The morning call., 1894-11-17
SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG
Earnest Meeting of the State
Executive Body.
ALL is LEFT TO The LAWYERS.
Some of the Consequences Which
the Election of Budd Might
Bring About.


Central Committee on Market street to
come to some conclusion as TO what
should be done about the gubernatOrial
election. 1t was the executive committee
that had been called together by Chairman
Cornwall. The campaign committee had
met during the afternoon and discussed
the affairs remaining on its, hands alter.
the late unpleasantness.
The province of the executive commit
tee was to adopt means by which some of
the results of the campaign could be offset
Among those present were: p. B. Corn
wall, John D. Spreekels, Frank McQuaid.
DIR. Meyers, A. Ruef, Judge NJ Cooney, j.
II. Manoney and the prophetic secretary,
!. Jacob Steppacher. Several of the legal
lights retained by the BODY to show the
way out of the darkness were also at
hand.
The committeeman talked a long time
about what had become of the $4,000 ma
joTity which Soothsayer Steppacher had
assured The party would be gwen for IFS
candidate for Governor. They asked tie
oracle and like his Delphic predecessor be
told them that his words. had been mis-
construed. If the committee had had
sense to interpret his figures of speech it
would have discovered that what he meant
was that $500 majority would be returned
for Budd.
1t was little mistake of naught and
a mans name. Jake's manner was not
more pleasant than his explanation was
satisfactory, and SO far as he was con-
cerned the subject was dropped
The committee then proceeded to the
discussion of what should be done to over
come tie plurality for Budd In this city.
II was asserted with great vehemence that
it could tot be true that the people of San
Francisco had voted against Eslee and
Dan Burns. Somebody had told Jake
Steppacher that the people would
not vote against the boss who had
managed the convention, and it could not
be that Steppacher had ben deceived, so
the heads OF the Republican party con-
cluded that the count must be wrong all
through the Budd districts. They de-
cided to instruct their attorneys-D. NJ.
Delmas. Samuel ShOrtridge, George A
knight AID Charles Heggerty-to con-
siderihe circumstances and report to the
committee whether there was sufficient
grounds to warrant. recount of the city
vote.
Every member of the committee was of
the opinion that If there was fighting
chance to win the battle it should be en-
tered upon and fought to finish. But no
one was prepared TO say that there was a
reasonable hope OF success in such con-
test. That matter was left to the attor-
neys, and their report upon the suspicious
of the committee be made in a few days.
T. 1t is to be hoped that il will not be long
dafa is hpaOmlnU hin
good Republicans to enter the headquar-
tiers to ask for Information on this score.
Jake Steppacher has begun to make him
self offensive to the anxious inauirers, and
If the matter is not quickly decided, the
little secretary of the defeated secretary
If the party will make apparent to the
politicians the impression long since felt
by the Discerning public, that a more de-
cent man and better statstician and
prophet should be engaged as the ques-
ton .answerer of the State Committee.
The application of the supporters of NJ.
N. Estee for recount will probably be
based on the fact that many returns from
the precincts. showed irregularities in the
signing and making out Of the papers by
the officers of election.
The Democrats hold that there were no
frauds and that the irregularities charged
were no more fragrant than in all proceed =.
ing elections. Under these circumstances
the result of the election is a matter
largely depending on the individual opinion
of those who discuss it. A different view
is taken at each Of the State headquarters.
and the question cannot be deci ded by
anything that may be heard at either of
them.
The late returns show that Budd still
leads. and his prospects have been rather
improved than hurt by any of the develop
ments in the interior or in this city during
the past few days. At the Democratic
headquarters yesterday the utmost conf
dence prevailed. Party leaders said that
the contentious about the returns weIe
frivolous, that the law merely cnntem-
plated errors which would affect the ballots
cast. and that no contest based upon a
question of where clerk or inspector
should have signed his name on the re-
turns could result in any material change
CT the issue. They also said that con-
test over the governorshlp would prove
such costly affair TO the State that the
leaders of the Republican parlv would
hesitate to undertake it unless they had
abundant proof that a recount would
show that the result was not what the
official returns showed. That no such
outcome of the recount could be
realized the Democrats felt perfectly
con fdent, because they believed that
. The; first count was fairly taken. Nor
did they feel any uneasiness about the
political complexion of the next Legis-
lature, which has been urged as reason
why Budd would have the worst of any
contest that might occur. Under the law
the recounts are conducted in the courts of
the various counties, not in the Legis-
latuTe; which simply passes upon the
official returns.
There could be no serious delay of the
result because all the counties would be
count at the same time. Those in the
interior would be finished in all proba-
bility before the recount in San Francisco,
which could be completed before the con-
veniDg of the next Legislature and the
Inauguration of the next Governor.
Considerable interest is felt over the
effect of the installation of Budd upon the
political complexion of the Board of har-
Dor COmmiss ioners. Several hundreds Of
men employed on the water front In this
city owe their positions to the board, and
whether those now in would remain
would depend almost entirely upon
whether Commissioner Chad bourne shall
hold his place. He was nominated by