The San Francisco call., 1899-03-09
DOW MAKES EXPLANATION
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS MAKE
CHOICE OF CANDIDATES.
Choose a Councilman at Large From
the Center and From Each
Section of the
City.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call


ONLY three days more are left to the
candidates in which to patch up the
holes that 1.-The other fellows" have made
IN their fences. This municipal campaign
has been a very desultory one, and seems
TO have been held merely because there
is a precedent for holding campaign
prior TO every election.
The leading men on either ticket and
their stand on all matters regarding the
public We're as well known at the last
city campaign as they are to-day. There
are no strangers before the voters and
had the election been held the day follow
ing the conventions the result would prob
ably have been the same as will be
reached next Monday. The most enthu-
sastic friend of Mr.. Snow will not sure
~ claim that during three weeks of So
called campaigning they have added one
particle to the honor Of his record of
ten years at the City Hall Mr.. Davies
most ardent supporters cannot claim that
their candidate is any better known to-
day than when he was elected Mayor four
years ago. There Is one good excuse,
however, for encouraging and enduring
campaigns. They make work for print
erS, bill-posterS, landowners and saloons,
and cause the circulation Of large sum
of money, although the coin used prob
ably drives away as many votes as 1t
purchases.
The alphabetical clause in the Austria
liam ballot law, while perfectly fair Is
less agreeable this time than ever be-
fore. In a district so largely Republi-
can as this the Republicans naturally
would like to have their candidates in the
most conspicuous place on the ballot.
This is not the case. Mr.. Snow is the
last Of the five candidates for Mayor and
at the bottom OF about two dozen Candl-
dates for COunCilmen at large is found
another Republican candidate. The in
dividualS suffering from this diSadvan-
tage are cOnSOIing themselves with the
hope that the last Will be first and the
first last. There are 130 names on the
ballot and by tomorrow each voter will
have received his sample, so that to-
morrow night, should the sample ballots
be collected, Mondays result could be
foretold.
city Attorney Dow has issued a state
ment concerning a car man who was dis
charged temporarily a few months ago,
tempt TO hurt MT. DOW candldacy. 1t
appears that Mr.. Dow reported a car
man for being disrespectful to him and
that the employe was laid off for a few
days. Mr.. Dow afterward wrote to the
manager of the railroad requesting that
the employe be renstated and that no
further notice be taken of the matter.
Mr.. Dow considered he had good cause
TO make his complaint, but showed
magnanimous feeling toward the often
der and has lost no votes by this at
tempt to inJure him.
At a meeting of the directors of the
following Improvement clubs held on
Tuesday evening, after a full and free
discussion of the twenty-five nominees
for Councilmen at large, at which the
following clubs were represented, the
West Oakland Improvement Club, the
Lake Merritt Sanitary Club, the Tele-
graph Avenue and Northern Oakland
Improvement Club, the North Oakland
Improvement Club, the, Linda, Vista I'm
provement Club, the Oakland Improve
ment Club and the Peralta Heights I'm
provement Club. the following candi-
dates were indOrsed as the choice of the
clubs: a. BarstOw, J. c: Bullock, {. II.
Kramm and B. II. Welch. special
committee, consisting of one representa-
tive from each club, was appointed to
est effort will be made by the various
clubs having the Improvement of our fair
city at heart to elect those whom they
know can be counted on to favor a judi
Cious expenditure of the citys money for
the many needed improvements that our
city wants, some Of which are now under
way.