The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
BIG DINNERS FOR
BLINKER MURP HY'
Stephen Sanguinetti's Odd
Bill for Election Ex.
penSeS.
Swears That He Paid for Articles
to Be Published in the
Examiner"
GOOD APPETITE OF A WRITER.
Various Amounts Which Candidates
Were Willing to Risk on the
Election.
GOOD APPETITE OF A WRITER.

Stephen Sangujnetti, who was an un-
successful candidate for Supervisor at the
recent election, has filed with the County
Clerk a sworn statement of his campaign
expenses.
Mr.. Sanguinetti in his affidavit detail
ing his election expenses inserts the fol-
lowing item of cash paid out:
Person TO whom money was paid, Colum bus
Market Restaurant Company; nature of item,
Italian dinners TO "Blinker" Murphy; service
performed, writing articles in Examiner; by
whom performed, ''Blinker" Murphy; purpose
OF expenditure, writes up in the Monarch of
the Dailies $24 so.
Politicians about town were yesterday
laughing over the predicament in which
Mr.. SanguInetti's disclosure places the
Examiner. They recalled the fact that
during the campaign several articles ap-
peared on the Examiners editorial page
in which Mr.. Sanguinettfs name figured
prominently, but at the time very few
supposed that there was any cost attached
to the same so far as the principal char
.acter in the articles was concerned.
The other items of Mr.. Sanguinetti's
outlay are as follows: Anti Charter Dem
ocratic party $50, Union Labor party $40,
Peoples party S., Mrs. Knarston IS so.
various persons, names unknown, for re :
freshments So, making a total of S12O
The vouchers for the above men toned
expenditures are said 10 have been lost.
James D. Phelan. the, successful candi-
daie for Mayor, confesses to paying out
$780, OF which he says that $3.50 went to
the Democratic purity of election com
mittee and $40 to the Non-Partisan cam
paign committee. Mr.. Phelan modestly
adds that all of this money came from his
own pocket, no part of it being contributed
by others.
Judge Hunts statement shows that he
expended 1885 05 in the campaign which
resulted In his return to the Superior
Court bench, OF which amount $3.50 was
paid to James Alva Watt, who receipted
for the same as chairman county COM
mittee purity OF election
G. h. Bonesiell, also candidate for Judge
OF the Superior Court, was touched" for
more than Judge Hunt by the campaign
committee, his receipt disclosing the fact
that be contr buted 1915. His total ex-
penses were $500 IS.
Frank P. Dunno, who was elected Su-
perior Court Judge, expended $500 so, of
which $240 was given to the Democratic
comm ittee for campaign purposes.
The expenditures of candidates for the
Board of Supervisors varied, as will be
seen by this list: l. J. Truman SIT, E.
Hoffman So rs, Thomas W. Rivers $11O so,
John Lachmann STA so, Washington
Copeland So cents. Frank Conklln SIP SO,
J. S. Conwell $106 60, h. T. Sahlender
81 80. Thomas Morton $11S so. II. Hup-
pert S1o0 so, T. A. Rottanzi $116 35, Ed
ward j. Smith $11S.
Other candidates invested funds as fol-
lows: Lot D. Norton, Surveyor, S146 80
Robert Munich, Surveyor, $50 25; Samuel
Braunhart State Senator, $l16 80; George
II. Dill, Justice of the Peace, $40; John A.
Carroll, Justice of the Peace, $237 so; God
frey Fisher, Tax Collector, 1884; William
F. Ambrose, SUPERINTENDENT of Streets,
$3.50 25; ]. A. Spinetti, Judge Police
Court, $3.50; Asa R. Wells, Auditor,
S2S8 50; Fleet F. Stroth r, Auditor. 1896 so;
James II. Simmons, Auditor, SS6; Harry
T. CresweIl. City Counselor, $493 As; T..
Carl Spelling, City Counselor, SAT- IA;
Charles Bantel, School Director, $79 so /;
William A. Derham, School Director,
S64 so; Benjamin Armer, School Director,
S2S 10.
Candidates for the Assem- bly-Walter
Kennerson. $22; Henry NJ. Kelly, $35;
John Allen, S29 so; jeremiah Lusey, $28 (;
r. Rasmussen, $72 70; Lorenzo A. Henry,
$34 40; Sigmund NJ. Bettman, $6S