In 1908, a number of Europeans, led by C. H. Harrison, who was then the Accountant-General of Bombay, formed a combination to break the power of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in the Municipal Corporation of Bombay. This combination afterward came to be popularly called the "caucus". Besides Harrison, it included Gell, the Police Commissioner, Sheppard, the Municipal Commissioner, and Lovat Fraser, the then editor of the "Times of India".
In 1908, a group of Europeans, headed by C. H. Harrison, who was then the Accountant-General of Bombay, formed an alliance to undermine Sir Pherozeshah Mehta's influence in the Municipal Corporation of Bombay. This alliance later became known as the "caucus". Besides Harrison, it comprised Gell, the Police Commissioner, Sheppard, the Municipal Commissioner, and Lovat Fraser, who was then the editor of the "Times of India".