The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1899, Page 1

This Paper not to be taken from the Library.**** The Tall VOLUME LXXXV-NO. 35. — SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS., A BLIGHT NOW RESTS ON OVERSHADOWED BY COMING DISASTER Open Candidacy Has Driven Many Friends From urns Side. The Taint of Past Misdeeds Now Bears Fruit and Homest Men Wash Their Hands of the Corrupting Aspirant, ened of the tricky crew The few among Burns’' followers who are numbered among the respectable Senator, r has the air o A members of society profess to be still 't at| 45 confident of ultimate success as they of rae cipns wen W. F. Herrin launched the s boom four weeks ago. Having exact nat malady that | become committed to their present po- the ym and | sition by reason of personal friendship has overtaken ted it or mistaken party fealty they still cling to the belief that they cannot be wrong, and that a majority of the members of present. Legislature and the eom- munity at large will not continue to repudiate the man whose past record reeks of the proceedings of the crimi- nal courts of two republics and who has ered imprisonment the charge of bed the people he now asks 1l not admit « that sis, but bear fatal results there The smail army of pol and to mark the d candidate in been scat- y symptoms of 1 they are now to be the complaint n job chase touts diligent for the information that Burns itered the race for the Senator- e they now e were many who still ex- A T OF ndly feeling for him, be- eir belief that Herr DS that are Burns’ mouthpiece. the g to make By ns they gained for them- > reputation of being Burns | ipation of itself felt to even the most case-hard- | 1s W. F. Herrin was respon- | THE BOOM OF BURNS supporters. So it was that Burns, with | his army of touts and healers from ;San Francisco, came _to Sacramento | with a great show of glad smiles and | a jingling of small change, secure in | the belief that the battle was won be- fore the votes were counted and that all that was left for them to do was to wait until the proper moment to*do | the shouting. It was at this point that Burns ven- tured into the open and declared: I am a candidate for United States | Senator.” ‘ | This was twenty- our hpurs ago. The | intervening hours since the announce- | ment was made has not changed the | fact of his candidacy, but it has altered | its complexion. Men who were willing terms of intimacy | y are to-day either allegiance to other can- | with him ye declaring thei didates or professing their inability to | support the candidacy of Colonel | Burns. | Now that Burns has, by his declara- tion of terday, dissolved all doubt, if | ted, as to his intentions, there urrying of legislative feet such as v not anticipated by either his | | friends or his opponents. It would | | seem that the consequences of as- | | sociation ~with the Burns boom is |now looked upon as a badge of corruption, and . there are 'few who | care to leave public opinion and | court sociai- #ind political ostracism | | by lending support to the man who, as | an official of the State, was indicted on twelve counts by the Grand Jury of this county for fraudulently appropriating | the funds of the people of the State which had been intrusted to his care. | There 1 blight on the Burns boom, | d a serious drought is threatened among the heelers who live by his smile. | resource within their reach is | rted to by the Burns men to respectability to his can- San ‘Francisco Federal en pressed into service | >. In this_connection zed row brewing. A r s of the Federal office-holders | who had combined to support Burns | owe their present position on the pay- | g roll ¢ th rede Government to United States Senator Perkins. It is well K 1t Senator Perkins has | himself as being opposed to andidacy. Unless the con- ators can succeed in electing Burns be a new crop of Federal rs in San Francisco within Knowing this to bers of the Federal ploying every artifice to the belief among State legis- | are in Sacramento in | expressed spread lators that, they the interest of Burns with the full con sent roval of the administr; tion at V ington. So far as is known this plan of campaign has so far been | without effect, but it is not unlikely that it will bear fruit not at all in ac~ | cordance with the desires“of the inen | who are engineering the scheme. The developments of to-day are not the only surprises that are in store for | Colonel Burns. In spite of the fact that he is making all possible use of the friendship of Governor-elect Gage, the | patronage of the State and the power | of the Southern Pacific Company, he | will find his name third on the list| when the votes are counted after the first ballot next Tuesday. BURNS COMPELLED TO | CALL ON HIS RESERVES| | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| NTO, Jan. 3.—It is an evident fact that | name of the State. the managers of the Burns fight realize that not only are the prospec.d of Dan for success very remote, but they are aleo awara that as time progresses these pros- pects grow more dim. The result is that a call nas gone forth over the State for every railrcad politician, whecher he Le | Democrat or Republicai, makes no differ- ence, to come to Sacramento. ~The only question is as to whether or not e is a position to Influence one vote ‘or more for the man from Mexico. They are flock- ing in by every train, and if the influx continues by Saturday night there will be | an aggregation of talent here stch as Sac- ramento has never seen before. Among those arriving last evening was Harvey Lindley, the repudiated Repub- lican boss of Southern California. _Mr. | Lindley went at once to the Golden Bagic | and proceeded to the star-chamber heaid- quarters of Colonel Dan, there to rem closeted for some time., When Hary: came forth he was questioned by a Call representative and sald: “No, I am going | to take no part in the Senatorial fight. 1 am here to look _on. You ask am I for Colonel Burns. Well, now, you can just ut it down that I am not against him.” urther than this Lindley was very reti- cent and close-mouthed. He will be one of Burns' right-hand men to the end of the fight. DEMOCRATS MAY SAVE THE STATE'S GOOD NAME| CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3.—The Democratic mem- bers of the Assembly, or at least some of them, can be relied upon, if the occasion arises and they are placed in a position to do so, to step in and save the good It it should come to | that point where the votes of a few Dem- | ocratic Assemblymen cast for a clean- cut, honorable Republican for United States Senator would prevent the election foJorororerclcololoXooXoXoXoOXOROXOXOROXOXORCRORORORORORCHOJORO] GENERAL BARNES FEELS SATISFIED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.—The tions in the Senatorial barometer Barnes. campaign he remarks: have good reason to believe that will not fall below twenty-five. I shall tell the story. My relations tnre ‘are mest copdial and manyef me is, in a sense, unsolicited. I United States Senator, but, did not people of California. sition is stand. PPPPPREPPPPPPPREIPPPPPIPIPPORPPEREPPOO®®E® He loses no sleep and takes on no flesh. Commenting on the “Positive assurarice comes to me that eighteen votes will be regis- tered in my favor on the first ballot. pers of this day that several members who are pledged to me and from whom I have received directly the assurance that they will vote for me, are accredited to other candidates. names, preferring that the first ballot and the subsequent balloting tives of th2 pecple trom: eouniles -other than San Francisco have pald me the compliment of friendly visits. , The support accorded to received countless letters and messages from the people of this State earnestly requesting that I should enter the race. pansion and the retention of conquered territory are known to the Interviews on this subject, so far as my bo- concerned, are not required. The people know where I The _sentiments expressed in my speeches during the late campaign: received the enthusiastic commendation of every audience from Shasta to San Diego. The greetings which| I received at close of the great meetings and the personal appeals made by the represenattve men of every county that I should enter the contest for the United States Senate, induced me to enter the fleld.” [CRoJOXOXOXOROXOXOROXOX OXOOXOROXOIOROXOJOXCROROROROROROXORCJOROROJO} of Burns, the votes of those DemocFatic Assemblymen would be forthcoming. *One point is assured and that is this: If Colonel Mazuma should Influence the vdtes of a few Democratic Assemblymen and secure them for some unclean Re- publican, there are other Democratic As- semblymen who stand ready to immedi- ately counteract the effect' of those votes by casting thelr own for:the Republican candidate for Senator whose chances of | success were lessened by the casting of the purchased Democratic votes for his opponent. , At the caucus of the Democratic mem- bers of the Assembly the. question came up as; to whether or not in any contin- gency;a Democratic Assemblyman should ever cast his vote for a’ Republican can- didate for Senator. The question was .very generously de- bated and there was considerable differ- ence of opinion. Some thought that in the event it was necessary for the Dem- ocratic_Assemblymen to cast their votes to break a deadlock, or to elect a Repub- lican who would in no sense be objec- tionable to the people of the State, they should do so. There were others who were of the opinion that the Democratic Assembly- men should give the complimentary vote to a Democrat from the first ballot to the | last. The discussion got rather warm, and As- semblyman: Mead finally stepped in and poured ofl on the troubled waters. suggested that it would be well enough for the :caucus to bridge the difficulty when it was.reached. Inasmuch as the conditions stated -did’ not yet exist, would advise that the matter be left open. This proposition was agreed to. Mr. Mead also’ advised ‘his colleagues not to submit to Anterviews as to whether, in certain contingencies, they would support this or that Republican candidate for Senator, for, the reason that if fome Re- publican, geod: and clean, were to get eixty-one Republican votes without diffi- culty, th® Democratic Assemblyman who had stated that he was going to vote for some other Republican would be placed in a most embarrassing position. © varia- do not disturb General W. H. L. I count on eighteen sure and my strength on the first showing observe by the San Francisco pa- I shall mention no with the members of the Legisla- the most influential representa- am - a candidate for the office of become a\ candidate before I had My views on ex- the OJOXOIOIOIOJOXOXOICIOXOXOIOXOXOJOXOOLOXOXOXOXOXOXOJOROIONOROJOROXCHO) ® ® He | SOUTHERN CA | | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Jan. 3.—There will never be a | | circumstance arise nor a condition ex- | secure any votes from the Los Angeles County delegation for United States | | Senator if the statements made by the | members themselves are to be given | - | credence, and there is every reason why | they should. | The members of the delegation were | very indignant to-day at the charge | made in the Chronicle that the candi- | dacy of Senator Bulla was merely a | “stall” for D. M. Burns and the railroad | company. | Messrs. Valentine, Conrey | fck were not at all slow in expres vigorous English. and Mel- ne themselves in very Senator Simpson also placed himself squarely on record. All of these gen- tlemen state that at no time will their | votes be at the disposal of Burns. Mr. Melick stated that he had been ap- proached by some of the Burns follow- ing and sounded, but he was the only member of the delegation who made the admission. Senator Bulla himself indignantly | denied any rumors of combinations | upon the part of himself or his support-| | ers. He furanished The Call with the fol Jowing signed statement: “I have ‘said so frequently that it have made no combination or compro- | mise with any other candidate for Sen- | ator that it does seem to me unneces- | sary to repeat it at this time. How- | ever, I again say as forcibly as lan- guage can expre: it that I have no understanding or agreement with | Cdlonel Burns or any other candidate | or anybody representing them. I have had no conversation whatever with any | other candidate looking toward an | | agreement or understanding as to the | | disposition of our respective votes when | the break-up comes. “The Republican convention of Los | Angeles County enthusiastically adopt- | ed a strong resolut: favoring a_Sen- | | ator from Southern California and in-| | ist whereby Colonel D. M. Burns will | ¢ LIFORNIANS ARE OPPOSED TO BURNS Senator Bulla Indignantly Refutes the Charges. 'Signed Statements Which Show That Gunst’s Gambling Partner Has No Friends in the Lower | Part of the State. he | structing the legislative nominees from that county to vote for myself. I am constantly receiving letters from my constituents to the effect that public ntiment there has not changed . one ota. “What I have said to other candidates for with reference Senator applies with equal force and truthfulness to the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Santa Fe Railroad or any other cor- poration. “It has been alleged that men who are friendly to the railroad company are in favor of my candidacy. If I am to be considered the choice of the rail- road company because of any such al- legation I apprehend that every can- didate who has so far declared himself may be subject to the same criticism. “I m emphatically deny that I have been approached at any time, or in any manner, by any one known to me to be connected with or authorized to represent the Southern Pacific Com- pany with any proffer or suggestion of the support of that company in return for any consideration that I might ow them if elected to the high office United States Senator. “If men who are known to be under the dictation ar control of any improper influence are declaring their preference for me it certainly is hot based upon any assurance mation from me that I will be ject to such influ- ences if elected. 2 ch tactics have been resorted to for the purpose of injuring or prevent- Ing the election of candidates for office before. “The best proof of what any man will do in the future is found in what he has done in the past. I refer to my record in three sessions of the Califor- nia Legislature as sufficient evidence of that if elected Senator I will not sub- mit tc tha ) dictation from any source other from the whole body of people of State. do not preferences now what are the personal of my supporters in the event that I should at any time retire from the contes “ MY VEEWS ON EXPANSION ARE WELL KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE OF - CALIFORNIAY Z EVERY AUDIENCE FROM SHASTA TO SAN DIEGO CHEERED THE DECLARATION THAT CONQUERED TERRITORY "SHOULD BE RETAINED, PLEDGED TO ME “- . FIGHTEEN VOTES ARE , " TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF THE " LEGISLATURE HAVE GIVEN. ASSURANCE TAAT THEY WILL . SUPPORT BARNES- e : AN AN_INTERVIEW, 2