The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
ALL TROUBLED AND MUDDY.
Popper Makes Poor Roadway at
His Work.
4 BIGGER JOB THAN He THOUGHT
Last Nights Meeting Showed Much
Bitterness in the Party-IroubIe
for PCpuiists.

The same faces, same confusion and
same character Of complaints of stutfine
and internal strifes in the various dis
tricts that have characterized most of the
meetings ofthe Democratic purity commit
tee were observable last night when the
purifiers once more assembled to prosecute
the work it has mapped out for itself.
The crowd was even larger than on
Tuesday night because on that occasion
many of the contentious district pOliti-
clans we're attending other meetings, hear
ing the statements Of persons cited TO APP
pear, preparing lists of names TO be
stricken from the rolls and making more
work for the aTbitratOrs. Last night they
appeared by the score and Chairman Pop
per found il necessary to borrow the
rooms Of the Business Mems Democratic
CLUB IN the Baldwin annex. Even these
were not large enough Tor the lhTOng ana
there was much crowding aud Quarreling
and very little fresh air and but little
business transacted.
Joseph Lpggett, chairman Of the can
wasting committee of the ThiTty-hfth Dis
trict. reported a list Of sixty names that
had been stricken from the rolls Of the
district, a canvass having shown that
they were suffers.
A delegation of about fifteen from the
L
purpose Of substantiatiUG the statement of
Patrick O'Reilly to the effect that he slept
IN his cOaiyaTd on Post street. Mr..
O'Reilly's name had been eXpunged from
the roll because his family resides at 24l0
Geary stree, and it had been very nat
urGllY assumed that he lived with them
outside the boundaries OF the district He
was on hand 10 swear that be aid not
dwell with his family, but the committee
l-aH hi n "a Y
STAYED off a long investigation as to The
habits of the coal-dealeT.
CanvasSer 0'Hay of the Thirtieth Dis
trict asked for permission 10 allow MI
ONei, who had been nominated for vice
president of the club, to run for member
of the General Committee instead Of the
place for which he had been named, and
the matter was postponed for action in
executive session.
Jim Neal made a forensic appeal for a
'sQuare DEAF down IN the 1wenty-ninth
District. There are 900 names on the
roll. aud FL swear there are $50 suffers
on it." he declared with great vehemence.
members of the Americas Club live in
that district, and some Of them have six
and seven rooms in their houses. One of
these has got thirty suffers on the list as
living at his house. Now, how are we
going to have a fair election with that sort
of work going on? / want this committee
to take charge IF the district and send a
committee down there to canvass the
names. because [ tell you they are doing
everything that is dirty and petty" The
case was Put over to Saturday for investi-
CATION.
An extension Of time was asked by the
canVassing committee of the Thirty
second, as none of the suspected suffers
had YET been cited TO appear. because the
list had not been made out until Monday
night. The request was deferred 10 the
executive session.
Chairman FaIren of the Thrty-ninth
District cauvassing committee reported
that he cited ninety-0ne persons to appear.
Seven had responded, and only three of
these had established their right to remain
on the ROLL. lie recommended that the
other four be dropped from the roll along
with the eighty-fOur who had failed to aD-
pear With his list Farren handed In q
petition, signed by himself and four others,
asking that a committee be appointed 10
properly canvass the district. The com
municatlOn made an attack upon ID. VI.
GaVigan, charging him with having in
suited p O'Reily aud with various other
o1ienses, which Gavigan rented with an
alibi. The district was once more asked
to wait this time until next Saturday
night.
Supervisor Denman, undismayed by the
free fight in his district, the FOrty-fiCst, on
Tuesday night, made his appearance be-
fore the committee and Ignoring the battle
OF the night before reported that a major
ity Of he canvassiDg committee had cited
100 persons to appear, and that quite a
number had responded. The minority had
12j. Tne two factions, Mr.. Danmau sad,
had not been able to agree very well as to
who should be striker OF the roll and he
asked that he and TWO Others be appointed
a committee to settIe the matter Action
was deferred.
Canvassers Walsh and Seacamp of the
FOrty-fOurth fought their battle over again
before the committee. Each OF them pro-
duced a lis, Of names to be eliminated
from the rolls, and each declared that the
others list contained the names Of men
who had lived in the district for years and
were good Democrats and entitled o vote
Chairman Pepper thought to harmonic
the warriors by sending them into a room
by themselves TO see if they could not
agree as to what names should be marked
off. They didn't come to blows while shut
up together, but the n Disc OF their ~Faug-
ling fOated into the cOmmitiee-rOOn
through the transOm. and when at last
they returned they were far from settle
menJ. Walsh said a few names on Sea-