The San Francisco call., 1896-10-15
Max Brooks, Citizens Republl-
can Nominee for Recorder,
Withdraws.
THE POSITION LEFT VACANT.
Forged Names Found on Several Pc.
titions Called to the Attention of
Registrar Hinton.

| eI6Ct1Ou law lOI AltnR tue LlGk0IS OF DO-
litical parties by petition. Registrar Hin
ton was buster than usual and remained
| in his office till midnight to receive pro-
tests, Withdrawals, amendments and such
other matters as might be brought before
him. -
| The following parties were placed on
the official ballot: Republican, Demo
cratic, Peoples, Citizens Non Partisan,
Socialist Labor. Citizens Independent,
Citizens Republican, Anti Charter Demo-
cratic United Labor.
The candidates for the mayoralty are =
Charles L. Taylor (R., G. L, U. IL, James
D. Phelan 3D., C. N.-P.), Joseph I. Di-
mond (P., A. G. d., Charles s. Lau-
meister &c. R. P.) and Oliver Everett
Is. L.).
| These FIVE candidates will represent the
nine tickets now in the field. The ballot
is not expected to be any larger than
$40 blanket this year, and the average
voter will have to hustle around pretty
lively to mark his ballot in the ten min
utes allowed by law.
| The attention of the Registrar was called
TO the similarity of handwriting on several
of the petitions, whereas the law requires
graphs or the genuine signatures of the
persons whose names they purport to be.
To each petition is appended the affidavit
OF one of the signers, certifying that he
knows of his own knowledge that the sig
natures are genuine.
The affidavit is in printed form and is
acknowledged before notary public.
|. Registrar Hinton said that he would
probably bring the matter before the
Grand Jury for the purpose of making a
test case of perjury. He added that as
there were a sufficient number of appar-
rently genuine names on the petitions, he
had no recourse other than to place the
tickets on the official ballot.
Leon E. Jones, regular Republican can
didate for the Assembly from the Thirty
ninth District, appeared before the Regis
trar and formally protested against the
acce ptance of the petition OF DR.. +. M.
TuIey as the Citizens Independent party
candidate for the same Office. Mr.. Jones
protest was based upon the reument that
all the members on DIR. Tuley's purity
committee do not reside in that Asse mbly
district, and that the petition is improp-
erly certified to.
At late hour last night Max Brooks.
candidate for Recorder on the Citizens
Repu blican ticket notified the Registrar
that he had withdrawn. Under section
1892 the vacancy cannot be filled.
When the hour came at midnight that
marked the limit for the filing of nomina-
tions with the Registrar, eleven tickets
naming candidates for electors, Congress
men and legislators. and nine tickets COM
prising candidates for municipal honors
were on the record of his office.
On the general ticket thirty-four offices
are to be filled, and on the municipal
tifty-four, counting those county offices
whose status is still in doubt. The gen.
81 o1v -, hn - fxk<
hood of It's candidate to the voter, and the
municipal ticket about 275.
Extra lines to the number of all the
offices to be voted for will be left on, each
ticket, SO that the general ticket will have
about 210 mum bers and the municipal
| ticket $50. The municipal printed ballot
will be but slightly smaller than that of
two years ago, when it comprised 3S5 num-
bers and measured 32x18 inches. The gen.
eral ticket will be about tYo-thirds this
size. ~
Only three complete general tickets were
filed. These were by the Republican,
Democratic and Peoples parties. While
the Citizens Non-Partsan party named a
full legislative ticket, it had no Crongress-
for the suffrage of the voter. The Social
ist Labor party is ragged right through,
there being big gaps in many of the offices
and no State Senator was nominated by
| them.
The Prohibition party ticket consists of
electors and Congressman only and the
National and National Democratic tickets
will bear the names of electors only. The
general ticket of the Citizens Republican,
Anti-Charter Democratic and Citizens In
dependent tickets show only legislative
nominees
There will be four complete municipal
tickets, comprising those of the Repub-
lican, Democratic, Anti Charter Demo-
cratic and United Labor parties. The
Peoples party made no nomination for
Treasurer nor for two School Directors for
the unexpired terms of these offices; the
Citizens Non Partisan party omitted TO
nominate for the unexpired term of Treas
urer; the Citizens Independent party
failed to name candidates for Recorder,
District Attorney, one Superior Judge,
two Justices of the Peace and Tor Super
visor of the Third Ward. The Citizens
Republican ticket was broken at late
hour last night by the withdrawal of Max
| Broo as Recorder.
The only independent candidates name
that will be printed on the official ballot
is that of Horace w. Philbrook, who is