The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-30
EXCITEMENT IN FRISCO.

The California state election occurs on tn
Sd of September Besides state and other off
GERS there are four members of congress t.
elect. Parties are so divided up that not rvel
the California papers venture to predict the re
suit beyond the very probable election OF Di
Glenn for Governor, as he is supported boil
Iby he Democrats, Kcarncytes and some re
Ipublicans who support the new constitution
Glenn being in favor Of that instrument, whll
Perkins, his republican opponent, opposes II
Parties--morc especially in San Francisco
are substantially divided into Democrats
Kcarneyites or workngmcn, Republicans, anC
u body claiming to be too respcctableto bclons
to any of the other parties called the Honorable
Bilks. The hardest fight is in san Francisco
to get possession Of the city government
The Kearneyites have nominated as thei
candidate for mayor the notorious |. $ kal
loch, the wel-rcmembercd Massachusetts Bap
fist preacher who some years ago found the
old Bay State growing too hot for him on &C
count of ms too free indulgence in whisky
skins and familiarity with certain female mem
bers of his flock He fled to Kansas and OPP
ened a law office, living for a few years more
by his practices than his practice. Then Ham
mond the rcvivallst came along, and kallocll
became once more converted" ana Travelled
awhile with Hammond as revivallst twas
not long however, before he again fell from
grace" and he next turned up in San Francis
co, There his career has been somewhat mix
ed, like his occupation, beng that OF preacher,
lawyer stockjobber or adyenturer whichever
happened to come handiest He was, however,
consistent IN politiCs-that ls he was thor.
ough demagogue and always ready to work
with any party that needed a demagogues
help. In this way he naturally drilted into
the Kearney party, and being probably the
ablest speaker and only really educated man
among them, they nominated HIM for mayor.
Among the most ardent supporters of Kear-
neyism had been the De IOungs Of the San
Francisco Chronicle. 1T is IA paper of the
style Of the Chicago Times, only as much
worse rs a San Francisco hoodlum is worse
than IA Chicago rough" This paper had
been a strong advocate OF kcarncyism until
a few months ago when it affected To become
Disguised with it. party and joined the Hon.
oraDle Bilks.
On the nomination of Kalloch for Mayor
the Chroaich assailed him with all the bitter
ii could command. 1t raked up
his whole Massachusetts, history, his career in
Kansas and IN San Francisco, and even went
so far as to mallgu his father kallOCh retail
atcd, and in a monster meeting III san Fran
cisco said he De Youngs were bastard sons
of prostitute On hearing Of it next day,
Charles De Young went IN carriage to Kal-
loch's office and calling HIM out sent one bullet
into his breast and another into his hip The
fact becoming known there soon went up a
terrific cry among the kearneytes for wen
geancew A monster meeting gathered on the
sand lots the most violent harrangues were be-
ing delivered, when dispatch was received
from Kearney, who was out of town, telling
the crowd that he would be home by s o'clock
and to wait" They did So and Kearney was
as good as his word Arriving at s O'Clock in
the evening lie at once mounted the platform
and told his hearers, who were on the point of
starting in body to pull down the Chronicie
office and kill the De Ioungs, mot to do It,"
1t was by no means certain, he said, that Kali
loch would die. 1t would be time enough to
talk of vengeance if he died, Meantime the
day OF election was at hand, the result of
which would put the whole city government
in their hands when if necessary, the Chronj-
Gle could receive its full deserts. The speech
of Kearney had the most happy effect in at
once quoting the mob and indeed in MAINTAIN
ing perfect peace in the city since then.
Meantime Kaloch is likely to recover of
his wounds and to be elected mayor-the shoot
ing greatly improving his chances.