The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-20
Trouble Brewing Among Repub.
Iican Factions
WARRANTS ARE SWORN OUT
Charging Spreckels Men With Stuffing
Ballot Boxes
Democrats and Populists Show a De
cided Inclination to Unite and
congratulated Notes.


Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-There is
trouble brewing between the warning
Republican factions of this city. The
Spear wing of the party held primaries
and elected delegates to a municipal
convention a few days ago. Today the
Spreckels faction held it's primaries
The Spear men saw a chance to make
trouble and jumped at it. Private de-
tectives with counting machines were
placed at each polling place unknown
to the Spreckels men. They counted
every vote and watched the proceed
ings carefully. Their reports to the
Spear leaders caused A. Reuf to swear
out warrants for the arrest of five cleo
ton officers on the charge of violating
the primary laws. They are charged
with allowing improper persons to vote
and with stuff1ng the ballot boxes. The
returns from the primaries are largely
in excess of those secured by the de-
tectives and it is alleged by the Spear
men that in nearly every district the
boxes were stuffed.
FUSION FIXED.
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 19.-The DEM
ocratic county convention met again
today and accepted the resignation of
j. w. Ahern, the former nominee for
superior judge, and nominated ]. w.
Mahon. 1t also accepted the resignation
of George w. Wear, nominee for assem-
blyman, and Endorsed E. J. Emmons.
The Populists also met in convention
again and rescinded their former NOM
nation of ]. A. Hearalson for judge
and Endorsed Mahon. So both parties
now have Mahon for judge and EN-
mons for assemblyman. When the Pop
ulist convention voted to fuse fourteen
out of the thirty delegates walked out
of the hall and announced that they
would hold a true Populist convention
next week.
STOCKTON, Sept. 19-The Demo-
cratic and Populist county conventions
met today and nominated the following
ticket:
State senator, b. F. Langford: as
semblyman, Twenty-fifth district. DR..
A. L. Foreman; Twenty sixth district,
e. N. Pierce; superior judges, Joseph
Budd and R. c. Miner; supervisors, d.
c. Shepherd, E. G. Williams, and j.
"A. oH6pUtIu. L Hc dSSCliiDly iiiSh 1iiG
Williams are Populists.
POINTERS.
JACKSON, Sept. 1S.-The Democratic
and Populist conventions were held to-
day. r. c. Rust, incumbent, was re-
nominated for superior judge and A.
Caminetti nominated for the assembly.
Both candidates were Endorsed by the
Populists. P. Dwyer was re-nominated
for supervisor in this township.
MODESTO, Sept. 19.-The Republic
an county convention today nominated
L, L. bennett for superior judge, J. G.
Bensonc, Matthew Moyle and William
Love, supervisors and o. McHenry, DIR.
Wood, Guy Kilburn and G. L. McCabe
delegates to the district assembly con-
vention.
PLACERVILLE, Sept. 19.-Marion
De Vries, Democratic and Populist can
didate for congressman from the Second
district, spoke here tonight to an i'm
mense audience.
OAKLAND, Sept. 1.-the Democrats
and Populists of Alameda county by
their respective county conventions,
fused on county and legislative nomina-
tions today. They split even, taking
half the offices, only to make the division
the Democrats snapped supervisor
for state senator.
HANFORD, Sept. 19.-The Democrats
and Populists assembly convention in
the Sixty-fourth district, met here today
and fused upon James Mcclellan of this
county as the nominee. This is Nc
Clellans third trial to get to the legisla-
ture. George B. McCord, also of this
county, is his Republican opponent.