The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1898, Page 1

This Paper nv: 1o be taken from thé Library:**** | ! The Cr s | NO. 15 { VOLUME LXXXIV. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1898. PRICE -FIVE CENTS. WIDESPREAD CONSTERNATION CAUSED BY MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN'S OFFER TO - SELL OUT HIS PARTY AND TRADE HIS PATRONACE FOR THE SUPPORT OF RAINEY WOULD DELIVER THE PARTY T0 THE MEN WHOM HE HAS DENOUNCED RS SCOUNDRELS " n Hs Speech at the Sacramento Convention the Mayor Fercely Assailed the Hamey-Raingy Delegates and Their Leaders, and Called Them the Creatures of the Allied Corporations, | | | | HELAN, RAINEY & CO., Polit- | that he relled upon the votes of Re- cal Purists. Kid Glove and |publicans for his election. If such was | 8ilk Hat Politics a Specialty the case he has evidently come to.the Such is the sign that Mayor Phelan | conclusion that he does not need Re- | publican support, far he must know that Republicans will not vote for a seeks alllance with Sam would hang.in front of his office door o rac wtice and secure the to attract the notice and CU LT political patronage of the honest voters of San Francisco. The news that Mr. Phelan h t: less than.three months ago Mr. Phelan went to Sacramento that negotiations with Sam Ra on the occasion of the meeting of the Harney and the men who Democratic State Convention for the 4 so long ounced as the purpose of making an open fight scoundr cutthroats and against the seating of a deélegation sent | ,guards of the local Democ to the convention by the Harney- he few s assasa k to t d citl- | painey branch of the local Democracy. of this eity who have He won thé fight and was crowned King of the Purists by the Examiner and those of his following who had helped him. steal the control of the Democratic party in San neisco. On 1 revealed | ypat gecasion Mr. Pheian placed himself t to be.only | ,;, record before the people of the State | yster; Who | v making a speech before the con- , and who is > who have sup- vention on the subject of the standing of the men who composed the Harne and to b him the patron- | pajney delegatio It had been sug- he various dep: of the | pogted that a compromise be éffected t for the votes of the | yperehy both contesting delegations be spat upon and re- | geuteq in the convention and that each there is a feeling -akin to con- | p. gnritled to half a vote. This offer | sternation amons tha men—and. there | ey, o ‘enmmaa s an el 2 SHEMgh | v maye beloVed | prneiples he claimed to represent. He nd aristocratic | said: “But there are some occasions on | which we cannot, in justice to our- selves and to the principles for which we stand, even breathe the word ‘compromise.’ You cannot jump half way down Niagara.” inglination and Non-Partisan —who held el - of rification -of shin- white pe the , the rsor political p public v 2 7 Having put the temptation of the of- What a Mockery It Would Be for the Boss of the .City (Rainey) to Send a Delegation Here Reeking With the Bribe Money of the Gas, Water and Electric Companies, of the Southern Pacific and of the Other Great Powers Seeking to Control Courts and Legislatures.—/Mayor Phelan in a Speech at Sacramento. NON-PARTISAS ~RE BASELY DECENED Their vIndursement Secured That It Might Be Bar- tered Away for Votss, Cifimmy the Hefter” in the Role of @ Man Who, fFeardng De- feat, Casts Honor and Dis- cretion to the Winds. | encore. Now, if Major Harney be- lieves that he speaks for the people of San Francisco or represents any- thing here except the influences which stand behind bossism, nur- | tured by Southern Pacific money, then I am mistaken. I, therefore, accuse no gentleman. I simply tell you what I know.” If Mr. Phelan still holds to the same belief’ to which he gave expression in | Sacramento he is now, in bidding for the support of Major Harney, bldding for the support of the Southern Pacific Company, that hated corporation | against which he has uttered so many ! threats and carried out so few of then. 1 44 'béing so it may be expected that | the Examiner will come out with a de- | nunciation of the silk hat boi# who is | seeking the support of the corporation | and is. willing to barter his honor and his patronage in order to get it® This should be its logical and only eourse, for when the Harney-Rainey delega- tion had been turned down by the con- vention Mr. Phelan wrote to the Exam- iner over his own signature and sald: “rhe repudiation of Raineyism mfierelu of all parts of the country, are ' mere, in the Vale of Cashmere, destroyed and was shot by Burtise. The bullet per- ' been growing here recently, that the' through the Internal Postal Agency at LAREDO, Tex,, Oct. 30.—Mexican of- 2 : red compromise behind him, Mr. Phe- f her -how they have been | SR s = | 0 v by Phel st in castmgpoL ¢ iUl b muenion i cBan | was decisive and stamps the charac- discretion and past pretensions to the ]“:"""‘ M vht ’"_;’;'."‘ pow iine | ter of the convention.” winds to bec ive begs | o0 tojlwhom He wonlfl he i gyis mon After using the columns of the paper s who have remained: his supporters be- ging for x 8 vote mtahe B e o e his Lo hna for the expression of such a sentiment \ds of Sam R willihe andfichetees S SRR o | 1t is an act of base ingratitude for him S he i o i“"f““ Yapl PUIDEe g ampae ds ol ~ | to Kiss the Rainey foot at this late day Y uch-needed | "°™ | in the campaign. peupla band: thei auy tex e iygars 1 havebeent In his speech at Sacramento Mr. Phe- fighting hand-to-hand, at close quar- 3 It was A lan made one last oratorical thrust at ters,. with a power ‘whose strength i convention his enemy. Sam Rainey, which is here B and whose corrupt methods I have s b a i da ctil oo THaant ars "" learned to appreciate, and I feel, and ;e’;m Mee ; s Cv 5 E L COBVEN- |7 know in my heart and soul, that | fu cf;m;;lar s‘on ma(_ e ma£ ;x etween the men who represent the Committee Sipre i cd";;""s EOesafys oot i = of One Hundred are here arrayed proposal to deliver the party organiza- 1 : ; 3 ~‘u.. lidates for | iepn g sincerity of purpose and a | tion and a portion of the patronage of ffices. It is t tronage strength capable of accomplishment the city to Rainss in exchange for his ; fs using as a bribe to In- | goaingt that power. I do not impute support. He said: = al. to come to his arms gighonor to other men, but I know “What a mockery it would be for and be him as a brother. Can it be that in the city and county of San the boss of the city (Rainey) to send possible that the good, the pure and the Francisco there is a boss (Rainey); | a delegation hers reeking with the upright Mr. Phelan sought the indorse- that he seeks to control conventions; bribe money of the water, gas and ment of the Non-Partisan convention that he is omnipotent in controlling electric companies, of the Southern for these seekers after patronage of- .small bedies of men, because his ;Pacmc and of the other great powers, fice ind a desire to thus means and weapons are such as you | seeking to control courts and Legisla- enhance the vz of the goods that he and I may not empioy. I have seen tures.” ir 1 later to barter for the em-!the Board of Supervisors of San It will be observed that Mr. Phelan braces of Sam Rainey? Francisco fall down before this| mentions Rainey's intimate and repre- There was once an honest burglar | power. I have seen the Board of hensible relations with the allied cor- who had never killed his guards and | Education disgrace our municipality porations, so it may be safely inferred escaped from the penitentiary, because | and the party name.” | that if he has not changed his views on he had never been caught and sent to Having paid his compliments to | this point within the past few weeks he prison. There are those who, in the | Rainey. Mr. Phelan turned his atten- is now seeking corporation support by light of recent events, are asking them- | tion to the members of the Harney- | attempting to buy the good will and selv it Is not true that Mr. Phelan | Rainey delegation—t Aine meni dol support of Rainey and Harney. has never before—so far as is known— | whom he is now offering the patronage | Politics makes strange bed fellows. dabbled in political corruption, because | of the City Hall if they will vote for | The spectacle that Mr. Phelan is now it has not been necessary for him to | him. Thi what he had to say of the | trying to prepare for the benefit of the do so. | delegates: | i o= good citizens of San Francisco is him- Once upon a time thiere was a white| It has been asserted here that | iR B self tucked in his little bed with the swan that posed as an object of beauty | there has been a delegation sent to 5 L3 burly form of Rainey on the one side and purity upon the surface of a calm ' contest our seats, and that that power ; and that of Harney on the other. and peaceful mill pond. But the pond | of bossism sympathizes with them. I | (1% b And this is the man who wishes to be went dry, leaving hothing but an ex- |can only tell from the personnel of | S ’ 5 the next Mayor of the great city of San panse of black mud, and the swan, in- | that delegation whether it is true or 5 S Francisco who poses as the model of- stead of seeking the fountain from | mnot. I feel, and I tell you here, that | — . ficial of the municipality; who de- :«hl:&r h{ z:v-';jurfi water that once filled :Ee Fosstz(tn—sl?:n;’ro;ndsw (Rainey), | mission in the hame of the Democrat- | tim of the Mayor's invective. He said: | clean municipal government in San |organization, who are in turn the/| clares himself to be the friend of o t1 D rn had come, fought with the relent‘mm el intim?timmmnv’ has | jc party of San Francisco.” “Gentlemen of the convention, Francisco, and he was not with us. subservient tools of the Southern Pa- | honest workingmen, and who would '};‘ g or the wortos Ga Jay beacain ’withmt:s' g R i relations, | yioiol g ney—the same Major Har- | Major Harney is at the head of the | I know that arrayed against us was cific Company, and that we met | have it understood that he and he L ,}h':“r‘:;”“" f;”;’;"d;; "”‘e SR P o it conv: t‘nockmg at| Lov before whom the Mayor has. just | contesting delegation. I know that | the boss and his so called organiza- | them in fair and open combat and | alone possesses all of the virtues that ends of Mr. elan have said oor > ntion for ad-}‘ bent his proud knee—was the next vic- | We have gone into the campaign for J tion, and the Republican boss and his beat them twice. We gave them an | are necessary to the perfect man. FRAUDS AT THE crying fraud and demanding a relicar T ficers réport’ three deaths from yellow ehiear- | all the public buildings and many resi- | forated the right lung, ranging down- | Spanish, upon receiving definite assur- | Berne, Switzerland, five stamps of every | fic P! inz and adjustment of the awards, | dtnces vesrociar o e wan kied. | ward, and lodged In the right hip. The | ances of the American determination to | denomination. Amen the stolen stamps | fever in Monterey on Friday, with four OMAHA EXPOSITION | which the "boldly assert Hardt ma- The damage is estimated at ten lakhs |negro was arrested. take the entire Philippine group, will quit | is one from the Island of Mauritius, val- | new cases. Twivare in o8 R indlcates nipulated for value received last week. | (5500,000). >— the conference: . .. ued at $2500, and which is said to have a greater murl% I’ da,ns ;m I et - | The complaints allege that Hardt | p 'S CHIEF PEACE The joint session, if it.Is held to-morrow, | been the only one in existence. sfliclkilesh g‘&e‘“"t};’-m“g'g R e OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 30.—A sensation | changed the awards of, judges so that | POLICEMAN SHOT BY SPAIN Tl begln at 2 pom. Ehe Amerlcin's case e S notth from the infected districts. Ims ‘developed in the Department of medals and certificates of merit which | S| FR y P n. IMPOSS|BLE T0 AGREE' xns it Amltee: Exhibits at the Lxposition growing out | 1o etnie’ Cpone 10, certain firms went A COLORED CORPORAL COMMISSIONFR IS ILL b R Slowly Bleeds to Death. of the arrest of H. B. Hardt, assistant |remains that Hardt —meade aence | %« T e RARE STAMPS STOLEN REPORTS SENOR RIOS| rureka, Oct. %.—Thomas Kinney, an manager of that department and gen- | changes for considerations of more or Called nto a Cheyenne Saloon to|Indisposition of Senor Rios Will| — s G §""’:°“ e B‘ag Bt{n“‘ eb‘:n day. . While eral si\lpel'}:!“ef:d_';:t-{ on two warrants | less value. Quell a Row Between Two Probably Further Delay BY PARIS THIEVES |Suggests to His Government That wc:]tkf,'w e . wing A e Wi yrgery. - . i scusst . dmrig :egd ::)n-mnrmvf'rg(n' Heviilbe Rival Lovers. ; Negotiations. Further Peace Di: on. striking on an ax blade, which severed arraig : GREAT FIRE IN THE : Over Ten Thousand Taken From the Is Useless. the femoral artery. He bled to death in Hardt denles the charge, and in turn CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 30.—About 10 | PARIS, Oct. 30.—Senor Montero Rios, X a half-hour. He was 22 years old and A declares he will make some counter VALE OF CASHMERE o'clock this evening Policeman James | president of.the Spanish Peace Commis- Department of Post and LONDON, Oct.. 30.—A dispatch to the | ynmarriea, charges to-norrow that will cause Green was shot by Corporal Burtise of the | sion, is {ll. This causes some doubt this Tele hs. . Central News from Madrid,” by way of b s ¥ mare of a sensation than his arrest in = Twenty-fourth Infantry (colored) from |evening as to whether there will be a egrap Bayenne, says Senor Montero Rios, presi-| ~ Big Cheese Exporter to Assign. Exposition circles. What these counter | All Public Buildings and Many Resi- | Fort Russell. Officer Green is fow in the | joint session of the commissions to-mor-| WASHINGTON, Oct. ¥.—Information |dent of the Spanish Peace Commission,| QUEBEC, Oct. 30.—A demand of as- charges are can onlv be surmised but denees of: Ber a hands of a surgeon and his condition is | Tow. If he s unable to attend it is un- | Tecelved from Paris states that the De- | has iuformed his Government that it s signment has been made upon by J. C. th. ~eneral impression is that Hardt Jognr. o serious. i likely that the Spaniards would consent | Partment of Post and Telegraphs at Rue | impossible to_ ai Svith the American | Warrington, one of ‘the largest cheeso ex- | il eharee crookedness in other ‘de- sumed. The {rouble arose if a sdloon between | to enter the conference to take up the | ¢ Gremelle has been robbed of more | decgates, and Il 18 theréfore useless (0| porters n Canada, and who also operates partments. In the meantime a lary BOMBAY, Oct. 30.—A great fire Burtise and another colored man, who | Philippine question for initial considera- [than 10,000 stamps, the value of which B, . in Northern New York. It is also Taitalies of exhibitors, representing toy | b g &1 In | were rivals for the affections of & woman, | tion ‘cannot be, estimated. un m"tood Ohat the qgrand wiil mot bo Tepresenting the | Berinagur, one of the capitals of Cash-|The officer was called In to quiet the men | There is a strong impression, which has | Each Government sends to_this bureau, | Yellow Fever on the Mexican Border. | contested. e eiifios Are” unknown.' but will be large.