The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
VOTE FOR
WILLIAM A. DEANE
FOR AUDITOR.
Regular Republican and United
Labor Nominee.

That handbill, clinging like the last rose
of summer TO its barren support. buffe ted
by the breezes that sweep over the Twin
Peaks and up Market street, drenched by
the nightly logs rolling in through the
Golden Gate and bleached by the glaring
sunshine of the day, that lonely, solitary
municipal cam paign.
Worn out, dila pidated, passe, stepped in
the gloom of innocuous desuetude, that
unconsidered scrap of pasteboard I'M
presses an important lesson upon the mind
of at least one unhappy journalist of San
Francisco. That disgruntled newspaper
proprietor is M. II. de Young, editor-of the
Chronicle, and he is vigorously kicking
himself for having caused the defeat of his
brother-in-law. William A. Deane, who,
but lor Mr.. deYoung's over-ruling propen-
sity for double-dealing might to-day be
the Auditor-elect of the great City and
County of San Francisco.
1t was fatal error, allowing that snu
salary TO escape from the family, and no
one realizes 1t more than does Mr.. de
Young at the present moment. He
yearns in vain for another chance at the
game, but the stakes have been won and
Mr.. Broderick, the successful com mpetitor,
would be ungrateful to his friends ii he
would think of making a race q second
time, even if the Election Commissioners
should agree to pay the incidental ex-
penses.
Billy Deane is one of the best known
and best liked OF the young generation OF
politicians of San Francisco. Every body
likes him and over %, 900 citizens voted to
make him the Citv's Auditor, notwith-
standing the fact that there were FIVE can
didates in the field. This is really re-
markable vote, and no other candidate
afzTtSo hi tyo y
suffered defeat. One candidate for the
Superior Court bench actually gains his
seat with total of only 16, 1893 votes.
There is not an incident in Brother-in-
law Deane's canvass on which Brother-in-
law de Young Can depend for consolation
When Mr.. Deane was nomin ated by the
regular Re publican Municipal Convention
the Chronicle came out with a scathing
article, declaring the entire ticket to be
composed of bOlters and indorsing the
nominees put forward by Martin Kelly,
M. b. de Young and handful of followers,
including Asa r. Wells for Auditor.
For while The CALL and other friends
of Mr.. Deane hoped tha. the Chronicle
would give him a chance to win by re-
training from rendering him its support.
But, alas, he was not destined to enjoy
any such luck. The Chronicle began, one
fatal day, to publish articles in his be alf
and that sealed his fate, though, despite
q very narrow margin.
Lest Brother-in-law de Young has not
yet fully comprehended the situation, the
following statistical statement is furnished
for his perusal:
Broderlck,s vote ,251
Broderick's plurality ty................. e59
1t is known that Mr.. de Young's domi-
nance OF the Martin-Kelly convention was
SO complete that he could have secured
the Endorsement of Mr.. Deane if he had SO
desired, or at least he could have put up
man OF straw who could have been
knocked down with feather Before his
svmpathles for his brother-in-law were
aroused he ignored these conditions. At
last he decided to do his best to elect his
relative and induced Mr.. Wells to with
draw. But the stroke came too late. Mr.
Wells is reputable citizen, though .un-
fortunately found in evil mpany for one
time at least. His withdrawal from the
race was published on the first page of the
Chronicle, and was given prominent men
ton by all the papers of the City, but his
popularity is so great that he received
nearly 2500 votes, since it was impossible
at that late date 10 take his name from the
blanket ticket
NOW, here are few more figures for
Brother-in-law de Young. If De Young
had taken Mr.. Wells out of the fight at an
earlier day it is fair to presume that
Brother-in-law Deane would have got the
Republican votes that were cast for Mr..
Wells, and the result would have stood
thus:
peane's vote as asa 2'l
"eiis Vo'e-'-'.. ....''........-....... 2490
Total Deane would have re-
ceived -----..--.-.....- 25,7s2
Any schoolboy can tell Brother-in- law
de Young that this would have given
Brother-in-law Deane a lead of 1881.
which might have been greatly aug.