The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1905, Page 1

THE WBATHER. Forecast made at San Franclsco for 30 hours ending midnight, January 11: San Francisco and vielnlty—Fair Wednesday; fresh north winds. A. G. MoADID, Distriot Forecaster. GRAND—"The LYCEU! ture. MAJESTIC—'Mi day. THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—‘‘Lost Rive CALIFORNIA—Black dours, COLUMBIA—*“Salammbo."* to-day. CENTRAL—Minstrels. CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. Darling of the Gods.” —Vaudeville. y LYRIC HALL—Burton Holmes Lec- izpah. | ORPHEUM—Vaudeviile. L Bk USRS . v - Patt! Trouba- Matinee to- VOLUME XCVII—NO. 42. . SAN FRANCISCO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1905. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. FLINT WILL PROBABLY WIN FIGHT FOR TOGA SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.—George Hatton, Senator George C. Perkins’ political director, arrived here to-night on the 7:30 o’clock train and went quietly to apartments that had been engaged for him. Late this evening he was called into a caucus ef Fisk’s forces. For some time the situation was discussed and then the agreement was reached that to-morrow morning a majority of Fisk’s supporters, at least, will enter the Flint caucus and will probably carry others with them. At a late hour to-night Walter Parker, Flint’s most active lieutenant, said that he had secured more than enough names to the caucus call te insure Flint’s election on the first ballot to-morrow, and that at noon Frank P. Flint would be declared the legally elected United States Senator to su(-ce.zed Thomas R. Bard, the incumbent. o Fisk's Votes Ave ~ FLINT'S MEN SEE VICTORY * TThere ‘CLAIM NEW RECRUITS ‘Candidate in Backers Are at Work. F Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.—The Flint " men were elated when their candidate, . true to the assertion of the Reuf dele- developed the strength of 47 They were gation, votes on the first ballot. busy 2s bees about the Golden Eagle | lobby and in their candidate’s head- quarters, congratulating each other on " the result of the ballot and the victory that appeared to them to be at hand. was a scramble of politicians who had been teetering in the fight to get next to the man who seemed about to step into Bard's place. The hands of the Flint men were wrung until they ached and the elevator boy shed honest perspiration as he worked the rope in . carrying Flint's permanent friends and his newly developed admirers up and down the shaft. CANDIDATE DISAPPEARS. Candidate Flint escaped the rush and many a glad handshake intended for him never landed. Not long after the «JAssembly had adjourned he disap- peared. Late In the afternoon it was announced at his headquarters that he was indisposed and had retired to his private apartments. Early in the night it was given out that he had gone to bed. Except for some of the Los An- geles boosters and the polite colored man who is ever on duty there, the ~headquarters were deserted long before midnight. Whether Candidate Flint had gone to bed or whether he was in consultation ‘with Ruef and his other supporters is not known. He was, at any rate, not at his headquarters during the night. - John Mott of Los Angeles, one of the men who has stayed close to Flint dur- ing most of the time he has been here, was the only person who seemed au- thorized to make a statement for Flint, _&nd all he would venture was that the Benatorial aspirant had gone to bed. AGAIN GO TO WORK. ‘With the first exultation over, the practical Flint men settled down to work again. Having been in the game before, they knew that a man is not elected when he is fourteen shy of the right numper. In fact, the fourteen made therfl all the more nervous. They -began to evince a desire to shut out * competition, to close the affair up while the goal was in reach, and before any rival could bring about a situation that would be dangerous. Work was begun at once on every enti-Flint man whose adhesion to the candidate for whom he had cast his vote was not strong. There were some who had not voted for Flint who were really for him, and some who were ready to jump any way the victory seems certain, Flint workers of the practical sort were untiring during the afternoon and toward evening a movement to secure e caucus of 60 and declare Flint its * nominee was begun. Senator Hahn circulated a roll call and it began to fill rapidly with the men who had voted . for Flint, but 60 names were not ob- tained. The most the Flint supporters claimed as agreeing to go into caucus was b2, an alleged gain of § for the . Los Angeles man through the prose- lyting and the accession of any who had determined to go over to Flint or the leader after the first ballot. The clzim of the Flint people is that 47 were actually present at the caucus. Friends of the other candidates claimed ". that the total number of namas on the call was only 47 and but 31 were ac- tually present at the caucus. GATHER FOR CAUCUS. The gathering lasted but a few min- .utes and was adjourned on the state- ment that it was desired to learn the results of the caucuses then being held by the supporters of other candidates. The caucus’ was first called for 8 o'clock, then for 8:30, then for 8. To- ward the latter hour there were not more than twenty legislators in the Assembly chamber and some of these suporters of candidates other an Flint, who had remained up to = hour of the caucus to finish work. ator Hahn called the gathering to r. Assemblyman Bliss acted as chairman and Assemblyman Houser as sccretary. Senator Hahn announced from the floor that the eighteen men then in caucus wanted the larger one to go over until 9 o'clock the next morning. The assembled legislators then adjourned to the hour named and the hotel lobbies were soon full of Flint voters again. 4 The Flint men claimed to-night thad six of the Fisk votes had come over to their candidate. They would give no names. Some claims were made by men not authorized to speak for leg- islators who, upon being interviewed, declared they did mot intend to change their votes, It is pretty certain that these six will change to Flint to-mor- row: Welsh, Amerige, Held, Jarvis, McGowan and Pfaeffle. McGowan will change on the ballot apd all the others on the . The following also will change to Flint, so some of his Hiding While supporters claim: Burge, Rush, Bates, Coyle, Duryea, Espey, Gans, Gates. Yucey, McNamara and Mitcheltree. RUEF AND STONE AID. At the caucus of the Ruef men this morning it took but a short time to give the word for Flint. When the dele- gation got down to the sidewalk Can- didate Flint was there and he was soon surrounded by the bunch, each of whom received a handshake from the man they hoped to make Senator. One of the secrets revealed since to- day’'s ballot is that General George Stone has been working all the time for Flint. The general is happy over the situation and it is said that in case of Flint's victory he will bq one u( the first men to be rewarded. “Stand Pat” is the slogan of George A. Knight. He says that he can see no signs of victory for Flint and that he is going to remain in till the decid- ing ballot is cast. Knight said further that he had gathered his forces to- gether and that he had absolute assur- ances that there were no deflections from his camp, though Flint’s lieuten- ants show the signatures on thelr cau- cus papers of a few of Knight's men. Judge Dibble, who is managing Knight's fight, said he had seen harder battles won, and they have got to show him more than they have before he will hoist the white flag and capitulate. SPECULATION ON FISK. “Stand pat” is also the watchword of Arthur G. Fisk's forces. Fisk was busy rounding up his forces to-night and addressing them on the situation at two separate meetings. He was in- formed that Flint's men claimed they had taken from him some of the pillars of support, but he would have none of it. He claimed positively that his forces would stand by him until he was elect- ed or released them from their obliga- tion. Fisk's forces will meet again at 8 o'clock in the morning. “You know I can elect Flint at a word,” he said. “But while this is true I am not geing to do it. We are going to stand pat.” - ‘Withal the situation here to-night is most interesting. Flint’s confidence does not outshine the confidence of the supporters of Bard, Knight and Fisk in their contention that he has a hard- er road yet to travel than he imagines. Oxnard's letter arrived at a time and was worded in a manner that caused much speculation as to just what his next move would be, every man here being aware of his skill as a manipu- lator—skill that proved successful in ‘Washington in the game of politics played with men of much greater ex- perience than those that compose the California Legislature. Fisk’s position is attracting the most attention, however. While it is admit- ted that a majority of his followers are standing by him through motives of personal friendship, it does not follow that they will move into any -other camp at his bidding. Though Fisk re- ‘marked that he could elect“lmnt at any minute he desired, if such desire sho selze him, there are.some that disagrée with him, saying that his following will Continued on Page 3, Column 3. o Be o+ CANDIDATES FOR THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA AS JUNIOR UNITED STATES SENATOR WHO YESTER- DAY RECEIVED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE BA SACRAMENTO AMONG THE LEGISLATORS OF THE GOLDEN STATE. TTLE FOR THE TOGA NOW BEING WAGED AT —p T e RESULT.OF THE FIRST BALLOT FRANK P. FLINT - - - - 47| GEORGE A. KNIGHT - - 20 THOMAS R. BARD - - - 22|ARTHUR G.:FISK - - - - 19 THEODORE BELL - - - - 8 — ! GEORGE -A. KNIGHT GETS "BRICK™ ABE RUEF ACTS AS THE MESSENGER OF THE RAILROAD SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.—Signs at a late hour to-night are indications of Frank P. Flint's glection to the office of United States Senator to-morrow and yet several of the expert poli- ticians predict that the Los Angeles candidate may fail in his efforts to reach the winnihg post. It was fore- shadowed in The Call this morning that the Ruef bunch of the San Fran- cisco delegation would go to Flint. The prediction was verified and Flint's de- velopment of forty-seven votes did not come as a surprise to the students of the situation. There was a falling off in the estimated strength of the Bard column, yet the junior Senator ranked next to the leader in the balloting. ‘The "sentiment in favor of a southern man will count much in Flint's favor in future balloting. There would be no surprise if Sen- ator C. B. Greenwell of® Santa Bar- bara who voted to-day for Senator Bard should join the Flint tbrces to- morrow., It Is also ali certain that Senator Richard J. Welch of San Francisco, who voted to-day for John D. Daly, will cast his vote to-morrow for Flint. Bard, Knight and Fisk are endeavoring to hold their respective columns unbroken. The Flint men, encouraged by initial advantages, are making the most vigorous efforts to achieve further success. The Repub- lican caucus called by the Flint man- agers to-night was not decisive, but the caucusing will be renewed at 9 o'clock to-morrow. There are many indications that a sufficient number of votes will be eliminated from Bard, Knight and Fisk to settle the contest in Flint's favor. A peculiar phase of the situation to- night is the @ppeal of the Bard, Fisk and Knight forces to Henry T. Oxnard. ‘While Oxnard was not voted for in the balloting to-day, the fact i§ recognized that he controls votes, and It is broad- 1y hinted that he controls a sufficient number to, prevent the election of Flint. It is positively known that he can pre- vent .several Assemblymen from going into any caucus. A soutMern leader made the remark to-night: ‘“‘Oxnard holds the key to the situation.” It transpires that Flint was Oxnard's manager in the south until a few days. before he (Flint) entered at the ‘suggestion of ‘Wi Henry T. Gage and J. W. ‘There is not the best of Oxnard and Flint. Walter s y. g between | er, the' the first leader and chief manager of the Flint forces, is to-night directing his energies to an attempt to break into the Fisk camp. It is the judgment of onlookers that Fisk, backed by Charles H. Spear, president of the Harbor Commission- ers, cannot hold out against the as- saults of Ruef, Walter Parker and John C. Lynch. y . George A. Knight received his gold brick from Herrin with a greater de- gree of composure than was antici- pated. Politicians who are on the in- side say that the employment of Ruef to deliver the souvenir was an act of cruelty to Knight. The orator's gilded package will be carefully wrapped-in the letter which he received from Senator Perkins and on the outer fold the words “hands off’ ‘will be printed. Knight is still anxious- ly awaiting a reply to the message which he wired yesterday to his friend, Senator George C. Perkins. The report is deemed authentic that Senator Lukens of Alameda will attend the big caucus in the Assembly cham- ber at 9 to-morrow forencon. He was in San Francisco to-day saying good- yy to his father and mother, who sailed or a - I ballot for Senator took place tion of ¥Flint. trip around the world. When | Cast for Southern Man T O-D—é—l; ML bt S e e U i HOPE STILL HIGH IN - BARD CAMP. Gerberding States That He Has Assur- ances of an Increased Following. — Governor Pardee is accredited with the impartiality of bestowing the fa- vors of the Alameda delegation on Sen- atorship like the dews of heaven—alike on the just and unjust. ‘Walter Parker, the chief manager for the Flint column, said at midnight: “I have a sufficient number of signatures to the caucus call to insure the elec- I am over the fence and have some votes to spare. Flint will be chosen on the first ballot to-morrow. S e OXNARD HOLDS ALOOF. Sends Letter Explaining His Attitude on the Fight. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.—This morning Henry T. Oxnard decided that his name should not go before the Legislature until after the first or second ballot. Accordingly he pre- pared a letter, a copy of which he de- livered bdth to the Flint and Bard managers. The text o% Oxnard’'s let- ter follows: “Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 10. “Hon. Frank P. Flint,-Hon. Chester A. Rowell, Hon. D. T. Perkins, F. J. Brandon, Otto Gerberding—Dear sirs: I have many friends among the mem- bers of the lature who have ex- pressed an Interition of voting for me, but, being interested in securing the Senatorship for Southern California and In pursugnce of the policy under which I have been acting for some time, my name will not be formally presented to the Legislature to-day, nor my friends be asked to vote for me until after a ballot or two has been taken. “I have arrived at this conclusion through fear that a multiplicity of candidates from Southern California, in the preliminary balloting, might endanger its interests. ‘“However, should neither of the leading candidates secure the support necessary to elect I shall expect my friends in the Legislature to be given an opportunity to exercise their pref- erence for me. Yours very truly, “HENRY T. OXNARD.” ——————— AMERICAN SCHOONER FOUND STRANDED AND DESERTED The Mary Lee Patton, From Philadel- phia, Located at the Bahama Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTQ, Jan. 10.—All the camps caucused to-night and more cau- cusing will take place to-morrow. At the Bard camp, 19 of the 22 attended the roundup. Assemblyman Perkins and Frank Brandon assert that the Bard forces will not break. Stories to the effect that Amerige of Orange has gone over to Flint are denied. It was declared at the Bard headquarters that Amerige would stand as firm and as long as Anderson, and the latter is rated as a Bard stalwart who will fall, if he falls at all, on the firing line. | The story that Senator Greenwell is wavering is also discredited. Otto Gerberding, Bard's chief man- ager upon the outside, was called to Livermore to-day on account of the iliness of his sister. He wired to-night advising the Bard men to stand firm, as he had received assurances of ac- cessions to the Bard column. Thomas Hughes, R. N. Bulla, C. T. Elliott, James "A. Louttitt, C. A. Young and others of the Bard management insist that the fight is still open and that all Flint's abilities Will be required to hold the strength that he developed to-day. “It is not true,” said one Bard man, “that 52 or even 47 legislators attended the Flint c-ucnn.t The actual attend- m& h% efiegfi tal ‘emfly with his yote for Senator to-day, 47, and no more.” The Fisk men held a prolonged co: ference to-night. Fisk said: “Only six men were absent from the caucus, and I have seen them since the conference. I am assured that there will be no break to-morrow. The Senatorial contest is not settled.” Senator Woodward of Sonéma laughs at the rumor that he is going over to the Flint camp upon the assurance that he will be appéinted superintendent of the San Francisco Mint as_soon as Senator Flint has arrived in Washing- ton. Henry T. Oxnard appeared for a few minutes to-night in the lobby of the Golden Eagle looking as debonair as usual, but he did not mix with the politiclans gathered there. , The Knight men caucused to-night. Knight flatly contradicted the report that Senator Rush of Solano is going over to join the forces of the Los Angelgs candidate. Ruef received a message to-night concerning the condition of his father which was so encouraging that he de- cided to remain here another day. <+ SELLS TITLES 10 RICH MEN Viennese Newspaper Offers a Sensational Explanation of Von Koerber’s Fall Special Dispatch t The Call. VIENNA, Jan. 10.—The Zeit accuses ex-Premier Von Koerber of the acqui- sition of immense sums from press bribery and from the sale of titles and orders, for which he had fixed the tar- iff. The names of two well-known Jewish millionaires are given. Each of these men is said to have paid 500,000 crowns ($200,000) for a seat in the upper house of the Legislature, which neither of them can now obtain, as Von Koer« ber has fallen. Latterly the Emperor’s suspicions were aroused and that con- tributed to the Prime Minister's fall. _——————— SEVERE SNOWSTORM X DESCENDS ON KANSAS ‘Wheat Benefited, but Livestock Will Suffer—Flakes Fall in Okla- homa. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 10.—A heavy snow fell throughout Kansas to-day. In the Central Kansas wheatfields the snow was heavier than in five years. The temperature is low to-night, and there is suffering among livestock in the western portion of the State. Wheat is greatly benefited. GUTHRIE, Okla., Jan. 10.—Wet snow and sleet has been falling gen- Islands. NASSAU, N. P, Jan. 10. — The American schooner Mary Lee Patton.l from . Philadelphia December 2 for | Cardenas, has been found stranded ang deserted at Abaco, Bahama Isl- ands. The Mary Lee Patton was built in Baltimore in 1894 and is 522 tons net. She is owned by her captain, Lewis S. Steelman of Bgdmn, Conn. New Rank for Diplomat. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The Pres- ident to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of David E. Th ot ompson to Brazil, to Embassador = Extraordinary and be ‘Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, erally over Oklahoma since early this morning, and now lies on the ground to a depth of from two to five inches. There i1s no suffering,) and winter wheat will be greatly benefited. —_———————— TROUBLE BETWEEN FRANCE 'AND MOROCCO AVERTED NEW YORK, Jan: 10:—Foreign Minister Delcasse to-day informed the Council of Ministers that the Moroc- can crisis had been entirely relleved. The Sultan restores his French mili- tary advisers and expressed satisfac- tion with the French policy. Accord- h:gfllr the French n:inl’l‘te.rt:: b‘t‘l; ordered to proceed to orro! and arrange for carrying out the pol- icy of France,