The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20
WELCOME OF FISTS
AWAITS BOSS M'NAB
Dick Dinnigan Is Indignant Be-
cause Headquarters" Re-
fuses to Keep Pledge
Promise of Congressional Nom
ination in Fifth Is Alleged
as Grievance

When Gavin McNab and Tom Hickey
return from their postprimary sojourn
in the woods they are likely to find
one Dick Dinnigan waiting to welcome
them with open arms and closed fists.
Dinnigan is mad clear through and
doesn't care whether McNab and Hickey
know it or not In fact he may take
particular pains to tell them all about it
Postprimary indignation pretty near
" always springs from anteprimary
pledges. That fits Dinnigan's case
Dinnigan lives in the thirty-fourth dis
trict, but he conducts wholesale liquor
store at the corner OF Waller and Por-
tola streets in the thirty-seventh.
The thirty-seventh district was cap
tured by the Bell rebels in the May
primary and was debatable ground in
the recent campaign. Men who claim
TO know whereof they speak say that
all the work of Tommy Walsh, Harry
Flannery ana Tim Riordan, combined
with the detection from the Bell forces
Of Harry Kelly, would not have suf-
feed to win the thirty seventh for Nc
Nab If Dick Dinnigan had not helped.
DECLARE McNAB PLEDGED
That McNab thought so. too. Dinnigan
and all his friends believe; for did not
the boss give Dinnigan a pledge of the
congressional nomination in the fifth,
conditional on his helping the organ
ization to win? Of course, these friends
explain, it was not iron bound, rein
forced concrete pledge. btr it was a
sort of kind of pledge just the
same.
Dinnigan took that pledge seriously
enough. 1t inspired him to do all sorts
of political stunts for the organization,
to put in overtime that brought re-
suits. When the 'thirty-fourth and the
thirty seventh were won, Dinnigan ap-
peared at headquarters. proudly dis
playing the Endorsement of the thirty
seventh and thirty fourth districts for
his congressional candidacy.
But headquarters was decidedly cold
and refused to warm up to Dinnigan.
HEADQUARTERS had not a spark OF en-
thusiasm 70 ranybody in that fifth con-
gressional fight except George Tracy,
who is expected to swing union labor
in behind the democratic ticket.
MAKES DINNIGAN MAD
That is why Dinnigan is mad. That
is why he Will have things to say to
Gavin McNab and Tom Hickey when
they return from the north. Mean
while the inevitable compromise is
being rendered Will Mr. Dinnigan
forego that congressional nomination in
favor OF chance 10 sit in the electoral
college2 Will he resign the chance of
/ beating Red Hayes for the attenuated
but glorious chance of casting Cali
fornia's vote for w J. Bryan?
So far Dinnigan is too ruffled TO
accept the compromise. He may get
around to it. Then again he may en-
/ barrass AicNab and Hickey by throw
/ ing his IS delegates to Alex Robertson
the bookman. That would nominate
Robertson and leave George Tracy out
in the cold. Holding the balance oi
power, Dinnigan is in a position to talk
pretty frankly TO McNab and Hickey
/ There are a lot of politicians waiting
to hear what he will say.
Would be democratic electors are
4 very slow about announcing them
selves. Charles Edelman, who viii not
enjoy heaven unless Bryan is there
would like to represent the fourth dis
trict. Nick Bowden of San Jose woulc
! like to represent the fifth. So wouIC
/ Hugo Hornlein of this city. but he was
I with Bell in the primaries and the
/ organization viii not give anything tc
f. the rebels.
The only man mentioned for chair.
man OF the state convention is Thomas
/ Q. Toland of Ventura. He is Bells
candidate and would have presided al
the Fresno convention If the Napa
leader had not prematurely pledged
/ the honor to Senator Sanford.