The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896. 13 DAGGETT LOSES HIS BIG FIGHT, The Laymance-Foote Fac- tion Carries Alameda County. SOME “CLEAN” POLITICS w. W.. Foote's Name Was Voted by a Heeler Early in the Day. TWO CONTESTS PROBABLE. Moffitt, Fitzgerald and Laymance All Beaten in Their Own Wards. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL, } 908 Broadway, June 5. John Daggett has been beaten in Ala- meda County and Prison Director Fitzger- ald will not go as a delegate to the Na- tional Democratic Convention. ‘When the returns were received at mid- night from all the county it was found that the Foote-Laymance ticket had been ul to the extent of electing twenty delegates, leaving but fourteen for Fitzgerald. As W. W. Foote is the dele- gate-at-large, Laymance has twenty dele- gates out of a district convention of thirty- four ‘When 10 o’clock arrived one of the most repulsive primaries ever held in Alameaa County came toanend. Asall the heelers and repeaters worked and carried the city for Daggett it is useless for that faction to deny that they received help from across the bay. Wherever there was a display of airty politics Daggett's ticket won, and after all the talk of “‘clean’ politics and decency the result was somewhat of a sur- prise. One of the most amusing incidents’ of the day, as well as one that called forth the most vehement protest, was the voting of W. W. Foote’s name by some unknown person, so that when the well-known Democrat appeared at the polis he was refused permission to deposit his ballot. The county went solid for Laymance, with theexception of Temescal and Golden Gate precincts, but their delinquency was more than offset by the other precincts in Oakland Township, and Laymance got the delegates. The Foote-Laymance ticket won in ington, Murray, Eden, Brooklyn 3 dakland townships; it also carried the Fifth Ward and landed one delegate in the Seventh. The Daggett-Fitzgerald ticket carried in the First,Second,Fourth, Sixth and secured one delegate in the Seventh Ward. Alameda laid the foundation of a pro- test by opening a second ballot-box in the nd, but the regular election showed ge majority for Laymance. In the Third Ward there will be a con- as there was only a majority of 52 i the alleged stuffing had been so great hat 75 men who wanted to vote were pre- 1 from doing so because their names already been voted. Chairman Lay- mance said to-night that he would issue ) credentials under these circumstances, d so it is possible that Foote may have won 22 out of the 35. i One of the most remarkable features of the primary was that each of the leaders lost in his own ward. Foote and Moffitt were beaten in the Fhird; R. M. Fitzger- Id lost the Fitth; M. J. Laymance only carried one delegate in the Seventh. The result in the Third Ward wasrather surprising, as Frank Moffitt's delegate, W. B. White, son of Postwaster White, was defeated by a vote of 197 to 145. s the result was announced Moffitt an- nounced that it would be contested, and he desired that the club roll, the ballots and tally sheets should be carefully pre- served for future use. He said the con- test would be based on affidavits setting forth that enrolled Democrats had offered their ballots, which were refused on the ground that the name had been voted by others, and that the ballot so cast they could prove was for McDonald, while the voter desired to vote for White. Among the men whose names were voted was that of W. W. Foote, the candi- date for the National Democratic Conven- tion. When he was informed that his name was voted he was wild with rage and declared that as he had not voted he would place his ballot in the box, and he did after he had further aired his views. “Why, I supposed éverybody knew me,” he declared in his rage. “To think that any set of election officers could be found in this ward that would let another vote my name is outrageous.” The total vote as tallied on the count was 342, while the books showed 351 had voted. The lack of nine votes was not ex- plained by any of the board. It was said, however, that forty-five ballots had been piaced in the ballot-box before voting be- gan, and that the tally clerk checked off that many names as he had the opportu- nity during the day. This would explain how such well-known names as Foote’s were marked as voted without any one scovering the fact and interfering. Another peculiar thing about the con- test in the Third Ward was the intimacy which had existed between the two oppos- ing candidates. They bave been like brothers up to this time, but as the Eng- lish brothers wanted young White as the Foote candidate he couid not refuse,-as his father owes his appointment to W. B. English, so he had to go in and oppose his best {riend. It was midnight before the returns were all in, but wo great was the interest taken in the fight by politicians ot all faiths that a large crowd awaited the returns. Al- though Fitzgerald has a large number of friends and would probably have done better had he not been aided by Daggeit and Trish, he could not survive under the incubus, Another point decided by the result is that although the Laymance-Foote-Moffitt fsction have lost some of their old-time support in the city, their strength has in- creased in the county. The great Democratic struggle, which - State has been watching for.a month, ver, and the complimentary banquet that was to have been given Dageety in the event of his cess was not men- tioned after the re: was known. Ala- meda County has seen one “‘clean’’ Demo- cratic primary and is bpot anxious for another. The results of the poll at Park street were: Foote-Laymance ticket — A.R. Baum, 149; tes PuiLrnnt tousa Pocirician. .H!"’ | DenocraTs 8 \ | Prive e 3 Fron ) .@ SOME TYPES OF THE DEMOCRACY AS SKETCHED AT THE PRIMARY IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. UNCLASStFIED George W. Dennis Jr., 157; H.W. Bradley, 150; Fred Wild, 154. Eitzgerald ticket—Ed B. Owens, 113; T. E. Blrgnnaxx, 113; J. G. Croll, 104; John O’Brien, | - — HOW IT WAS DONE, | The Great Democratic Struggle in Ala- | meda County Fought and Won. | OAKLAND, CAL., June 5.—The number i of people who drew salaries from the State | to-day, without working for them, and the | mention of the various offices they repre- | sented, is a fair indication of the interests that were involved in to-day's great con- | test in Alameda County. 1t is no longer any use for Superinten- dent Daggett of the Mint to deny that he is interested in Democratic politics on this side of the bay. Neither is is it of any use for R. M. Fitzgerald to deny that his office | as Prison Director was not used to help him in fighting W. W. Foote, and, in- cidentally, M. J. Laymance. Neither will it avail anytbing for Labor Commissioner Fitzeerald to assert that he did not use his official influence in help- ing make his brother’s fight. | Ex-Fire Chief Kennedy, who holds down | a stool in the Mint, was one of the busiest ticket-peddlers in the interest of Robert Fitzgerald at the Sixth Ward polling place. George Haggerty, formerly a prom- inent Democrat of the Second \{(’urd, and | now, by the grace of Governor Budd, | storekeeper at San Quentin, was at his ac- | customed ptace at the North Oakland | booth, working might and main for Prison Director Fitzgerald. Cleve Dam, assistant Labor Commis- sioner, left his arduous duties in San | Francisco, and yut in the day helping the fight of his chief’s brother in the Second Ward. Several other Mint employes, and possibly other State Prison employes, were also in the field. W.W. Foote, W. B. English, W. D. Eng. lish, Frank J. Moffitt, ex-Sheriff McKilli- can, Postmaster J. J. White and their numerous followers aneedea nothing to | disguise their motives, and with their friends contested every possible point in | every ward in the township. It wasa day | of blood throughout the county. It would | be ludicrous to mention harmony in con- nection with such a struggle. The bitter- est of personal and political feeling pre- vailed, and whenever an opportunity oc- | curred to relieve the suppressed feelings of the combatants by a war of words it was easily grasped. The interioy of some of the polling-booths, notably i the Second, | Third and Sixth wards, was the scene of contention and hasty chx]lenging through- out the entire ten hours the polls were open. > The late hour—10 o’clock P. M.—at which | the call ordered the primaries to close created much suspicion in the minds of those familiar with practical politics in this county that it was altogether too long after sunset for the safety of the ballot- boxes, should the local or imported heel- ers or ward strikers desire to steal them or’ stuff them, or create such a disturbance in the booths that an Lonest court could not possibly be made. The fight of the day was located in the Third Ward. This is the home of W. W. Foote, Frank Moffitt and J.J. White. It was realized early in the campaign that if Moftitt could not carry his wara for Lay- mance his faction could not confidently look for much support in the other wards. Open hostilities commenced last night, | when, at a meelinF of the ward com- mitteemen, the rolls were purged and | more than fifty names were stricken off. Among those thus treated were J. B. Carrington, editor of the Saturday Press, which has always been known as a Demo- cratic weekly. John H. Delehanty, another | | well-known Demoorat, received like treat- ment. The total enroliment had been 412, and as the vote for Budd was only 463, nrany believed there had been some whole- sale stuffing. The majority of the com- mitteemen present were Fitzgerald men, | tand it is claimed by the Laymance faction that nine-tenths of those thus stricken from the roll wese favorable to Foote. This action on the part of the com- | mittee was resented by many Demo- crats, and this morning the following cir- cular, signed by W. B. White, son of the postmaster, was circulated at every honse in the war¢ “To the Third Ward Democrats: A great political outrage has been commitied in the Third Ward of the city of Oakland affecting the primary election to be held there to-day between the hours of 12 and 10 o’clock P. M. “A majority of the ward committee, consisting of William Mullins, Patrick O’Kene, Lawrence Kehoe and ¥. A. Fletcher, are responsible for the overt act. Mr. Fletcher is not a member of the committee, but held the proxy of John J. McDonald, my opponent for State dele- gate. Mr. Fletcher was spokesman and eader of the four and during the meeting was 8o intense in his antipathy to the in- tereat' 1 desire to represent as to refer to W. W. Foote, with whose support I am honored, as a ‘bulidozer, a bully and a biackguard.’ -The outrage consisted in striking from the 10ll of voters some fifty or more names. Doubtless some of them were properly removed, but fully forty of them | were taken off for no cause other than the fact that they were the personal Democratic friends of W. W. Foote, M. J, Laymance and myself. “As you are not among those removed I | Democrats as, Hon. | friends. | his fealty to Fitzgerald, and Frank Moffitt | well-dressed men were passengers as far -doing so covertly, for they were not in | the case, and yoters came in very slowly. want to ask you to go to the polls early to- day and cast your vote. I want to solicit | your suffrage, not only because I want to be elected, but because I would like to see you place the stamp of disapproval upon the conducs of Fletcher, Mullins and the rest. In this connection I want to say that Ifavor for National delegates such W. W. Fooce, Hon. James G. Maguire, Hon. Stephen M. White and men of similar character, and I never should vete for such men as John Daggett or John P. Irish, who, by the way, | is the brother-in-law of Fletcher, who con- ceived and conducted last evening’s out- rage.” | Another clash occurred in the Second Ward. This is the bome of Cleve Dam, Sheriff McKillican and for to-day, at least, of George Ha -gerty of San Quentin. There were over 400 names of Democrats and others on the roll last night before the committee met. When it adjourned the number was nearer 300. Here again the Laymance men elaimed that they were discriminated against. Of the seven committeemen six were favorable to Fitz- | gerald, and so whatever purging was done certainly would not be in the interests of Foote and Laymance. One of the most active fighters in this ward was Leo Parke. During the admin- istration of Alex Rosborough, Parke was his chief deputy. Rosborough’scampaign was made and won by Frank Moffitt, and up to a few weeks ago it was thought that Leo Parke could be counted among his most earnest supporters, Things occurred in the Tax Collector’s office which were never made public, but which required considerable straightening out., Moffitt did the straightening and everything went smoothly. He thought by so doing that he merited the eternal gratitude of Parke, ana was surprised recently to find that the ex-deputy was working against him tooth and nail. The next day Parke was dis- missed from his situation, having been in the employ of one of Moffitt’s closest He attributed his dismissal to does not deny it, but says that if Parke has as much horse sense as he is credited with, he will do ho more talking. To-day Parke was trying to get even on his late go]mcnl master by doing all he could to efeat him in tite Second Ward. The Kourth Ward was helped from across the bay. On the train that arrived at Market street just before noon a dele- gation of hard-looking, though moderately as Market street. There they alighted and were taken in hand by some one who seemed to expect them. They repaired to asaloon ana emerged a few minutes later, prepared to do some clean politics, as they are understood in Oakland. Foote's friends declared that this and other con- tingents were colonized in the neighbor- hood of the Mint, while Fitzgerald’s sup- porters declared that they owed their allegiance to Christopher Buckley, and had been sent cver here to help kill Dag- gett’s influence in this county. Market-street station is equally handy to both the Third and Fourth wards, and the most reasonable conclusion is that after voting in both wards they went from there to_the various polling-booths in the city, and returned to San Francisco with- out telling anybody their business. They were of that class that does not talk much, but who wear their hats a little on one side and commune with each other by the aid of their eyes and eyelids. 4 . There is always a pol tical fight n the Sixth Ward. It thrives on it, and to-day was no exception. If it were not for the fact that the ballots were headed with the word ‘‘Democratic’’ the casual visitor would have thought that it was the same old crowd seen at past Republican pri- maries. Around the Galindo Hotel, in which was located the booth, were some of the hardest characters ever seen outside of the County Jail. n this ward there. are six employes of the Mint.: One of them is James ¥. Kennedy, and he was one of the most prominent workers in the Fitzgerald army. If the other men from the Mint were working over here they wers evidence around the polling-booth until evening, by which time they could possi- bly have crossed from their day’s labor in making Uncle S8am’s money. But for the presence of the men offering ballots to passers-by there was nothing in the Fifth Ward to indicate that any strug- le was in progress. Both of thie Eng- Fishes and Robert Fitzgerald live in this ward, and it was expected that the fight there would be very bitter. This was not The Firet Ward was almost as quiet. ‘When the pells had been open for three hours only ten ballots were in the box, and very little interest was manifested. The Seventh Ward is the bailiwick of M. J. Laymance, and although a heavy vote was cast, it was conceded from the begin- ning that Laymance would carry his own ward, and everything passed off very quietly. 2t If the personal feeling existing between the leaders of the two factions were not so generally known it might have been thought that the present contest had been carefully prepared for the purpose of giving Democracy a boom. Such, of course, 1s not the case, and the eyes of the Democracy of the whole State have been turned toward Alameda County for the past two months. The contest has called attention to the fact that a majority of the most prominent Democrats in California, and a large percentage of the office-hold- ers under the Federal Government, reside . larity of the Jeffersonian doctrines in this on this side of the bay. Nearlyeverybody interested in the fizht just ended, with the exception of John Daggett, resides in Oak- land. This beng so, the impression has been created that there has been a great revival and many conversions in the Democratic cause. Snch, however, is not true. There are fewer Democrats in Ala- meda County to-day than there were two years ago, but those that are left have | taken advantage ol every opportunity to | attract attention to themselves, but this has not in any way added to the popu- county. BERKELEY PRIMARIES. Feeling Ran High and Caused One of the Liveliest Times on Record. BERKELEY, Car., June 5—The re- turns from the Democratic primary elec- tion held in Oakland Township to-day showed a victory for Laymance. The feel- ing between the two factions was very evident, and caused one of the liveliest times on record. Y The vote by ticket from the various polling places is as follows: West Berkeley—Laymance, 155; Fitzgerald, Berkeley—Laymance, 121; Fitzgerald, 109. Golden Gate—Laymance, 36; Fitzgerald, 99. Temescal—Laymance, 132; Fitzgerald, 149. | The Fitzgerald ticket had the following | delegates: From Berkelev—E. L. Fitzgerald and E. J. Stewart. West Berkeley, Willlam Curtis. Golden Gate, John T. Doyle. Temescal, John Cavanagh. The Foote and Laymance delegates were: i Berkeley, Frank E. Armstrong and D. H. Tve. West Berkeley, D. Newell. Golden Gate, D. A. Landregan. Temescal, J. J: O’Rourke. Murray Defeats Fitzgerald. LIVERMORE, CavL., June 5.—Retnrns | from Dublin, Altamont and Pleasanton | show a victory for Laymance in Murray Township. Only Corral Hollow is yet to be heard from, and it cannot alter the | resuit. The successful Thomas Scott and Philip Kolb. Only in the Pleasanton Precinct did Fitzgerald’s man get second place, but this was easily overcome. 5 Eden for Laymance. | HAY WARDS, Car,, June 5.—One of the | liveli st primaries held here by the Demo- | crats was that of to-day. Eden Township | will send a Laymance-Foote delegation to | the State Conveniion. Both here and at | San Leandro C. W. Hager, E.J. Holland and F. Meyers were elected by an averae | majority of about 40 votes out of about 350 | cast for both factions. | Washington for Foote. | CENTERVILLE, Car., June 5-—The Erimnnes nere were spirited throughout, | ut when the votes were counted, 1t was | found that the Foote-Laymance ticket had | carried in Washington Township by a majority of about forty. H. Dusterberry and H. Cowell will go to Sacramento. Foote Captures Brocklyn. BROOKLYN, CaL., June 5. — There was only one delegate elected to the Demo- cratic State Convention to-day. The suc- cessful ticket was thatof Foote-Laymance, and the delegate is E. 8. Lund. 3 BURIED WITH HONORS. Pioneers and Friends Assemble to Pay Their Respects to Chauncey Taylor's Memory. OAKLAND, Car, June 5.—The last sad tribute was paid to the memory of the late Chauncey Taylor this morning by a large gathering of Pioneers and old friends when they assembled to attend his funeral, There was an abundance of floral decorations sent by those who had known him in life. o The services were conducted by Revs. Benjamin Akerly and Floyd J. Mynard of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Appropri- | ate music was rendered by a quartet con- | sisting of Alfred Wilkie, E. E. Brangs, H. A. Melvin and G. H. Carleton. They opened with *‘Lead, Kindlx Light,” and during the service Alfred Wilkie ren- dered the solo “Come, Ye Disconsolate,’” and the quartet, ‘‘Abide With Me.” The honorary pall-bearers were: D, Henshaw Ward, Professor Soule, J. West Martin, Charles D. Haven, Edward T. Hen- shaw, George B. Merrill, Horace Hill, J.C. W. Sheppard and Professor Hesse. The regular pall-bearers were selected from among tEe emploves of Taylor & Co. and were: W. P. Shanly, Jose Joseph, L. John- son, Joseph Williams, Frank Katzenburg and George Wadell. Of the Pioneers there were: ' J. F. Pink- ham (marshal), Charles Elsey, L. A. Booth, Barker, Newton Benedict, H. | B. Livingston, R. E. Turner, Howard Havens, H. T. Graves, Captain Simpson, Captain Nelson,Colonel W. C. Little, W. W. Dodge, Thomas Prather, Judge F. H. Hen- shaw, William G. Henshaw, Edson F. Adams, Rudolph Herold, William B. Hamilton, A. 1. Vogelsang, T. O. Bartlett, | W. W. Hoog, G. W, Fisher, Arthur Brown and others,, delegates are: |y POLITICS OUTLINED FOR ENDEAVORERS. Heartily Indorse a Platform for the Coming Cam- paign. SILVER AND SUFFRAGE. They Will Work With the Old Parties and Not Start a New One. . IMPORTANCE OF PBI!ABEEB. New Ideas Advanced Regarding the Enfranchisement of . Women. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, June 5. The Christian Endeavorers have taken their first lesson in politics, preparatory to entering the coming campaign as inteili- gent citizens. Giles H. Gray-of the National Municipal League and ex-president of the Oakland Municipal League has outlined very clearly the length to which an Endeavorer may go in his avocation as a good citizen. At the first rally held last night at the First. Presbyterian Church he outlined what is really the platform on which the organ- ization will stand and make itself felt in the cawpaign. After a detailed account of the workings of politics from caucus through primaries, county and State conventions to nomina- tions and elections he closed with the declaration of principles which will stand as a guide for years to come. He said: The Christian Endeavor societies can gather and disseminate information upon the politi- cal questions of the day. They can procure and stim ulate discussion of the topics wnieh should interest voters. They can find some of our educated citizens and induce them to explain to those of us who haye not the time and ability to gather the information neces- sary to understand what is meant by tariff for protection and tariff for revenue. What is the silver guestiom, or free coinage of silver, or silver 16 to 1? What is equal suffrage? What is prohibition? Way is it best to support the Republican party at the coming election? and various other subjects which will enable the voter, who desires 1o vote so, 1o vOte 85 & good citizen should. ; These are questions and subjects upon which every voter in California should be informed before the next eleetion, and this is the infor- gulmn which every good citizen would like to ave. In municipal elections the question of tariif, free silver, suffrage or the like, which tend to form State or Netional parties. need not be considered, and the preference of candidates is often based upon local issues, and then the personal character or the personai popularity of the candidates can be safely taken as a guide for the voter; but in all State and National elections the vote should be for the candidate representing the principles or platform which the voter believes to be right and best for the general good of the State or United States. The most popular man is not always the man who will support the principles of government whlclh will bring the greatest prosperity to the ople. peTge citizen upon whom the right to vote is cast is under obligations to qualify himseli.to vote intelligently and to inform himself unon the political issues of the times, so that he can vote correctly, and for the best good of his fellow-citizens who cannotvote, and for whom he is intrusted to cast the ballot; and itis his duty and obligation to give as much time and labor to the subject 88 may be necessary to perform his duty as a good citizen. The vote is & _trust which must be performed to the best of the voter's ability. Competency hus noth- ing to do with the obligaiion to vote; munr [y boy of 18 is better qualified to vote intelli- gently than many voters at 40, but the obliga- tion is not cast uponfhim. . 1f hereafter the law should be changed and both male and female citizens are made voters, the same_obligation will be placed upon the woman citizen, and she, as a good citizen, will be obliged to assume the daty, and will not be at liberty to neglect it any more than the male voters siiould do so now. If the law says woman may vote, she must vote, and not only must she vote, butshe must scquaint herseli with public questions and be prepared to vote upon them independently and intelligently. We have already too many selfish, indifferent and unintelligent voters; too many men who might exercise a greatin- fluence on the votes of others, but who never vote. But then, if the women engage in politics, primary electious and political conventions, ‘who will care for the work which they are now doing so acceptably? Who will care for the family, the home, tne schools, the church, the Christian Endeavor societies and social func- tions? Are these to be neglected or abandoned by women? ‘Whoever are intrusted with the batlot, they should exercise the trust; every voter, male or female, should be compelled to vote, both at the primaries and at the elections. In other matters, trusteés are compelled to execute their trusts, and as every voter is a_trustee of the vote of a large number of citizens and others who cannot vote he or she should not be allowed to neglect his or her trust. Every vote not deposited is lost, and_by is absence, the opposition is strengthened, ana non-voters are deprived of their right of representation, just the same as if their property had been destroye In State or National politics do not attempt to form a new political party under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor, nor make aticket by seleeting men from each of the ex- isting party nominations. Rather instrugt the voter so that he can vote intelligently, and let him vote according to his own judgment and conscience. The Christian Endeayor societies have done good work on similar lines; they. have aided to procure the purity of election laws, the closing of poolrooms and gambling places, the closmf Yn Sunday of saloons in some places, the prohibition of the sale of tobacco to minors, and now why not take hold of the matter of election? The great danger is that the vote of the bet- ter element among the voters, and which the Christian Endeavorers are likely to reach, will divide themselves up into small parties, such as local option, Sunday closing, high licenses, ete., each representing some new reform or ism, and each calling itself a party and as- suming a distinct name, and nefther com- manding votes suflicient to elect anybody, and by withdrawing votes from the main and stronger perties fail in all good efforts. The baser ¢lement among the voters are sure to unite and vote blindly in one direction, as the bosses should dictate, and in that manner defeat the divided strength of thelrog}mnenu. In union there is strength, and the bosses know it, and our good citizens often forget it. Now this being so, what are the Christian Endeavorers to do? President Clark of the Twelfth International Christian KEndeavor Convention, held in Montreal in July, 1893, told the Endeavorers what to do in the follow- ing words: “Cultivate a larger and more in- 'tefii;em spirit of patriotism and Christian citizenship.” “How shell this be done? Bv joining, asa society, some one poiitical party'? Not unless we know some party that embraces all the saints and none of the rascals; or that isal- ways right and never wroni. But whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, or a third party man or a Populist, it can be done by bringing your vote and your influence to the test of the Christian Endeavor pledge. You have he (God) would like to have you do; then vote as he would like to heve you vote; then you will not knowingll vote fora bad manora bad measure, and if need be you will sacrifice your party rather than your principle. When politicians realize that men of prinei- ple are walching their nominations they will not dare to put up a bad man for your suffri for they will realize that thereis s new or:l force in this country that must be reckoned with. Go to the primaries of your party and take your Christian Endenvorgledte with you. Go to the caucus, get into the Legislature; stand jor Congress; but when you get there, for God and church and your country,do what promised in that 1o do whatever’ Tuction Sales GROCERIES SALE. J. C. MUTHER, AUCTIONEER, Office 601 California st., cor. of Kearny. WILL SELL THIS DAY, Saturday.... «w..dune 6, 1896 Commencing at 11 A. ., outhe premises, 2201 Fifteenth st., Cor. of Noe. A Fine Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Wines, Ligquors, Cigars, etc. * Take Castro-street cars. Also the fixtures, including a fine cash register, scales, etc. Everything is new and fresh and nothing will be reserved or limited. J. C. MUTHER, Auctionee: NEW OAK FURNITURE. THIS DAY AT 2 P. M. 405 VAN NEHSS AVHEH FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery st. he would like to have you do—strike always for good citizenship. THE VISITORS WIN. Basket Ball Creates Much Enthusiasm ; at Y. M. C. A. OAKLAND, Carn, June 5.—The San Francisco Rusbers and the Oakiand Rub- bers played the liveliest game of basket ball at the local Y. M. C. A. gymnasium that has been.seen in this city, last night. The former won with a score of 6 to 3, but hdd their hands full all the time. The vantage was in the accurate throwing of the visitors. The best work in this line was done by Captain Klasman and Fleiscaer, they making five of the six goals scored.. The teams lined up as follows: : Oakland—Boek, rf.; Tullett and Muller, If.; J. R. Lancaster, re.; Walter Rhode, lc.; Joseph Lancaster, ¢.; Williams, rg.; West, 1g. . San Francisco—Spacher, Klarman, 1f.; Krieger and Marchant, Shaw, lc.; Fleischer, ¢.; Mitchell, rg.; Hanrahan, 1g. Dr. H. L. Dietz and Alfred T. Brock umpired, F. W. Edwards and L. Eldridge timed and Andrew Armstrong scored. NO' POSTMASTER NAMED, Speculation as to the Cause of the Delay in Wash- ington. Want the Charter Changed—Lo{d Kelvin’s Anniversary—A Concert. BERKELEY, CAL., June 5.—The several aspirants for the office of Postmaster of the town of Berkeley are becoming' gccus- tomed to a condition of suspense, as two months have passed since the expiration of Postmaster’s McCarthy’s term, and no word has been received from Washington. Ten days or so agoa dispatch was re- ceived, however, which led the office-seek- ers to believe that the new appointment or the reappointment of McCarthy would take place about June 1, but the President has withheld his decision, and so the seek- ers after the political place are learning well the lesson of patience. It is said that tke reason for the ]on% de- lay in the matter is that there has been such a vast accumulation of documents in the case that the Washington officials have not yet completed their work. Dur- ing the heat of the .fight for the place, when there were six or more candidates, petitions by the wholesale were prepared and sent to the President. Some of the candidates are said to have sworn to affi- davits charging the others with various shortcomings, which showed their unfit- ness to assume charge of the local mail department. It is believed that it is this confusion of such documents which has caused the long delay in making an appointment. Didn’t Pay Their Debts. BERKELEY, CAL., June 5—The class of '8 at the State University has brought itself into disrepute among certain busi- ness firms who sold them goods and fur- nished them with wagons and parapher- nalia for their Bourdon celebration over a year ago. Some of these debts have not yet been paid, and it is understood that they amount to about$75 in all. W. H. Parrish, an Oakland drayman, and the California Fireworks Company are the heaviest debtors. These firms have made repeated requests for the moneys due them, but without avail. Finally the matter of collection was put 1nto the hands of a Mrs. Bailey, and after futile attempts to realize on the debts she wrote a letter to President Kellogg asking that he see that the obligations were met. The class during the sophomore year made several attemgts at raising money to meet the demands, but not more than one- fourth enongh was raised. They first at- tempted a circus scheme, but it failed. Then they levied an assessment, but to but little purpose. Those to whom the class are indebted seem to have lost pa- tience, and now the facts regarding their delinquency have become public property. ‘Want the Charter Changed. BERKELEY, CAL.,, June 5.—Several members of the West Berkeley Progressive Club have started a movement having for its object the amendment of three sections of the new charter of the town. ¢ The most important change suggested is one by which each of the Trustees would be voted upon by the entire town instead of, as now, each member of the Town Board being elected by the voters of his own ward alone. Other chunges are to make the offices of Town Attorney, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Streets elective instead of appointive offices, and to reduce the terms of all officers from four to two years. The leaders of the agitation for the amendments in question are George Schmidt, ex-Trustee Hadlen and ex- Trustee Acton. i Tt is said that a petition for the changes in the charter will be circulated and pre- sented to the Town Trustees so that the matter may be voted upon at the next election. If the proposition should carry in Berkeley the State Legislature might alter the charter during the session of next January. Concert by the Blind, BERKELEY, CiL., June5.—The annual concert of the California Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and Blina was held this evening in the auditorium of the school. The hall was crowded to the doors with a fashionable audience from musical and soclety circles on both sides of the bay. The features of the even'ini‘ were the per- formances of Miss Gussie Mast and Miss Lily 8mith. Miss Mast rendered a piano solo and orgzan solo and a soprano solo, besides singing the chorus. The encores were many and prolonged. Following was the programme as rendered: Chorus; piano solo, Miss Lily Smith; so- F("no solo, Miss Mary Eastman; organ golo, aster Thomas Morfison; plano duet, Miss Lena Erickson and Master Charles Caceres; piano solo, Miss Gussie Mast; chorus; piano juartet, Misses Young and Stollberg, Masters arkhausen and Bacigalupi; sobrano solo. Miss Gussie Mast; organ solo, Miss Lily Smith% iano solo, Master Thomas Morrison ; bass solo, aster August Barkhausen; organ solo, Miss Gussie Mast; chorus. Lord Kelvin’s Apniversary. BERKELEY, Car., June 5.—Much in- terest is taken in Berkeley and especiaily in college circles in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Lord Kelvin to be held next Monday evening in the Acad- emy of Sciences, San Francisco. The oc- casion is one corresponding with the Lord S —— Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. EDWARD §. SPEAR & 00., Auctioneers, 3 5 TELEPHONE: i e tore Tables, Plate- elass “Swinging Doors, 300 Enameled Saucepsns and a fine line of New and Secona-naud Furni- ture, Bedding, Carpets, Ol Paintings, Folaing Beds, 20 Ranges, etc. EDWARD S/ SPRAR & C0., Auctioneers, 31 and 33 Sutter street. AUCTION SALE ! b Y =2 S =1 MONDAY, JUNE 8, 11 A, M. Sunset Horse Market, 220 Valencia st., WE WILL SELL Sixty head of broke and unbroken Horses: 1 Matched Driving Team: 1 Black Standard-bred Road Horse: 1 Black Business Horse: 1 fas: Pacer, Solano B - Open and Top Buggies: 30 sets Doubie and Single Harness; Saddles. etc. SULLIVAN & DOYLE, Anctoneers. Kelvin’s jubilee, which will be held at Glasgow on the 15th inst. in honor of the noted scientist, who is better known by his name of Sir William Thompson. The programme for Monday evening in- cludes a number of speeches by represen- tatives of the University of California, Stanford University, Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Society and Technical So- ciety. Berkeley will be represented by Profes- sor Frederick Slate, who will speak on *Lord Kelvin’s Contributions to E‘hvsicll Science.” Professor Hussey oi the Lick Observatory will appear for the Astronom- ical Society. Other speakers will be Pro- fessor Allerdin of Staniord, George W. Dickie, manager of the Union . Iron ‘Works, C. J. W. ‘Richards of the Techni- cal Society. Dr. David Starr Jordan will preside. THE EXPOSITION. Supetrintendent Craigie Sharp Will Open His Office Mon- day. OAKLAND, Car, June 5.—The interest in the coming exposition, which is to be held from August 3, is shown in the at- tendance at the regular weekly meetings of the directorate, when every one in the city attends regularly. Craigie Sharp, who held the position so successfully last year, has again been appointed superintendent, and he will open his office in the Exposi- tion buiiding next Monday, where he can be found from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. daily thereafter. A high board fence will be erected around the ground within a few days and work for beautifying the grounds will be pushed. It has been decided to charge 25 cents per square foot for choice locations in the building and a reduced rate for other por- tions. AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. Laundry Farm Railroad Substitutes One * for the Locomotive. OAKLAND, CaL., June 5.—The Laundry Farm Railroad begins operation to-morrow as an electric line, and substitutes an electric motor for its locomotive. The trains will run from the tidal canal bridge at Park street, every half hour. The trip will be made in twenty-five minutes, and will cost that many cents for a round trip, including the local car fare on the Ala- meda and Oakland-street car line to either of those cities. ————— HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told im Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, June 5. The Union Presbyterian Sunday-school will picnic at Haywards Park next Saturday. The County Political Equality Club will hold :ndef;cluonnl suffrage convention June 12 and 13. Seventeen men of old Company G, N. G. C., of Alameda were admitted to Company A of Oakland last night. Frank Watson, a violent lunatic who was brought down from Niles, was examined to- day and commitred to Ukiah. The_Reliancé Gun Club will open its new trap-shooting grounds at'the south end of the Webster-street bridge on Saturday next with a series of matches. The Sunday-school of the First Christian Church will go on an excursion and picnic to- morrow to Sunset Park. There will be no service to-morrow evening at the church. Lee Hill McDaniel, 8 young man of 28, who came here from Oregon, has been committed to the Ukiah asylum, He thinks he is wanted by the police for buraing his father’s barn. The anniversary exercises at the Institution for the Deaf and Blind will be held in the As- sembly Hall, Tuesday aiternoon next, at 2 o'clock. The programme prepared is more than usually interesting. ‘The Board of Works as street-opening com- missioners have filed their report for the ex- tension of Twenty-fourth avenue to the city limits, a distance 56 feet long by 50 feet wide. The total expense of the opening is $1710, At Upper Fruitvale Hall to-morrow evening there wi?lebe given by the California Mandolin Club an entertainment consisting of musical specialties, quartet singing and numbers by the club. An lmusln& aiterpiece has been arranged. Dancing will follow the evening’s entertainment. e Crooks for Trustee. HAYWARDS, C4L., June 5.—J. E. Crooks was the successful candidate at the election for School Trustee to-day. His opponent only polled seven votes out ot ninety. — smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign. hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY 8T. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private , Lost Manhood. Debility or Dr.d. F.w