The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-17
AT-AND-MOUSE.
LOCAL POLITICS
Each Half of a Combination
Watching the Other
Half.
NO ONE is CONFIDENT.
Saturdays Convention Cannot
Fail of Being One of
the Liveliest.
EVIDENCE OF THE RAILROAD.
Ex-Mayor Chapman Tells Why He Is
Opposed to Senator Perkins
Reelection.
EVIDENCE OF THE RAILROAD
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, !
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| Doing politics at present consists
solely in preparing tickets for Saturdays
Republican primary. The task is hard
one, and is taxing severely the cunning
and ability of the keenest and most ex-
perienced politicians. Men who have
never been on the same side in local poll
tics before now walk Broadway arm in
arm, each congratulating himself on nav
ing converted the other, and this expert
ence is quite general.
Many new features have cropped up
since the Hilborn- Frick fight of a month
ago, and prominent men who opposed
each other are now in the same camp.
DR.. Pardee and W. R. Davis were des-
perate for Hilborn; R. Leckie, E. Nus
banner and their friends were all earnest
for Frick. Now they are all fighting for
F. S. Stratton for State Senator. w. 81.
Friend, who carried on the notable con-
test between the two Congressional COM
mittecs until he secured recognition and
was made president of the reform
committee" was an active work
or with many OF the men who
are now for Stratton, while he
at this time is reported as being out for
DR.. Derrick, who is STATIONS only oppo-
nent. The work of Friend, though praise
worthy in many respects and deserving of
recognition, is considerably neutralized
by his desire to be elected Supervisor.
Just how far his popularity OF two months
ago has suffered cannot be told till the
primary ballots are counted. 1t has been
reported. that Friend may not work &C.
lively for the Supervisorship if he be
promised certain support for Mayor next
March, but in any event it is known he is
after an office, and is has made great in
roads into the effectiveness OF his reform
work.
Bailey, tombstone and Pelouze. who
wish to succeed them selves as Supervisors.
have a hard fight on hand. They have ali
been accorded railroad influence in the
past, and although Pelouze voted to up
hold the Dalton assessment his conversion
came too late to merit confidence. The
candidates for Superior Judge are also in
Greene-Hall versus Langan-Hill. The
men who were strong for Frick for Con-
gresham are now for the Greene-Hal
ticket and also for Bailey and tombstone
for Supervisors. This being so, there is a
suspicion that the railroad is at work on
the whole combination, and if this predic-
ton be fulfilled before Saturday it will
materially help the Hill-Langan end of
the fight. There is no possibility of any
railroad support going to Hill, as he is one
of the leading counsel who won the deci,
sion for the city that takes the Oakland
As Davis is for Stratton and Greene ana
Hall are making the most of their COM
bination with Stratton also, it is evident
that support for Stratton does not Imply
support for Hall and Greene. as w. r.
Davis Is certainly not opposing his own
partner.
At present the Hall-Greene-St ratton
ticket is the most in evidence, and the
Langan- Hill-Derrick ticket is the most
quiet. Past experience has invaria blv
shown that the quiet ticket comes out on
top, but there are enough new elements
this time to keep even the shrewdest
guessing
At the meeting of the Fourth Ward Re-
publican Club last night ex- Mayor Chap
man made some remarks about Senator
Perkins. He said:
I am opposed to the reelection OF a United
States Senator who says a free trader should
go to Congress. Perkins is good sort of
fellow, but he has not the courage OF his con-
victions. What right has ne to discredit the
nominee of the Republican party? Perkins is
a nerveless and timid man, and contrasts
strangely with Morino, one of the marshals OF
Napoleon; he also was tir1id man, but had
the courage of his convictions If George C.
Perkins had q little of that mans courage he
should be reelected. have no personal ami
mostly against Senator Perkins, but every Re
publican should be loyal to the party and not
support man who in this district is against
the funding bill, but up in Grove L. Johnsonis
district is in favor OF 1t.
The ''free-trader" to whom Mr.. Chap
man alluded is evidently Congressman
Mcguire.
Senator Eli Denison next spoke and
said he backed up Mr.. Chapman's expo
sition of Senator Perkins position, and
would think it over deeply before he
helped to make Perkins a Senator next
winter.
The Democrats are holding club pri-
maries to- night Tor delegates to Saturdays
convention.