The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04

met in Pioneer Hall last night, and con-
siderable time was wasted in useless
wranglng. A hard fight was made by
the friends of NJ. c. Haley to secure for
him the nomination of County Clerk, but
the workers for John A. Brown the Dem
ocradc nominee, were in the majority, and
they carried off the political plum. The
nomination of Barclay Henley for Dis
trict Attorney was strenuously opposed by
several of the members, but they only ar
gued in vain, for Henley was the SLATE"
candidate and he went through.
''Whispering'' Gavin McNab, Frank
Gould, Barna McKinne and several others
of Boss Phelan's coterie Of politicians
were among the spectators taking notes
that may be of benefit to them in future
political conventions.
When Chairman Fitch called the meet
ing to order forty-two of the members OF
the convention responded to the roll.
On motion of E. J. lie Breton, the rules
were amended. so that after three ballots
were taken for any candidate majority
instead of a two-third's vote would NOM
mate.
Ludwig Altschul chairman of the Com
mittee on Supervisors, then presented the
following report:
To the President and Members Of the Non
Partisan observation-disclosures: Your com
mittee on Supervisors beg TO report that we
have held seven meetings with a large repre-
have not reported earlier is due to the fact
that while we have diligently canvassed the
merits of possible candidates. We have awaited
final action of the Republican and Democratic
parties. and now present the following candl-
dates for your consideration:
First Ward Edward L. Holland: Second
Ward Stewart Menzies; Third Ward. Louis F.
Bartlett; Fourth Ward, your committee present
two names for your choice, Osgood Putnam and
Dr. E I. Perrault; Fifth Ward, Isidore Cutie;
ri IeI77 T.aC
J.. F. Byington; Eighth Ward, julius Plat
check Ninth Ward. Albert Heyer; Tenth
Ward. jeremiah Deasy; Eleventh Ward DR..
Charles A. Clinton; Twelfth Ward, P. F. But
Ter.
The committee on Board Of Education
filed a lengthy report, going over the
work performed in selecting the names
presented for nomination. 1t set forth
that there are generally four classes of
men seeking nomination for the School
Board.
The first are villains who seek Office
for dishonest purposes; those who wish
to sell more drugs, pull more teeth. bury
more dead or get an opportunity TO eX-
pertinent on more sick; those who want
TO attract attention to themselves and
lastly those who look upon office as
public duty" The report concluded with
a recommendation Of the following:
c. ?. Eells, Benjamin Armer, T. j. Lyons,
Alfred Eichler, H. NJ. Brandenstein, VIII
liam NJ Cannon, Vanderlynn Stow, H. NJ.
Holbrook. w. G. Stafford, E. L. Head, p.
A Bergerot and J. NJ. Thomas. All of
these candidates, with the exception of
Armer have been nominated either by
the Republican or Democratic party. The
committee suggested the name of Armer
feeling that he had been faithful ser
want while in the School Board and that
he was entitled to denomination.
The municipal committee reported in
favor Of Michael Maher for Recorder, DIR.
William J. Hawkins for Coroner and ].
A Drinkhouse for Public Administrator
Z. J. lie Breton introduced a resolution
providing that the present county com
mite hold office until the next conven-
ton and be authorized to fill any vacancy
that might occur after the adjournment
of the convention.
The work of balloting for County Clerk
was taken up. Three ballots were taken
last Friday night without a choice
George Cumming said that it had been
reported that II. c. Haley had been
placed in nomination against John A.
Brown, the Democratic nominee, in order
to create a discord and elect William A
Deane, the Republican nominee.
Cumming angrily denied that such was
the case. He said that a failure to nomi-
nate Haley would be tantamount to going
back on the principles Of the party.
public servant and it was his belief that
if he was nominated he would stand a
very good chance of election. Brown, he
said, while d very good man, was COM
paratively unknown, and he believed that
it would be a display Of good judgment
on the part of Brown to withdraw in
favor of Haley and to allow him to make
the run against Deane. Brown" said he.
comes from a dry-goods house; we had
one candidate two years ago from a dry
goods house, Supervisor Delany. and we
don't want any more of Delany."
c. B. Perkins spoke in defense of
Brown, and said that he believed that
Haley could not win with a Non-Partisan
endorsement alone. I. T. Milliken re-
ferred to the fact that Haley, with Demo-
cratic and Non-Partisan nominations four
years ago, had been beaten by County
Clerk Curry, and asked If Haley had
gained any strength since that time.
IL. r. Ebert and Judge J. c. B. Heb
bard won on our nomination." replied D.
J. Mahoney, land l belive that Haley will
be able to do the same thing
m Sbarboro also favored giving the
nomination to Haley 1T is said" re-
marked Sbarboro, that the cardinal
principle Of our party. is reward of merit.
Let us nominate Haley, and prove that
we are true to our principle" E. J. lie
Breton proposed Haley. He said that Ha-
ley's defeat was due to a combination
the very same bosses We're making fight
for his denomination. He said he be-
lieveG that there was some underlying
feeling and underlying influence at work.
a am afraid" said he, THE bosses have
crept into our organization and are at
tempting to use it to accomplish pur-
pose we should all deplore. The roll was
then called The first ballot stood Brown
q, Haley 16. The second ballot Brown
g. Haley II. Brown was declared the
choice Of the convention and his nomina-
ton was afterward made unanimous.
The names of l. j. Truman and M.
Greenblatt were presented for Treasurer.
There was no choice on the first ballot,
Truman receiving q votes and Green
biatt u. The second ballot resulted: Tru-
man 30, Greenblatt IL Truman was de-
clared the nominee He was next nomi-
mated by reclamation to fill the unexpired
term for Treasurer
The municipal convention recommended
James n. Block for Tax Collector, Ed
ward l. Sheehan, the Republican nominee,
was also placed in nomination. Block
was nominated on the first ballot by a
Charles S. Tilton and Bernard Bienfield
were placed in nomination for Surveyor
Frank j. Sullivan opposed Tilton on the
ground that while serving as an Election
Commissioner he had shown himself to be
unfavorable to the new charter. George