Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-28
THEY CAN'T AGREE.
THE CITY TRUSTEES CANNOT UNITE
ON THE FAv0RITES.
scrambIing for the City Offices-Two
Caucuses That Failed to Pro-
duce Results.

City Trustees Ccmstock, Mclaughlin and
Wolf have had excellent opportunities the
last two nights to know just what each
other looks like, for they have spent hours
and hours sitting and looking at each other.
In short, they have been caucusing in an
endeavor to agree upon the persons whom
they are to appoint on Monday next to GER
tain subordinate city offices. Night before
last they caucused long without coming to
an agreement, and the consultation was
adjourned at late hour until last evening.
The three gentlemen no doubt thought
they were acting very sly in selecting their
meetiDg-place, but the presence on Second
street, between l and J, of certain promi.
nent Democrats, marching up and down
the block, or standing in shaded hooks and
doorways in the vicinity of Trustee Nc
Laughlin's Office, readily gave away" the
secret as to the place where the caucus was
in session.
1t was after IL o'clock when the lights
were turned out and the three Democratic
City Trustees emerged into the darkness
Mayor Comstock parted company with his
associates, Messrs. Mclaughlin and Wolf,
at Wells, Fargo 81 Co.'s office, he going up
street and they across toward K. A re-
porter was close by the trio as they separ-
ated-close enough to know that there
were no warm Good nightsr' exchanged,
and 1t was evident that everything was not
cotear de rose between them.
1t was learned later on that the caucus
was as barren of results as that of the pre-.
ceding night-that absolutely no candi
date was agreed upon. There were all
sorts OF rumors at1oat as TO the status of the
several candidates, but the Trustees them
selves were very seeretive about their
plans. One story is that Trustees McLaugh-
lin and Wolf have agreed between them
selves on candidates for nearly all the
places to be filled, but that their choice
does not happen in any case to agree with
that of Mayor Comstock.
The latter, it is said. wants George F.
Bronner to be Superintendent of the CITY
Cemetery. Trustee Mclaughlin wants
Thomas Fox to have the place and Trustee
Wolfe is for Singleton. Another report is
that the Mayor is not averse to having r.
W. Parker remain in the place that he has
hlied so well, and that if one CT the other
trustees 1elt as he does about the matter
there would be no change in that office.
For Clerk of the Water Works the Mayor
is reported to be holding out firmly for NJ.
j. Burke, Chairman of the Democratic
County Central Committee, and that Nc
Laughliu and Wolf are thus far quite
solid for Matt Coffey. 1t is also said that
b: W. Cavanaugh, Jr., is likely to be re-
tanned as one of the Collectors and that
the other will also be Republican.
For Engineer of the Water Works Joseph
Judd, OF the railroad shops, seems to be
safe enough, with Frank Daroux and, pos
slhly, MIR. Wood (the incumbents) as assist
n Al
that Mr.. Judd insists upon having some
thing to say as to whom his assistants shall
be, If he takes the place, and that he must
be personally assured of their competency.
This remark is not generally construed as
menacing to Wood or Daroux.
Walter Ferrall thinks he would make
equally as good a Building and Sanitary
Inspector as AL. Starr or any other Repub-
lican, and it is said there are several Dem.
ocrats that have never yet had a chance of
feeding on public pap, who are quite GER
tam that they were specially created to fill
the office that Mr.. Ferrall wants.
A RECORD UNION reporter managed to
get brief interview with Mayor Comstock,
after the caucus, and endeayored to get
from him some expression concerning the
chances OF some of the candidates men,
toned, but he very politely but firmly de-
cllned to talk on the subject.
"All l can say" said the Mayor, sis that
you were correctly informed when told
that nothing was accomplished tonight.
l don't know much about this thing they
call 'caucusing,' especially when it is mixed
up with politics. l could caucus with A.
s. Hopkins and Major Cy Hubbard and a
few other kindred spirits whom l might
name, and l think we could agree on most
things, but this kind of business is new to
me-"
Were you widely apart on most PROPOSE
tious?'
Well replied the new Mayor, with a
somewhat melancholy air, I'VE were not very
close together. My colleagues seemed to
agree pretty well, but was away off some
how. didn't like to pledge myself in re-
gard to certain things, so we couldn't come
together"
When will you try it again."
81 think we shall hold another of these
caucuses tomorrow and try again to reach
an understanding. l don't wish to say any
thing more. Good night