The San Francisco call., 1898-08-09

without exception the Democrats are de- termined to take this means of voiclns their protest against the garrotlng or tne party by McNab, Afford, Gould, ct al In the Third Ward there may be httie rumpus between the Foote and FitzgeraId factions. That ward has been allotted three delegates. FOote has already been chosen as delegate-at-large and his tac- ton, headed by Frank Moff1tt, thinks II would be the proper thing for each crowd to take one of the two remaining places fltZgeraldS $ forces are inclined to make a struggle for both places. but even of they do 1t will merely signify that the old fac uonal feud is still on and will have little or nOthting to do with the overwhelming sentiment against gag rule. MaguIre has a strong following among the AlaIneda Democrats. there is no gainSaying that, but even they are disposed to question the arbitrary manner in which fusion with the POpulists was effected as un-Demo- cratic, while as for the methods of Whis- pering McNab and his allies they de nounce them iE enthusiastically plain Democratic language.
 The Federal brigade. aided and abetted by the county and municipal crowd has been cut loose to bolster up FIilborn' $ Congressional fight. Last Saturday night there was meeting of the Army and Navy Republican League, the largest and most influential political organization in ward of 900. Every member of the club employed in the Mint, Custom House and other Federal departments, including Joe Standeford, W. H. Adams R. c. J. Adney, Cyrus Ellis. c. w. Harbinger and others, together with William C. Barnes. of the Sixth street fire company. and other members of the Fire and Street Departments were present.
 This crowd was mustered for the sole purpose of capturing the club for HiI- born. and made determined effort to carry out it's purpose President George w. HOguet and other Metcalf men, how ever. stood off the gang and prevented the raid. There will be another meeting of the club next Saturday night when the
 
 the friends of Metcalf, having full knowl- edge of what has been planned will be able to again defeat them. But there will be lively time at the meeting just the same.
 The situation in the Forty-eighth As sembly District Is of much general inter est. This district was represented in the last Legislature by Assemblyman Frank NJ Leavitt, who is now making appar- ently winning fight to succeed the late district consists of the Fourth. Sixth and two precincts of the Fifth Ward. Super visor Church will be the nominee to sue ceed himself from the Fourth Ward. As semblyman Leavitt has the Sixth well in hand and it is considered to be good pol itfcS to take the AsSemblyman from the section of the Fifth Ward So far the candidates are ". Nat Friend, treasurer of the Young Mems Republican League, and Paul Goldsmith. who was beaten by Hart North at the last county conven- ton for the nomination from the Forty that it would be folly to give the nomina- ton to Goldsmith, because he is no stronger now than when he rabved out of the district where he was defeated and since that time he has met with two other political reversals. one when he tried to secure a Yosemite commissioner ship from the present Democratic Gov ernor and another when he attempted to be named as the successor from the Fifth Ward to Tom Robinson on the RepublI- can county central committee.
 It has been reported that there is vet another candidate for the nomination. but the gentleman named positively de- clares that under no conditions would he seek an office and therefore it looks as though W. Nat Friend would capture the nomination