The morning call., 1892-10-27

tin Kelly has decided that as the ticket can
not 60 through he will save Blattner and
Lee, and the order has gone out from 10
Third street to trade everything for those
two men. EastOn. Jacobs, O'Brien. Smiley
and the whole lot are to be dumped over
board and Lee and Blattner are to be saved
If possible.
Kelly is quoted as having said In the last
two days that that - Ebert shall not
be elected"
But the great fight is to trade Ackerson
for Blattner and Lee. The former is the
Democratic nominee for Superintendent of
Streets and has for years been identified
with machine politics. He lives down in
the Seventeenth Senatorial District, where
Jimmy Craven Is running for Senator, and
is supposed TO stand in with the gang. At
least he has been hail fellow well met wHh
them for many years and Democrats and
Republicans alike know BILLY" Ackerson.
BILLY" is known in the paTlance OF the
boys as "a smooth worker" and with HIM
success is the one great end to be achieved.
When he was nominated BY the MetrOpolI-
tan Hall convention BILLY" began casting
about for votes, and it is claimed that it
took him but little while to discover that
his road to success lay through trade with
Kelly and CTimmins.
His friends in his section of the city were
numerous and they were all willing to do
what they could TO help him out They
were Democrats, but that cut no great
figure with them, and 50 they were not
averse to voting for Blaitner. Lee and
Craven in return for Republican votes.
That the deal was made looks very prob
able, for the reason principally that the
men who hang about 16 Third street and
keep their fingers on the bosses pulse IN
order to find out what is wanted are FOR
Aekerson almost to a man.
They say nothing about Green. the Re-
publican nominee, and the latter's fight has
been placed in the hands of dick" Creigh-
ton and Frank Northey, two notorious
beeleTs. who would sell out their best friends
at the dictatlon Of the bosses. Both have
served terms at San Quentin for crooked
work. and neither has particle OF political
honor.
In the hands OF such men Green's fight is
dangerous, and he could be traded of till he
was defeated.
One straw which points in the direction
of trade is the fact that the cards of Ack-
ersoD. Lee ana Blattner have all been seen
together for several weeks.
Just why 1t should happen that the three
should always be seen together Is hard to
surmise, unless there was collision.
That the trade Is being made there can be
but little doubt; but ex-Judge Sullivan de-
MES absolutely that he has any knowledge
of such transaction.
Craven, too, is supposed 10 be In the deal,
aud his district has been stuffed until the
lodging-houses are completely overrun. All
ol lDccS NUtcc tuIonu W AthcInuu To-
turn for the votes OF the latter's friends
would make a great difference in the re-
cult of the election, and, If the bargain
were carried out might make Ackerson
dangerous man in the fight
1t is worth watching at ell events. and
may lead to serious complications.
A number of wagons were going around
town yesterday with placards bearing the
names of Lee and Aekerson side by side.
or course this is only straw, but when
the voters saw them they smiled and said:
''Such trades and sell-ou as these arc
enough to drive people away from the old
parties. Give US the Non-Partisan ticket
straight"