The morning call., 1894-06-02
EVE OF BATTLE.
District Primaries Are On
To-Day.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS.
Reputable Candidates in Great
Demand.
THE FIGHT AMONG REPUBLICANS
Democrats viii Meet to Select :
Place and Time for Their
State Convention.

This IS the day upon which the issue
- between the Republican factions will be
decided at the polls. All the pulling and
hauling which has been going on during
: the past three weeks will produce its Ie-
e suit. and ii will be determined whether
=: the Burns and Spreckels or the Crimmins
. and Kelly following shall name the dele
%. gates 10 the State convention at Sacra-
mento.
.~. Last night, on the eve of the battle,
there seemed little doubt that Burns
:: friends would carry the day. In fact. yes
. terday produced little change in the situa-
=: ton. There were several more desertions
from the Crimmins and Kelly side and a
few more recruits in the other camp. but
.. the more important factors had changed
- their allegiance before. and the popular
side was only made a little stronger.
" 1t was a busy day in both parties Tick
;:*,ets were being made and changed, and
=. there was great confusion owing to the
. uncertainty Of the standing of the men
- selected 10 be voted for as delegates. One
: side or the other would discover that an
i. lntended delegate had made some arrange
). m entS which rendered him undeslrabl
and he would he replaced by some more
-: reliable p4rtlSan.
-. That Kelly aud Crimmins were eXpe-
. .:Tienclng considerable difficulty in securing
: reputable men to place at the head of their
:. d. strict ticket was shown by their adop-
- -:tiOn Of men who had not authorized the
use of their names. In the Tween y-eighth
:. District. for instance. the name of w. w.
= Montague was placed at the head Of the
Kelly ticket. Mr.. Montague had author
lied the use of his name on the Burns
ticket and the appearance of the little
= pink slip with him at the head OF a list of
d. Kelly and Crimmins men caused an in
- curry as TO just where he stood. When a
GALL reporter asked Mr.. Montague If he
had consented 10 run for delegate at-laTga
. On'the side of the EXPOSES he said: Il
. don't know anything about that ticket.
. told AlT. Burns that if he wanted me to 60
to Sacramento he could have me on his
% ticket. and that is all ! have done in the
matter. | don't know Mr.. Crimmins and
. Mr. Kelly. and l don't care anything about
:; them"
. D.: MT. Montague. as is well known. is q
= prominent merchant, and his name as
D.: ,being used 10 appeal to the more respect
able element.
Martin Kelly has issued an address to
the voters which has caused so much
D.. amusement that many thought that he had
Intended 1t as a joke. IL began with the
. grave assertion that there was always
= more or less bulidoZiDg it, primary cleo
tons IN the district, and then went on 20
.. point out how It WAS proposed TO prevent
= a recurrence of these scenes. Nh Kelly
I'll mise yes 4 the polls and vote, assuring
o THEM that their ballots would be received,
pr,yided only that they intended to join
the Republican party and vote tor its can
0idates. Coming from Martin Kelly the
document Tas altogether refreshing.
Notwithstanding the reVeTses of the past
week, Kelly and Crimmin5 will make a
stout fight in some of the districts. Their
tickets and their men will certainly be
quite prominent in eight out of the
eighteen districts They may ALEC spring
. tickets in all, bnJ their opponents know
of only these. Both sides have held back
;.:the names of the men they intend to gut
- forward except where it was impossible
10 do so. as each desired to keep the other
in the dark ms much as they could.
)" The districts in which it is known that
- CTimmins and Kelly viii make a stand are
!. the Twenty eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thir-
. teth, Thirty second Thirty fourth
Thirtv-ffth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty
:. eighth. The first TWO are the homes of Phil
CTimmns and Martin Kelly and in these
go they will make their determined resist
= ance. They Will be the center Of their
nght where he loyal frieDds of Phil and
Martin will mass and operate.
In the Thirty-ffth DR.. Mclaughlin will
lead the forces for that side of the house
as against what is called an Independent
= Republican ticket This is in fact a fight
:. between the citizens and the county
committeeman.
In the Thirty-seventh District Billy
}; Blattner, The staDch friend of the Third
:: street leaders, will oppose Donnelly and
N Orton. the Burns men.
Outside of the district meDtioned il is
thought Burns aud Spreckels VIII have
little difficulty in eiecting their men. At
their headquarters perfect confidence is
felt that they will make a clean sweep all
over the city. So sure are the workers on
this side that it will be an easy victory
that some difficulty IS anticipated in get
q, ting a full vote out and unless CTimmins
and Kelly should develop unl0oked-fer
strength 1t is probable that the primaries
will be rather tame.
TIE campaign committee met yesterday
and was busy for many hours arranging
=. details and issuing the DaTapbernalia. II
70 has caused to be printed in another column
:: of The CALL a list of the polling places
:; IN the various districts for the guidance of
Republicans who may desire to take part
. in the primary. Cards emitting persons
= who desire to place ticket in the field TO
have representation on the election boards
lave also been issued.
The latest sensation in waterfront poll
= tics Is the Ieinstating Of County Commit
:. teeman Tom Barry and Sweeper Dan
Mccarthy forty-eight hours after they
received notice Of dismissal.
Inc board tried TO force Barry ia to de-
seTtlng his friend Hoey, and finding that
" u vas unable TO do so II gave hinfnotice 10
quit.
Hoey is q county committeeman and
liad been Kelly and CTlmmins man up 10
the day before yesterday, when he went
over to Burns. 70 him Barry was in
deoted for his position and like true man
he stood CALAMITY by his friend.
barry was only getting SO a. an eni-
ploye OF the waterfront belt railroad, and
.. ala not think that the Commissioners
Wooid stoop to interfere with such
paltry position. He was mistaken. He
was told 10 90, and 20 he did. but Hoey's
suGuen change Of base saved him.
PRESIDENT Bassett desires 20 win tho
=, ThITty-seventh District, or at laast bsye
tile credit Tor having won 1t. Rarrv bod
number OF friends out there. an ba boS
=. Deen put back to work. having snfferaJ
T. the Inconvenience Of a temporarv dis
charge only.
"A number Of Republicans whose no,oos
appear on Kelly and Crimmins' He's
= discovered the fact last night ard mo
tested hat they were not of thar affilio
lion. p. d. Code Jr. and William RI
non sent in a written statement IN IL
campaign COMMITTEES that they had wifi
drawn their names. David Altman of tic
.. Sixteenth Precinct Of the Thirty.firsI
found that he had also been slated on the
Kelly ticket and gave notice that he was p
B0rns man.
At the Baldwin last night there was a
mixed crowd of Republicans and Demo-
cTats. The latter were standing about the
hotel lobby, talking of the meeting of the
--4afn NJ r.I .ass, II.