The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22
THE AUDITOR
 STRUCK FIRE Criticisms Which Did Not Exactly Suit Him.
DENOUNCED lMPERTINENCE.
ELECTING OFFICERS FOR THE
 CHARTER ELECTION.
A Meeting of the Election Commis- sion at Which There Was More Than Routine
 Business.

| The Election Commission met yester- day to make arrangements for the com ing charter election, and apropos of the
 business in hand MT. Frederick waxed
 Wroth over the antics of a morning paper and spoke his Daind about it with
 freedom befitting the expressions
 used.
 The Election Board has decided that | the most feasible method of securing election officers would be to retain all those who served at the freeholders' election, filling those vacancies which had occurred since that time by reason of death, employment in public office or
 anything else which, happening since
 their service, would disqualify the former officers from serving again. There was an attempt to cast suspicion on this procedure, and it was an- nounced that the friends of the charter
 were afraid that the officers decided upon would not give the charter fair chance in the count. forgetting that the same charge was urged against them in the freeholders' election and was eX- ploded when it was found that the con- vention's ticket was practically elected. Despite this there was a fear that the officers who had done well once would not do so well again, and an attempt on the part of the Examiner to lay the blame on Frederick brought forth an expression of opinion which, being plain and to the point, was necessarily rather poignant.
 MT. Frederick pointed to an article which stated that he and MT. Creswell would make a hard fight to have re- tained those officers who had moved from the districts which they had for merly represented, and denounced 1t as false and an insinuation that he and MT. Creswell had political reasons for wishing to keep certain men on duty. He denounced the paper and the course 1t is pursuing and the policy 1t claims to adhere to; he said the columns were purchasable, but the only man who made money out of them was the man. aging editor; he said, too, that he be- lieVed the paper was subSisting in a great measure on blackmail, and that Hearst, however responsible he might be, was kept in ignorance of the true state of affairs by his subordinates here, and was therefore not wholly to blame in the matter. He then paid his respects once more to the managing editor, and, having relieved his mind thoroughly, he was ready to proceed with the business of the meeting. Most of the session was devoted to the consideration of election officers,
 
 fact that the board had continued in session over an hour and half, more than was intended, time was found to denounce and to order destroyed the posters which had been pasted on the voting booths by the friends of the charter-friendS whose knowledge of reform did not reach or would not reach to the fact that such election eering is strictly prohibited by law. Each one of tie commission, and all were present, expressed himself as much opposed to any work of that kind, and the registrar was ordered to have all the obnoxious signs removed. Proceedings were opened by MT. Cres- well. who. on account of the impos-
 sbility of observing the law of ap- pointing election officers and also for expediency, moved that all of the elec- tion officers who served at the free holder election, held December 27, 1897, who have answered the notice of ap- pointment sent to them by the registrar of voters be sworn in by him as officers of the special charter election, to be held May 26, 1898; and that the Elec- tion Commissioners proceed to fill the vacancies occasioned by those who fail to appear and qualify, and such others
 who are employed in or have held a position in municipal or other depart ments of the Government ninety days preceding the election.
 This passed without opposition, and then it was decided to appoint success sors to those who 1t was known would not act in the special election. This, too passed and for two hours the names of various candidates were con- sidered. Several known vacancies were
 provided for, and then the board ad-