The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31
THE. ]. .=POPULISTS :. ]. OVERLOOKED No. Room for Them on Registration Boards. 7. :':'.
 TURNED DOWN BY ALLIES THEIR. REQUEST FOR A FEW
 PLACES WAS IGNORED. Registrar Biggy Is Dissatisfied With
 the Manner in Which :. Officers Were
 Chosen.
TURNED DOWN BY ALLIES
THEIR. REQUEST FOR A FEW
 PLACES WAS IGNORED.

The local Popuists now understand what fusion with the Democracy means. They believed that when they fused with the Maguire-Gallaghe Democrats at Sacra- mento they would be rewarded by proper recognition when the time for the distri- button of the political plums arrived. The first distribution of the plums was made yesterday and not plum fell to the Pop ulists. The Democrats took two out of every three plums distributed and gave their allies a lot of gilt-edged promises. Promises are all right in their way, but plums are better, no matter how small may be the plums. The Populists asked for fifty-three precinct registration off- .cers. How their modest request was re- ceiVed by the Democrats is best shown by the list of officers selected. In each pre- Ginct two Democrats were chosen and one Republican. None of the officers bear the Populist. label.
 Mayor Phelan and Registrar Biggy also had an unpleasant experience with the commission. Auditor Broderick City At torney Creswell, Tax Collector Block and Surveyor Tilton were united on every proposition and the Mayor and Registrar received the same consideration that Is given dle proverbial white chip in faro game. They were simply overlooked.
 The ball started rolling when Registrar Biggy inquired if the commission intend ed living up to the letter of the law, which provides that all election and registration officers must be on the assessment roll.
 ;. Do you want us to violate the oaths we have taken to support the constitution of the SIate?" asked Attorney Creswell. |'The constitution explicitly sets forth that property holding is not necessary quail ficatfon. for office holding.''
 But there is a law. ventured Biggy, "that reads that all election officers must be on the assessment list
 ''I believe that law to be unconstitution- al," said Creswell in reply, and so does the majority of the members of the com
 we have exercised all the care possi- ble," said Tax Collector Block, 'in the selection of the men who are to serve on the present registration boards, and al- though some of them may not be on the assessment roll we personally know them to be good men,"
 If you intend living Ip to the l"tter of the law which provides that all these off cers must be on the assessment roll?''
 This is meeting of the Election Gem missioners,' replied Creswell. I've are not here to interpret the law for you
 Why is it necessary" asked Auditor Broderick, that the precinct registration officers be on the assessment roll? They are only going to do the same work the deputies you have in your office at pres ent are doing, and l venture to say that not one of your entire force Is on the as- sessment roll"
 After a lengthy debate Mayor Phelan made a motion that the Registrar be given until tomorrow morning at 10 O O'clock to consult tho assessment rolls and ascertain if all of the clerks selected were on II.
 What is the use of wasting that much time, said Creswell, flor l know that over 50 per cent of the men you named, MT. Mayor, are not on the assessment -rolI?''
 Block then moved that the list of Demo cratS and Republicans presented be se- lected to act as precinct registration ofi- cers.
 The motion prevailed, Mayor Phelan alone voting against 1t:
 The following is the list or ofhcers chosen:
 TWENTY EIGHTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. First PrecInct-Inspector, ". J. Burke, D., 32 Steuart street; judge, w. II. McManus, b, .ilS East street; judge Edward Skelly, R., s5 Steuart street.
 sscdnd. Preclnct-Inspector, H. c. Beckley, D.;sa steuart street; judge, J. P Dulleghan. D, .Sls Fremont street; judge James $. Brown R.. 1e1z Folsom street.
 =: .TRiEd' Precinct-Inspector, M; J. O. Brien' D-' 1T RlncoA: place; judge. William Casey, D.. 2 Goddsell place; judge C. V. Boucher R'' .4r7 First street.
 .* Fourth Preclnct-Inspector. W. J. Farren, D; '505 Harrison street; judge, D. r. Sullivan D.. .36l First street; judge. E. w Haughy, R., .Fnth Precinct-Inspector, Thomas J. Sears, D.. 1T Tehama street; judge, James W. Buch- ahnahs. D. 4s Tehama street. judge, James H. | " Sixth Precinet-Inspector Joseph M. Kele- her, D, 56 Tehama street; judge. A J. Este ltta.' D., 6S Tehama street; judge, Charles L. JIaqnigan, R., 547 Howard street.
 % Seventh Precinct-Inspector, Simon Light D.. 145 Second street; judge John Donnelly D., :el4 Howard street; judge, NJ. Cornyn R., .bT. Natoma street.
 Eighth Preclnct-Inspector Henry M. Dono- hue: D., 42 Natoma street; judge, Thomas Manning, D., 52 Natoma street; judge, John Murdock, R, "A Natoma street. Ninth Precinct-Inspector, William Mahoney. D., .l04 New Montgomery street judge, Lewis J. Adams, D., 241z Minna street; judge, Jos eph r. Ford. R.. 5s3 Mission street. Tenth Precinct-Inspector. Michael J. Brown D., Lick Alley; judge, \. H. Behrman, D., 5Gs Mission street; judge, John J. Larkin, R. s2 Jessie street.
 Eleventh Precinct-Inspector. Charles Me Mullen. D.. g Second street; judge, John E. Gleason D. 632 Mission street; judge Hollis K Rand. R., 1si Jessie street. :. Twelfth Precinct-Inspector. Thomas Harri- son,' D., 24 Stanley place; judge Nicholas Marrsch. ID, 15 Stanley place; judge, Thomas II. Vivian. R. 12 Essex street.
 Con1an, D., 24 Sherwood place; judge, Arthur C. Uuger. D., IT Minna street judge, Peter Dougherty. R.. z Sherwood place. Fourteenth Preclnct-Inspector. John J. Al fen. D. 2l8 Second street; judge, James r. Moore. D.. % Hawthorne street: judge, Thomas Phipps. R.. G5s Howard street
 Fifteenth Precinct-Inspector, Martin J. Heavy. D.. 172 Hawthorne street judge Prank J. Carney, D.. f72 Clementina street judge John Gill. R.. 1s7 Tehama street. .nlor .D. 70 Perry street: judge. F McAuliff D 4G9I6 Third street; judge. Robert ]. Avery : R.. 2S Silver street.
 .. TWENTY NINTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
 First .Precinet-Inspector. Ed Whean, D.. ssI