The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
James J. Degan; secretary, H. Barbee; treas

n oIchel, A Coleman, I. Maxwell, K. Acres.
Ihomas Foley, A.Richet, John Fay, James ].
ltterman, William Raubinger Joseph Mogan,
James Cole, T. Hayden, H. Benges, t. H; Has
Orteli.
AS the hour of half-past approached
and the polls were about to be opened, J.
j. Degan, president of the district club,
called meeting of the club, the mem bers
being present in the room in large num-
oers. he then asked the committee II
they would, upon the closing OF the polls,
certify the result to the club.
Frank Huga for the committee said
they would not do SO; that they would
take the box back to the headquarters OF
the committee, as he understood such
were his instructions.
Degan then said there was another
ticket than the red ticket to be voted, and
proposed that the club appoint two men
and the committee appoint two. repre-
senting Doth tickets, they to count the bal
lots.
That red ballot was prepared by the
general committee, said George Maxwell,
speaking of the matter last night. at
does not represent this district. We had
no objection TO 1t being voted, but the
Democratic club or this district had regu-
larly nominated another ticket and in
tended to see that 1t should have
fair play. They sent its nominations
to the general committee with $25 to pay
the expense of having the tickets printed.
We have the receipt OF the secretary for
that money, but, as l say, they took upon
themselves 10 make up an entirely dif-
ferent ticket, leaving off many of the
names of our nominees. Furthermore,
they brought up polling list containing
over $40 names, while there were only 442
regularly registered and entitled to vote.
That is the reason of our action tonight"
The life seemed TO have been crushed
out OF good old-time Democratic primary
politics in the Twenty-ninth District. The
election there last night was but a shadow
IN comparison with former primaries.
There was TO have been a conflict between
Nat Seehg, who represents the Fire De-
partment and the Mint, and Sam Braun
hart. Seehg had nominated six extra
names for the ticket, with the belief that
thirtv-one names would be printed. The
Junta, however, announced some days ago
that only twenty-five names would be
printed, and that left Seelig out in the
cold.
The little crowd gathered in hall on
the ground floor last evening, and when
the time Tor opening the ballot had arrived
q clever trick was played on the opposi-
ton, that is. Seelig's men. The secretary
remarked that it was time to open the
window TO let the crowd outside vote. No
sooner were the words uttered than Seelig
and his friends made for the street. They
found TWO boys peerlng through the window
and later that the door was closed against
them. So a fight for the ballot-box or
ballots was out of the question. Four
stalwart policemen helped to strengthen
this conclusion. The voting passed off
quietly, though only eighty-one votes out
OF the 900 registered in the district were
cast, and half of those were claimed as
suffers.
They were a singularly good-natured
lot OF Democrats who took an interest in
the primary elections in the Thirty-fou
District at Harmony Hall on Mission
street, near Thirteenth. They had de-
cided disagreement over the whole busi-
ness, which proved TO be on the comic
order.
To begin with. the ticket nominated i'll
regular manner by the district committee
February and duly presented at the
Junta' 5 headquarters was not printed by
the Junta managers. J. H. McCallum,
secretary of the district committee, called
at headquarters in the afternoon for the
ballot box, tickets. and rolls. He was told
that the tickets would not be ready until
6 P NJ. He called again al 3, when it was
stated that George E. Gallagher had re-
celved the tickets, ETC., and would have
them ready at 1880 P. NJ.
Gallagher was on hand when the polls
were to be opened, and so was majority
OF the district committee. McCaIIum saw
at glance that q trick had been played at
headquarters, for the ticket had been
changed so he hardly recognized it. He
called meeting OF the committee IN the
absence OF the chairman, R. J. Luttinger,
VINO declined to serve, and II was decided
to sit upon the ballot-box until j. J. Borden
and John Heenan, committee, went TO
headquarters with a protest. The district
committee would accept only tie ''official
ticket"
j. B. Williams demanded the right of
voting, which was denied. He then de-
manded the ballot-box, and the crowd all
laughed heartily. Whereupon Williams
improvised a balIot-box from a starch box
and bossed the district election. Four
with great solemnity. The seal was signed
by J. B. Williams, j. X. Bell, c. Witpeck
and ]. F. Kirby.
The fight was for George Gallagher OF
the Deuprey committee, and he got seven
or eight names on the ticket. The names
rejected were: ]. H. McCallum, chair
man; J. f. McElroy, secretary; John
Nee. ]. ]. Borden, Nat. O'Brien, John
McGuigan, canvassing committee; J. Nc
Neil, Joseph Cruze, J. Z. O'Brien and r.
L. Mann, general committee.
-Four votes were cast for the regular
pink anti-Rainey ticket, cleyeTly prepared
at headquarters, ana sprung when the
time for balloting begun.
Twenty-eighth District President, Thomas
Cusick; vice-president, Fred Murphy; record
ing secretary, Henry Healey; corresponding
secretary, Frank Sweeney; treasurer, J. T.
McGovern.
Canvessing committee s. Hayes. Charles
Whltelaw, Thomas Maher, P. II. McKenna, W.
Turner.
Delegates-James Sutton, D. Geary. NJ. Tier
ney, J. Ferris, J. German, T. Don nelly, DR.. T.
A. Rottanzi, j. Welsh. w. Carroll, w. Matthews
N. Doyle, D. johnson, J. Connors, ]. Murphy,
John Hannah.
Twenty ninth district-President Lawrence
Bramian; vice-presldent Samuel Braunhart;
vice president, Matt Z. Lally; recording secre-
tary, John Brown; corresponding secretary,
Joseph A. Mogan; treasurer, August Tillmann.
Canvassing committee-J. J. Mccarthy, J. c.
Murphy. j. X. Colbert, James O'DonneI1, John
Allen.
Delegates-Joseph NJ. Quinn, J. NJ Strauss,
Louis Selig, John Mannix, Patrick Leydon
owen Moore, Daniel J. Crowley, Edward G.
Faulkner, William T. Boyce, Louis Valentine
Henry Sheehan, John Coakley, James Fitz-
gerald, James Campbell.
Ihirtieth District-President, Thomas J. Far
rell; vice-president, Captain Charles Gildea;
secretary, L. ]. Harmon: corresponding secre-
tary, J. I. Cunningham; treasurer, George Fitz-
gerald.
Canvassing committee-John Cadogan, John
o. Neil, Thomas Healey. Henry Ingerson J. X