The San Francisco call., 1903-01-28

The fight in the Second Ward was
stin one. but a ticket put up by Auditor
A. II. Breed defeated the Bonham-WiX-
son combination by a vote of 1s6 to 81 in
the ward. Wilson carried his home pre-
c.nct at the Watts tract by a vote of %
to l. The two precincts on Telegraph
avenue. where Auditor Breed is at home,
gave his ticket an overwhelming major
ity. In the precinct at Thirty-fourth
street and Telegraph avenue the vote
stood 81 10 for the Breed ticket, while
in the one az 500 Telegraph avenue the
vote was % to 10. In the two other pre-
cincts on San Pablo avenue the vote was
about even.
There was no fight in the Third Ward
and the vote cast for the Republican
ticket was less than seventy-fve, while
the Municipal League was given about
100 votes This ticket was put UP bV
Andy Johnston. present city committee
man. and while the delegation is under
stood TO be for George Fitzgerald for
tho Council. il is believed that Johnston
viii retain control of the committee, and
that he put the delegation up with that
idea in view.
There was a stiff fight in the Fourth
Ward with The ticket for Robert Boyer for
the Council, and backed by the Church
family and the "old line" faction. The
other ticket was in the interests of Ed
win Meese for the Council, and had the
backing of Frank X. Mott and the Par
dee friends The Meese ticket carried
the ward by 154 votes TO 124, they taking
three out OF the five precincts. In the
precinct at West Oakland the Boyer
ticket defeated the Meese ticket by a
vote of 30 TO %. In the precinct between
Willow and Center streets the Meese
ticket won by vote Of 81 TO p. The
district between Center and Adeline
streets was strong for Meese, giving his
ticket 50 votes to 13 for the Boyer dele
gates. In the precinct bounded by Ade-
line and jefferson, Seventh and Tenth
streets the Meese ticket was given 43
votes TO y for Boyer. The precinct in
the northern part of the ward, bounded
by Adeline, Twelfth Market, Fifteenth,
jefferson and Tenth streets. the Boyer
ticket got 2S votes to % for Meese.
In the Fifth Ward there was no con-
test. The ticket in this ward was put up
by the Pardee element and had former
Postmaster w H. Friend at the head.
The old liners did not put ticket in
the field. allowing the fight TO so by de-
fault
sCHAFFER IS OUT.
Affairs in the Sixth Ward were
smoothed out last night There threat
ened to be a fight in the ranks of the
'Old liners. with LOUIS SchaUer on one
side and a ticket against Schaffer. 1t
was finally agreed that there should be
but one ticket in the ward, that Schaffer
should have the delegation ''if he wanted
it." but il was practically understood
that he would not want il. Schaffer has
never been very enthusiastic about re-
nomination and he has withdrawn with
as much dignity as possible. 1t is un-
derstood that the delegation will favor
Dan Doody, at present secretary of the
Board Of Health. for the Council. The
opposition forces did not try to break
into this ward and allowed it to go to
the "old liners.
In the Seventh Ward the ticket was
named By James A. johnson, but it is
said that the delegation will be in har-
monv with the new faction that is i'm con-
troll. Whether this means that johnson
mas gone over to the new faction or that
the new faction has control of Johnson's s
delegation will have to develop.
1t is evident that the Contra Costa
Water Company made no effort TO retain
control of the Republican machinery, and
the fights that were made were purely
individual ones for the control of ward
delegations, more for the purpose of Sc
curing the naming of committeeman
than for any use in making nominations.