The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1898, Page 1

- The all VCLUME LXXXIV.—N 0 112, e SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENT 0N I Declares Vthe Would-Be by the Aid of a “Sack” and a Popular Upheaval. The Proprietor of the Chronicle Was Told That His Position in Politics Was Prejudicial to the Best Interests of the Republican Party. Young can expect | “Before M. H. to be elected United States Senator | there will have to be an upheaval of the people in his favor—and from my | knéwledge of the feelings of the peo- | ple toward Mr. de Young I am free to | say that such an upheaval wiil never | Such is the expressed belief of Colonel rding the Senatorial f M. H. de Young. The colonel had much more to say on the same subject d particularly with \lleged support of the that is being made vicle in | proprietor the Chr | his ¢ ts to stalk th Senatorship. | The colonel is not u n to flat- t he had to say about De tainly not flattering to ntleman or to his political pre- In fact quite the contrary | was ce declared that De Young position in politics | to be injurious to the | v; that he had not fidence or respect of the masses | bple; that he was so unpopular | : knowledge that a candidate | slature favored De Young | tes Senator would be suf- t that candidate; that | the only that he could become | Senator was by the use of money in | 1g the support of legislative | nominees; that his Senatorial aspira- | tions were only a “noise in the bush” | and nothing more. In other words the | colonel so expressed himself as to lead to the conclusion that he believes De the cc of the that Young to be a “false alarm” of the vEry worst gescripuon, as well as a | n whose political ambitions, while | sable, are not complimentary to th intelligence of the voters of the State. Colonel Burns' sermon on De Young and the Senatorship was suggested by a query put to him relative to the an- nouncement made earlier in the day that De Young had appointed Burns | and .. C. Meyers, a member of the State Ceneral Committee, as his political managers and head promoters of his under-cover Senatorial boom. Mr. de Young was asked as to the truth of the statement, but declined to be inter- viewed on that or any other political subject. | B “I never allow myself to be inter- | viewed on political subjects,” he said, | “for the reason that I have a paper of | my own and when I wish to make my | views public I do so through its col- umns.” While this seems to be a very good position to be in still it is not expected that in this instance the circulation of the Chronicle will be materially in- creased by reason of a rush of buyers who are anxiovs to be let in to the De Young confidence. With Colonel Burns the case in dif- ferent. He has no newspaper and does not want one. But he has views on | political questions which he keeps to | imself—and also on the subject of De | Young's Senatorial aspirations—which | he is willing shall be printed in any | old newspaper. So it was that when | he was told of the announcement that he and Meyers had been appointed to take charge of De Young's Senatorial boom he had something to say and said It. | “I do not know who has made such an announcement,” he said, “and do not care. All I have to say about it is that it is a lle. I am not making De Young’s fight nor do I expect to make it. So far as I know he has no fight, and if he had I do not think there ‘is | one chance in a thousand for him to win. I do not think the people want him as United £:=*¢s Senator and I do not believe they would vote for any legislative candidate who was known to be In favor of him for Senator. “So far as my personal preference is concerned I favor a man who has noth- | ing In common with De Young; but I told that man as I have told others that I did not intend to interest myself in any way in anything except to do what I can to secure the election of the Republican State ticket, “Some time ago I went to. Mr. De Young and told him that his position in politics was prejudicial to the best interests of the Republican party; that if he was a candidale for United States Senator he should come out in the open and say so, and that if he was not a candidate he should also make a pub- lic declaration to that effect. I told him | what all of his so-called friends have been too cowardiy to tell him; that his political standing In the community precluded the possibility of his election to the United States Senaisrship. “As a result of that and another con- ference which oceurred a few days later Mr. De Young wrote and publish- ed the statement that he is not a can- didate for the Senatorship. 1 presumed that settled it. but now it appears that there is a quibble about the wording of the letter; and the assertion is being made that De Young is hard at work pledging the support of legislative candidates. I do not belleve taat this is true, but if it is true that he is a candidate and that he is attémpting to pledge legislative candidates he is| COLONEL DAN BURNS H DE YOUNG Senator Can Only Win chasing a forlorn hope. Before he can expect to be elected United States Sen- | ator there will have to be an upheaval | of the people in his favor—and from my knowledge of the feelings of the people toward him I am free to say that such an upheaval will never occur. | “The only chance De Young has to | secure the Senatorship is to spend a | lot of money in securing the election of legislative candidates who would | support him after their election. I do not believe he intends to do this. My belief is that De Young's candidacy is only a noise in the bush. I am free to say that it does not frighten me. “As 1 said before, the only chance De ¥oung has)is in an upheaval of the people in his favor. I have lived in Cali- fornia a goodly number of years and so far have failed to witness any such an | upheaval unless there was a big sack | behind it.” | Dr. R. C. Meyers denles that he has received any notice of his appointment as one of De Young's political man- agers. He says that he has not seen either Colonel Burns or Mr. De Young for many days and that he has never | been approached on the subject by | them or any one else. INDEX Moo+ VAL LEY RAILROAD SOUTHERN = [] Sournern PR AND BRANC /5 30 FREED FROM HER BONDS California WIill Now Have Another Road Across the Continent. The days of a single railroad “czaro- cracy” in this State are passed and now California will be enfranchised. Yesterday afternoon a legal document was filed with the County Clerk which in its importance and momentous con- sequences to the people of this State is without an equal. The four pages of type written matter tell a story of a new transcontinental railroad with a terminus at San Francisco and connec- direction of the new road from Bakers- field were all incorrect as Mojave will not be touched. The most direct route possible has been selected for the new road. According to the articles of in- corporation the Bakersfield and Los Angeles Railway Company will be con- structed _from _Bakersfield in XKern County and thence by a practicable route to a point where such proposed railroad shall connect with the present IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and kS seals, this decenTentX day of/;f{o-«h«,- , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight I nunety-eight. Uoar et s %fi% (SEAL) A, Dttt (SEAL) & 9, L cAL JR ® RATLANTIC “PARCIFL CiIFIC HES &3* 9 60 SCALE 0OFMILES EMANCIPATION. PROJECTED ROUTE OF . THE NEW ROAD FROM BAKERSFIELD TO LOS ANGELES. Howard Republican Club. The Howard Republican Club met In Pythian Castle last night, with President Fred Frey in the chalr and over 50 mem- bers present. E. F. Lutgens was elected financial secretary to flll the vacancy caused by the death of the former secre- tary. The entire State platform was unan- imously indorsed, as was also the candi- dacy of Julius Kahn in the Fourth Dis- tpict and Eugene F. Loud in the Fifth. fieeches were made ‘?y G. C. Groe:lnger. . J. Gray and Fred McGregor, while Messrs. Ma) n¥f1 Hefferman, Hallard, Joe o Martin ans ers .enllvened the occa- sion with song and story. - Gage Republican Club. At a meeting of the Gage Republican Club held at 235 Third street, last even- ing, the following officers were elected: President, Dr. V. J. Stearns; vice presi- dents—J. Levi, M. F. Shaughnessy, B. K. 5 r; recording secretary, Willlam H. (fl?tln:; financial ucremB'. Willlam Do- ran; treasurer, Nathan Dayis; executive committee—C. W. Stevens, Charles Welch, Robert Lawton, Thomas McIlwain, Frank A. Martin, Henry McLaughlin, Emil Al- ber; sergeants at lrms—l Shaughnessy and J. McCauley. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the candidacy of Julius Kahn and the State ticket. tions that will make it possible for the people of California to communicate di- rectly with all Eastern points. The name of the new corporation is the Bakersfield and Los Angeles Rail- way Company. Five men comprise the incorporation. They are Claus Spreck- els, John D. Spreckels, A. B. Spreckels, Robert Watt and A. H. Payson. These men will constitute the board of directors of the new company and 1. W. Hellman is the treasurer elected by the five subscribers. ° The capital stock of the new Bakers- field and Los Angeles Raflway .Com- pany is fixed at $5,000,000, which is di- vided into 50,000 shares at the par value of $100 each. Of these 50,000 shares 2200 have been actually subscribed for, which represents $220,000. Each of the five directors has made a subscription of $44,000. b $ The new line will be constructed from Bakersfield over the Tejon Pdsa straight through to Los Angeles. The estimated length of the road is 200 .Rallway constructed line of raflroad of the Southern California Rallway Company in the city of Los Angeles. The South- ern California Railway is a branch of the Santa Fe running from Mojave to Los Angeles. This is the connecting link which will place California in touch with the entire continent and de- stroy forever the dictatorial policy,of the one road out of the State. In building the road from Bakersfield to Los Angeles the new company in- sures itself one or more Eastern conJ nections. As it is to cross the Tejon and build the line into Los Angeles by a direct route it will not of necessity be thrown upon the Santa Fe for connec- tions. The Oregon Short Line has a branch road from Salt Lake which will have a terminus at Pioche. There is hardly a doubt that, if the exigencies demand it, this line would continue its road to a meeting point with the new centinuation of the Valley road. The Bakersfleld and Los Angeles cqflny.h a distinct corpora- connected with the Valley: road. The five directors all hold positions of trust in the San Francisco and San Joaquin Railway, and their interest in the es- tablishment of a new transcontinental line with a terminus at San Francisco has been closely allied with the original | venture of the Valley road. The logical | deduction of the building of the Valley road was that some day connections would be made with Eastern lines. ‘When the Valley road was originally contemplated a number of patriotic citizens came forward and voluntarily subscribed, thinking at the time that it was a contribution. Time has proved that the money that was advanced to build the road through the San Joaquin Valley was well placed from the stand- point of investment. To protect these original and patriotic subscribers the | officials of the Valley road lately ad- vised the stockholders not to sell, for certain events would soon occur that would insure them the par value of their stock. So it was arranged that the Union Trust Company should hold all shares at the option of the deposi- tor to sell for par value at the end of the year or to still continue to hold them. The one thing that could make the Valley road a part of a great and prosperous system was connections, and now these are secured. The new road will not pass through a fruitful country and as an isolated line would not be self-sustaining. It is through its terminal connections that it will be a power, at the same time making the Valley road a rallway of great value. ‘With the new road over the pass from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and the Valley road from Bakersfield to San Francisco the knell of death has been sounded for railroad monopoly in Cali- fornia. Practically two tide-water ter- minals are assured the Valley and Bakersfield and Los Angeles roads with all their inestimable benefits. The re- cent adjustment of Santa Fe compli- cations when that road was transferred at its real valuation was a prognostica- tlon which the present shows in reali- zation. The Valley road with its new connections will be able to cut freights at both ends. The situation after the construction of the new line will not be the same as it has been for many years, ever since the thern Pacific Company of Kentucky ™Mtled with a rod of iron. be injected into that corporation and the benefit to the people of California cannot be easily ascertained so great will it be. The “purpose” section of the articles of incorporation besides reciting the purpose of the formation of the com- pany to build the road with all its ac- cessories—wharves, necessary steam- boat lines, ferryboats in connection with the railroad, docks, landings, to for the exercise of its powers, etc., etc. —mentions the proposed building of a telephone and telegraph line along the route. incorporation shows that actually subscribed before the filing $1000 for each mile of road intended to be constructed or purchased by the cor- poration and that $100 has been sub- scribed for every mile of telegraph or telephone line. The articleg also show that 10 per cent of the amount sub- scribed has-been paid to the treasurer for the benefit of the corporation. Sam Francisco is selected as the prin- cipal place of business of the new cor- poration. To shippers, to farmers, to grape growers this new road of 200 miles of rails will be as the shower of manna to the famished. The day for one-armed and undisputed power has now surrendered to the growing de- mands of a people who will scon know what enfranchisement means. FUSIONISIS MAKE PROTEST. Ask That Certificates of Nominations . by the Straight Populists Be Not Filed. OAKLAND, Sept. 19—F. J. Gregory, chairman of the People’s Party County Central Committee (fusion) to-day filed an affidavit and protest with County Clerk Jordan against filing certificates of nominations made at the straight middle- of-the- road Populists’ recent County Convention. The affidavit sets forth that a portion of the minority of the reul County Committee, which resigned as members of the legally constituted and acting Central Committee, combined with several persons not members of the Coun- ty Committee of the People’'s Party, as- sembled together, chose officers and false- 1y pretended to be a County Committee of Jme Pcople's pm-tx; and that the false con- vention met on the 15th inst. at Fraternal Hall and elected Aaron Bretz chairman and C. N. Hitchcock secretary and made nominations. Slavic Republican Club. The Slavic citizens of this city organ- ized last night a Slavic Republican Club. Following are the officers elected: F. Zan, president; F. J. Lastufka, first vice president; Andrew Gecan, second vice president; M. Zvanut, secretary; A. Pil- covich, assistant secretary; Rocco Maroe- vich, treasurer, and P. Ginstin, sergeant at arms. One hundred and fifty members signed the roll. A resolution was passed¥| unanimously to forward a congratulatory message to-Hon. Henry T. Gage upon his nomination as standard bearer of the Re- publican party of the State of Califor- nia, and further unanimously indorsed the entire State ticket. Republicans Rally. ~The Republican Club of the Forty-fifth Assembly District will have a grand rally to-morrow. evenlnfi at 412 Jackson street. Good speakers will be in attendance. Ex-Mayor Rice Dead. SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 19.—Captain v"fil'lhlll C. Rice, ex-Mayor of Jackson- e, Fla., died last night of Bright's dis- miles. The surmises ventured as to the | tion, although ail of its ‘members ‘are | ease. The spirit of competition will | buy all real estate necessary and proper | The tenth $ction of the articles of | there was | Society, sometimes called cratic Committee of One Hundred, held night in Native Sons’ Hall. Nearly three hours’ time was wasted would have finished inside of ten min. utes. The work was mapped out dur- of the cccasion were evidently the vie- The “promptefs” of the palitical drama, Charles W. Fay and Colonel W. P. Sul- livan, were distinguished with the.stu- pidity of the actors. In several in- stances they had to cross the ball to THIY 1S A \ Gooo LooxinG Loeny - give the cue to those who had been assigned parts in the play of pure poli- tics. But is was a first- night perform- ance, and it is belleved that the actors wil know and understand their lines better when the second performance of | “working the slate” is given. Jasper McDonald, chairman of the self-appointed band of political reform- ers, was a little slow in ordering the | curtain raised on the first act. | “What is your pleasure, gentlemen?” | asked he in the tones of an interlocutor | in a minstrel show. “Give us the programme,” shouted | some one from the rear of the hall. Secretary’ Thomas J. Walsh at once | proceeded to read the minutes of the | preceding meeting. When he had fin- ished, Francis J. Heney made himself heard. He objected to the adoption of the minutes as recorded. ‘“We want the truth recorded here,” said he, “and the minutes do not give us that. I would like to know where the secretary gets | his information that the resolution in- ‘troduced doing away with a primary JUDGE BRIOGE FORD. OF COLUSA. NEE tims of a bad attack of stage fright. | PHELAN-McNAB MEN CARRY OUT ORDERS There Were Several Hitches Last Night at the Opening of the Self-Admiration Society Gonvention, The Slate Work Was Carried/Out in a Very Bungling Manner by Some of the Ketors, to the Great Disgust and Dissatisfaction of Those Who Were Engineering the Performance. The Phelan-McNab Self-Admiration | from the lobby,” exclaimed Joseph N. the Demo- | - ougues, “I will ask to have it clear- | ed.” a Democratic municipal convention last | It wouldn’t be a Democratic conven- tion,” interjected E. P. E. Troy, “un- | less we had a row.” in carrying out a programme that Boss | Buckley, when he was “doing” politics, | ing the afterncon hours, but the artists | McGee, who had been sitting next to Fay, was then called to the platform o take the gavel. He made a speech of acceptance, and introduced in the course of his remarks some old-time friends like “it is a most unexpected and unsolicited honor,” and “I have no friends to reward nor ememies to pun- ish.” These remarks were applauded, just the same as they have been a hun- dred times before. Charles Fay then went over to M. H. Hernan and promp*- -~ him to make a | motion that a committee of seven be appointed on credentials. Hernan com- plied. Colonel Sullivan looked uneasy when P. H. McCarth-- who had been assign- ed the part of moving that a committee of seven be appointed on permanent organization and ord:r of business, forgo* his part. Some one sitting near McCarthy nudged him and he spoke his little piece. It was then suggested that before going any farther it might be advisable to have a temporary secretary to keep record of the proceedings. The secre- taryshi- as per programme, fell to T. J. Walsh. Lawrence J. Hoey was made assistant secretary. “We are getting along nicely,” said Chairman McGee, “and as I haven’t got a slate, T would ask ten minutes’ time to name the committees.” A recess was taken and Fay and Sul- livan hastened to the aid of the chair- man in his arduous work. ‘When the convention reconvened the following announcements were ~made from the programme: Committee on Credentials—M. H. Hernan, Charles J. Gallagher, P: J. Mc- Cormick, H. L. Rea, G. Howard Thompson, J. M. Klein, Matt Lally. Committee on Permanent Organiza- tion and Order of Business—P. H. Mc- Carthy, Emil Pohli, John H. Hansen, Jeremiah Deasy, G. D. Maxwell, How- ard Park of Susanville, and August Tillman. It took the credentials committee half an hour to frame a report deciding that the members of the admiration so- ciety were entitled to seats in the nom- inating convention. Then came the report of the second committee. It was to the effect that the temporary officers of the convention be made the permanent officers; that H. L. Bienfield, aid de camp\to Maximilian Popper, be chosen chief | bouncer, to take care of any one suggesting a “pro- gramme,” and that the order of nomin- ation be as follows: Mayor; four Su- perior Judges; Board of Supervisors; had only one vote against it. It was a viva voce vote, and how does he know that there was only one vote cast in opposition? Then I would also like to know where the secretary obtained his information that the resolution declar- ing against proxies was carried unani- mously. I voted against it—" “So did I,” chirruped several of the committeemen. “No you didn’t,” said some one in an angry tore. “Whoever says I didn’t,”” shouted Heney, “does not tell the truth.” Heney looked around to find his tor- mentor, but no one apswered his words of challenge and defiance. It was then decided to change the minutes to con- form with the suggestion of Heney, that they only set forth the truth. Thus ended the first act. Chairman McDonald announced that the committee would next resolve it- gelf into a nominatin~ convention. M. C. Hassett placed McDonald in nomination for temporary chairman, and W. J. McGee was nominated by Colonel Sullivan. McDonald, who had his part well learned, spoke his lines thanking the convention for the honor conferred on him, and withdrew in favor of Mc- Gee. “Programme!” shouted some one in the lobby. “If there is any further interruption MGEE CLAamED TO BE SURPRISED AT 1y ELECTION To THE CHAIR MAN JHIP RN Board of School Directors; Assessor; Sheriff; Public Administrator; Auditor; Treasurer; Tax Collector; Recorder; County Clerk; City and County Attor- Continued on Third Page.