The morning call., 1894-07-05
POLITICAL NOTES.
Canvassing Committees
Begin Work.
A Question Raised as to Judge Fitz-
gerald's Candidacy Does Not
Apply to Him.

The canvassing committees in the vari
Gus districts of the city are hard at work
on the Democratic rolls that were plenti
| fully stuffed a. the recent primary regis.
tration. The work is to be supervised by
Max Peppers committee of seven. ap
pointed at Monday nights meeting of the
| general committee. Perhaps it is this
supervision which has spurred on the
canvassing committees to activity, but ii
is certain that they have already dUne
some vigorous work. If it is loyalty tC
Pepper which actuates them, they will
make vast change in the lists before the
ten days allowed them have expired. Il
is the only chance Mr.. Pepper has of pre-
venting Buckley from capturing the gen.
eral committee, and there Is little doubt
that the purgng process will be
very thorough. In the FOrtieth Dis
tri4t on Tuesday night last the
committee of five attacked the rolls in a
business-like W ay and one of the mem bers
announced that every suffer would have
to go. no matter who was affected by it.
There are at least 200 suffers in this dis
trct, who, in spite of the cleverness OF
their captain, boss Buckley, have done
their work in very buugling way, which
makes the work of the committee very
easy. Fictitious names and addresses were
given and a visit to the latter readily
shows fraud. Every man who cannot be
located Will have his name erased. So it
seems that Max Pepper still has the upper
hand so far as this primary is concerned.
The new committee of seven will hold
its first meeting tonight at the Baldwin
Hotel. AS yet there is nothing for it to
do as its first work will begin when the
district committees commence 10 make
their reports. Tomorrow the committee
will only organize and formulate some
plan of action.
Yesterday there was very little going on
in political circles. The Fourth of july
and the strike seemed to have diverted the
attention OF the workers from politics to
holiday eBloymeuts and the absorbing
topic of the hour. Colonel Burns and
John d. Spreckels have left for Santa
Cruz to join the yacht Lurline for a south
ern cruise; Chris Buckley is out of town
at Livermore, it is said-and M. NJ. Estee,
VINO was expected to return to the city
from Napa, failed to make his appearance
at his office or 10 any OF the haunts of the
politicians. 1t was an off day for politics,
and 1t is not likely that there will be much
stirring in that line until the Democratic
canvassng committees are ready 10 make
their final reports.
The candidacy of Judge Fitzgerald for
the position of Attorney-General was
brought into question yesterday by a
statement that the Judge was nelig BILE
under section IS. article VI, of the con-
stitution. The section provides: THE
Justices Of the Supreme Court and the
Judges of the Superior Court shall be IN
eligible to any other Office or public en-
ployment than judicial office during the
term for which they shall have been
elected"
When this was brought to the attention
of the Republican managers they said that
the section in question tad no bearing
upon Judge Fitzgerald's case for the rea-
son that his term of office as Justice OF
the Supreme Court expired on January /
next. They argued that the Judge would
be out OF office before he entered upon the
duties of Attorney-General,s should he be
elected. and that therefore the law quoted
did not apply to him. Judge Fitzgerald
was appointed by Governor Markham 10
succeed Justice SharDseiD, whose term
would have expired on the 1st of January
next.