The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-09
BUCKEYES COHORTS.
They Display Their Broken Heads
and Black Eyes.
Contests Over the Election Of Precinct Club OFF,
eers-Ths Prohibitionists Ratify
Their Nominees.

There was an exhibition of black eyes
and an array of abrasions and Commissions at
the meeting of the Democratic County Com
mittee last night such as might have graced
the closing hours of the Donnybrook Fair.
They were presented to the gaze
of the assembled committeeman in
evidence of the devotion with which they
had chung to the tenets of their political
faith, and of the fact that the elections in
the precinct clubs had not been character
lied with that harmony Of purpose which
is supposed to exist among brethren who
dwell together in unity.
In fact it was wash day with the local
Democracy and their Soiled linen was
Haunted to the breeze.
The meeting of the committee was for
the purpose of listening to the protests
which have been fled in number of pre-
cincts on the part of those who claim to
have been unfairly dealt with, and the first
case to come up was that Of the Fifth Pre-
cinct of the Forty-eghth District, in which
it was claimed that the election had been
lille gally carried by the introduction OF
what James Smith denominaed a lot of
suffers AMI bGld0zers from Sixth street.
Three witnesses were heard on either
side, and the matter was adjusted by the
appointment of committee TO Superlntend
the holding OF new eiecllOn'
RUsHIN' AND CRUsHIN'.
In the Eighth Precinct of the Forty
eighth District the same state of affairs. 1t
was charged, had existed, and the same
remedy was applied as in the first case.
The trouble in the Forty-eighth District
seems to have been quite general, for
protest had come in from the Seventh Pre-
Clnct asking Tor new election on the
ground that large number of the Demo-
Gratis had not been allowed to enroll. 1t
was claimed that Mr.. Tierney had locked
himself up iii a small room leading from
dark alley, and had fixed the roll to suit
himself, and that when he had done this he
made pretense of opening the enrolment
but as one aged Democrat remarked: L
Voted for Andrew jackson, sir, and | never
in all my life saw such a rushin' and
crushin' in all my life | couldn't get near
the roll and was forced TO 90 home without
voting"
Mr.. Hogan stated in rebuttal that the
room was small, but be considered 1t about
as good as a Democrat could expect. He
denied that any one had been unfairly dealt
with. On motion of Committeeman &. a.
Buckley new election was provided for.
THEIR EYES IN MOURNING.
The FOrty-eighth District came to the
front again with a contest in the Third Pre-
cinct, and two brothers named Burke were
placed on the stand. Both had their eyes
draped in mourning and stated that they
had been rudely assaulted while conducting
the enrolment They were innocent of
any conduct TO provoke an attack, and were
not quite sure who had wrought the injury.
Mr.. Martinez. lusty youth, wished to
say that he was the offending party, and
was proud of it. He wanted things carried
on on the square, aud he desired all present
TO know it,
They wouldn't let me into the room,"
he stated by way of explanation. "and l
broke the door down. | tended to those
fellows myself, and did it in good shape
see?"
On motion of Committeeman c. A. Buck
ley, new election was ordered and COM
mIttee appointed for that purpose.
THE ROLL STOLEN.
It transpired also that there had been
trouble out in the Forty-third District, and
MI. Stout claimed that unfair measures had
been reSoTted to. The election had been
held in a dingy coal Office, that looked like
a Chinese wash-house, and when it was
proposed to move to more desirable place
man named Swanson had carried of
the roll by force, afterWard mutilatng and
destroying it, He had protested and MIR.
Swanson had applied certain epithets to
him of most uneomphmentary nature,
even threatening to use violence, if neces-
sary, to carry out his bulldoZlng tactics.
new election was ordered.
CoYLE AND HIS NOSE.
John O'Leary charged that in the First
Precinct of the Thirty-eighth District lot
of non-residents had been run in and that
when Committeeman Coyle had mildly
protested he had been rudely struck on the
pC2e, Mr.. COyle cOrrOb0rated this state
ment by exhibiting the injured member,
which wore a rather battered appearance.
Mr.. Coyle demanded that he be informed
who it was who had struck the blow.
" l will say to Mr.. Coyle," said John
Flaherty, that the same man hit him in the
nose who hit MIN on the nose the night be-
fore. hit Mr. Coyle myself, gentlemen.
1t was battle between me and Mr.. Coyle
and | won. That's all there was to il"
MI. Coyle was evidently satisfied with the
reply and subsidized. a new election was
ordered.
CUTS AND BRUISES.
Evidence was then introduced to show
that small riot had occurred in the Eighth
Precinct of the Forty-sixth District, and
John burden and Charles +. Hurley were
brought out TO show the result. They
claimed that Alexander Greggians, the
heavyweight amateur champion, had car
ried their election by force, and the ballots
used were of such nature that the two
gentlemen on the stand were knocked out.
Cuts and bruises about their heads bore eui-
dence to Mr.. Greggians' prowess. A new
election was ordered.
contest in the Seventh Precinct of the
Forty-siXth District was decided against the
contestants, but new enrolment was or
dered.
DICTATOR BRoDIE DICTATES,
In the Seventh Precinct of the Thirty
sixth District claim was made that Hector
Brodie had set himself up as a dictator and
had refused to allow number of good DEM
ocrats to vote. Mr. Brodie admitted the soft
impeachment, and stated that he was of the
opinion that there was mo kick coming to
anybody"
Mr. Brode is young gentleman pos
sessed of a breezy, straightforward manner,
and in stating his side of the case he said:
- Y GU see. these ducks got beat, and now
they want TO make a sQueal because they're
sore, see? They came up there and tried to
run the thing, and went in and told 'em
that l was running that thing, and for them
to keep quiet. l gave them the President
and took the rest and now they want to
beef about it."
Mr. c. A. Buckley suggested that there
was every evidence Of harmony according
to Mr., Brodie's statement, and on his mo-
ton the contest was overruled.