The morning call., 1894-10-01

kicked cuspidor to vent his indignation.
1 In relation to the same matter IL Is
known that many OF Burns. hencnmen
are men who have trained under the DaS-
] ners of Higgins and Cannon and latterly
| of Kelly and .Crimmins. While they are
1 willing that the colonel should have ali the
| Observation-Disclosures possible out Of the
| campaign they are not overlooking the
1 fact that now is the time to chase the
/ nimbe dollar which the aspiring eandi-
+ dates sets to rolling. :
1 IS The scandal has caused the respectable
| elem ut: in the Repu blican party to- pause
| and think harder than they ever thought
| before regarding the cratic movements of
I him who glorieS Ia the fact that he is the
/ boss .of the party aud who talks about
+ "hlS men, and "his convention" In. the
/ same manner that a Russian landowner
/ would talk of his serfs.
r.: The query has suggested itself to them ::
!. "Wbat kind of man is this who aSs0ci-
| afes with blackmailers and yet pretends
I 70 dictate the policy Of the Republican
/ party pr
They have already survived the per-
sonnet OF the coloneps convention and
turned away with disgust, but this scandal
I has brought on feeling OF nausea. -
+ The respectable members of the party
I know we'll the work Of the intimate asso-
I ciates of the colonel. and especially those
! who have. brought this odium upon the
! party: -
1 d. S. Dorm was always the right bower
+ of a political boss: Two years ago he was
the msinstay of Kelly and CIimmins. and:
/ was:an everyday and everyn!ght visitor to
their saloon on Third street. In the back
]. room :caucuses of the saloon bosses his
4 opinion was potent and his word was
aimost-as potent as theirs In outlining and
I debating the maDner in which nun icipa
:. patronage should be cornered and held
t against all outsiders -: :; !;
+ With the inglorious downfall Of the
:. .Third-sfree bosses Dorm threw out his
/ era pling-jronS and hooked on TO the ca
/. noe which Colonel Burns was padding
1 about ON the. political sea. The colonel
| was in need Of such an. assistant and he
+ took hin, in. : -: -
A. F. Johns came into prominence soon
j after the breaking of the Pacific Bank: In
+ a. box in the vault was found evidence
1 where he had contracted with aspirants
i for election to the Board of Education TO
4. secure them the nomination for 5000: in re-
t:turn for whatever patron age they had TO
bestow when they became members Of the
/ board 1t was through connection with
/ this scheme that Dr.: G. w. Decker as
+ com PEELED TO resign from the board. Mr..
l. Johns was for years connected with the
l Pacific Bank, whose unbusiness-Aket trans
/ actions caused its failure. =. =
f C[jretfen, who is now in politics on the
| colonePs side was once an attorney For
L
i " as dropped from the Bohemian Club,
and the Press Club rendered him an array
Of :blackb balls when he tried TO become a
i member. =: 80: =. ?:
F. tits no wonder that Republicans are
looking askanee at the colonel. at his init
Innate associates and the mem bers OF his
E.conyentioD, who do his bidding uncom-
/ plalningly and unblushingly as we'll:
: But the colonel is likely yet to have some
f>trouble with his conven tioD.*. Some of the
delegates while willing TO do anything the
/ colonel wants, with hope OF reward.
/ object to the colonel's shifty methods OF
+ irving to MAKE everybody feel good so that
none may have any hard feelings. Ii
cropped up yesterday and will cause the
i colonel more. uneasiness than the crack
which POLICE Judge Campbell made in bis
/ slate. =: =;
! The trouble is in the Forty-fifth Dis
t:trict.: Here. as ia the Forty-thrd. where
Fiat Jack O'Conuor, Mike Flynn and G.. E..
+ LIcht, lhe proprietor: of a dive On ,kearny
j street; succeeded in forcing the nomina-
/ ton Of Jerry Mahoney, Joe King is en-
j deayoring to force theac0 Ton 81. 10 nominate
E.for the Legislature men Of the Mahoney
i stripe. 49,. 49,:
I over the SupervsoTshlD from the First
l Ward. He wanted that nomination. but
There is not much. chanee Of his getting IL
4 unless his bHlldozing methods prevail. .
i All through the campaign King and the
i colonel were like two peas In a pod to-
I gether. king was member OIL tie County
! Committees the proprietor of two hotels on
Lower; Kearny street, and in addition could
i handle. as rough asset of strikers as ever
+ gracsd or diSgraced a primary. The gang
4 was always ready at the behest OF King TO
! do anything he wanted in the interest Of
1.-THE colonel -.
=: This intimacy continued until last Fri
Il a ;,ht xpo n fh.1 q q 70 fny
4. Supervisor: But it was rubbed off That
night because strong delegation of prop
4 erty-OWners and the respectable element
J in the ward visited the eolonels rooms and
insisted that King should not be, allowed
i to: appear on the trcket as candidate:
\ They plainly said that they would defeat
i King al The polls if he was nominated. So
Il: the slate was changed :: -:
r.. When King learned of this there was
l war at once. He came out III open revolt
i against the slate and organized club OF
i his own Immediately. ~ ::
T.: The disgrunt,ed .Kingites met yesterday
i in judge .CampbelPs courtroom in the old
i Cry ii ali anu held a long caucus. Just
+ what The proceedings were could not BIZ
+ ascertaiped, but 1t was learned that King
MADE all arrangements to muster his
- forces and break the slate unless. the
colonel comes off the perch. as 1T were.
and carries out his promise 20 King about
the, Sapervisorship. :. g
f.. The respectable element In the Forty
fifth District is also: highly disguised
! with the majority OF the delegation TO the
convention. = They claim that it consists
mainly of aloon-keepers, keepers of dives
j and Others who are not representative
men in the district.
f. B. 0'Brien, they claim, has been but
q shUrt time in the district. His real resi-
dence. they say, is the Windsor Hotel. =:
/ Louis Schultz is a saloon-keeper on the
water front. :
F. Thomas Ward is an ex-priZe-fghter, and
/ recent arrival from Oregon.
i II. Hart is a barkeeper for Joe King.
? Thomas Chandler is an eX-prize-fg h ter
William Bendt is waterfront saloon
keeper.
NJ. Meiner is barkeeper for Joe King
4 John Martin is the owner of the bar in
the notorious Bella Union Theater.
Edward Harris Is known as ''Nosey"
II. Brown is the keeper of sailor
clearinghouse.
Il This is the sample district that the re.
spectacle element is Directing to, and
:. there are several other districts which are
IN about the same predicament when il
comes to the respectable standard.
l. Another feature of the district which ii
being protested against is Mike Dewitt. the
nominee tor the Assembly for this dis.
trct He is the proprietor of tie resort
known as the 'EXtenuate." on the ives
side of KesrDy street, near Montgomery
avenue. The good people in the dislric
can find no extenuating circumstances In
his nomination.
coloneps brow to wrinkle is that he know,
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