The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
These Push" Politicians Talk of
an Opposition Steam-Beer
Primary.
THE PARTY GOES RIGHT AHEAD
The Iroquois Club Sends Funding
Bill Protest to Congress-
man Sulzer.

The coming week will be chock full of
Republican hustle and hustle. Many
more Will take an active interest in district
and general party affairs throughout the
City, Republican club meetings will null
tiply, and at various committee meetings
the important details of arrangements for
the primary election on the 18th inst. will
be worked out.
1t was largely time of waiting with the
party until the issuance of the call for the
primary the other day. Now the gate is
opened for the rush. The primary is but
ten days off and just little ahead looms
up the State convention of May 5. The
life, vigor and interest that fills the party
and daily increases is both sign OF con-
scious strength and promise of success.
Tomorrow evening the mem bers of the
County Committee from the Fourth Con-
gressional District will meet 10 select poll
ing places, appoint election officers and at
tend 10 other practical election details.
The County Committee will hold regular
meeting on Thursday evening, and after
that meeting adjourns the County COM
mitteemen Of the Fifth District will meet
10 consider election officers. Election Of
fcers and polling places will be named by
Inc committeeman IOT lLSlE respective QlS-
tricts, subject TO approval by the entire
district com mittees.
The district committees of the County
Committee Will during the week hold
other meetings than those now set, it is
likely, and during the week the names OF
election officers will be known, as well as
the names OF most of the Candidates for
State convention delegates from the vari-
ous districts.
Since the issuance of the primary elec-
tion call the Republicans OF the City have
acquired increased confidence that the
election about TO be held Will be one of the
cleanest ana fairest in the history of the
City. The voters, with the sole exception
of The small Kelly Mahoney crowd, have
rallied to the support of the party inter-
ests, approved the policy which has been
strenuously insisted on by John D.
Spreckels and made united local party.
1t has now become indisputably evident
that at the coming primary all factions
will stand on an equal footing, that excel
lent safeguards against fraud will be in
operation and that the result will hon-
estiy snow the will of the Republican
voters in the various districts.
While in the Fourth District the mem
bers OF the County Committee have acted
in perfect harmony, and while the re-
spectacle element there, the Republican
clubs, the men OF influence IN the party
and the rank and file, are cordially sup
porting the regular party organization,
the proceedings on election day are likely
TO be made more interesting by q rump
Kelly and MaEoney primary running g
amid steam-beer glory from 8 A. NJ until
Pm.
Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney have
seen fall away from them most of the
friends inclined to travel with them on the
start, but they have decided to stay in the
ring and kick up little dirt anyway. The
primary will be run by Kelly and Ma
honey, assisted first by Jack Hoey, Jake
Shaen and few :eutenants of that sort
and second by that Congressional com
mlttee" created in Mahoney's hotel rooms
at the snap Saturday night meeting which
Martin and Jerry rustled up in haste.
This Congressional committee was ap-
pointed, 1t will be rememb bered, bv the
votes OF two OF the eleven members of the
State Central Committee of the Fourth
District, one legitimate proxy and two
Forged proxies, On the strength of this
action Kelly and Mahoney propose to
assert that the primary called and regu-
lated by the practically unanimous vote of
the Republican County Committee and
supported by practically the entire party
is illegal, and they propose to hold little
primary OF their own and send a contest
ing keliy-Mahoney delegation to the State
Convention. Yesterday they began opera
tions.
Two friends of Martin Kelly went out to
see Registrar Hinton in the forenoon to
see about borrowing ballot boxes The
Registrar consented on condition that the
boxes be taken charge of by responsible
cltlzens. That guarantee was given and a
widely known citizen was called in and
introduced to Mr.. Hinton as the man who
would receipt for the boxes and look after
them. This widely known citizen was the
notorious Jack Hoey of Brannan street.
whose ''push" has for years run and dis
graced Republican primaries in one south
ol.Market region. Great preparations are
being made for steam beer primary At
which Martin Kelly's old push" will
vote as often as necessary.