The morning call., 1894-10-01

give the colonel some trouble. Tonight
will probably decide whether the colonel
will hide his diamond shirtpin and 60
into mourning, or: whether he will allow
it to shine on in all its effulgent glory.
The souabbles of the catch-as- catc;l-can
political wrestlers in Union Ii all are nearly
over, unless they have spanking good
row over the Supervisors when the COM
mittee reports. This is not at all uDlIkeiy:
If they do. it will Tot be over the report
as a whole, for it Is understood that some
of the selections are objectionable TO
the convention. The members: of the
committee are going about with padlocks
on their lips as to their proceedings, they
having signed cast-iron 1ledge binding:
them to secrecy. But in some OF the dis
tricts, where feeling for their supervisorIaf
nominees run high, there may be enough.
trouble raised to break the schedule.
The fight in the Twelfth Ward has been
a hot one from the start, aud it has been
sort of tug-of-war between the various
aspirants. Only one of those who were
early in the contest has fighting strength:
This is Henry Doscher. When the noml-
nations went TO the committee as at first
proposed the slate was broken. Rivers.
who was on the slate, was left struggling
in the stream. Wagner, who had some
strength, fell off. 1t was claimed yester-
dav that Wissinger was the committees
choice, but the friends of D0scher still stay
awiDner.
Ia the Tenth Ward the friends of c. ii.
K0e hneke are feeling elated over the fact.
that W.. NJ. Hinton NAV be overlooked
again, as he has been twice before. They
point TO the; run: which k0ehneke made
when he ran for Treasurer two years ago;
and there are many delegates in the con-
yeution who openly state that they will
.su nport him.
. Colin Nj. Boyd will undoubtedly get the
nomination in the Sixth Ward and
Thomas F. Barry in the Second. butin the
other wards the result is; pro biematical,
and the names to be selected by the COM
rnittee can only be guessed at.
:The committee on School Directors VIII:
meet this .norning and probably :agree
upon their report. =
1t is understood that "a movement is on
/ foot among the respectable element I'D the
party ia, have the convention take steps to
pre- vent Buckley and Rainey from secur-
ing control of the party organization by
having a resolution passed empowering
Chairman Deuprey to:sppointa COMMITTEES
/ to- :reorganize- the San Francisco County
Democracy and in: this manner shut :0ut
trhe bosses from securing any, power two
years hence. -. =.
'fhe quiet air of determination and bust
! nesS-like neth0d Of conducting affairs in
| connection wi n the Non-Partisap: move
ment is in marked contrast with the .tHr-
MOL and confusion; prevailing in the other
| two parties. :: =. = s.
| The Non-Partisans will convene. again
| tonight and settle down to the work Of
| selecting good men for the vacancies which
! yet exist ON the municipal ticket. =: ::
The committee on municipal .nemina.
| tions is very busy just now considering
who: is available for the AssessOrshp.
| This will probably come MP Tonight the
| first thing, and Superintendent of Streets,
another important office under the party
| platform. will pro baby be considered
/ A subcommittee: of three, with William
Hollis as chairman, has been appointed
| to-6raw up. a written pledgB viii eh the
| nominee of the convention for Assessor
must sign. BY it she. will be bound. if
I elected. to- agree to. assess all corporation
and personal pro perty. in: the: same pro-
portion as he does real estate.
| There was nothing going OF in the Non
Partisan circles Yesterday, but this merr-
| ing the: convention will get down~to wefk
! again and prepare for the evening. g great
| deal of care and attention is being be-
] slowed upon canvassing the ouall1icati tons
! of the various aspirants for Office
! In the fight fog Superior Judges it is
| thought that Judges Coffey and Belcher
/ are sure of Endorsement, but the Others are
| problematical.
For Superintendent of Schools John
SWEET is looked upon as the most likely
| winner. -
The fight for Superintendent of Streets
will be between c. E. Gr1nsky and Thomas
| Ashworth