The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
Orphan Circulars Are
Passed Around.
THEIR EFFECT NULLIFIED
RUMoRS OF RESIGNATION ARE
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
Business Practically Suspended Until
After the Election-Maguire
Disappointed His
Hearers.
Oakland once San Francisco Call.

908 Broadway, Nov. 5.
AT the eleventh hour the campaign cow
ard is appearing. Hundreds of orphan
circulars are being literally distributed
bearing no imprint of where they come
from thus violating the purity of cleo
ton law, while atthe same time they do
not disguise their authorship.
One of these circulars is evidently aimed
at Judge Allen, the Republican candidate
for District Attorney. 1t is of such a
childish, weak nature that its insinua-
lions do not get beyond the funny stage
and no one but an idiot would take them
seriously.
Another circular headed who Is to
Blame? nrofeSses to deal with some OF
the findings of the recent Grand Jury.
1t contains some things that the Grand
Jury did say and much that 1t did not
say. The postscript to this circular says:
For the first time in the history of Ala
media County ii has been found necessary
to keep Grand Jury in continuous. ses-
sion for ten months" This palpable false
hood)i typical of the rest of the circu-
lar, which is aimed at the Republican
candidates for Supervisors: 1t was not
sit for ten months, and since this view
of the matter has been circulated this
is the proper time to say that two-thirds
of Alameda County believes that the
diculous period Of ten months merely for
the purpose of being in position to pre-
sent a report at time when 1t might
affect the chances of certain Republican
candidates for office.
This circular is not signed, bears no
stamp of any printing office, but can only
have come from one source, and, conse-
quently, the next Grand Jury would be
doing something along the lines for which
Grand JurieS are empaneled and paid II
it undertook to ferret out the RESPONSE
bility of such cowardice.
Other reports are to the effect that GER
tain candidates have Withdrawn IN favor
of other candidates On the eve of every
election such reports are freely passed
around. AT present, however, no candi-
dates on the official ballots have resigned.
and although some of the independent Of
flee seekers might as well save the votes
of their friends, they are still in the race.
Business in this city until after the cleo
ton is practically at a standStill, so COM
pletely does Alameda County give itself
over to politics in a heated campaign.
There is no doubt of the success Of the
State ticket in Alameda County, and there
will no doubt be a good majority from
this side of the bay.
Much surprise has been expressed at
the. peculiar attitude Of Judge Mcguire
in his Thursday nights speech at the
Tabernacle Mr.. Mcguire said that he in
tended to devote his time to answering
his critics A large crowd of people of
all political faiths attended at the Tab
ernacle expecting that Judge Mcguire
would do as he said. To their great sur
prise he evaded, as did all the other
upon him by Rev. P. G. Yorke. This ST
ience on the part of Mr.. Mcguire has
caused much comment, for Rev. P. c.
Yorke has certainly been the most OUT
spoken critic of Mr.. Mcguire during the
whole of his campaign.