The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-07
ALL IN DOUBT.
City Election Not Yet
Determined.
COUNTING SLOW WORK
Guesses at the Result
Are Wild.
NO GUIDE FOR PROPHECIES.
Gross Frauds Attempted in
Mahoney's District.
NO GUIDE FOR PROPHECIES.
SOME OF THE SUFFERS CAUGHT
Budd Makes a Strong Run for Cow
ernor in Most OF the
Districts,

Well. it was steal-a cold. unmitigated,
Dan Burns. AL Evans, Jere Mahoney steal.
The only question now is whether the
frauds at the city election booths went far
enough to insure the election of the candi-
dates supported by the Burns-Buckley
comb nation. The large number of candi-
dates and the fact that the State ticket b ad
to be counted first prevents that interest
ing fact from being positively known. as
the counting of the ballots is a slow pro-
cess under the Australian system.
But if the bosses have not stolen enough
votes it is Tot because they have u ot tried.
Suffers were voted wherever practicable.
The names of men were voted before they
had arrived at the polls to cast their bal
lots. In one precinct the name of a man
who had been dead two weeks was voted.
A large number of Eastern touts were
voted out at the racetrack, and all the
illegal votes that could be got in were
dropped into the boxes to offset the suf
frages of the honest people of the city.
Dan Burns men had plenty of money
and they used it judiciously. Some OF the
DO oths were turned into drin king places,
where heelers of the bosses and deputies
OF the Registrar piled the precinct officers
with liquor until they were so drunk that
they we're unable to perform their duties
This occurred in the booth on Jones
street, between Bush and Pine, where Bob
Fitzgerald represented Registrar A Evans.
Two prominent business men applied here
to vote and were challenged By a drunken
Democratic clerk, though they were both
residents of the district and both, by The
way, Democrats. A Kearny-street mer-
chant went to the assist lance of the voters
and finally succeeded in inducing the in
spector TO let them cast their ballots. The
rescuer went 10 the Democratic State head
quarters afterward and reported the on
ditiOn of affairs in the Forty-third District.
This was one OF the districts in which
the lodging-houses had been stuffed by j.
H. Mahoney and here it was that Ma
honey appeared on the ground. The key
hole detective was in an ugly mood. He
went from booth to booth and bullied
voters and persons who had permits to
enter the voting places. He issued orders
to Dan Burns police officers. who obeyed
when the bosom friend of the boss spoke.
jere The pure assaulted one man and tried
to bluff another who had a permit to enter
the booth. This time he failed to carry his
trict all his life and was one Of the watch
ers of the Thirteenth Precinct.
Mahoney had a revolver in his hip pocket
and threw back his hand as if to draw il,
exposing the weapon to view. Still he
failed to terrify the watcher, and then the
especial friend of Boss Burns ordered a
policeman to throw the individual who was
not afraid of him out of the booth. The
4,
fused to go and showed the permit he car
RED So Mahoney accomplished nothing
here except to bring down on himself some
very sound word painting by the Infatuated
citizen. The Senator retired in bad order,
after having used very vile language. of
which he is a complete master.
w. p. Lawler. member Of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, went in to
the booth of Precinct of the Forty-third
and saw a clerk folding the ballots. he
warned him to desst and the clerk called
upon the policeman stationed at the booth,
who ordered Judge Lawler away. though
he had permit.
In the Seventh Precinct of the Forty
third District Democratic challenger
called upon a policeman to serve war
rant upon suffer. but the officer refused
to do so. The suffer was one of Mahoney's
men and Colonel Burns policeman did not
see fit to interfere.
Word was sent to Chief Crowley about
the matter, and he promised to see that
the suffer was arrested. There is little
likelihood that this will be done, because
the suffer beat haSty retreat, and there
will be plenty of excuses for not being
able to find him.
This sort of work went on all over the
Forty-third District where Jere M ahoney
was making his fight
In many of the districts the election wa:
very quiet one, but heavy vote wa:
polled.
Down in the Forty-fifth District, where
Joe King was running on the Republican
ticket for Supervisor. men were allow et
to vote other mems name s, and there wa!
great deal of Lustiing around on King,
behalf.
In the Fifth Precinct this occurred Sc "
eral times, as the Dona-fde voters found
to their grief when they called to cas-
their ballots.
at the headquarters of the Non-Parti
san party yesterday the reports of thu
high-handed measures of the push
caused some alarm. Men were dispatched
to the places at which disturba wer,
reported and it was the general belief tina
much effective work was being done Il
prevent fraud.
A canard was started to the effect tina
the warrants which the Non Partisans hat
caused to be issued had been stolen from
the headquarters, and much exc itemen
was caused by the rum0r, which wrough
many honest men to fever heat. Tn
warrants had never been taken to tn
headquarters, and were therefore sale.
The Democrats upat State headquarter
in the California Hotel were much dis
turbed by the rumors that came in fror
the districts. 1t was reported to theI
that the party's precinct officers wer
being made drunk. and that the Republ
cans were determined TO carry the Twenty
fourth Senatorial District by freud. Me-
were dispatched right and left and ever
step taken to prevent the steal, but the in
firm Democratic clerks were already hal
seas over, and it was impossible to tel
what mischief bad been done.