The San Francisco call., 1905-02-13
FEW CONTESTS
IN CITY FIGHT
Parties Have Generally In
dOrsed the Same Candidates
in the Oakland Election
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
Sanguine of Success With
Every Nominee From the
Mayor to Library Trustees
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.


1016 Broadway, Feb. IL.
The actual municipal campaign will
begin during the coming week. The
, Republican City Central Committee
will hold meeting tomorrow night at
the old headquarters of Frank X. Mott
in the Canning Block on the corner Of
Broadway and Thirteenth street,
where all the candidates will appear
before the committee and make sugges-
tions as to what they think should be
/ done between now and election time.
1t is probable there will be meeting
or two in each ward. but the candidates
will generally make a personal fight,
though, at the same time, working for
straight ticket.
There has been general shakedown
or nominations during the week, some
or the candidates named by the differ
! ent conventions having declined to run.
Lowell j. Hardy refused the nomina-
tion for School Director and asked the
Democratic City Committee to drop
his name. The other conventions
understood that Mr.. Hardy would not
again be candidate and the Demo-
Gratis have placed Richard Wiand on
their ticket. A. K. Munson has also
notified the Democratic City Commit
tee that he cannot be a candidate for
Councilman at large. H. T. Burns, the
Republican and Municipal League
nominee, has taken his place. War
rem Olney Jr. has refused the Demo-
cratic nomination for School Director
in the Fourth Ward and G.. j. w.
Stark, the Municipal League nominee,
has been placed upon that ticket in his
place.
The Union Labor Party filled some
vacancies upon it's ticket generally by
indorsing the Republican nominees for
the same positions. They have named
the entire Republican Board of Library
Trustees. In the Second Ward they
have named R NJ. Hamb for Council
man and j. G. Hanks for School Direc-
tor, and in the Fifth Ward they have
indorsed the Republican nominee, B.
II. Pendleton.
The Socialists had to make one
change in their ticket. Austin Lewis,
who was nominated for City Attorney,
withdrew and J. w. O'Connor was sub
stituted.
This reduces the situation to simple
proportions, and means practically a
sweep for the Republican ticket. The
Socialists and Prohibitionists have put
up straight party tickets, but their vote
has always been small. The Republi-
can. Municipal League and Democratic
tickets are substantially the same and
even the Union Labor Party mas Dut
few nominees of it's own. Practically
the only fights among the general nom
inees are that between Abe P. Leach,
the Republican nominee for City At
torney, and J. E. McElroy, who holds
the Democratic Municipal League and
Union Labor nominations for the same
place: and for the contest for Treas
urer, in which Charles d. Bates Jr. has
the Republican rp--N'nation, David e.
Bortree the Democratic and Municipal
League nominations and Murray Laid
law the Union Labor support. For
Councilmen at large the Republican
nominees have nearly every one of
them the Endorsement of all parties.
and among the ward Councilmen there
are only two contests, that between e.
c. Hahn, Republican, in the Fourth
Ward, against r. w. Bahls with the
Municipal League and Democratic sup
port and John r. league on the Union
Labor ticket; and in the Seventh Ward
where w. A. Donaldson has the Re-
publican and Union Labor support
against ]. T. Wallace with the Demo-
cratic and Municipal League.
The Republicans of the First Ward
have organized a club with the follow
ing officers: Thomas NJ. Robinson,
president; j. H. Mahon, vice president,
and c. A. Klinkner. secretary.