The morning call., 1892-11-09
AS A WOMAN SAW IT.
She Wonders at the " Boys !"
and the " Workers"
THE MAN ON THE BOAT.
He Says " The Call +" Fought Splendid Bat
tie in the Political Campaign and
Saved the Non-Partisans.
THE MAN ON THE BOAT.

body on the train and boat reading THE
CALL, and when / tried TO buy another
copy Of that paper L found they were all
gone.
- sold the last CALL before o'clock"
said the man at the broad-gauge mole, and
from other inquiries 1 made and other
things heard l do not believe there was
copy of THE CALL to be bought lin Ala
media County after o'clock yesterday
morning.
Il can give you the Chronicle or Ex-
aminer," said the newsboy at Broadway
station. but THE CALLS are gone. Can't
get any more"
THAT looks we'll for the Non-Partisans."
said the gentleman who sat next to me in
the train.
pretended to be surprised and asked
him why he said that
why. If the people are reading THE
GALL GALL they are voting THE CALLS ticket.
That's the way look at it." he said
And is the Non Partisan ticket THE
CALL tieket?" / inquired, innocently
The gentleman cast most deprecatory
glance at one who should be so ignorant as
that But he was good-natured and ac-
commodating, and without showing more
than the average arrogance of man toward
woman he went on to explain to me at some
length that the n-Pariisan movement
owed most OF its success and even the
greater part OF It's very existence TO THE
CALL and Bulletin.
''Of course" he said, elf the honest citi-
zens OF San Francisco had not rallied TO the
support Of The CALL the Non-Partisan
movement wonld not have lived long. But
then, on the other hand, it is very doubtful
that. if ii had not been for The CALL there
would ever have been a citizens Non-Par-
tlsan movement.
What started the whole thing" said he.
was The CALLS anti-dive crusade, which
1t began last spring. That crusade re-
suited 10 the closing of the Cremorne and
the organization OF monster society COM
posed OF decent citizens who were anxious
TO adopt some means OF purifying their city.
The Non-Partisan movement advocated
and backed by THE CALL, came along and
offered the very opportunity sought for by
the citizens.
And so it was that the Nom Partisan
party grew into gigantic proportions,
backed only by THE CALL and Bulletin
and the honest citizens. and opposed. threat
ened. yllihed and. cursed by all the evil
forces in the city,"
My neighbor actually grew eloquent as
he got interested in his subject, and | was
mean enough to ask him If he were a eandi-
date for any office.
NO" he said, II am not even resident
OF San francisco. l live and vote In Oak
land. but do business on the other side of
the bay. and l feel interested In seeing the
city honestly governed"
was going TO ask him some more about
HE CALL but he sailed in again before l
had half chance.
The CALL has done splendid work in
the Non-Partisan cause" be said. lit has
eelipseG even itself. and has fought bril-
liant battle during the campaign. The
otner papers nave been dni! and lifeless
compared TO The CALL within the last SIX
weeks. and that fact alone has had not
little 10 do with making the Non Partisan
cause popular"
When the train reached the mole my COM
munieatiye neighbor excused himself and
said he was going on the lower deck to
smoke.
l sat outside on the upper deck and
where L could look down upoa the
| after lower deck. There / soon found
the law with much gusto aud earnes:ness
to little crowd Of friends and acQuain-
tanees, who stood around the water-tank.
lie was still talking about the Nan-Parti-
sans. could hea: that. but could not tell
what he was saying about them.
Mrs. came down on the Alameda train
| and Joined me on the boat.
who is that well-dressed gentleman
down there with the silk hat?" asked her,
for she has lived in Alameda County for x
long time and knows about everybody.
why. that is Mr. - she said. men
tioning name l do not feel at liberty TO
use here. but which il / did use you would
recognize at once as name standing for
terprise that Is known all over the State.
We'll, came over TO the city yesterday to
look at the voters and give you woman's
| idea OF how the day passed off.
was conscious of feeling little ont of
place at the polling booths, but the men
treated me civiIly, If not politely.
One. who had not seen me before halted
right In the middle OF great big oath when
he found me beside him, and was about TO
apologize when something occurred to pre-
vent it.
The something was red faced man who
had just aiighted from a buggy decorated
with white canvas and black and red and
blue letters which said that "a vote for
johnny Martin is vote for Mike de
Young"
While l was wondering who Johnny
Martin" could be anyway, the rsd-faced
| man grabbed the man who had begun to
swear and led him away to one side where
they carried on secret conversation for a
few minutes and then both rode away.
While / stood near this booth no less than
ten buggies drove up for few minutes and
then dashed away again.
What their occupants wanted I eonld
only wonder. Till man told me that thew
| were men who were working" for the
various candidates.
Aud what work" they were doing in
that way remained a deep mystery 10 me
tilI the buggy with Mr.. Blattner's work
ers" drove up.
shabbily dressed men whom the workers
addressed as boys" Alter few uuestiops
asked and answered Mr.. Blattner's work
ers' led the crowd to an alley that adjourned
corner grocery-Store with a saloon an
neXed.
l noticed that all the saloons about the
polls were closed, and that this particular
saloon in the rear of the grocery was doubly
barred and shut.
l thought the boys" and the workers"
To IL
about something. but when l saw this per-
Torrance repeated great many times, and
saw some of the boys" beginning to be
unsteady on their legs. began to realize
how uusophisticated l really was
AT the polling booths l visited found
many of the voters came with the patent
slips published in The CALL. and | also
noticed that these men came out of the
booth much quicker than those who went in
without them.
| men 10 vote that great big ticket, for |
| know that some Of them remained in the
| booths much longer than the ten minutes
prescribed by law.
| / passed by 16 Third street at noon and
| found the place deserted. but down a little
farther l met Mr.. Kelly himself talking
earnestly and explanatory to a crowd Of
boys In the vicinity OF one Of the polling
| places.
l knew Mr.. Kelly from his picture. but
an acquaintance had to point out Mr.. Grim
minis. whom saw at another booth south Of
| Market street.
have been wondering why so many
boys" should be hanging about the poll
| ing-places ali day. And have wondered,
| too, what assurance the workers" could
| possibly have that the hoy" voted as
| directed and paid for.
went over the larger portion of the city
| yesterday before 3 O'Clock, aud found eyery-
| thing very quiet, with one or two unim-
| portant exceptions. l heard Mr.. Ellert's
name on eyerybody's lips and did not hear
| the name of Mr.. Easton even In the districts