The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31
HIS HENCHMEN ARE BUSY
BRAZEN ATTEMPTS TO CORRAL
OLD SOLDIERS.
Activity of the so-Called Battlefield
Veterans" an Organization
Composed of Members
of the Gang.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SA-J. JOSE. Oct. 30.-The campaign Is
sizzling in Santa Clara County and dur
ing the coming week Rea and Macken-
zie will turn their followers loose to
try and intimidate the respectable Vot-
ers into supporting the gang ticket
Preliminary to this the Union Battle
field Veterans, composed of about a
dozen of Rea's closest friends, are en-
deavoring to whip the old soldiers and
sons Of veterans into line. At the head
Of this organization are w. j. Wolcott,
Major Starck and L. L. Nattinger, and
for years they have tried to control the
veterans vote for Rea. It is this trio
that did the dirty work for Rea that
eliminated in the dismissal Of Profess
sor Smith from the High School and
nearly wrecked that institution. They
accused Smith of being unpatriotic,
and under this false accusation, the
School Board, at Rea's dictation, dis
missed him For this political job the
Union Battlefield Veterans received
scoring in the paers at the hands of
all Grand Army societies of this city.
But these minions of the boss are
again in the field under Reas orders.
They occupy half column in the
gangs organ. the Mercury, with reso-
lutions and try to head off the old SOL
diers. who are fiocking over to the Good
Government ticket. They announce
that their trust is mistaken in the
ability and integrity of the characters
of the regular Republican nominees"
and then 'deprecate the persistent use
by the opponents of the regular Repub-
ican ticket of gross and vile personal
abuse, both verbally and by the
medium of newspaper slurs and vul-
garisms, as unseemly and revolving"
What mockery and gall! These are
only the weapons Of the gang, and their
leader, Boss Rea, now stands convicted
of SANDER in the Superior Court for
conducting just the sort of a campaign
they deprecate.
The regular Republican" county
ticket is gang from top to bottom, and
this is the ticket the Union Battlefield
Veterans want other old soldiers to sup
port. These political soldiers" boast
openly that they control the Grand
Army vote and that they will deliver it
to Rea. The testimony of Rea, given
during the SANDER suit, showed that
Major Starck and w. j. Wolcott CON
suited with Mackenzie and himself in
regard to putting up a city ticket
The gang is to make hard fight for
a big majority in this city. This is
absolutely necessary to overcome the
great vote the Good Government
League will get in the country districts
1t was proposed to adopt the same dis
reputable tactics employed to carry the
Republican primary, but the election
officials appointed are getting cold
feet since it was possible to get a Jury
to convict Rea of SANDER. Beside, the
Good Government League has made ar
rangements and raised fund to prose
cute ballot-box suffers and all such
offenders.
The three cornered fight for Sheriff
is attracting the most attention
James H Lyndon, the Good Govern
ment candidate, is opposed by two gang
men, r. ]. Langford, Republican, and
g. z. Bollinger, Democrat. Either of
the two is satisfactory to Rea, and the
boss order is anything to beat Lyn-
dNn." johnnie Mackenzie. wanted to