The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
GRAHAM SAYS
He HAS BEEN
COUNTED OUT
Claims Hoey's Seat
in the Assembly.
SOME OTHER CLOSE COUNTS
DooLAN, MEAGHER AND o'DON-
NELL TALK OF A RECOUNT.
Leon Dennery Will Demand Seat
in the lenate-Post-Election
Gossip and In
cidents.
SOME OTHER CLOSE COUNTS
DooLAN, MEAGHER AND o'DoN-
NELL TALK OF A RECOUNT.


date for member of the Assembly from
the Twenty-eighth District, declares he
was counted out by fraud and that he
will contest the seat claimed by Lawrence
Hoey, his opponent, in the next Leg1sla-
ture The semi official returns give Hoey
plurality over Graham of forty votes.
This result, Graham asserts, was brought
about by fraud during the count.
The frauds are alleged to have been
perpetrated in the First, Fifth, Seventh,
Tenth and Fifteenth precincts. Graham
is almost certain that the count was
corrupted in the Fifth. He says he re-
manned in this booth for several hours
during the count and left when only
thirty-eight ballots remained to be tailed.
When he went away he was twenty-one
ahead of Hoey and he learned that after
his departure from the booth not
another ballot was counted Tor MIN.
While these thirty-eight ballots were be-
ing counted Hoey, and several of his sup
porters, Jim Sutton, Larry Buckley, John
Connors and John Gurley, were there
Graham had no one present to watch af-
ter his interests.
The seat from the Thirty-ninth Assem-
bly, District will also undoubtedly be con-
tested. In the returns ]. S. Wardell,
Democratic candidate, is credited with
twenty-four more votes than Leon Jones,
Republican. Jones has not charged cor
ruption, but he thinks "errors" were
committed which, when discovered by a
legislative investigation, will give him the
seat.
1t is reported that Leon Dennery will
contest Porter Ashes right to represent
the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District
The only local contests probable, which,
of course, will involve a recount, are r.
P. Doolan for Superintendent of Streets,
DR.. O'Donneu for Coroner and Michael
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feated candidates have as yet decided
whether they will pay the necessary $500
a day for a recount, but they are con-
sidering the matter.
Politicians have deserted the Registrar s
office, and Mr.. Buggy and his deputies are
arranging to begin the official count on
Monday. 1t is estimated that the official
canvass will consume from thirty-five to
forty days. There are more offices on the
ballot this year than either two or four
years ago
The Election Commissioners will meet
Monday to pass upon the warrants of
election officials. In the meantime Regis
trar Buggy is harassed and annoyed by
large number of men who served and
who are importuning him every hour to
fix the warrants so they can be ne
gotiated.
The aftermath of the campaign contains
some matters of peculiar interest and
others of an amusing nature. There was
a surprising absence in their various
haunts Yesterday of the candidates who
were successful as well as those who were
thrown into the slough of despond. With
the exception of Henry S. Martin, the at
tenuated Sheriff-elect, the headquarters
of the various candidates were closed.
Owing to the fact that this has been the
hardest and hottest CAMPAIGN in the his
tory of the city, that mythical gentle
man. Mr.. Morpheus, had taken charge of
nearly all the officeseekers who have been
through the stress of political battle, and
those who were anxiously searching for
the winners in the hope of securing pref
erment for future appointments were left
in the guessing ranks.
At the headquarters of the Republican
County Committee the men who have
borne the brunt of the contest were in a
contented frame of mind, anu while there
was some regret that they had not sue
ceeded in wiping the Democrats off the
map they found occasion to swell their
manly chests and call attention to sew
eral facts that should be of interest to
the public generally.
This has been proved to be the banner
campaign in the matter of organization,
and this is attested by the Republican
success in naturally strong Democratic
city.
For the first time since the County
Committee has been in existence they
were left to their own resources, not one
dollar having been contributed to the
funds of the local organization by the
state Central Committee; and it is also
the first occasion on which the County
Committee has emerged from the smoke
of battle with all debts paid. Further
more. the chief workers of the organiza-
ton for the first time voted to not allow
any member money for expenses incurred
in the contest. These loyal workers
strove night and day. and are mutually
glad that they have came and saw and
conquered"