The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
DEASY WILL NOT
VOTE FOR PHELAN

Jeremiah Deasy is not going to vote for
Phelan for Mayor. Even though he owes
his nomination as Sheriff on the Demo-
cratic ticket to the manipulations of Mr..
Phelan, he is not going to cast his ballot
for James He cannot. Mr.. Deasy will
not even be able to vote for himself at
this election, for he has deprived himself
of the American citizens greatest privi-
lege.
1t appears that II was Mr.. Deasy's prac-
tice in former years to register from
wherever he thought. or the Democratic
bosses thought, few votes would be
needed Last year the Democracy was
shy a candidate for Supervisor from the
Tenth District, and the accommodating
Mr. Deasy left his family out at S3i Fulton
street and took up his residence in a shoe
shop on Sixth street. He thus. according
to his view of things and the lights of the
Democratic manipulatOrs. became a resi-
dent of the Tenth Supervisorial District,
and is now representing that section in
the Board of Supervisors, although his
home is In an entirely different part of
the city.
Deasy has changed around so frequent
ly, just to please the politicians with
whom he trains, that his residence is al
most as much in doubt as that of Mayor
Phelan. For political purposes he ap-
pears to make his home in his hat, and
he registers from whatever peg he hap
pens to hang his top gear.
Previous to the nominating conventions
last year, Mr.. Deasy was struck with a
good streak and registered from his sure
enough" lesidence, S34 Fulton street. The
records of the Registrars office give the
date Of mis- affidavit as June 49, 1898. This
was before the Supervisorial lightning
covered that candidates and votes were
scarce in the Tenth District. Mr.. Deasy,
ever ready to assist his party in any
scheme from the colonization of voters
oh 10 iOhharV
by political pirates, moved al once. On
October 4 he notified the Registrar that
he had changed his residence to "a Sixth
street, and made affidavit that that ad-
dress was his legitimate place of abode
The transfer was made just in time to
permit Mr.. Deasy to vote from the dis
trict at the succeeding election and after
ward to enable him to qualify as the
Supervisor from the Tenth.
Of course, after he was seated as a
member Of the Board of Supervisors he
at S34 Fulton street and again began to
enjoy. the comforts of home. But he for
got to tell the Registrar that the sleep
ing accommodations in the Tenth Super
visortal District had no charms for him.
There may have been reasons. for him
keeping the matter off the records. The
the board, and rather than do that 1t Is
to be presumed that he had no objection
to the Registrar and the voters believ-
ing that he vas still residing in his Sixth
street shoeshop, slumbering at night on
the soft side of cobbler's bench and
taking his meals off the front counter.
When Mr.. Deasy became a candidate
for Sheriff his residence in the Tenth Dis
trict was no longer matter Of political
necessity. He evidently thought, how
ever, that he might just as well vote
from the shoe-shop home and let his reg
istration stand. The searching investiga-
tions of the Registrar proved disastrous
to Mr.. Deasy. and when he received no.
tice that he would have to show cause
why his name should not be stricken
from the register of qualified voters of
the city he first became mad, then sad
and finally scared. He went to the Reg
istrars office and to prevent exposure of
which it appears he was party, re-
quested Mr.. Steppacher to take his name
off the rolls and say no more about It,
That is why Mr.. Deasy is not going to
vote for Mr.. Phelan this year. That Is
why Mr.. Deasy is not going to vote at all