The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-25
STRONG TICKET NAMED BY
THE REPUBLICANS.
Frederick Eaton Nominated for
Mayor by Acclamation PECULIAR
ly Qualified for the Re
sponsible Position.
Special Dispatch to The Call

Engineer. Tax Collector, Assessor. 0u-
perintendent of Streets. nine CounclIIll lei
and nine members of the hoarU u i1>l0
cation. 49,, ...
will he afforded an opportunity TO ADOPT
~, raiec+ q new charter which has Deeh
formulated by a board OF htteeh 4ee-
holders In the event the new Chdt eh
should prevail the officers chosen at llIe
forthcoming election will serve loI OlIiS
one year But should the charter DC &c.
iac,ed they will serve for the tuI perlou
of two years. ...s =;
1,ba greatest interest is manifested IN
tho contest for the position OF Mayor
The RepubIica have nominated d very
strong city ticket. The opposition 10 ttle
Republican party is combined unuer tiIo
term Union Party and lncIuuts IiIe
extraordinary political mixture Oh Deiito-
crate silver Republicans and PopulSIS
- -be first time in a long period OF
years the Republican candidate for May
or was named by the city convention oy
condemnation. His name is Frederick Pa
TON. He was born and raised III Ills
CITY. and is by profession GlXll enslhee Tai
Mr. Eaton is a man OF mludle 60 nc 90
his career has been most succeSsIu vi QIie.
lie has been connected with the pupg!ttC
works of this city for something ilhe ~
teen years, and the experience IHu 81 a." ~
ouired will prove OF great 3uN dIIId50
him in the discharge of his duties DIS INC
executive of the municipal Cover I I-L EN-
He has served several terms as lily - -
pineer. and in that capacity lald out the
local sewer system, and also gave du-
vice and directed the initial steps IlaC
were taken, some eight. or nine years years
ago in the matter OF munlClpal O"Aelo snip
of the water distributing plant.
Mr. EatOn's record as cltlZen anu on
official has not been assailed In any way,
and il cannot be. He stands Squa[eIy
on the platform adopted by the Repupl-
can city Convention in relation to the
water question, which is and Will pc IN
til it is settled the most momenlouS P T,t
lie issue before the people mere. Inc
declaration of the Republican platform
in regard to municipal ownership is Is
Main and uneQuiVOCal. 1t is absolutely
devoid of any verbiage or unnecessary
clauses. and declares that the city
and the city only should own, c0netol anu
operate its water distributing plant.
Mr. Eaton's experience as CITY I'm
q eineer will prove TO be valuable for the
reason that during the next z Two OF OF
litigation with the water company In the
settlement of the disputed propositions IN IN
volved in the transfer OF the company, .
rights and property to the CITY. me
p -MayOr will. of course, TO large extent,
direct the legal struggle which the mu-
nicipality will be compelled TO MAINTAIN
I'm order to protect and assert its rights.
His intimate acquaintance with the plant
of the water company in It's most minute ute
details, as an expert engineer, specially
qualify Mr.. Eaton at this time 10 I'LL the
position he is seeking.
Two years ago Los Angeles city gave
Mr.. Bryan a plurality of something ike
$50 but this year Mr.. Gage and his asSo-
ciates on the Republican State ticket
obtained a plurality of about 1000, which
is the normal Republican plurality the
city gives under ordinary circumsta
In this municipal contest now on there is
absolutely no division in the Republican
forces; they are united as they never We're
before and the best of judges are OF the
opinion that the 1900 plurality of NoYem-
Der Will be increased to 25OO on the 9th
of December.
ticket with Mr.. Eaton are all men of ex-
ceptional strength, and there does not
seem to exist any doubt Of their election
The nominee for City Clerk is Lafay-
cite Martindale, a veteran of the civil
War, who left a leg upon the Held OF
battle. Captain MartndaIe mas RESIDED 20
in Los Angeles for quite period of
years, and is in every way qualified to
i'll the position of Clerk.
Walter F. Haas is the nominee for
City Attorney. Mr.. Haas is a young man,
who was educated in this city. He has
been for many years practitioner at the
bar and has succeeded in establishing
himself as an attorney of no mean abil-
ity. During that time he has handled
1852 cases in the Superior Court (and has
lost only nineteen of them, in addition to
bate matters, which he has attended to.
The only point that is being made against
Mr. Haas is that he is a young man. This
his friends admit. but they refer to the
gentleman's record as an attorney, and
it certainly goes to establish the fact that
he is fully qualified to fill the important
position as the city's legal adviser.
The present Superintendent of Streets
John H. Drain, has been renominated
This position Mr.. Drain has filled for two
years and he is the first man to occupy
1t who has not had his administration
D.. stained by defalcation. The, position
is a difficult one to fill and its duties re,
quire a man of extraordinary mental
equipment, 1t can truthfully be said
that Mr.. Drain has given better satisfac-
predecessors
The nominee for Tax Collector is Will
liam a. White. Mr.. White has filed sew
eral official positions in this county most
-creditably. He has served as financial
secretary. of the Los, Angeles County
Council of Labor and his nomination was
to a certain extent a recognition of or
ganized labor.
The nominee for City Treasurer is w
A. Hartwell. He has filed the position
two terms and was given q denomination
in recognition, not only of his own eff
Grand Army of the Republic.
The nominee for City Assessor is Ber
tleman has been engaged in securing
Eastern capital for investment in South
ern California. He is well posted upon
most competent Assessor
The nominee for City Engineer is Frank
II. ,Olmstead. This gentleman has a rec
ord as a consulting engineer second &c
no one in Southern California. He has
been, engaged in several important engi.
HS6IlLB WOIhS III lIlS part Oh the state
and as City Engineer there is no doub1
that he would give satisfaction.
For City Auditor F. A. Carson, native
Of Los Angeles County, is the nominee
Mr.. Carson is a young man and has
served for four years past as assistant
clerk Of the Board of Supervisors.
The Republican nominees for the City
Council this year are exceptionally
strong, and there exists not the slightest
doubt as to the election of six of the nine
nominees of the party.
w. H. Pierce in the First Ward Fred
/. Baker in the Second. Louis F. VetteI
in the Third Herman Silver in the
Fourth Charles H. Toll in the Fifth and
e L. Blanchard in the Ninth are be-
lieved to be certain of election. Messrs
Baker, Silver. Toll and Blanchard are
members of the present City Council. Ir
the Sixth Ward George E. Edwards, as
the Republican nominee, is making a no.
BILE struggle, but the ward has in the
past been inclined to elect Democrats tc
the City Council. The Seventh and Eighth
Wards are the two Democratic districts