The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Hubbard Thought to Be the Only
Other Candidate in the
Race.
sTEINMAN LOSING GROUND.
Reactionary Effect of Premature
Charges of Colonizing by
Bosses.

OaOIAhEN IL, SAL., NOV LIQUID
the positively expressed beliefs of the vari-
Gus candidates for Sacramento's chief
municipal offices, and that of their ardent
personal adherents, be relied upon, this
city will be the most bemayored locality
known in history. Could all the floating
rumors of imported colonizers, fixed elec-
ton boards. ballot-box suffers, ward
strikers and the thousand and one expe-
dients that are supposed to be resorted to
by politicians when it becomes necessary
to elect their chosen candidates be worthy
of credence, then is Sacramento a sink of
the vilest iniquity.
Could all the threats that are made
openly on the street corners, in the
crowded electric cars, in the saloons and
elsewhere of what will occur at the polls
next Tuesday, should the old-time meth
DDS of the political past be resorted to, be
carried out, Sacramento's streets will run
red with gore, and the Morgue be thickly
peopled with mangled remnants of nl-ad-
vised humanity. Coroner Clark and his
assistants will have Christmas money ga
lore, and it would behoove the chief execu-
tive to call forth Brigadier Muller and the
gallant Third Brigade to prevent a second
edition of the K1kenny-cat episode of an
cient history.
Avowed members of the American Pro-
tective Association declare that the polls
must be protected; that no crooked
ness" in voting will be allowed, and that
each and every voter must prove his iden-
tity and his right to cast ballot before
doing so. They claim that if necessary
delegations of this association Will come
from outside cities to assist in preserving
the purity of the ballot. Members of the
older political parties are watching each
other every movement, for the purpose of
detecting any intended fraud, and acknowl
edged ward workers of past years are kept
under the strietest surveillance and their
lives made miserable by constant threats
OF arrest in case they attempt to violate in
the slightest particular the provisions Of
the Australian ballot system.
Since the opening of the present cam
paign up to the beginning of the present
week the chances of B. U. Steinman, the
incumbent, of reelection. have been very
bright, and his adherents have been vocif-
erous in their declarations that he was the
only orb on the political horizon. His
name could be heard in all quarters, and
claimed by many that his sun is setting,
and that the contest in reality lies between
Hubbard and Wilson.
AS one cause of this decline of strength
is given the published accounts of alleged
stuffing of downtown hotels and lodging
houses, which have appeared in the jour
nal espousing Mayor Steinman's cause.
The publication of the names of many
reputable voters has not only aroused their
individual ire and caused them the insti-
tute an active fight against him, but the
proprietors of these esta ablishments are de-
claring themselves for Wilson.
Lawton's followers are continually shout
ing that his chances brighten as the days
roll on, and it is affirmed by all that his
ability to fill the Office acceptably Is un-
doubted; yet it seems to be conceded in all
quarters that the real battle is between
| Hubbard and Wilson. In the Southern
Pacific Railroad shops there seems to be
almost an equal division in favor of these
two aspirants. In the resident wards it is
impossible to even guess which of the four
candidates possesses the most strength.
The downtown wards are conceded to the
Republican candidate by small pluralities.
LII Is Salu StraW vote Cast GnlS morning
in an uptown brewing establishment gave
Welsen 102 out of 124. His managers also
claim the vote of the State Printing Office,
the Catholic vote and the Eighth Ward.
Hubbard's managers claim strength in
all quarters, and he has such an undoubt-
edly strong following that the slogan
anything to defeat Hubbard is being
heard.
In the main the indications point
strongly to an amalgamation of Republican
strength. Dissenters are returning to the
fold.
Every day brings fresh accessions to the
ranks, and the probabilities are that the
candidates of the grand old party will
again assume the reins of government in
the capital city.