The San Francisco call., 1896-09-25
FAK|RS FOLDED
THEIR TENTS
Played TO Empty Benches
and Retired Poor
in Purse.
MR.. KELLY'S SIDESHOW
Horace Davis Declined His
Nomination for the
Mayoralty.
OTHERS WOULD FOLLOW SUIT
No Nominations Were Made Last
Night and the Occasion Was
Turned Into Wake.
SAN CO, Sept. "a, 1896.

i
| III. p. SONNTAG ESQ, Chairman of
Convention-My Dear Sir: Yon will re-
member that in our conversation re-
| garding the Republican nomination for
Mayor said L should be glad to run if
L could unite the two wings so that
locally we could present a solid front
| for the great National issue in No
vember.
1t is very evident from the events OF
last evening that this cannot be done,
and it only remains for me to decline
the n ON nation; and in doing so I ask
you to thank your friends for their
generous confidence in me.
Regretting the continuance of this un-
happy quarrel remain, with great re-
spect, yours very truly,
HORACE DAVIS.
Martin Kelly's side show canvas col
lapsed last night, and his supernumeraries
and Heavy William Ruef Mercutio Kowal-
sky. Walking Gentleman Sonntag and
NJ icawber Mahoney, crawled out from un-
der the ruins in very limp and utterly
oemoralized condition.
Nobody would attend their show.
Horace Davis refused to occupy the
Mayors box, although he had received a
com plimentary ticket, and no one else
would accept a secondhand ticket, so that
there was no one of respectabiIity who
cared to run the risk attendant upon be-
ing found among the seedy and office
hungry patrons of the variety 10-cent
show.
It was OF no use to continue nominating
hands of the faklrs. The prospective cam
didates probably had in their minds eye
the Webster Dictionary definition:
Fakir, Faquir-Others wander about in
companies telling fortunes, and these are said
| TO be arrant Villains.
| People did not want to have their politi-
| cal fortunes told by the b mai b rith Hall
| aggregation of misfit talent out of a Job,
and that is why the hall was as gloomy as
a morgue last night.
Kelly and Mahoney looked down in the
mouth, Colonel Kowalsky's boutonniere
| lent 1.-The tender grace of day that is
| dead to countenance, which usually of
sunny hue, was now clouded with sad
ness.
The ''push" did not look very pushing
last night. They wore Grape on their faces
out of sympathy for their leaders politi-
cally dead.
The declination of Horace Davis was
| supplemented by q request from Major
| Mclaughlin, chairman of the Republican
should not make any nominations, but
that he should adjourn and call upon the
major at IL o'clock this morning and ex-
plain, il he could, whether he was politi-
caIly alive, and if so, why?
The major did not couch his request in
those words, but the crowd acted as
though he had, ana they came off the
Ruef and adjourned without having trans
acted any business whatever.
Chairman Sonntag's reply to Major Nc
Laughlin's request is embodied in the
following letter addressed to the chairman
OF the Regular Republican County Con-
vention:
HEADQUARTERS
| REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
| OF CALIFORNIA,
Rooms 166-169. Palace Hotel.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a, 1896.
Hon. Thomas d. Riorddn. Chairman, City-MY
| DEAR SIR: The following is copy of letter
| which have just received:
Hon. Frank Mclaughlin Chairn1qn Republican
! State ConHltttee-DEAR SIR: We are in receipt of
your courteous communication requesting that he
| Republican Municipal Convention, presided over
by me, appoint representatives to confer with you
| as chairman of the Republican State ommittee
interest OF Republican union and success and with
view to securing harmony and unity in the rank 5
OF the Republican party in San Francisco: and to
that end further suggesting that defer other
\ action by our convention aud adjourn our meeting
| this evening without making other nominations.
We are, as we always have been, so desirous OF
the success of the National Republican ticket and
our party principles involved in this Campaign
that we cheerfully accede to your request. We
beg to present TO you our assurance that our con-
venton will adjourn this evening without further
! action or nomination and that representa-
will be named, as requested, to meet you at the
hour by you designated and above named. Very
respectfully, HENRY p. SoNSTAG, Chairman.
| Task your careful consideration of Mr.. sonn-
| tags letter and request that the convention
| over which you have the honor to preside will
| also adjourn temporarily until such time as
4 can have conference with the represents
4 70 n
| urge that this action be taken in the inter
| est OF harmony and the consequent success OF
/ our party. Very respectfully,
FRANK MCLAUGHLIN, Chairman.
This is how the wake was announced:
Very promptly Chairman Sonntag an
peared upon the platform, but before he
! bad raped the push to order, Mr.. Ruei
had conversation with Mr.. Sonntag as
| follows:
"You will say" said Ruef, s'the next or
der of business will be the nomination OF
| a Superintendent of Schools. Then will
| get up before anybody else car say any.
| thing"
"All right" assented Chairman Som.
tag.
1.-THE secretary will please call the roll, u
said Mr.. Sonntag.
Colonel Kowalsky caught the cue and
| was on his feet in a moment to move that
roll-call be dispensed with, and it was so
ordered.
81 move that the nomination for Super
intendent of Schools be postponed" said
| Ruef.
Then he went on the platform and made
a statement to the effect that as he and
| Mr.. Kelly and the rest were desirous OF
harmony it would be better to act upon
Major McLaughlin's suggestion that no
business be DONE
A delegate announced that Sig. M. Bett-
man had been nominated for the Assem-
bly, Dy the Fortieth District convention.
Then Chairman Sonntag announced that
he would appoint Messrs. Mahoney, Ruef
and Kelly as a committee to confer with
Major Mclaughlin at IL o'clock to-day.
and the wake adjourned until Monday
night at o'clock.
The corpse has been placed on ice and
| will keep until then.
Major Mclaughlin was asked by CALL
reporter shortly after the lachrymose in
cident in B'nai Birth Hall whether he
had received petition from merchants or
other persons calling upon the State Gen.
tral Com mittee to step in and restore har-