The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-24

sesses a bereaved parent he ella sped the
cold clay of his chance 10 his attepuated
breast anG refused 10 believe that life had
fed. Aye. he even was angered at the
coincidence of such Stanch political
friends as James Y. Coleman and Dan
O'ConEell. who insisted TO him that it was
goDer.
And Coroner Hughes was tbere-the IN
dertaker. they called him. Is any more
cOrrOborative detail necessary that it was
a wake? No? ALI right, then; let 1t go
at that.
The breakfast itself, which was dis
cussed before the wake and the clinic be-
gan. was really a charming affair. The
IroQuois braves and their lady friends
focked on to the boat at San Francisco
early in the morning. Haunting the totem
of the tribe, and enjoying in antic patton
the gastron0mic treat before them. Then
they bToad-gauged and electricated it to
GodchauX's E5tudill0 Gardens at San Lee
andre, making the merriest kind of a crowd
under the juicy clusters in the grape al
Dor. Some Of the real hard workers, who
had been out 'politicatiDg" the night be-
fore, didn't catch the first boat, came
struggling in later on, but most Of them
were on hand for the breakfast.
4 string band, named by President Laid
low the ''Poison-oak Orchestra" played
familiar airs during the morning hours on
y the porch OF the hotel, ana when breakfast
was announced repeated the dose from
their seats on the vine EMPOWERED beer
barrels. Five long tables had been ar
ranged In the aTbOr, and at the word to
fall in nearly 200 pairs of elbows bent and
the same numbe of mouths opened to
,sepuIcheF the feast.
President Alexander LaidIow of the
IToquOis Club had said several nice things
IN welcome to the ladies and gentlemen
present Just previously and looked well
satisfied WIKI the proceedings as he took
his seat at the head Of the center table
with Jefferson u. James on his right and
James V. Coleman and Dan OConnell,
his Fidus Achates, to the left.
And they ate buishead and celery and
olives and drank claTet and ResIing until
they all were satisfied. Then the wake
and the clinic began. The chair in
troduced Jefferson q. James, the chief
mourner for pTematuTely deceased iDfan-
tile chance, as the next Mayor Of San
Francisco; and jefferson 6. dug deep
down into the recesses of his inside pocket
and dragged forth the remains of what
might have been a typewriter address
Holding it forth for a moment he found
that his -bedimmed eyes were unequal
10 the task, and, placing it slowly but
firmly behind his back, he waded in. lie
welcomed he guests again and told them
that the mex time he met them he hoped
it would be as Mayor of San Francisco.
He spluttered little and suffered some
what, and then lie sat down.
The wake was Oh, and the keeners,
alive to their business, set up such hui
labaloo as was never eQualed before and
will never be ouldOne again. The walls
of all the l0ng-l0st shades IN the political
purgat6ry were nothing to ii. 1t was
heartreuding. They glanced sOrroWfully
at the candidate of the RaIney convention,
and welt IN their Utmost souls as they saw
him still hugging his deluson to bis wish
bone.
James Y. Coleman. the NestOr of the
Oullshead brea kfasters, was the first one
TO 0IlVe The nail into tie political coffin OF
the deceased infant.
WIN an impure political organization,
ne sald, I'VE can hope to accomplish notn-
ing"
He had never bolted ticket, he said.
put me constant teephOnic communication
DetWeen certain stable on Bush street
ana certain home in RaVenswood had
made such thing possible. He would
take the g. imp this Campaign and do the
best for Jim Budd, but he would not vote
for the ottal of that stable he had re-
ferred 10.
she who bolts the Democratic ticket in
the interest Of decent management of
municipal affairs, is deserving of common
datioD. | snail not vote the Democratic
municipal ticket insofar as l find 1t con-
trolled by bossism."
The under jaw Of Jefferson G. could be
seen droI ping as the speaker continued.
and there was a worried look in the ewes of
other coilar-bearers around the table, But