The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-10

election of DIR. Walsh. If Toner would
get out of the race entirely, Mccarthy
would reimburse him for all his ex-
penses, and when he became mayor,
would shower the favor of the admin
istration upon Toner. The story may
not be true, but Toner sent messen-
ger to the registrars office yesterday
to inquire IL he might withdraw the
papers he had filed and to announce
that Dr. Toner had decided not TO be a
candidate for coroner.
SULLIVAN TURNED DOWN
The board of election commissioners
equipped Francis ]. Sullivan yesterday
with the basis of an appeal to the SUI
gle to secure a place on the union
labor primary ballot as candidate for
nomination for mayor.
The board, for reasons probably en-
tirely satisfactory to itself, used the
vote cast for Judge Cabaniss last year
as the basis of its computations when
1T figured out the per cent minimum
for union labor petitions. That re-
suited in fixing the union labor mini
mum at 1,029.
Apparently Sullivan has not found it
easy to secure the signatures of 1000
qualified union labor electors His
difficulties showed surface groupings
when he asked permission to submit a
brief in the direct primary case and
was told by the court that it would
take up no matters not included in the
petition for a writ of mandate
He appeared before the board of
election commissioners yesterday and
requested it to reconsider it's action.
He offered two substitutes for the Ca
baniss vote basis The first was that
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kell for state treasurer in 1906 as the
measure of the union labor party's
strength in San Francisco. Haskell
polled 1852 votes in this city and coun-
ty, and with that vote as the basis Sui
livan or any other candidate could get
on the union labor ticket with a pc
tition signed by 16s. II the board
would not take that course Sullivan
suggested that 1T subtract the vote
polled by Harry Flannery for presi-
Dental elector from that polled by
Judge Cabaniss and call the difference
the union labor vote. This plan would
result in a petition minimum of 800.
The board refused to accept either
alternative or to accept any union la
Dor petition with less than 1929 valid
signatures, making the ruling to enable
Sullivan to get into court
The race for the republican nomina-
the field enlarged yesterday by the
formal entry of F. A. Zumwalt, 5055
Point Lobos avenue.
That some queer tales about forth
coming support have been peddled to
the republicans of the thirty fourth
district may be substantiated by the
sudden interest in the supervisorial
ticket displayed. Charlie Rabing, one
of the old warehouses; of the district de-
pIa h inns in DoJ,
ert Strahle, who has warred with and
against Rabing. permitted it to be
known that he purpvsed to have a try
for one of the places on the ballot as
a republican candidate for the same
job. Strahle is member of the coun-
ty committee and is reasonably solid
with both wings of IT.
REFORMERS COME FORTH
The democratic party has been freed
from the shame of the charge that its
real reformers have declined to come
forward as candidates. Repetition of
the accusation was made impossible
yesterday by Albert P. Wheelan, who
inscribed his name among those who
seek democratic nomination to the po-
lice bench. Wheelan was a member of
the last legislature and identified him
self prominently with the cause of re-
form and good government by father
ing a lovely mess of legislation directed
against the integrity of grand juries,
providing for the disqualification of
judges. etc, and by passing to some of
his colleagues several dainties in the
way of slot machine bills and the like.
which were a bit too brazen even for
Wheelan.
]. Emmett Hayden, who was on the
Mccarthy slate for supervisor. has
completed and fled his petition for a
place on the democratic ballot The
petition filed by DR.. c. c. O'Qonnell for
a place on the republican ballot for
coroner included a total of 1880 sigma
lures when it went to the registrar.
When his deputies got through with
it yesterday 1t mustered only 500 valid
signatures, or nearly 400 short of the
$50 minimum. The enemy of the Chi
nese will file a supplemental petition.