The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06

want to ask you TO go to the polls early to-
day and cast your vote. l want to solicit
your suffrage, not only because l want to
be elected, but because | would like to see
you place the stamp of disapproval upon
the conduct of Fletcher, Mullins and the
rest. In this connection | want to say
that l favor for National delegates such
Democrats as Hon. w. ". Foote, Hon.
James g. Mcguire, Hon. Stephen NJ.
! White and men of similar character, and |
never should vote for such men as John
Daggett or John 2. Irish, who, by the way,
is he brother-in-law of Fletcher, who con-
ceiYed and conducted last evenings out
rage"
Another clash occurred in the Second
Ward. This is the home of Cleve Dam,
Sheriff McKilliean and for to-day, at
least, OF George Ha ggerty of San Quentin.
| There were over 400 names of Democrats
and others on the roll last night before the
committee met. When it adjourned
the number was nearer 300. Here again
the Laymance men claimed that they
were Disseminated against. OF the seven
committeeman six were favorable to Fitz-
gerald, and so whatever purging was done
certainly would not be in the interests of
Foote and Laymance.
One of the most active fighters in this
ward was Leo Parke. During the admin
istration of Alex Rosborough, Parke was
his chief deputy. Rosborough campaign
was made and won by Frank Moffitt, and
up to d few weeks ago it was thought that
Leo Parke could be counted among his
most earnest supporters. Things occurred
in the Tax Collectors Office which were
never made public, but which required
considerable Strengthening out. Moffitt
did the Strengthening and everything went
smoothly. He thought by so doing that
he merited the eternal gratitude of Parke,
ana was surprised recently to find that the
e1-deputy was working against him tooth
and nail. The next day Parke was dis
missed from his situation, having been in
the employ of one of Moffitts closest
friends. He attributed his dismissal to
his fealty to Fitzgerald, and Frank Moffitt
does not deny it, but says that if Parke
has as much horse sense as he is credited
with, he will do no more talking. To-day
Parke was trying to get even on his late
political master by doing all he could to
defeat him in the Second Ward.
The Fourth Ward was helped from
across the bay. On the train that arrived
at Market street just before noon a dele
CATION of hard-looking, though moderately
well-dressed men were passengers as far
as Market street. There they alighted and
were taken IN hand by some one who
seemed to expect them. They repaired to
saloon and emerged few minutes later,
prepared to do some clean politics, as they
are understood in Oakland. Foote'S
friends declared that this and other con-
tingents were coloniZed in the neighbor-
hood of the Mint while Fitzgerald's sup
porters declared that they owed their
allegiance to Christopher Buckley, and
had been sent ever here to help kill Dag
gett's influence in this county.
Market-street station is equally handy
to both the Third and Fourth wards, and
the most reasonable conclusion is that
after voting in both wards they went from
there to the various polling booths in the
city, and returned to San Francisco with
out telling anybody their business. They
were of that class that does not talk much.
but who wear their hats little on one
side and commune with each other by the
aid of their eyes and eyelids.
There Is always a pol tical fight IN the
Sixth Ward. 1t thrives on It, and to-day
was no exception. ii it were not for the
fact that the ballots were headed with the
word democratic" the casual visitor
would have thought that it was the same
old crowd seen at past Republican pri-
maries. Around the Galindo Hotel, in
which was located the BOOTH were some
of the hardest characters ever seen outside
of the County Jail. In this ward there
are six employees of the Mint. One of
them is James f. Kennedy and he was
one of the most prominent workers in the
Fitzgerald army. If the other M en- from
the Mint were working over here they were
doing 80 covertiy, for they were not in
evidence around the polling booth until
evening, by which time they could posi-
bly, have crossed from their day labor in
making Uncle Sans money.
But for the presence of the men offering
ballots to passers-by there was nothing in
the Fifth Ward to indicate that any strug-
gle was in progress. Both of the Eng
fishes and Robert Fitzgerald live in this
ward and it was expected that the fight
there would be very bitter. This was not
the case. and voters came in very slowly.
The First Ward was almost as quiet
When the polls had been open for three
hours only ten ballots were in the box,
and very little interest was manifested.
The Seventh Ward is the bailiwick of M
J. Laymance, and although heavy vote
was cast it was conceded from the begin
ming that Laymance would carry his own
ward, and everything passed off very
quietly.
If the personal feeling existing between
the leaders of the two factions were not so
generally known it might have been
thought that the present contest had
been carefully prepared for the purpose of
giving Democracy boom. Such, of
course is not the case, and the eyes of the
Democracy of the whole State have been
turned toward Alameda County for the
past two months. The contest has called
attention to the fact that majority of the
most prominent Democrats in California.
and a large percentage of the office-h hold
ers under the Federal Government reside