The incident is recalled that Wynn
went to Santa Cruz wearing a Hearst
button so large that it made the Con-
gressman look smaller than he really
Is. 1t is the presumption in the corral
of the Horses and Carts that Wwnn is
for O'Brien and Hearst in the present
controversy.
Leaders of the Horse and Cart ring
of the party also expect some help from
the Republican machine on the water
front Expectations of assistance from
the Postmaster will not be realized.
Arthur G.. Fisk positively asserts that
there will be no interference on his
part in the affairs Of the Democratic
party. Revenue Collector Lynch, If SO
minded, might lend a few workers to
Jim OBrien in districts where no op
position confronts the regular Republi
can organization, but Gavin McNab,
who has some influence with high Of
ficials in Washington, is watching
every move in the Republican camp.
SCHAIITZ AND RUEF.
There is much conjecture concerning
the attitude of Mayor SchmitZ and A.
Ruef in relation to the fight in the
Democratic party. 1t is intimated that
a sense of gratitude for past favors will
impel the Mayor to help Hearst. If
Schmitz and Ruef should pull down the
labor ticket and order the voters behind
that organization to reinforce the Horse
and Cart column McNab would prob
ably be repulsed next Tuesday. There
are rumors at the City Hall that the
support McNab is securing from AS
SCISSOR Dodge. Coroner Leland, Sheriff
| Curtis and Recorder Godchaux is only
halfhearted. The deputies and clerks
hear that Delmas, Creswell and Nc
Enerriey are boosting O'Brien and the
subordinates do not want to take a
step that might excite the displeasure
of the transcendent Democrats.
REPUBLICAN RANKS.
The fight in the Republican ranks of
the Thirteenth Senatorial District, en-
bracing the Thirty and Thirty
fifth Assembly districts, is warming up.
1t appears that Ruef, Lynch and
others of the regular organization gave
o. -.
taking Dick Welch the chief wharf
| niger, into their inner confidence. The
programme did not embrace the name
of Welch for State Senator to succeed
himself, hence the revolt. Members Of
the organization assert that Welch has
no one to blame but himself He backed
and filled and finally gave out the in
timation that he did not want to run
for the Senate again. Consequently the
organization concluded that he was
out of the fight. Richard j. Welch
heads the opposition ticket in the
Thirty-second Assembly District for
delegates to the State convention, and
Robert Gordon heads the list of oppo-
sition delegates to the legislative and
! judicial convention. The organization
, tickets in the Thirty second District
are headed by John E. Heileman for
! State and B. p. Lagrave for local
convention. Well-posted politicians and
party workers in the district predict
the euccess of the opposition Senator
! Welch possesses elements of personal
popularity. and in a certain sense
| stands before the people as an exponent
! of the doctrine of home rule In the
prolonged Senatorial contest which cul-
minated in the election of Thomas r.
Bard to the United States Senate.
| Welch trained with the Burns -Herrin
machine.
! BARD is INDORSED.
| Tidings come from Tulare that the