The San Francisco call., 1905-01-11
CANDIDATE DISAPPEARS.


Candidate Flint escaped the rush and
many a glad handshake intended for
him never landed Not long after the
Assembly had adjourned he disap-
peared. Late in the afternoon it was
announced at his headquarters that he
was indisposed and had retired to his
private apartments. Early in the night
1t was given out that he had gone to
bed. Except for some of the Los An
geles boosters and the polite colored
man who is ever on duty there, the
: headquarters were deserted long before
midnight.
Whether Candidate Flint had gone to
bed or whether he was in consultation
with Ruef and his other supporters is
not known. He was, at any rate, not
at his headquarters during the night.
John Mott Of Los Angeles, one of the
men who has stayed close to Flint dur
ing most Of the time he has been here,
was the only person who seemed au-
thorized to make a statement for Flint,
and all he would venture was that the
Senatorial aspirant had gone to bed.
AGAIN GO TO WORK.
With the first exultation over, the
practical Flint men settled down to
work again. Having been in the game
before, they knew that a man is not
elected when he is fourteen shy of the
right number. In fact, the fourteen
made them all the more nervous. They
q. began to evince a desire to shut out
competition, to close the affair up while
the goal was in reach, and before any
rival could bring about a situation that
would be dangerous.
Work was begun at once on every
Hnti-F'lint man whose adhesion to the
candidate for whom he had cast his
vote was not strong. There were some
who had not voted for Flint who were
really for him, and some who were
ready to jump any way the victory
seems certain.
Flint workers Of the practical sort
were untiring during the afternoon and
toward evening a movement to secure
a caucus OF so and declare Flint it's
nominee was begun. Senator Hahn
circulated a roll call and 1t began to
fill rapidly with the men who had voted
for Flint, but so names were not OBJ
tained. The most the Flint supporters
claimed as agreeing to go into caucus
was 62, an alleged gain of 8 for the
Los Angeles man through the prose-
lyting and the accession Of any who
had determined to go over to Flint or
the leader after the first ballot. The
claim of the Flint people is that Al
were actually present at the caucus.
Friends of the other candidates claimed
that the total number of names on the
call was only AZ and but 81 were ac-
tually present at the caucus.
GATHER FOR CAUCUS.
The gathering lasted but few min
utes and was adjourned on the state
ment that it was desired to learn the
results of the caucuses then being held
by the supporters of other candidates.
The caucus was first called for s
o'clock, then for $3.50, then for 8. To-
ward the latter hour there were not
more than twenty legislators in the
Assembly chamber and some of these
were Supporters Of candidates other
than Flint, who had remained up to
the hour of the caucus to finish work.
Senator Hahn called the gathering to
order. Assemblyman Bliss acted as
chairman and Assemblyman Houser as
secretary Senator Hahn announced
from the floor that the eighteen men
then in caucus wanted the larger one
to go over until o'clock the next
morning. The assembled legislators
then adjourned to the hour named and
the hotel lobbies were soon full of Flint
voters again.
The Flint men claimed tonight that
six of the Fisk votes had come over to
their candidate. They would give no
names. Some claims were made by
men not authorized to speak for leg
islators who, upon being interviewed,
declared they did not intend to change
their votes. 1t is pretty certain that
these six will change to Flint to-mor-
row: Welsh, Amerige, Held Jarvis.
MCGOWAN and Pfaeffie. MCGOWAN will
change on the second ballot and all the
others on the first. The following also
VIII change to Flint, 30 some OF his