The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

political bow The old San Francisco Athletic Club has existed on Sixth street for twenty years. Greggains picked up boxing in it as a boy, and in the many years ago, he suddenly won neighborhoOd respect and reIiown and fairly started his pugilistic career when he knocked out Andy Breslin, the amateur champion of that section. The club lived out it's ups and downs, ring contests, its dances and it's deficits for a generation, and few weeks ago it was quieScent in poor old quarters down by Grammar street.
 It was another opportunity for Aleck and he easily became president and instructor of the old club and promptly moved it, with a whoop, up the street into a big annex to his new saloon. Aleck elaborately displayed all the gaudy social paraphernalia of the clubs new headquarters for the Thirty second, and the boys piled over one another in the struggle for member ship, according to his story.
 "A boss has got to keep a level head Aleck, starting discussion of the art of bossism with elementary wisdom. Most people don't believe it; but I never took a drink of even beer till I was 24 years old. Since then I take something when I must and spit it out if I get a chance.
 '"The main rule is, always be ready to do favor for anybody at any time, day or night. If one of the boys gets on bat or in scrap, and gets run in, get him out; and if he is a work ing man save him from losing any time at his job. A woman'll wake you up, crying that her boy is locked up. Go and look after him. Perhaps there's a family got thrown out and you can guarantee their rent or pay a week s or a months rent somewhere. I was always willing to help anybody out of trouble if I could, unless it was a petty larceny thief.
 If boss has been born and raised in the district he's working and knows everybody, like 1 do around here, peo- pie will come to him with all sorts of business and family troubles.
 If it's a family row get them to patch up their troubles and send them home. fellow don't have to tell all the favors he does. The women are al- ways gossipin' around and everybody knows it. When you do a man favor like that it don't mean that he'll vote with you just when you want him to, but he's more apt to; and the more friends you make the better you're off.
 ITO be success in politics. Aleck added, "a man ought to keep away from his relatives and take care of his workers Don't be tryin' to get all the jobs for your relations"
 This last bit of practical wisdom fur nished an odd bit of contrast moment later. In answer to my curious inquiry, How did Dougherty and you first fall out?" he answered:
 ''Dougherty and I were all right when I was East, fighting, along about 91. While I was away the foreman's place at the engine-house up here fell vacant My brother Mike was assistant fore man. It was only right to give him the job and then I thought Dougherty owed it to me. So I wrote to him, ask ing him to put Mike in. Mike didn't get the job, though. When I came back I asked Dougherty: How about that?'
 Well, I'd a give him the place all right says Dougherty, but the Chief wouldn't stand for it. He said he'd seen Mike driving around town in bug gies too much, and out in the park