The San Francisco call., 1899-10-04


For Assessor Albert Heyer
For Tax Collector Joseph Il. Scott
For Recorder William 2. Tiffany
For City Attorney Chas. II. Jackson
For District Attorney, Alfred P. Black
For Public Administrator
John Faruham
81 IGHT candidates for office at the
- hands Of the voters OF San Fran
cisco were nominated last night
lA1by the Republican Municipal Con-
ventIon held at Odd Fellows
Hall. A platform was unanimously in
dorsed breathing fealty to the principles
of the party and declaring for the rights
Of labor and against religious tests or
citizenship: for public ownership or
utilities; for a dollar limit OF taxation on
q valuation Of S375.0000o0; for the re-
ference Of bond issues for public i'm
rrovements TO the voters; for good
schools, competition in street lighting and
in other public contracts; and pledsing
all the nominees of the convention to
carry out all the provisions Of the new
charter.
All this was not done without consider
able excitement, due mostly to the en-
deavors of Delegate Abe Ruet OF the
Forty-fourth Assembly District TO turn
the cap and bells early in the evening and
for four mortal hours clowned 1t to the
edification of a well filled lobby, which
unanimously voted his performance
hundred per cent funnier than the Demo
cratic Convention of the night before.
There was method in Ruef's absurdity,
which did not dawn on most Of the dele
gates until near the close of the session,
when he put in nomination for Public
Administrator the incumbent, John A.
Drinkhouse, whose attorney he happens
10 be.
The friends Of Drinkhouse had gone into
the Republican caucus to select nominees,
agreeing TO abide by the decision OF tire
majority The caucus had decided that
it wanted Captain John Farnham as its
nominee for Public Administrator, and the
consequence was that Ruef, who has
somewhat of a record as 4 bo!ter, was
displeased. He started the ball Of his dis
pleasure rolling early last night, as one
delegate put it, with a threat in one
hand and an offer in the other" for his
own particular purpose. That purpose
many thought at first was TO form little
innocent amusement for the delegates. but
after events tended 10 show that his only
object was to secure the nomination Of
DrInkhOuse willy-nilly.
Ruef. therefore. ins.nuated slate by
crying caucus" and every word he
uttered was meant 10 carry that innu-
endo. He tried to disrupt the order Of
business by providing in it the method
of electing a county committee. He was
BOWED out on that; he offered amendments
to this thing and that entirely irrelevant
TO the business IN hand, and he was
5abbed full Of points OF order and placed
hors de combat, but apparently did not
have the courtesy to stay dead. he
bobbed up finally in the role of jollier
and tried to joke the nomination Of Drink
house through, and failed at that just at
the hour that the delegates, taking their
cue from the graveyards, began TO yawn.
Amid q general hubbub the conven-
ton adjourned, after having thoroughly
enjoyed the efforts OF Mr.. kuef TO make
1t was nearly $50 o'clock when Chair
man Sheldon Kellogg raped for order,
and II WAS close on 10 8 O'Clock when the
secretary finished calIlnS the roll SOIae
delay followed IL finding seats Tor the del
egaUes from the Thlrty-siXth District, who
came IL in a body during the roll call.
Delegate Cert from the Thlrty-eIghth
District precipitaJed the first stir Dy
motion to adjourn. He claimed that for
mai notices Of the meeting had not been
sent to all OF the delegates ana desired
the convention 10 quit business until due
notice be sent to all qualified delegates.
The secretary claimed that the notices
had been forwarded. Cert insisted upon
his motion. There were about four votes
IN favor Of 1t and about 1000 noes were
registered against II, lncluQlnS the Occu-
pants OF the gallery and the lobby. who
did not propose to be disappointed IN hav-
ing an evenings amusement and excite
ment.
AS soon as Mr. Cert was disposed of
Chairman II. S. Hubbard read the report
of the committee on order Of business.
which recommended that nominations be
made in the following order:
Auditor.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
Tax Collector.
Recorder.
City Attorney.
District Attorney.
Public Administrator.
County Clerk.
Sheriff.
Four Police Judges.
Superior Judge. unexpired term.
Eighteen Supervisors.
The first sensation Of the evening was
sprung by Delegate A. Ruef of the Thirty
Beventh. He offered an amendment to the
committee report and in a heated speech
attacked the order Of business as pre-
sented by the committee and the work of
the Grand Hotel caucus. His amendment
read:
The order OF business OF this convention shall
be as follows:
/ Reception Of report Of committee on per-
Ynanent organization and order OF business, and
action thereon
2 Reception OF report of committee on plat
Tiatim,
s. Nomination OF eighteen candidates for the
Office OF Supervisor to be selected by a ma
5ority Of the delegates to this convention
l. Nomination of a candidate for the office OF
Mayor, to be selected by majority OF the dele
gates elected TO this convention
s. Nomination OF a candidate for the office
of City Attorney, TO be selected by a majority
Of the delegates elected to this convention
G. Selection of a Republican City and County
Committee. in the event that II shall be de-
terTpIned that II is within the province of this
convention to select such committee. Said Re-
publican City and County Committee shall con-
sist Of seventy-two CD members. to be selected
rs follows:
Four respectively by the elected delegates TO
this convention representing respectively each
of the eighteen Assembly districts embraced
within the city and county OF San Francisco
Said committee shall be vested with all the
mowers and rights conferred and shall be sub
3ect to all duties imposed. by law and by party
custom.
didates for the offices OF
Sheriff.
Treasurer
Auditor,
public Administrator,
Recorder,
Tax Collector,
Assessor,
District Attorney,
County Clerk,
Coroner.
Police Judges.