The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1869. - 9 NON-PARTISANS NEARLY FINISHED Progress Made in Their Nominations Last Night. A Long Wrangle Over Who Should Represent the Sixth Ward. CHARGE OF RUSHING THINGS. Left-Handed Compliments Paid to the Supervisorial Candidates. Some Matters bad evidently been got intosome sort of shape before the opening of last night’s session of the Citizens’ Non-Par- tisan Convention. Ellert, Capp, hton, Lynch, Sherwood, Payne, Truman. Menzies, Altschul and Sbarboro hela a quiet little session of their | eing the committee on Suver- | minations, and it was thought ing would proceed smoothly. ! ag was struck when the nomination | upervisor from the Sixth | Ward was | eached, and Messrs. Lachmann aad Monroe | ng in the balance, though the nomina- | »n was batloted for three times. The lecture-hall of the Academy of Sciences wes crowded to suffocation. and much in- terest was evident, everybody hissing, groan- | ing or cheering at wiil, whensoever the spirit | moved him. During the reading of the minutes Secretary Milliken was proceeding to read an account of what took place at the executive session of the previous evening. Stop ! Stop!” eried E. J. Le Breton, “if you | read the minutes of the executive session it | won’t be executive. Imove the reading cease | here.” And it was so ordered. | Ernest Denicke, chairman of the committee on Board of Education, reported in.favor of the substitution of Thomas Carew in place of Jeremiah Coffey and C. L. Barrington for W. A. Powers in the_list of names suggested for | nominees to the office of School Director. Jeremiah Lynch moved that the rule requir- | ing & two-thirds vote for the nominees be sus- pended. This produced a tangle in which everybody seemed t0 take a hand, A rising | vote was called for and only seven stood up. | The work of nominating candidates for Su- | pervisor was then taken up. i Lawrence Devany was nominated by accla- | mation for Supervisor from the First Ward. | Charles D. Zeiie was &lso nominated by ac- | the Becond clamation for Supervisor from Ward. ¢ John L. Hanly was proposed for Supervisor from the Third Ward, aod was aboutito be put through the paces’ with the same celerity s were his predecessors, when George Cum- ming aros¢in great excitement. “I protest against things being ough in this fashion,” he exclaimed. S0 do 1,” assented Charles B. Perkins, and for a good quarter of an hour there was much delegates drowning each other's voices in endeavors to be heard, while names were shouted from various quarters of the hall with demands that they be proposed for nomi- nat When quiet was res.ored M. V. Samuels pro- posed the name of Horace D. Dunn and Mr. Perkins suggesied that of F. M. Delaney. Both names were placed on the blackboard | under that of Mr. Hanl commenced. The vote Hanly 85, Dunn 6, Delaney 3. nomination was made unanimous. Ex-Mayor L. R. Ellert proposed William H. | Phelps as nominee for Supervisor from the | Fourth Ward, who was forthwith nominated mation. Washington Dodge and Dr.J. S. Stone e proposed ior the Firth Ward. The ballot- resulted as follows: Dodge 34, Stone 9. ge's nomination was made unanimous. :liert proposed John Lachmann as nom- inee for Supervisor from the Sixth Ward. He stated that a strong personal fight had been made sgainst Mr. Lachmann and hoped he would get the nomination. Lester H. Jacobs protesied against the rec- ommendation and proposed ths name of At- torney Henry E. Monroe. The ballot stood Monroe 25, Lachmenn 20, This produced a hubbub, OWing to the lack of Le required two-thirds majority. A second | allot gave Monroe 28 votes and Lachmann 16. A third ballot was accordingly cast, resulting | 28w 17 in favor of Mr. Monroe, This left atiers in as bad & mess as before, and amid | uch conitsion the nomination of the candi- for gnperflsor from the Sixth Ward was poned. . Ellert next proposed Peter Van Pelt, for | enth Ward. Andrea Sbarboro namea | io A. Rottanzi | want any carpet-baggers,” cried & whiskered delegate in the rear row of stalls. | rushed and the balioting ulted as follows: Mr. Hanly “He is n6 carpet-bagger,” retorted Mr. Cum- | ming, hotly. “He has an Ttalian neme as well | record; but he came here without | pet-beg, and _without any clothes er, for that matier.” | Vote stood Van Pelt 33, Rottanzi 12, and | ’an Pell’s nomination was deciared unan- olins M. Smith was nominated for the Eighth Ward by acclamation. The same pro- cedure was foilowed in the cases of Albert Heyer for the Ninth Ward, L. H. Foote for the Tenth and ruman for the Eleventh. Dr. Charles A. Clinton’s name had been sug- gested for the Eleventh, but his friends were silentas the tomb, Truman meeling KO Oppo- | | | | | | | n irom any quarter. As nominee for Supervisor from the Twelfth Ward, Mr. Ellert posed ex-Senator William Biggy, and Mr. Wilson suggested J. 8. Conwell of the Wheeimen’s Municipal League. The names were balloted for. the vote stand- ing, Biggy 33, Conwell 13. On motion of Mr. Wilson the homination of Mr. Biggy wasde- clared unanimous. Mr, Jacobs moved that the nomination of the candidate for Supervisor from the Sixth Ward be taken up, but his motion *“died s-borning,” so to speak, being nipped in_ the bud by Cheirman Fitch with » celerity which ovineed long practice. r. Denizke next moved thatthe nomina- for School Directors proceed. There was much contusion in disposing of the long list of names from which the twelve nominees were 10 be selected. The list was as follows: Dr. H. L. Curtis (R.), Thomas Carew (D.), J. L. Halstead (R.), George A. Kohn (R.), George Lent (D.), Elliott McAllister (D.), Andrew Me- Elroy (R.), William A, Plunkett (D.), Dr. J. H. Soper (R.), Wallace Bradford (R.), Dr. W. D. Clark (R.), Dr. C.T. Deane (R.), C. E. Freder- icks (R.)," E. L. Head (R.), A. H. Kayton %R.), W.T. Kibbler (R.), John J. McCarthy (R.), F. L. Turpin (R.), C. L. Barrington (D.), Thomas R. Knox (R.), Emett Barrett (R.), 8. L. Waller (D.), Dr. Thomas Shumate (D.) and Dr. D.E. Barger (D.), H. C. Henderson (R.), C. H. Mad- dox (D.) The balloting and counting of the votes was a long process. The result was in favor of the following-named candidates: Curtis, Carew, Halstead, Henderson, Kohfi, Lent, Maddox, MeAllister, Mc: Elroy, Plunkett, Barrington and Soper. Dr. Boper and Thomas R. Knox were nominated for the unexpired term. Midnight had already been reached, the work of counting the baltlots for the last nominees having been long and tedious. The nominations were, on motion, made unanimous and the convention adjourned until this evening, when, doubtless, tha Supervisorial nomination for the Sixth Ward will have been got into shape. THE NOE CASE. Property-Owners of the San Miguel Hancho Thank Judge Sanderson. The San Miguel Defense Associa- tion met last evening at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Church streets. Franklin B. Lane, one of the attorneys of the San Miguel Rancho property- owners in their recent suit against the Noe claimants, was present and addressed the association regarding the case. At the close of his remarks a resolution was adopted extending a vote of thanks to Lane & Lane for the manner in which they had conducted the case of the de- fendants ana for the service they had done tre City in organizing and fighting the suit. Another resolution was also unanimously adopted heartily thanking Judge A. A: Sanderson for his prompt and able decision in the case which threatened tc cloud the title to so many homes. On motion a committee of five was ap- pointed to act on the suggestion that a bill be presented to the next Legislature which will forever put a stop to such suits against property-owners. “QUIZ” ON CHARTER. The Old and the New Compared in Short Chapters for Busy People. The following is a continuation of the catechism on the new charter brepared by J. Richard Freud under the direction of the committee on press and publication of the Citizens’ Charter Association: CHAPTER XVIL FIRE DEPARTMBNT. Who compose the present board of Fire Com- missloners? Five persons, appointed partly by the old county courts and partly by the Supervisors and the Governor. What does the charter say ? 1t provides that four non-partisan Fire Com- missioners shall be appointed by the Mayor for four years, one going cut of oflice each year. / How will firemen be appointed? By oivil service rules and regulations, based upon merit, and will hoid their positions dur- ing good behavior. Will tne firemen now in service be re- moved ot have to pass new examinations un- der the charter? No; they will remain in service, and can only 'be removed for good and sufficient cause, after fair public trial betore the Civil Service Commissioners. What kind of Fire Department has this City atpresent ? A village Fire Department, without regular service or adequate compensation. A foghorn is blown to summon the firemen from their other work. What does the new charter provide? It provides for a jully vaid and equipped Fire Department, with ail modern appliances. CHAPTER XVIIL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. How is the present Board of Health consti- tuted ? 1t consists of four members appointed by the Governor for five years. How will it be under the new charter? The Mayor will appoint three regular physi- cians, eight years residents of the City, toserve 10T two years. What advantage is there in this change ? As the Board of Health is concerned only in the sanitary affairs of the City it is proper that the members should be appointed by the Mayor of the City. Any further special provisions in the new charter regarding the Health Department ? No politics can enter the department, be- csuse all appointments will depend upon free pablic competitive examinations. How about fiushing and draining in all pub- lic and private buildings? They must be done according to plans ap- proved in writing by the Board of Health. CHAPTER XIX. ELECTION DEPARTMENT. \\;ho are the present Election Commission- TS ers? The Mayor, Auditor, City Attorney, Tax Col- lector, Surveyor and Registrar constitute the bourd, Who appoints the Registrar of Voters ? The Governor of the State. What are the serious objections to metnod ? All of the Commissioners may be of the same political party and therefore the most vital requisite iu a commission is destroyed. How will the charter remedy this defect? Four Election Commissioners, not more than two of the same politicel party, will be ap- pointed by the Mayor for four years, one going out of office each yea~. Who will appoint the Registrar of Voters? He will be appointed by tne Election Com- missioners. How about election and registration pro- visions? this Strict provisions are made in the charter for | the honest and correct registration of voters and for the safe and accurate canvass of votes. (To be continued.) EARLSTON’S FINAL FLIGHT The Aeronaut Leaves Oakland and His Young Wife Behind. OAKLAND, CaArL., Oct. 1 —It was re- ported to-night that Robert Earlston, ‘‘the greatest aeronaut west of Chicago,” has taken flight and left his wife be- hind. Mrs, Earlston was left at her lodg- ing house, at Eighth and Washington streets, last Sunday night, and as her hus- band did not return she went to her mother's on Tuesday night, and she has told her friends she fears the worst. Miss Maud Smith about three months ago fell in love with the athletic young aeronaut who made ascensions in the pub- lic parks every Sunday, and without much preliminary thev were married. For a few weeks after the marriage Mrs. Earl- ston used to faint in the park whiie the hushand did the trapeze act a mile above the earth. Recently the aeronaut’s love cooled off and a few days ago he left his lodging-honse and his wife. His name has been coupled witn the double elopement from West Oakland last Monday night, as Earlston and Frank Raymond, who is known to be one of the elopers, were at the aeronaut’s lodging- house with two strange girls. ————— Sunday’s Baseball Games. The Mission Star and Exceisior baseball club’s will meet on Sunday afternoon on the old St. Mary’s College grounds. The make-up is as follows: Mission Stars. Positions. Excelsiors. T. Daly. Catcher.. R. Rogers G. Marc| . Snorn F. Babr W izht E. Peterson. erighino A. Nichol Sutringer E. G. Sutringer E Hansberry G. S At the Presidio athletic grounds, com- mencing at 2 P. M, THE CaLL and Ex- aminer nines will piay for the benefit of the Theatrical Union. be as follows: Examiners. The line-up will Caris. Gorman Murphy _Shieids Positious. Catche, Picher. First base Second bas Dr. Nieto’s Lectures. Dr. Nieto will inaugurate his Friday evening lectures at his temple, corner of Post and Tay- lor streets on October 16, when he will deliver the first of a series of discourses on the points of contact between Judaism and otber religi- ous systems. The course will be as follows: October 16, “*Are the Similarities Between Different Religions Mere Coincidences?” Octo- *Judeism and Christianity”; October November 6, November 13, “Judaism and Parseeism’ November 20, “Ethies of the Rabbis and Confucius.’’ ———————— Union Bible-Class. Next Saturday, Octover 3, et 12 o’clock, noon, Rev. C. H. Herriott of Minneapolis will inaugurate a special Bible-class for the study of the International Sunday-school lesson at the Young Men’s Christian Association lec- ture-hall, Mason and Ellis streets. The lecture will bs free 1o both ladies and gentiemen, and ail Sunday-school and Bible workers are es- pecially invited to attend. Mr. Herriott is rnEmed to be one of the mest sble biblical scholars in the country, and particularly suc- {:e kind he is toinaugu- cessful in the class of tl rate. B — To Hold a Rally. A Presbyterian meeting was held last night at the Association Auditorium for the purpose of arranging & young people’srally during the meeting of the synod. It was resolved to hold the rally Saturday, October 17. Addresses will be made, among_other speakers, by Rey. E. 8. Bush of Alaska, J. 8. Webster and G. G, Upton. Rev. Dr. Bevier will preside. New Officers. The following are the newly elected officers of the congregation Beth Minachim Streisand: President, 1. Baer; vice-president, 8. Komfeld; secretary, S. J. Levfl treasurer, 8. Atebrod: trustees—J. Simon, H. Jacobsen, J. Davis, D. Cohen, J. Rittigstein, M. Abrahams, S. Cleglar. ——————— Died in Melbourn: Dr. Thomas Slater of this City has received the sud news of the death of his eldest son, Charles L., st the age of 27 years. He was a hulé ;roreuor of Alston College, Melbourne, Australia. The cause of his death is at present unknows. DEMOCRACY TAKES 0 THE STABLES Max Popper Gefs Drastic and Closes the Junta Headquarters. The Raineyites and the Buckley- ites Had Their Respective Joys Yesterday. THE BUCKELEY AID SOCIETY. Senator John Fay Lands Suidenly in the Buckley Camp and Gets a Nominatioa. The divided Democracy ¢ivided the joy of yesterday. In the Rainey camp there was little to do besides celebrating the glorious victory after the adjournment of the Junta con- vention, while Phelan and the rest of the impotent minority were being digested after having beea swallowed by the tiger. The Buckieyites had joy of their own and their feast was still going on. They smiled and drank and danced over what they had already captured from the Popu- list convention, they swarmed at last ) REMoVED Bu2H ~zan Keaney - Y The Notice on the Door at the Headquarters of the Junta. night’s session of that banquet to enjoy another course, and they added to their joy the anticipation of the siring of in- dorsements to be made by the “Buckley Aid Society.” Neither wing had any particular further business of its own to attend to, but talk was plentiful and cheap. The Junta found itself without any formal headquarters, because a Demo- cratic coup had been played by Max Popper, who had, in his disgust at Rainey’s capture of everything he wanted 1o take, closed up the party’s headquarters in the Flood building. Max has been the main guy of the Junta for some time, He took a deep though not a very intrusive interest in its battle for clean politics from the very moment a year ago when Gavin McNab got Sam Rainey and his fire department push, John Daggett and his mint push and some others to stand in with o movement to fight the returned Buckley in the interest of gord government. So loyal was Max that he advanced the rent of Fiood building headquarters month after month. It developed that every last chair and desk and ink boftle in the party’s head- quarlers belonged to Max, too, somehow or other. It is said to_be a lot of old Iroquois Club fixings, which he had owner- ship or control of. Anyway, evening before last Pop- per’s gorge turned so completely at the way Rainey was running everything, in- cluding *Jimmy”’ Phelan, that he swore for thirty-five minutes and then gave some orders to his Lieutenants Devereaux and Bienfield. The result was that three ot Popper’s wagons stopped unheralded before the Flood building. Without warning and without further permission every sugges- tion of furniture in the *‘regular” Demo- cratic headquarters was hustled downstairs into Max Popper’s wagons and carted off to be stored in his barn. The dpor of the ‘‘Regular’” Democratic headquaTters was soon locked, and when that was done ‘there appeared on the in- side of the glass panel the sarcastic sign, “‘Democratic Headquarters Removed to St. George Stables, Bush, near Kearny.” That is what Max Popper did to the headquarters. He has not been going around like a roaring lion aboutit. He bas just seen 8am Rainey sweep the field, and he has crawled into a hole and nursed his woe in silence. The loss of the headquarters hasn’t troubled anybody much apparently. The actual headquarters on Bush street answer all practical purposes and those, like Chairman W. P. Sullivan, who don't like them haven’t the heart to care whether there are any headquarters or not. ‘When the noise 1n the room is stilled and when amid 1t the clock stops ticking one notices it. Thus was the absence of Gavin McNab, amid all this political rout, especially noticed yesterday. It is years, they say, since Gavin McNab was not at the front or in the middle of lo:al Demo- cratic polities, It isrecalled that Gavin, the author and long the boss of the Junta, has been dur- ing this convention a four-spot that couldn’t be played because it was mark McNab and his adjutant-general, Ch: man Sullivan, ruled and dictated and talked and promised and got interviewed for months, but when the time for busi- ness came they stepped aside,and Sam Rainey and Ed Lanigan claimed their own. Dozens of the lesser lights who stood long by the “‘decent’ faction, to get left in the end, yesterday eitber exclaimed sadly, *It's too — bad” or cursed for fools the “kindergartens” they had foilowed into “the soup.”’ The fact that the minority by threaten- ing to get out and bolt and roar and by urgent pleadings did induce Sam Rainey to accept Phelan as a stroke of political policy does not count much now in tem- pering defeat. It isseen and realized that all this *“‘pure government” minority, in- cluding the Examiner, surrendered to Sam Rainey when he at last exhibited his control. It 15 seen that Sam Raiuney conceded no more than any boss would concede to any corresponding minority ; that he conceded nothing he wanted much himself, and that all the anti-Raineyites got out of the convention was Phelan, four Supervisors and two or three unimportant offices that no boss out for the stuif and the patron- age would care to bother with. On top of this they have seen Phelan talk bravely about a good Board of Super- visors and then accept Sam fainey’s slate and come forth and indorse it from top to bottom, This is not surprising as it is well and currently understood that before Phelan was accepted by Rainey there was effected an understanding that if Phelan and the charter both succeeded the Fire Depart- ment wouid not be taken from Rainey’s grasp. Now that the Junta convention is over it is reahzed more fully the extent to which it comprised the gold and anti- Bryan element of the local Democracy, as the Buckleyites comprise the silver ele- ment. ‘This has made Phelen’s nomination ap- propriate, as he is a sterling goldbug and refused to be a candidate for deiegate to the Chicago convention on that ground. Every gold and every Cleveland Demo- crat who has taken an active part in_local Q(‘zilltics has been enrolled on the Junta side. An illustration of this is given in a story of the first session of the platform committee, which is reliable. Chairman Alexander T. Vogelsang asked if it were advisable to indorse Bryan. The vote against it was 18 to 7. After discussion it was decided to make that plank as brief as possible and to say as little as possible. So the Junta platform says not a word about Bryan, and in a shrewd style in- dorses “the historical principies of Democracy contained in the Chicago platform’—pot the platform, but ‘‘the historic vrinciples,”” if there are any there. During the convention three or_four fool nominators spoke the name of Will- iam Jennings Bryan, but in no case was a decent cheer of Bryan’s name heard. The National issue has thus further sun- dered the local Democracy and this is the main reason why the Populists have con- temptuously refused to have anything to do with the Juuta crowd and have sought alliance with the Buckleyites. One of the queer deveiopments of poli- tics occurred yesterday, when Senator Jobhn Fay, a Junta hero from the start, landed in the Buckley camp. Fay lost the nomination for Senator in the Twenty- fifth District because he was beaten by his old enemy, Daggett, in alliance with Rainey. Fay started out ¢o run as an in- dependent, but he has been taken in by the Cator-White combination. The Buckleyites nominated George Cal- lahan. Night before last, after Cator, Buckley and others had effected the proper arrangements, the Buckley con- ventions of the Forty-fourth and Forty- fifth districts met, received Callahan’s resignation and named Fay in his stead. The Buckley committee on vacancies will ratifv the thing, and Fay’s nomination by the Populists is said t) be fixed. Tue secretaries and the sergeants-at- arms of the Rainey convention met in Dr. Ragan’s office last evening and after con- siderable scrapping divided up the five hundred and some dollars left of the $10 tax on every name presented for a nom- ination. At the close of the convention it was ordered that the debt of $155 of the General Committee should be paid from the harvest, but the boys wouldn’t siand any such foolishness last night, and noth- ing but hall rent was allowed. cretary Saulman got $10 a night for six nights, several assistant secretaries got $5 a night and nineteen sergeants-at- arms took what was left, amounting to about $2 50 a night. The Buckleyites are highly satisfied just now with attending their second conven- tion, under the management of the Popu- lists, but they will break loose on their own account again as soon as that Su- preme Court decision is rendered. g Bryan Sliver Club. ALAMEDA, CaL, Oct. 1.—The Bryan Silver Club held a meeting to-night in Linderman’s Hall, when the political questions were discnssed and the arrange- ments for Saturday’s big meeting were completed. Thomas V. Cator is to be the orator on that occasion. SPOKE OB FREE SILVE Advocates of the White Metal Rally at a Mass- Meeting. A. C. Ellis and M A. Hurley Were the Principal Speakers of the Evening. A silver mass-meeting was held in Metropolitan Temple last night. The Hon. A. C. Ellis and the Hon. M. A. Hurly were the chief speakers. C. D. Lane, who présided, seized the op- portunity of denying that he had ever forced Lis employes to contribute to the campaign fund. ‘“‘The statement was not true,” he said. *I have between 600 and 700 men in my employ, and what I did say to them was: ‘Boys, I would like to raise a little money to get up some cam- paign literature. I should like you to give a day’s work each to raise the fund. I don’t demand it, but I ask you to do it.” Mr. Lane added that he had promised his empioyes that whatever they gave the Utica mine would give more, but he de- nied having coerced them into giving. Colonel A. P. Ellis of Balt Lake City said he pelieved the silver question to be the greatest issue that had confronted the American people in the whole history of its existence. x He thought the silver Republicans and Populists would unite with the Democrats in settling 1t. *‘You know that for twenty years you bave been suffering under hard times and falling prices. Thisis traceable to the supremacy of gold.”” Mr. Eilis combated the belief that there could be overproduction of commodities. “How can there be overproduction of cereals when there are thousands of our fellow-countrymen starving? Eow can there be overproduction of fabrics, when many people have not clothes to wear?’ Bpuiing of himself, he said he did not represent any silver mining interests, but added that if he did, be had a perfect right to do so. r. Hurley began his remarks with a panagyric of the Populists, who, he said, constituted ihe buik of the voting popula- tation of this ¢ untry. He gave a history of the demoueuzation of silver in this country, and pleaded for that metal being given its original standing. At the conclusion of the addresses in favor of silver, Miss Anna Shaw was in- troduced and made an earnest and eloquent plea for extending the ballot to women. —————— Willlam A. Deane Club. The William A. Deane Club met fo r per manent organization at Myrtle Hall, Alca- zar building, last evening. The attend- ance surpassed the most sanguine expec- tations of its promoters. The followin permanent officers were elected: Presi- dent, Alfred Fuhrman; recording secre- tary, W. J. Reid; financial secretary, P. J. Geary; treasurer, Sam Rothberg; sergeant- at-arms, J. W, Church. Commttees were appointed for the various Assembly dis- trict. Several speeches were made by gentle- men of aifferent party afiiliations, pre- dicting success for William A. Deaue for Auditor. Two hundred members signed the roll. Meeting adjourned to meet at same place mext Thursd club is formed solely in Deane’s interest. POPULISTS FOLD THEIR TENT Nominations End and Buck- ley Lets the Conven- tion Close. A Sc-Called Buckley Emissary Only Escapes With His Life. STABLEMAN RAINEY'S DEFEAT Row Over the Alleged Miscount of Votes in Conlan’s Favor in the Thirty-Seventh. Last night saw the omega of the Popu-' list Municipal Convention. There came at last a time when there was nothing more for the delegates to quarrel about, so they finished with their nominations and adjourned to the call of the chair. The meeting opened in conventional form, there was friction only in an alleged miscount of votes over the Police Judges, and only once did an element of excite- ment enter—when Buckley was said to have tried to turn Spinettidown for Police Judge—and adjournment was taken with- out a single cheer. The first balloting was done for Tax Collector. The fight was between Godirey Fischer, a Buckley Democrat, and James N. Block, a true follower of Stableman Rainey. “Jimmy” Phelan’s political dictator was badly ‘“turned down.” Fischer received 89 votes to Block’s 2, and was duly declarea the nominee. Next came the vote for Auditor. Again Buckley came into collision with Rainey, and once more was Rainey defeated. Fleet Strother (B. D.) received 95 votes to A. O'Loglen’s (R. D.) 2, and was declared the candidate of the bewhiskered for Audi- tor. For Treasurer Henry Doscher (B. D.) was opposed to W. S. Asmussen (R. D.). Both men were called to the platform. Asmussen admitted being a nominee of the Junta, bat Doscher proudly pro- claimed himself a candidate of the “‘regu- lar’’ Democracy, and was given 66 votes to Asmussen’s 29. For City and County Surveyor T. F. Newbury (Pop.) received 57 votes to Rob- ert Munch’s (Pop.) 42and J. C. Bunner's (D.)2. He was declared the nominee. It was here announced by Chairman Daywalt that the legislative convention would meet to-night at 1159 Mission street. R. L. Ryfkogel created a slight breeze by intimating that the delegation from the Forty-eighth was *‘stuffed,”” On rollcall this insinuation proved unfounded. For School Directors tne following vote was cast: Samuel Waller (Pop.) 95, T. R. Carew (D.) 88, John _J. McCarthy g).) 85, G. A. Trost (Pop.) 86, Frank ragg_ (Pop.) 100, Dr. H. R. Mor- ton (D.) 85, James O'Connor (D.) 83, J. G. Crawford (Pop.) 87, J1.'H. Wiley (Pop.) 80, A. K. Blake (Pop.) 66, J. K. Philups (Pop.) 7. W. J. Cuth- bertson (Pup.) 82, J. J. Dowling (D.) 3P T Fiynn' (D) 9, C. A. Bantell (D.) 41, W. N. Griswold (Pop.) 61, Benjamin Armer (D.) 40, H. J. Mowry (D. ) 1t was decided that the twelve receiving the highest votes should be elected in or- der to expedite matters. Therefore the first twelve named were declared the mon- inees for School Directors. For City and County Attorney H. J. Creswell (D.) received 80 votes to 29 for T. Carl Spelling (D.), and was therefore made the nominee of the People’s party. For Police Judges the vote stood as fol- lows: B. G. Haskell (Pop.) 93, W. J. Gavi- gan (D.) 55, SteB en O'Keefe (D.) 49, Wal- ter Gallagher (D.) 85, J. A. Spinetti (D.) 68, Charles Conlan (D.) 57, Geo: Fox (D.) 20. One vote was s The same rule was followed a: ing for Schoolf Directors, and Haskell, Gallagher, Conlan and Spinstti were de- clared the nominees. Before the vote was announced Haskell rose and fiercely stated that the way the votes were coming in showed the Southern Pacific Company had caused Conlan’s defeat, and asked to resign himself. The result showed his heartaches unfounded. For Superintendent of Schools C. W. Moore (g’up.) received nearly all the votes of the convention as against Robert Haight (D.) Before formal announce- ment was made Haight withdrew and Moore’s election was made unanimous, which it virtually was. The vote.for Justices of the Peace was: J. C. Flood (%V) 79, Sands W. Forman (D.) 72, W. E. White (D.) 43, Al Fritz (D.) 21, W. J. Hess (D.) 90, J. J. Kennedy (D.) 67, J. A. Carroll (D.) 16, John O'Gara (D.) 29, D. B. Richards D.f 7, Frank Schilling (D.) 36, George H. Dill (Pop.) 48, Following the established rule for count- ing tallots, J. C. Flood, Sands Forman, W. J. Hess, J. J. Kennedy and George H. Dill became the nominees. Here occurred the only exciting event of the evening. Attorney Haskell suddenly jumped m%lls feet and rushed inside the r:fi]ing that surrouuded the reporters’ platform, and yelled in apoplectic tones: *] have been most grievously insulted, gentlemen of this convention. An emis- sary of Buckley is here and just ap- roached me with the statement that %uckle said Spinetti didn’t go. Itisan insult T wiil not brook. This convention is not dominated by Buckley or any cther man. “There he sits,” Haskell fairly howled, pointing with his finger at a man identi- fied as an Attorney Armstrong, practicing in the police courts of Oakland. A!l this time the man was begging Haskell to de- sist. «Put him out!” yelled the crowd, ‘‘Put him out!” At this Armstrong turned and fled through a rent in the tent just back of the latform, closely fallowed by R. L. yikogel, brandishing his fists like a wiadmill. It was the opinion of mony that the whole affair was a job of the Junta, aimed at destroying Buckley’s evident popu.ar- ity. Others even went so far as to insinu- ate that Spinetti had it done himself. As the witness was in flight, nothing could be positively learned. 'or County Clerk J. W. Reay was nomi- nated by acclamation, as his opponent, M. C. Haley, had neglected to appear before the investigating committee. E. 8. Barney was elected fnominee for Sheriff by acclamarion, Armand Decour- tieux having withdrawn. For Recorder, Thomas J. Glynn had no opponent.. As T. Carl Spelling declined 1o permit the use of his name no nomina- tion was made for District Attorney. Joseph Fasseler, the Populist candidate for Public Administrator, had no op- ponent. < It was settled that the chair appoint a purity of elections committee of five mem- bers by 4 p. ¥. to-day. The executive com- mittee of the County Commitiee was em- powered to fill all vacancies occurring be- fore election dav. For Coroner Dr. Adam resigned, and W. his place, N. Griswold was nominated in miv{n; 79 votes to 3 for Dr. Thomas J. An attempt was made to rectify a mis- take in the vote of the Thirty-seventh, which would have tied Conlan and Gavi- gan for Police Judge, but failed. J. K. evening. The | Koss filed a protest with the secre e Anjattempt Was made to invest the ex- | ecutive committee with plenary powers by Gillespie, but tpat also failed. The convention then adjourned until the call of the chair. INDIANS ARE IMPROVING. Commissioner Browning Reports on Their Progress in Education and Handi- crafts. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1.—Com- missioner of Indian Affairs Browning has submitted his annual report. He says that with no outbreaks during the year the education and civilizing of the Indians has progressed and the main effort now is and for years must be to get the Indian on his allotment so as to become self-sup- porting. The Indians are becoming adepts in handicrafts and received last yearin pay from the Government over §500,000 for work done. The Commissioner reviews the steps taken by Congress to extinguish the claim of the Ogden Land Comgsny to the lands of the Senecas in New York State. Tke question of the fishery rights of the Yakima Indians in the extreme north- west is still troublesome, because of the infringements of the whites upon Indian rights, which have pot been successfully protected. Education has progressed tnpid:ll, in the Government and Industrial Trainin schools. There were enrolled in all schools 23,352 pupils. The Commissioner praises the work of the field matrons. He suggests that the Commissiover appointed to treat with several tribes of Indians for their lands be continued to clear up the work of making sale of their lands. Nearly all applications for Indians for ex- hibition purposes have been refused. The Uommissioner lays stress upon the need of legislation restraining the sale of liquor on Indian reservations. e ANXJIETY IN ENGLAND, Stock Jobbers Wonder Which Way the Po- litical Cat Will Jump. LONDON, ExG., Oct, 1.—The Times and Echo continues to comment upon the American political campaign. It says: We would think Bryan’s chances were diminishing in America but for the evi- dent strain on the imaginations of the people on the other side. 'We are still of the same opinion as we have been all along, but the Democrats are not quite as soundly beaten as the people whose ex- istence depends on their defeat make out. The financial outlook is somewhat modi- fying itself. There is no real improve- ment, however, in trade or in Wall street, but the conspirators who have been bleed- ing the marketare a little afraid they have overdone it, and prices have been tempt- ingly put up. It is entirely professional booming, for the stock-buying public ie wisely standing aloof both here and 1n America. But the American stocks will bear watching. Meanwhile there 18 an ominous ebb in the expansion of trade. The August re- port of the Government Board of Trade shows a decrease in the imports as com- pared with the same month of 1895 of nearly $11,000,000, and in the exports of nearly $1,000,000. It may be taken for granted that the terrible decline in Ameri- can trade and the uncertainty of Ameri- can politics is mainly responsible for these conditions. AR i T LANDS I0 HKAILROADS. Long Lists of Sections Approved by the Interior Secretary. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. L—The Secretary of the Interior has approved lists of lands to railroads as follows: The Southern Pacific Railroad, 58,594 acres in Independence land district, Calitornia, 16,884 acres in the Los Angeles district, 48,584 acres in the same district, 491 acres in the SBan Francisco district and 140 acres ;n the Los Angeles district for a branch ine, To the Northern Pacific Railroad, 82,669 acres in the Helena and Bozeman dis- tricts, 10,640 acres in the Cceur d’Alene district, and 887 acres in the State of Wash- ngton. To the Oregon and California Railroad, suecessor to the Oregon Central railway, 1193 acres in the Oregon City district. 8 e IN BEHALF OF TXNAN, Friends Claim That He Went to Europe on Legitimate Business. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. L. — The friends of P. J. Tynan are positive they can prove he went to Europe on legitimate business. J. Brandon Tynan, his son, to- day exhibited a number of afidavits made by residents of Kingston, Ireland, which go to prove the joint claim of his father and grandmother to the $75,000 estate of her son, a Catholic clergyman, who died in Chiie a year ago. It was to obtain this f(rool that Brandon Tynan and his sister atharine were sent to Ireland by their father. They ran short of money, and Tynan, his son says, borrowed money here and went to France to meet them. He could not go to Ireland himself, there being a price on his head. palar tpnr Dr. Hamilton Will Come Here. CHICAGO, Iin, Oct. 1.—A special telegram from Washington last nightsays that Secretary Carlisle yesterday arrived at a decision in the case of Surgeon Ham- ilton of the marine hospital service, who was ordered from Chicago to San Fran- cisco. The Secretary saw no reason why he should interfere "with the orders of Bngorvhing Surgeon-General Wyman, and consequently he refused the request for a revocation of the order to transfer. The result is that Dr. Hamilton will have to leave Chicago by October 10. ot Harrison’s New Joy. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. L.—Intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Har- rison are now aware why the ex-President had secret reasons for declining to make a stump-speaking tour. They are living at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where also live many of their friends. Their friends have volunteered congratulations’ in antici tion of an event that will add a new joy to their married life. ST 1) Drought Causing Famine in India. LONDON, Exag., Oct. 1.—A dispatch from Bombay says that the drought con- tinues in Northern and Central India, where there has been no rain for many weeks, Crops utterly failed. Grain riots have occurred in many places as a result of the scarcity of cereals. NEW TO-DAY! in these sections have | RICHMOND 15 HAMPERED A Blind Sewer Causes Complaint Among the Residents of the South Side. The 0!d Bay District Racetrack to Be Cut Up Into Building Lots end Sod at Auction. The residents of the Richmond District are complaining because of the sudden clog that has been put on the wheel of improvements. The population of that district has be- come sufficiently large to warrant the building of a schoolbouse, and such a building has lately been erected on Sixth avenue, between B and C streets. There are thirty-six pupils in attend- ance. But no sooner had the schoolhouse been erected than did the inhabitants besin to regret their choice of the city. This regret is brought about by the op- position of the directors of the French Hospital who own the eastern side of the entire block between Point Lobos avenue and A street, and the heirs of the estate of Hamilton of the firm of Baker & Ham- ilton, who own a large portion of prop- erty on the west side of the same street and directly opposite the French Hospital, Both of those parties have opposed the putting in of a sewer from A street to Point Lobos avenue, which would con- nect with the sewer already in Sixth avenue from Fulton to A street. As it is now the sewer on Sixth avenue is completely shut up at_the intersection of A and Sixth avenue, directly in front of the hospital, and this is what the people there complain of. To such an extent bave they been worked up over the affair_that a petition will be presented to the Board of Educa- tion to have the schoolhouse removed to a distance from this pest-breeding locality, as it is claimed thqt a sewer having no outlet will in a shorl time become a nest of disease not only for the children, but for the patients in the hospital. The expense to the directors of the hos- ital for having the sewer run into the oint Lobos main brick sewer would amount to $250, and to the Hamilton es- tate $160. The other property-owners are willing that the improvement should go ahead, but inasmuch as the hospital and the Hamilton heirs own one-half of the frontage, the Supervisors cannot order the work done, as it requires a majority of Property-owners, There are some, however, who claim that the Board of Health has jurisdiction in the premises from a sanitary standpoint. The Bay District Land Company is the name of a new arsociation which has just sprung into existence since the transform- ation of the Bay District racecourse as- sumed shapé. This company has in view the putting in of a large brick sewer from First to Fifth avenues on B street, which runs directly east and west across the race- course, after which the entire track will be surveyed into building lots and offered for sale at public auction. But the B-street sewer must haye an outlet or there will be trouble in Rich- mond_ between the residents and the French colony. —_———— Peddlers’ Assoclation. At its meeting last evening the Peddlers’ Association of San Francisco unanimously indorsed A. C. Widber as a candidate for City Treasurer. NEW TO-DAY, Full of Life Means full of health. * Are you slow, spir- itless? Are your nerves lazy, your mus- cles flabby and your vital functions lack- ing in energy and vim ? 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