The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
SAN JOSE'S
 GANG GAINS
 4 RECRUIT Status of an "Inde- pendent" Candidate for Mayor. Receives the Endorsement of the Organ of the
 Clique. Despicable Political Tricks to Defeat the Reform
 Ticket. LIES GIVEN CIRCULATION. Teachers Told That the New Charter Club Means to Discharge
 Them All.
Despicable Political Tricks to Defeat the Reform
 Ticket.
LIES GIVEN CIRCULATION.
Teachers Told That the New Charter Club Means to Discharge
 Them All.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE. March 5.-Charles J. Martin, one of the alleged 'indepen- dent" candidates for Mayor, has gone into the camp of the gang" without reservation and without condition. His position in the coming election is no longer a matter of doubt
 In this mornings Mercury appears the platform on which MT. Martin pro- fesses to stand if elected. As the plat form reads it is above reproach But as the document was undoubtedly drafted and approved by the war horses of the gang" before even MT. Martin had an idea that he needed a platform to stand on in order to catch some of the votes of the unsophisti- cated. 1t is not likely that any but the most unwary will be deceived.
 In justice to the people of San Jose this platform Is presented in these columns as it should in candor and truth appear, according to the opinion of those versed in the methods of the gang and in the local political condi- tions.
 No one can be found here with the hardihood to doubt that the Mercury is now being edited from the rear office of the boss. In view of this fact the columns of the Mercury will be watched to see who are the men that are receiving the backing of the gang" The indorsement of the Mer- cury will at once put the brand of the
 gang" upon the individual whom 1t thus singles out. Charles J. Martin to- day received the indorsement of the Mercury
 No means are apparently too des- picable for the gang to adopt to achieve it's ends. To-day was exposed one of its peculiar political tricks For the past few days it's henchmen were busy disseminating the report that the New Charter Club candidates proposed, if elected, to remove about fifty of the schoolteachers. These gangsters went so far as to state that they had seen the list of the teachers who were to be dismissed. It has been the aim of these degraded tools of the gang to see every teacher in the schools of San Jose, and to convey to each the impression that he or she, as the case might be, had been prescribed. The gang" hopes by this to array every member of the city school department against the ticket of the New Charter Club.
 There Is not the slightest foundation for this report, say all the members and candidates of the New Charter Club to whose attention the report was called. s. E. Smith, the Charter Club candidate for Mayor, denounced the action of the gang" as malicious and based upon utter falsehood. He added that even if such a course was pro- posed it would not be possible to carry 1t out, as the charter provides that all employees of the city departments should hold during good behavior The civil service provisions of the new charter are looked upon as one of the chief merits of the instrument under which the city will be hereafter gov erned.
 At conference tonight of commit tees representing three organizations allied with the good government move ment the following resolution was adopted:
 Resolved. That this joint committee rec ommend the ticket nominated by the New Charter Club to our several organiza- tions. and that in our opinion it is the duty of all good citizens to heartily sup port the entire ticket.
 These organizations alone have a voting strength of not less than 1900.
 Saturday next will be the last day on which voters may register for the coming election. Registration should be attended to at once, by every one who wants to see the tentacles of the gang octopus removed from San Jose.