The morning call., 1892-09-18
EELLY'S LITTLE SCHEME.
A Plan to Garry the Coming
General Election.
SlEBE CHECKMATES HIM.
The Assessor Refuses to Add the Suggested
Names of Lot of Heelsrs to the
Asses sment Roll

Martin Kelly Is confident that he will
nominate municipal ticket that will carry
the city.
The Third-street boss gives it out that the
names placed before the public will be such
that long lines Of voters will actually tramp
over each other in their hurry to get to the
polls to vote the ticket
This has very pretty sound and looks
well In type, but there is another and deeper
reason back of Martins confidence.
The truth of the matter, as Ii now turns
out. Is that Kelly has originated little
scheme which he hopes TO push through,
but which has thus far been frustrated.
No suspicion of job occurred to any one
until few days ago when meeting
was held at the new City Hall. at which
Assessor Siebe was present. The latter was
presented with a typewriter list of nearly
100 names which it was demanded he add to
the assessment-rOll. 1t was represented
that they should have been on the book en-
tries, but through negligence had failed to
get on in time
The demand was so strange and the en-
tire affair bore such peculiar app earance
that the Assessor decided to think it over.
AS a result he looked into the matter. and
after taking advice from District Attorney
Barnes and his private attorney he became
firmly convinced that an effort was being
made 10 perpetrate a fraud.
He then refused to place the names on his
rolls, and there the matter stands
Ordinarily the whole transaction looks
innocent enough, but shrewd guesSers have
concluded that Kelly Is back OF 1t, and was
working to help his trick through.
Under the law no vnter can act rs an cleo
ton officer unless he is a taxpayer, and this
would bar out several hundred of Kelly's
most useful henchmen. Inspectors and
Judges are too useful to boss to be selected
at random aud the great idea was to have
men Of his own chOsing TO do his bidding.
Then, too, it will be remembered that
under the Australian ballot law any in
spector may mark a ticket at the REQUEST OF
any voter who claims 10 be unable to read,
and here was where Kelly needed handy
workers.
A sufficient number Of well-trained pupils
from his night school if placed on the as
sessment roll and sworn in as election Off
ceIs could materially assist in pulling the
ticket through, and the men he would Sc
lect are of a class who do not mind taking
few chances.
There is no doubt that the scheme was in
line with the action of the Election COM
mission few days ago, and shows that
J Kelly is despera tely determined to carry
the city, no matter at what cost.
and 1t begins 10 look as If he would lose the
Election Commission. There is a gen-
eral belief that Mayor Sanderson will at
the next meeting vote with OBren and
Smiley and give the Non-Partisans a
| place at the head Of the ticket.
He was at first strongly determined to
| hold out, but the better classes OF voters
| have made II so wasm for him within the
past few days that he is beginning to
weaken.
He has been told fatty by a great many of
| the most influential citizens of the city that
! his present course will meet with singing
rebuke at the polls unless he takes turn.
! and he has about made up his mind that TO
| continue in his determination would amount
to political suicide. He has at last seen
that his action has caused the public to re-
gard him simply as an instrument in the
hands of the bosses, and would lose him the
support OF all the better element of the
ctv.
Kelly is in great quandary, but he will
not, ii is believed, give up without strug-
gle.