The San Francisco call., 1899-09-04
PLACE HUNTERS
FENCE-BUILDING
FOR NEXT YEAR
Dalton Would Like to
Go to Congress.
ROWE MAY BEAT R0ETR
STATIONS RETIREMENT Is
LIKELY GRATUIToUS.
City Hall Promoters Are Not Cover
ing Themselves With Glory.
GiCard Thinks More Might
Be Accomplished.
Oakland once San Francisco Cali.

lions but the Alameda politician always
believes II beginning early Even now
there Is practically q complete programme
outlined 10 place before the electors next
November. OF course. il viii BE- changed
g. places. but The basis IS n existence
a-l some people are working as hard IS
though the conventions were 10 be held
Eext week. More than the ordinary inter
es- clings % The large territory east and
north Of Lake Merritt. This Is the uU-
oic.pal bailiwick Of Councilman Rowe, the
-=ld II which Frank jordan does county
politics, where Senator StraIton holds the
Senatorial field; where one Howard
Wright was elected - t1e Assembly, and
where & certain MT. Roe-l also secured
enough votes 10 make him Supervisor.
With the exception e rhe County Clerk
al these Offices VIII have 70 be --.eC next
fall, hence The sC-aU p To add 70 lGe
complication. j. might also De noticed hat
Henry 2. Dalton would Ike % 60 %
Congress
This interesting combination IS talking.
Some elements II Il viii succeed them
selves. others Will succeed their U1suc-
l=ssfuI predecessors. A. various times
--rr0r has retired Senator Stratton by MS
owC desire. A. no time can I remember
knowing If any such sentiment expressed
directly hy .1e Senator but in this big
ri-tans. one can hear anything, and only
4 lifetime Ct experience can make any
body competent 10 Go the necessary silt
.-E Just il the t1-sh ot the success o.
his primary -aw. which has easily made
Fred S--a--1- The most prominent Sel-a-
Tor il the State q California u IS very
unlikely that he IS anxious 10 close MS
POLITICAL lie 50 suddenly.
Howard Wright wiI hardly be elected
Ea.--.r oakland L Will not BE- sur
y--s.CE i e pledge regarding certain mat
-=-s were required Il his successor. East
Oakland. which vas made power n poll
---s. and is largely maintained b. Or.
George Pa-dee- : not likely 70 senu an
.--er man TO the Assembly who viii he
--- toT everything II sight and sIulu1y
his LiEl Office by voting 70 send al en-
r5zzIer 20 he United States Senate Such
practices DO not represent mat district
Supervisor Roeth viii have 10 beat sew
era. good men for the nomination for his
seat Z. .. Rowe IS a name that has
frequently been heard as q possible Super
y.scr from that district. Rowe has been
TWO and G half years IN the City Council,
and his record compares taTorably with
that q any ot his colleagues. In the last
council he did some good politics Two
months ago the gentleman from the
Seventh transferred his business from
San Francisco 20 Oakland, and he has
since easily been one q the most prorni-
p !
admitted that n has shown q consistency
IN financial matters rare among Council
men. IN no case has ne been glllIF O. the
common practice Of making speech ad-
v1carirg economy and Of voting 10 double
salaries and fill the City Hall with type
writer's n the next breath. Neither has
Rowe used his Office FOR the purpose OF
rsree-i-E the family. II he be II reality
fsvfvg rre foundation for Z SupsrvisOTial
campaign. Z may be said that many sue
cessful Sghts have been made OF less
staple basis.
T. Is zr open secret that Henry Dalton
you'd ike 20 g 10 Congress This eX-
--sssiar from most politicians would b
equivalent 70 q declaration Of CANDIDACY
This s. not the case wi-h Nj. Dalton de
Goes not nominate himself, but mocesly
admits that he Is available Il the people
wa-- him. Nj. DsltOn's candidates. are
always in the hands Of his friends, and
U 70 date his friends have been remark
zr.v successful. = few years ago Nj Dal-
ton said he would Ike 20 sit IN the City
Council. He was elected 70 that Office.
later he said he would Ike 70 be County
Assessor He vas elected on 81 tDCs-
pendent campaign. beating the regular
Tarty nominee. At the end OF his arst
term he said he would Ike 10 succeed
~a-i-1. and received three and z haIf votes
ont ~ every FIVE cast With this record
when NJ Dalton says he would like 20
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attach some significance 70 his desire:
This Is not political gossip, 1oT some II
M DaltOn's very closest supporters nave
.r~-HtAd 10 NE the little fact. Il would
~4-rans be as well 10 let Victor H Net
rsif al least see Washington before de-
c!dtng upon his successor, blt AIaInela
q. ways takes politics pE tns LoIsioCA' a.
though apparently everything else can
wait.
saveral Of the Councilmen have said at
rzve gone BY and they have not as yet
done anything. This is true, as II is also
re that half a dozen times nothing will
r-- Droduce much, and & cipher, from
r-asent indications, will have 70 be used
u represent the achievements Of this
Council when II goes out Of Office
Mr. Cuvellier apparently knew what ne
was SAYING two weeks after ne and MS
orfreres took Office Cuvellier wanted
commission appointed TO procure data
and report upon the prospects OF the pur-
chase = 2 water plant by the city. HIS
brethren laughed at him and told MN
there vas no hurry. Cuyel!ier was I'M
petuous and after a few weeks gained MS
point. but Il was not accomplished WIKI
Cut struggle. mere IS no AuIts y
apparently The motto Of over one-halt OF
Ihe Ccuuciueu. The only hurry Lnal mas
been exhibited 70 date Is IN the eHoFlS 70
place friends and relatives IN snug Del tHs;
This stu.Ify!ng Of Office is very naTHeo
II one particElsr The Council IS ire
Quertly exploiting the idea that the neaos
OF departments should be given the fuileSt
liberty in running their departments II
IS admitted that Chief Of Police hodg-
kirs is z competent man for his position.
He has stated 2 CoZen times officially 10
the Council and Board OF works that the
combination man q the department. who
does police duty and acts as clerk Is one
of the most indispensable men on the
force. No one has yet been found 10 deny
This. For three months. however, g plca-
yun!sh effort has been made TO abolish
this Office under the subteT1uge that X
would save $500 a year Such a sugges-
t!o1 IS the embodiment II q felseh0Od. for
there is already IL existence q resolution
authorizing the appointment OF q clerk
20 the chief at a salary OF sS)0 year.
This remarkable piece OF government has
all been brought about and has been pes
-erfng the Council and Board OF Works
tcr three months BY the desire OF a mem
r 20 create q place for q relative This
not the first instance Of the kind. but IL
leceives nobody. II the real desire be 70
-cCnomize Il could be done in a thousand
81 lferent ways, and certainly the saving
4 800 which. according TO the man who
Should know-the Chief OF Police-would
not be a saving. need not engrOss the at
tertion OF the city government for three
months In the meantime tens OF thou
sands Of dollars are being wasted every
month through the failure OF the city gov
eminent 10 carry out some OF the realig
ReritOrIcus schemes which were ineIaoed