The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
ALL KINDS OF POLITICS.
The Municipal Campaign Develops Into
Go-As-You-PIeRse Contest.

The Municipal Campaign Develops Into
a Go-As-You-PIease Contest.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
908 Broadway, Jan. %.
Every club or organization political is
now bursting into new life for the March
election. Independent candidates are
running around with petitions, politicians
of all creeds have announced that the
exigencies of the moment demand that
party lines cannot be considered in
municipal politics, and lively campaign
is assured.
Although Mr.. Towle, who was the
opponent of Captain Thomas in the Re-
publican convention for Mayor. has stated
that he will not run independently,
there is a vague idea in the air that the
Municipal League Will nominate him for
the office now held by Davie and that he
will be forced through the opportunities
of friends, 10 run as candidate.
This evening ]. w, Dutton, president of
the Navy and Army Bryan Free-silver
League gathered together the mem bers
and held meeting in Becker's Hall. A
general discussion was held as to the
position the league should take in local
politics, but nothing definite was decided
upon, and the league will meet again next
week
1t is, however, given out that the league
will indorse the independent candida acv
OF John L. Davie.
The Municipal League will certainly
take hand IN the campaign, which will
probably consist of drawing up platform
and indorsing all those candidates who
will pledge themselves to accept it. They
will meet next Tuesday night to perfect
their arrangements.
Among he county officials there is no
more harmony than among municinaI
otfice-holders. County Clerk Jordan ba a
induced Senator Stratton to introduce a
bill in the Legislature referring to the
preparation OF the military roll. County
Assessor Dalton does not view the nro.
posed measure with any approval. but
Jordan has stateo that if Dalton attscks
the bill or tries TO prevent It's passage he
will take up the fight IN another dlreotio n
and will take steps to diminish the emoiu-
ments OF the Assessor office
Inc proposed bill is OF interest to every
assessor ana County Clerk in the State
''lt Is very simp measure and it's mas
sage would be but justice to the County
Clerks throughout the State" said Mr..
Jordan to-day. "As the old law stands
now 1T provides that the County Assessor
shall prepare the roll ana deliver it to
the County Clerk, who. after its approval
py Inc supervisors, must make two copies
AQ1uJanI-Qeneral
and the brgadier- general. The Assessor
receives cents name, or about $1,000 a
year 1or ms roll M aking, but the County
CLERK Is oollged 10 repare two copies
With no compensation whatever.
"The bill as introduced instructs the
Assessor to make triplicate copies when
the first is prepared and deliver the orig
NAL with two corrected ones, to the
Clerk. After the Board OF Supervisors
makes the necessary corrections which
amounts to little, the Clerk ceriifies to
the roll as required.
''The matter is just this way: The As
SCISSORS can use typewriters and make
three copies at the same time. without
any additional expense 1t works NO
hardship on them, but it does tn the
County Clerks who receive nothing for
the extra labor performed by them, while
the Assessors are more than liberaIly G m
pensated. -
The County Clerks all over this State
nave made protest against what thew
claim is an unfair law. They are ali ~
favor favor OF the amendment introduced by