The San Francisco call., 1903-09-18
CONTEST FOR MAYOR.


The Twenty-eighth District delegation.
for instance, may come forward and pre-
sent the name of a candidate who is
well known in the section of the city
where he resides. He may be honest. ef-
ficient and in every other sense worthy,
but IL he is unknown at the Mission and
hardly ever heard of in the Western Ad-
dition he viii run behind his ticket Dis
trict delegations viii surely perceive that
successful nominees for the Board of Su-
pervisors must not only be good men. but
must be such as are known throughout
the whole city to be good men.
The Republicans are quite confident
that their ticket viii be elected on No
vember s. The convention is composed
Of men Of character and intelligence. who
will consider the merits and availability
Of every nominee. Several ballots may
be taken before a candidate to head the
ticket is chosen. In the general discus
sion concerning the Mayoralty many well
known men have been mentioned. such
as General Shafter, Charles S. Laumeis-
ter. -. ". Slack, A. 3. Spreckels. Cen
eral George Stone, Reuben H. Lloyd.
Frank J. Symmes. T. w. DOhrmann w
C. Stafford. William Cluff, John Lack
mann, John c. Kirkpatrick, j. E. Nc
DOugald. II. d. Loveland and H. J.
Crocker. Pressure of private business
and professional enga gements have elm
mated several names from the list There
is an impression that the race will mar
row down to 4 contest wherein c. S. Lau-
meister, John Lackmann, George Stone.
General Shafter and II. ]. Crocker may
be represented by supporting delegations.
LAUMEIsTER'S CHANCES.
The advent of a new candidate, how
ever. would not be surprising c. s. Lau-
meister is supported by many active
friends who refer to his personal popu-
larity. his wide acquaintance with the
people of the city, his high standing in
the business community and his extraor-
binary abilities and enterprise as a cam
paigper. During the prolonged hard
times in San Francisco Laumeister made
a legion Of friends by giving help and
extending credit to poor families His
friends say that he is plain and approach
able and that if he were elected Mayor
one could call on him without appearing
in court costume. He has been urged to
accept the nomination for Assessor. but
his political supporters maintain that he
ought to be placed at the head of the
Republican ticket The contest for the
Mayoralty nomination, however, is free
for all. The man that the delegates Sc
lect will be accepted as the best man.
George Stone stands high in the estima-
ton of the public and is a party leader
porters contend that his nomination
would be equivalent to election They
assert that Republican merchants would
not leave the party to support an oppo-
sition candidate in the event of General
Stones nomination
Major General Shafter is a soldier of
world wide fame and a citizen of high
character and progressive. tendencies.
There is just the shadow of doubt as to
his eligibility to the Office of Mayor, as
he is an officer of the United States army
although on the retired list
The Fortieth District Republican dele
CATION has agreed to recommend f. W.
Meyer for Supervisor.
Thomas d. Riordan, A. Ruef, John G.
Lynch, Henry Ach, David Rich and Jacob
Steppacher of the United Republican
League met at headquarters, 16 Geary
street. last evening. Quite a number of
delegates called during the evening to in
quire concerning the committee meetings.
and especially to the meeting of the
conventions committee on permanent or
ganization and order of business. There
was talk last night to the effect that the
friends of c. A. Murdoch of the Fortieth
District would urge his nomination for
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