The herald., 1896-10-15
FRAUDS ARE ATTEMPTED
But In Some Instances Weak Attempts
Are Discovered
tn Five Candidates for Mayor Loom Up
Notwithstanding
The Silver Republican Club Writes a
Sassy Letter to Editor Osborne,
Calling Him Down-Political
News and Notes

There Is a very vigorous attempt be-
ing made by the city hall push to capture
the League for Better City Government.
Within the past few days-three all
told-the ward membership has increas-
ed 1900, or an average of 500 day.
OF the new members going in, 80 per
cent are Republicans, and they join for
the express purpose Of securing the en-
dorsement of the league for the Repub-
lican candidates for office.
To the ward membership anybody is
eligible. All thad is necessary is that
the party signing the application be a
voter, on the great register and recon-
mended by one Of the members of the
Central league. No dues attach to ward
membership.
The result of this, of course, is that the
friends of every Republican candidate
have ever since Thursday last been join
ing the ward membership in droves. They
will each be given postal ballot and
chance to vote for their friends on the
Republican ticket.
1t would be folly to state that no DEM
ocrats have signed the ward member
ship. They have. But the proposition
is about four Republicans to one Dem
ocrat, and the outcome of it all is 60
ing to be, so it would appear now, the
endorsement of about all the Republican
ticket. with the possible exception Of
mayor
The league was undoubtedly formed
for an excellent purpose, and If the prop
osition designed had been carried out
it would have been well, but the politics
that are being done just now, and which
will continue to be done until Saturday,
will not develop satisfactory results nor
assist the cause of good government in
the municipality.
that 247 illegal memberships had been
discovered. One man had written the
signatures to PAT applications for ward
memberships. He had just simply taken
the names from the great register and
expected to have possession of that many
postal ballots.
In one precinct rs more illegal men,
berships were discovered. 1t was also
stated that Hon. w. H. Workman had
found 20 Illegal memberships in appli-
cations presented to him.
No one has an unkind word to say of
the aims and purposes Of the League for
Better City Government but to Careful
observer it would appear just now that
the primary object for which it was
formed was going to be lost sight of in
the mad rush being made by Republi-
cans to join the ward clubs to secure the
Endorsement of the Republican city
ticket.
The city hall push has perfected an
organization to swell the membership of
the league with members of the push,
and is proceeding to accomplish the work
in a systematic way.
Nevertheless there may yet come some
good results, but the outlook is far from
encouraging. The failure of the organi-
zation to obtain the end sought ,fpr will
not be the fault of the founders and
originators of the league, They are
good citizens, but their plan is not a
practical one.
There were five candidates for mayor
listed last night when the time to file
petitions for candidates closed. They
were T. E. Rowan, 7. w. Brotherton.
M. p. Snyder. Three are Republicans
and two are Democrats. Mr.. Rowan
was a candidate in the Democratic city
convention. but withdrew before the bal
lot was taken, as his defeat there was
assured. Messrs. Stewart and Broth
erton are well known business men of
unquestioned integrity and probity of
character. julius H. Martin is the Re-
publican nominee, with whom the water
company and the allied villanies expect
to defeat M. p. Snyder by any and every
combination they can make.
1t is intimated that no candidate for
mayor will receive a majority of the
votes in the postal primary for mayor.
This, then, will throw the result into
the convention for determination. If
any body is indorsed by the postal pri-
mary it will probably be Mr. Martin.
For this result an organized effort is be-
ing made on the part of Republicans but
even it may fail.
The central committee of the Better
City Government league met yesterday
evening and made up the ticket that
will be submittedr to the members of
the organization by means of the postal
primary. Nearly all the nominations
were made by petition, a few names be-
Ing supplied by the central committee
where no petitions were filed. Follow"
ing is the ticket, complete, with the ex-
ception of the candidates for mayor,
above named:
For treasurer-W. A. Hartwell, A. B.
Workman.
Auditor-T e. Nichols, w. e. Hughes.
Clerk-Charles l.. Wilde, c. H. Hance.
Attorney-W. Z. Dunn.
Engineer-C. S. Compton, Burr Bas-
sell, ]. H. Dockweiler.
superintendent OF streets-John H.
Drain, James e. Frick.
Tax collector-John H. Gish, Ben l..
Ward, A. M. Salyer.
Assessor-James g. Kays, j. M Mere
dith, George Hull.
Council, First ward-George w.
Stockwell, F. M. Nickel; Second ward,
Fred l.. Baker; Third ward, q. D.
Mkhuss, John Kenealy; Fourth ward,
Herman Silver, p: ?. Riley. c. H. Long,
Z. X. Green; Fifth ward, Charles H.
Toll, j. M. Stewart; Sixth ward, L. M.
Grider, r. b. Lowell; Seventh warl
JaAriamin s. Lauder, w. 10. Keller!
Eighth ward, no nominations: Ninth
Z. = -" Blanchard. Samuel Rees
c. M. Wells.
Boarc Or education-First ward, W.
Ryder; Second ward, N. p. Conrey:
Third ward. A. S. Bartlett, q. II
OMelveney, DR.. Fl. B. Wing; Fourt n
ward, L. c. McKeeby. S. p. Mulfor,i
8. G. Marschutz, Charles Cassat Davis
Martin M. Levering; Fifth ward, ii
r. Baumgardt. j.. H. Braly, Lewis
Thorne, F. A. Walton , Ad Petsch:
Sixth ward. F. r. Moore. E. NJ Mathis.
J. A. Walls; Seventh ward, G. H. Wadd-
leigh; Eighth ward. George P. Phibbs;