Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-17
THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.
FIRST GUN FIRED IN FoUR-AND-A.
HALF LAST NIGHT.
Prospect That Two Tickets VIII Be in
e-,z the Field in Every Precinct at
Saturdays Primaries.

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Pursuant to the call of Nj. Toll, Com
mitteeman from Precinct 3 of Four-and-a.
Half Ward of this city, the Republican
voters of the ward met at Union Hall,
Twentieth and o streets, at O'Clock last
night, to select twenty-five delegates to be
voted for at the Republican primaries next
Saturday.
None but Republican voters of the ward
were admitted to the hall, and to carry out
this idea George P. Register was stationed
at the head of the stairway with a copy Of
the Great Register. There were about
sixty voters present. Mr.. Toll called the
meeting to order and stated its object.
B. N. Bugbey was elected Chairman and
Thomas Humphrey Secretary. The Chair.
man thanked the meeting for the honor
conferred, counseled harmony in the party
stated that the company present were q
good-looking lot of "boodlers," and urged
all to stano together and work for the sue.
cess of the ticket.
On motion, the following resolution was
adopted unanimously, and three rousing
cheers given for Senator Leland Stanford:
WHEREAS, Rumors are current that certain
parties claiming TO belong to the Republican
party of Sacramento county are making strenu-
GUS efforts to defeat the reelection of Hon.
Leland Stanford to succeed himself as United
States Senator.
ResoLued That we denounce any and all such
efforts inimical to the best interests of the Re-
publican party and of the people, and we de-
mand that specific pledges be exacted from the
nominees for the Assembly from this county
that if elected, they will vote for Leland STAN
ford for United States Senator first last and all
the time.
A committee of five was then appointed
to retire and report the names TO be voted
for Saturday. The names were: E. Com
stock. H. A. Bell, A. Dittmar, L. Auker
and T. J. PennisE. While this committee
was out Lincoln White, N N. Denton and
Others referred to the trouble between the
committeeman from the ward-Messrs.
Toll and Howard-and the prospect of
there being two caucuses in the ward.
Mr.. White stated that no one knew of q
resolution being passed by the County
Committee calling for all meetings on
Friday night. He gave M. A. Howard a
scoring for his reference to the gentlemen
present as being doodle" club, and de-
nounced ii as being an insult to all present.
He further stated that Howard had said
that he (Howard) had ticket selected, but
would not show the names until the Fri
day meeting, and that he was going to put
it through" etc. That Howard was never
known TO do anything in politics except to
his own personal advantage"
The feeling of all present seemed to be
that the idea of admitting only regular res
interests of square dealing.
The committee appointed to select names,
entered the hall at this time and reported
the following as being the persons to be
voted for Saturday: Robert Hellman, Jacob
Gerbert, j. f. Slater, L. Lavine, T. ]. Pen
nish, J. J. Wingard, w. E. Breuning, John
Stevens, John We'll, NJ. NJ. Drew, w. A.
Fountain, B. N. Bugbey, Ira Woodwork,
81. w. Rivett, N, N. Denton, w. E. Brown,
Warren Cole, II. E. Maltby, A. Dittmar,
H. A. Bell, ]. F. Carter, George Neale, B. F.
johnson, L. Auker and ]. Flanagan. The
report was adopted unanimously, and COM
mittee of five was appointed to look after
the tickets and printing. The meeting,
which was quite orderly and enthusiastic.
then adjourned.
There will undoubtedly be two tickets run
in this ward Saturday, as Committeeman
Howard has called meeting in the New
Pavilion for Friday evening. Howard
states that the leading spirits in calling the
meeting last night, which he claims was
premature and not in accordance with the
resolution adopted by the County Commit
tee, are Register, White, and Parker, who
desire to put up ticket in the interest of
White for District Attorney; that the meet
ing was called by Toll without consulting
him. etc. The prime movers in last nights
meeting accuse Howard of having his
tickets stuffed in the interest of F. D. Ryan
as against White. and so on. From the
start the campaign promises to be lively
one, and SATURDAYS primaries will be
probably the liveliest held here in long
time. tits expected that opposition tickets
will be run in every ward in the city.