San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-01
POLITICAL NOTES

Monday night, at Jonas garden,
on Austin street.
The Fifth Ward Elmendorf Club
No. will assemble at Nentwig's
hall, corner Bowie and Houston
streets, tonight and there form a
torchlight procession and headed
by band proceed to Jonas garden,
where they will take in another
club and march to Stuve's hall, on
Avenue d, headquarters of Fifth
Ward Elmendorf Club No. 3, where
big Elmendorf ratification meet
Ing will be held. There will be
good speakers present.
The grand jury, it is said, is in
vestigating the report that just be-
fore the last county election, when
such havy force was put to work
on the county bridges, each man
was required to give the first two
days work for a contribution to the
Big Six campaign fund.
A Callaghan meeting was held at
Jonas garden last night, and
though the speakers were all cam
didates they were listened to for a
while very patiently, though final
ly a number OF Elmendorf men,
who formed a large part OF the au-
dience, became disguised and left.
Quite a hurrah was raised and
crowd collected last evening at the
corner OF Commerce and Alamo
streets by the two younger Dryer
brothers and Mr.. August Santle.
ben discussing the two sides of the
campaign very heatedly. The
crowd finally grew so large that
the policeman could do nothing to.
ward dispensing it, and not until
the disputants had talked them.
selves out did it dissolve.
At TESTS garden, on South Flores
street, last night there were fully
500 men in the hall, at the Elmen-
dorf meeting held there. Speeches
were made by A. NJ. Gray, Bart
Crowther, r. b. Minor, the mayor,
and others. The meeting was COM
posed of the very best citizens of
the ward.
The First Ward Elmendorf club
admitted 81 new members last
night.
On Goliad street, between New
ton and Santa Clara, sign has
been placed, with picture repre-
senting Callaghan riding a burro,
with the advertisement reading,
"Wanted, 1900 burros, Feb. II to
carry my Mexican friends across
the Rio Grande."
The Seventh Ward Elmendorf
club held a meeting last night at
East End. The meeting was called
to order by Walter Horton, and Mr..
l.. l.. Harper was elected president
and HI. Walter secretary. After
the object OF the meeting was
stated it endorsed the Elmendorf
ticket straight. Mr.. w. E. Easton
made a rOusing speech and he was
followed by NJ. Irwin, Shed Porter
and Frank Howard. The meeting
then adjourned until Monday
night. There were forty-seven
members present.
Mr.. Jno. R. Shook, while in the
office of Mayor Elmendorf yester-
day, informed his honor that he
would have nothing to do with the
so.called Republican ticket, and
that he intended to vote for and
support the Independent ticket.
There were 400 Mexican citizens
at the old German Day warehouse
last night, and after being adj
dressed by Mr.. l.. A. Zuloaga and
others, all endorsed Mayor Elmen-
dorf ard the ticket.
At Val. Mechler's store and camp
ward, on West Commerce street,
the place was crowded, there being
80 or 100 people present. Joseph
Ryan made fine speech and there
was much enthusiasm for the FL
mendorf ticket. The night before
at Callaghan meeting at this
place, there were but three Castro
Vile people in the camp yard.
With the man behind the bar, the
audience was composed Of four.
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
At Stuve's, Fifth ward, corner
Avenue d and Eighth street,
Judge Kellar, H. r. Hertzberg, r.
l.. Summerlin, R. B. Minor and
Mayor Elmendorf.
Sixth Ward club at Clemens
Rotter's, corner Crockett and Olive,
J. l.. Burgess and Judge Kellar.
Independent Workingmen's club
at Convention hall, Bart Crowther,
A. NJ. Gray, V. Gonzales, F. Bas-
antes, G. NJ. Barnes, l.. A. HulOaga.
Colored Mems club, corner laval
la and North San Saba, j. A. Mer-