The morning call., 1894-09-28
FOR A VERY SLIM CHANCE.
Anxious Day for Republican
Candidates.
AWAITING THE BEHEsT OF BURNS
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
buttons Meets, but Fails to Com
plete Its LaborS.

s Dollars are dropping into the Golfers of
the Republican party in showers of silver
and gold. Candidates are charged $40 for
the privilege of having their names placed
on the list which Colonel Burns may
choose from or entirely ignore. Over 200
had paid up last night. and it was expected
by the time the convention meets this even
ing there would be $50 This will give the
party $500 for expenses. Chauncey Clark
was acting as receiving teller at the Bald
win annex yesterday. end the committee
rooms and the halls were crowded with
Office-seekers and ward-workers. Chaun-
cey's pockets bulged, and his eyes blinked
at sight of the plethora of coin. Poor
fool" he thought. as the door closed after
each deposition in the Burns bank. "Won-
der If he thinks fat jobs can be bought for
So Tom - has that place in his vest
pocket right now. But this is politics. It's
all right. Why shouldn't dead game
sport go up against a good respectable
game of purity? I've seen men buck
brace faro game and think they were hav-
ing lot of fun for their money. And as
a matter of fact they did have. Happiness
consists in thinking you are happy, These
poor dupes think they are going to be
UOuludLeu 1OT Important Offices. L HPy IL
think that for two or three days until the
colonel gets ready to say who the real men
will be, and they'll get $40 worth of hope
out of 1t before the hammer falls"
Chauncey wouldn't have said this out
loud. for he is TOO good Burns man to
give vent to the pent-up storm of his
throbbing brain. He only jingled the coin
in his rockets and said nothing, like the
great joss in the front part of the hotel.
Senator Mahoney was doorkeeper in the
Burns rooms yesterday. The colonel was
having an executive session in one of the
inner rooms, and the crowd of candidates
who were waiting to see him filled all the
other apartments, so that it was difficult to
push through to the door which excluded
them from the presenceSof the supreme
ruler.
All the forenoon they stood there wal
ing their turn, until finally. Senator Ma
honey, who lad just been called into the
small room, came out, and with an ''oyeZ-
0yeZ" twang in his voice, cried, "All can
didates are hereby notified that Colonel
Burns is engaged and cannot see them I'M
I'll tomorrow morning a. 10 o'clock. He
then went through the crowd and reiter-
ated the statement Tie candidates skunk
cut of the rooms and sadly wendell their
way downstairs and out into the streets.
John d. Spreckels was with Colon
Burns during the afternoon. Mr.. ST reck-
els is not so secret.ve as his partner, and
it is known that be has a number of candi-
dates. For Sch ocl Directors, for instance,
his selections are II. L.. Dodge, G. Z.
Spader, Henry 7. Scott. A. G. Tubbs,
William Haas and George G. Dave. This
leaves six for Colonel Burns to name. 1t
is not known whether this arrangement
of a one-half division of candidates will
obtain all through the list of offices, but
Mr.. Spreckels seems to have insisted on
his right in the matter of School Directors.
The Soldiers and Sailors Republican
Club has made a demand for.:he nominal
ton of Colonel John A. Whitesides for
County Clerk. They say that unless
Colonel Burns gives ths place to him all
the old soldiers and sailors will vote for
sGhe other ticket.
The friends of w. A. Asmussen are also
making a strong effort in behalf OF their
candidate. They want him put up fer
Supervisor of the Eleventh Ward, ard
point to his record as member of the Leg
islatuTe as a reason why this should be
done.
The platform committee of the Republ-
can munic ipal convention held a prolonged
session yesterday afternoon, but with no
definite result so far as the adoption Of
any planks is concerned. The subjects
as outlined two days ago in The CALL
were brought up for discussion, and sew
eral score of propositions on the regulation
OF water. electric light. tel pnone and gas
companies were submitted.
A resolution was presented, which will
in all likelihood form part of the platform,
condemDing japanese Immigration and
asking the Federal Government to enacta
law which will restrict the entry into the
United States of citizens of the Mikado's
realm.
The most important work of the COM
mittee was the appointment Of sub
committee of three, which Will draft
resolution on the fixing of water rates to
be passed upon by the full committee.
There will be another meeting of the
platform committee today, and it is Guits
likely that some agreement will be then
made on the main features of the docu-
ment 10 be reported to the convention for
Is adoption.
The following names were added to The
list of candidates yesterday and last night:
Superior Couri-R. P. Clement, judge
Davis Louderback, Noble Hamilton.
Superintendent of Streets-James Gil
leraD, William Hughes.
School Director-J. p. Kincaid, Frank
j. Symmes. Charles A. Murdoch, Julius
ColmaD.
Audltor-Albert Heyer.
SUPERINTENDENT Ward, c. l.. Dale
and A. M. Ebbets; Seventh Ward, Peter
Phelan; Eighth Ward. Captain c. r.
Taylor; Ninth Ward, E. 3. Vreeland and
A. w. Morgenstern Twelfth Ward.
George D. O'Nei.
Police Courl-Hale Xix.
Justice OF the Peace-G. W. F. Cook.
Surveyor-Charles z. Soule.
City and County Attorney-Charles Il.
Jackson.
Recorder-Max Brooks.
The list will be open again to-day for
further additions to the number of candi-
datAo