The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY,
Braunhart Bitterly Fought in
the Twenty Ninth by the
Rainey-B Buckley Combine.

The Twenty-Gghth District was a hot
bed of excitement, though no trouble of a
serious nature occurred. The vote
throughout the district was heavy and
rather steady. The rivalry between Buck
ley's forces and Sam Rainey's push was
keen, and at times it looked as if the two
elements would get sadly tangled up. The
Third Precinct, in front of POT Second
street, was the liveliest polling place in
the district Larry Conlon, Buckley's
chief lieutenant in the Twenty eighth,
looked after the blind mans interests in
this precinct, and Henry Healey and Jack
Greeley had the Rainey-Phelan end in
their hands. The double-cross was neatly
executed by Bucks outfit, and his dele
gates as result were fully fifty votes to
the good. At II o'clock Monday night one
of Rainey's representatives entered Do
lan's clearinghouse and made deal with
Brick whereby he would turn over fifty
voters who lodged in the house for 80 cents
a vote. Shortly after midnight Larry
ConlOn is said to have sat down with
Brick and raised the price to 81 At any
rate when the polls opened in the morn
ing four hacks were driven up to the door
of Bricks clearinghouse and his coloniSts
were given a free ride to the polls. Each
held a Buckley ticket, and it is safe to
predict that they voted it straight. John
ME Ferris, with the Fire Department oe-
hind him, had charge Of the Rainey end
of it in the lower portion of the district
Martin Kelly made his usual fight in the
First Precinct at 313 Main street, and in
the upper end of the district Barney
the regular Republican forces. The OPP
posing Central Republican League faction
was largely in evidence all over the dis
trict, but voted silently.
When the polls closed it was thought
that Sammy Braunharts ticket in the
TWenty-ninth District was showed under.
Rainey's adherents and the Buckley fac
ton combined and made bitter battle
against Braunhart's ticket. Anything to
beat Braunhart, was the cry.
About o'clock in the afternoon a re-
port was circulated about the district that
Sammy Braunhart was weeping bitter
tears at the corner of Fourth and Harri-
son streets. Matt Lally, his assistant-in-
chief, at once dispatched a messenger to
ascertain whether or not the report was
correct. The vote was quite heavy all
over the district and seemed to be evenly
divided between the Democrats and Re-
pubucans. Windy Dick Creighton, Tom
Brosnan and Jim Farrell made Buckleys
battle and Jimmie Maher and Joe Punk
EFT had charge of Braunhart's end. John
ME Glynn and Charlie Corey had charge
of the regulars, and they were given
warm battle by the representatives of
the Central Republican organization. The
voting was done in an orderly manner de-
spite the bitter rivalry existing between
the opposing factions
A hight was narrowly ayerted in the
Sixteenth precinct of the Thirtieth Dis
trict early in the forenoon, the presence
OF four husky policemen alone preventing
the vote cast by John Bigelow, Buckley
Democrat, who registered from Alex
Greggains' house. He was denounced by
J. II. Hogan, challenger for the regular
Democrats, and arrested. Greggains APP
peared at the polling place soon after ac-
companied by gang of strikers, evident
~ bent upon making trouble. Hot words
We're exchanged and Hogan threatened
to brain Greggains with a chair. At this
Juncture the police interfered and hus-
tied the entire outfit out into the, street.
In the melee one of the ward heelers re-
ceived a blow on the nose that started the
blood flowing, but he could not tell who
hit MIN and no arrests were made. Raj
ny had combined with the Regular Dem
ocrats, and his henchmen, under the lead
ership of Assistant Chief Dougherty OF
the Fire Department. made a, desperate
effort to defeat Greggains. The former
Claimed victory over the Buckley1tes
early III the game. The latter, however,
put up a strong fight and Greggains
claimed he would carry the district for
the blind boss. This is a strong Demo,
cratic district and the Republicans polied
a comparatively small percentage OF the
vote. The Citizens Republican ticket had