The morning call., 1892-04-24
BATTLING FOR THE SPOILS.
Martin KelIy's Banner Trailed in
the Dust.
Indications That Burns and Wilson Have
Carried Half the Delegation-A Hot
Fight All through

TIE primaries which were held y3ster day
ia this city were the most holly contested
known for years. and while few disturb
ances occurred. the feeling at all times WAS
intense. 1t was, In fact fight to finish,
and the result, so far as obtainabe last
night, would seem TO indicate that the
Thrd-stree Bosses have the worst of It,
Kelly and Crimmins had made a great
show for several days, and had put out a
very large sum OF money; but 10 spite CT
all this they were knocked out in several Of
their strongholds, and were badly in the
dumps last night
AS it was the primary was one OF the
worst ever held in San Francisco, and bal
lot-box stuffng and repeating was carried on
openly A CALL reporter witnessed the fact
that in the Forty-ffth District votes were
purchased for 80 cents apiece during the
early hours, and later on voters were carried
into camp for drink.
Kelly, with his usual good fortune sue
ceeded in overcoming his old enemy. Billy
Harrington, in the TwentY-eighth District
and Crimmins managed to hold his own in
the THenty-ninth, but the latter was given
hard fight, and it required his greatest ex-
ertions to save the day.
Senator Mahoney, who was opposed by
Mike Dunn In the Thirteth, carried his dis
trict by big majority, and that in spite Of
Buckley gang.
In the Thirty-frst John Martin. the Fire
Commissioner, who is an intimate friend of
Dan Burns, made hard Tight with the as
sistance of John Mullen, the county COM
mitteemaD, and succeeded in Wrestling vic
tory from apparent defeat.
Kelly and Crlmmlns carried the Thirty =
second. as they did the Thirty-third, where
king" McManus lives. They succeeded,
too, in defeating Registrar Brown in the
hIrfk- hu o rniu Int ho
Thirty fifth Is In doubt. In the latter dis
trict the result is hard to determine, and
the victory is claimed by both factions. The
Indications are, however, that the Burns
Wilson faction has majority of three votes.
Registrar Brown. who took charge OF the
fight for Burns in the Ihrty-fourth, is
beaten by small margin, but ii is said that
contest will be made.
The Thirty-siXth is against Kelly and
Crimmins by very close vote. while Burns
has won the Tbirty-seventh, which is
County Clerk Blattner's bailiwick, by 81
votes.
There is no doubt that Kelly and Grim
Minis walked away with the Thirty-eighth.
but their victory was not one TO boast Of
Burns and Wilson made hard fight In
the Thirty-ninth and the figures would in
dictate that the victory was theirs by a ma
jorty of 300
One Of the hardest fights made was in the
FOrtieth. where the Bear Club has always
OCCh ouppooro w NC oupEHlDS anu where
Jesse Marks has paraded as the boss. Mr..
Marks marshaled his hosts in the usual
style, but the result was against him and
his opponents are in high glee.
One of the most hotly contested districts
in the city was the Forty-first, which in
cludes the classic precincts of '"Cow Ho-
low." where George Walker and Irvine Ora.
ham figure. Both were opposed to Kelly
and Crimmins and they made their battle
accordingly. The result was In their favor.
In the Forty-second the alliance defeated
the Kelly crowd by 252.
The Forty third, where Isaacs and An.
brose Watson live, was carried by the oppo-
sition, and the straight Kelly and Crimmins
ticket elected. but In the Forty-fourth the
Morrow Club met with defeat, largely
through the efforts OF Mike Smith. who
made war on DIR. Meyers and Supervisor
jackson.
There was Waterloo, however, In the
Forthwith for Burns ana his friends. and
they were beaten by at least two to one.
The indications are that the fight between
Knight and Barnes for delegate-at-large Is
extremely close, with the former in the
place of first choice,