The morning call., 1894-10-07
READY FOR WORK
tNOn=Partisans File Their
Certificate.
MEETING OF CANDIDATES.
Republican Nominees Chafe at
the Purity Law.
WHAT COSTS TO MAKE A FIGHT
Purity Democrats Stand in Dread of
Boss Rainey-Don't Want Com
mittee Meeting.
WHATIT COSTS TO MAKE A FIGHT

QulIibS AhO W Oc ui6u tuITl4
days before election, and failure to COM
ply with the law would have excluded the
ticket from the contest. The certificate
had to be signed by the officers of the
nominating convention, and yesterday
during the forenoon Stewart Menzies, the
chairman, could not be found. Some mis-
chisvOus person started the report that
Mr.. MenZies had left the city, and Chair
man Thomas Magee of the Non-Partisau
committee was in dire distress, He and
half dozen other members of the COM
mittee rushed frantically about searching
for the missing presiding officer aud for
some time they searched in vain. Mr.
MenZies was finally found, his signature
obtained and the important document was
duly filed. Magee and his coadiators once
more breathed freely.
AS the days pass the prospects of the
Non-PartiSaDs improve. 1t is now con-
sidered certain that their ticket will b.
triumph sntly elected. Conservative Demo
Gratis and Re ublicans cnncede this. The
general disgust at the Rainey and Burns
parties becomes deeper as the time pa .ses,
and every day men who have here ofcre
voted straight 3ld-partv tickets are heard
TO declare that this time they in tend to
vote Tor the best men. AS the NGn-Psr-
usan ticket contains the names of the
only men nominated by the other parties
who can be voted for by conscientious
citizens and also the best men in cases IN
which Democratic and Republican nomi-
ness were not Endorsed, this means that
they will vote the NOn-PartlSan ticket.
The merchants, almost witho exception,
Will vote the independent ticket as against
the tickets put up by the bosses and
backed by the riff-raff from the Bush
street sta bic and the dive-keeping element
Of the downtown districts.
The Non-Partisan campaign committee
met last pight at 219 Suffer and held long
executive session. Frank j. Sullivan
presided. The COMMITTEES elected ". n.
Norcros5 its permanent secretary. 1t was
decided 10 engage the rooms al the above
address for permanent headquarters.
Republican candidates felt last night
the curb and champed the bit of the purity
law bride. They met in the Baldwin
Hotel dlning-rGGm and for two hours dis
cuss-d with the auditing committee the
dispOsitO on to be made Of the money which
the candidates are 10 contribute for
campaign purposes.
James Ava Watt. who since his eX-
perience as presiding officer OF the con-
ven lion is being used as an all-around
chairman, called the joint meeting to
order, and then abdicated the chair in
favor of Asa R. Wells, chairman of the
auditing committee.
The question OF what percentage of the
amount the candidates are allowed 10
spend should be turned over to the audit
ing committee was taken up first The
allowance is 10 per cent of the first years
salary, and it was proposed that of this so
per cent should be turned over to the FIVE
men who have been appointed to handle
the fund. In the case of a candidate
whose antic pated Office pays $4,000 his
allowance would be $500. ana the so Ter
cent proposition would leave him just $50
for his own uses.
''Bless me-" said George II. Bahrs,
show can we do it? How can man
make a campaign on that amount of
money? Why 1t cos me last time $500 to
make nv fight. What can man do VITA
$50 or $100? The question remained un-
answered.
Another anxious candidate asked if the
law con templated the cost of treating the
thirsty district workers. He was informt
that 1t did, and he sat ruefully down.
The question next arose whether the
money the candidates had already spent
for drinks counted, and il was the general
opinion that ii did. This was awkward
. as some of the candidates have already
thrown considera Die cash over the b ars in
their respective districts.
Next came the matter of advertising.
Judge Louderback particularly insist d
that the auditing committee should a.
once make contracts with the daily news
papers for advertising the ticke in the
papers. The meeting decided that no
daily paper should be omitted. Candi-
dates talked OF the swarm of solicitors for
weekly and obscure journals. and there
was horror in the thought why" said
one man, i've been approached by forty
two of Them"
"Fory-two!' exclaimed another, "Why,
I've counted fifty-one myself"
Nov, what can man do with fiftv-one
newspapers when be has onlv SI002''
asked Mr.. Bahrs, helpessly.
happy idea was here suggested. .sRe.
fuse them ALL" said one place hunter.
"Thats the hing. Refuse 'em. every ore
of them. This law isn't so bad, after alb
The suggestion was eagerly acce pted
and the meeting decided that no indiyid-
nal cards be printed and that no new,na-
pers other than the dallles be patronizad.
The auditing committee will publish the
entire ticket and that will be the extent OF
the advertising.
With this understanding the meeting adj.
iourned.
Independent Republicans organized a
club last night at Kerwin's Hall on Bay
street. The following officers were elected ::
Capt in Martin Lindall. president; Frank
Capella. vice-president; Mace Thomas.
secretary; E. r. Fisher. treasurer; d.
Haggerty, sergeant-at-arms. The club in
dorsed Thomas Shannon for Congress IN
the Fourth Distri t; William S. Barnes,
for District Attorney; Charles Tllton for
Surveyor and Villa m RauDinger for Sup
ervisor from the Second Ward.
There will be meeting of the Repub i
can voters Of the Tnirty-first Assembly
District tomorrow evening at s o'clock at
Teutonia Hall, on Howard st eet. between
Nit and Tenth. The principal topic to
be discussed will be 'Boss Rule in San
Francisco" Edgar Briggs, Z. A. Doug
lass. j. f. Mul en-, w. +. Lsumeisier ana
ID. l.. Jones will be the principal speakers.
1t is not likely that the Democratic
general committee will meet on Monday
night next as announced. No call has IS
yet been issued, and it is hard to find a
Democrat who has seen the petition said to
nave been circulated for signatures Ut
members who want Weep esident A. A.
watkins to cali the body togethsr.
Prominent general committeeman said
yesterday that considerable difficulty
would be experienced 10 getting the neces-
sary number OF signatures as the almost
universal feeling is hat meeting before
election would be ill-advised in the last
aegree. The reason advanced for this
nelief IS that it would stir up more strife in
1he parry, as undoubtedly an attempt
"ouio be made by Raney to Cal ture the
S;omihit 90. The movement to call IA NEE :
rug + SAID to have originated at the static
anu Eu Lamgan, e stauDch Rainey man, Il
the hrst signer.
- me ooss wants the general committee
~ ptosloe Tor Its successor and 10 reduce
wy pouy TO 1--we members from each As
py ulstrlct, making the total ninety
iDers' lie then wants Bob BOYD