The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1899, Page 1

The YOLU \lL LXXXV—-NO. 39. SAN FRANCISCO, SUN NDAY, JANUARY 8, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE.. FIVE CENTS, FROM. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS COME PROTESTS AGAINST BURNS UNQUALIFIED DENUNCIATION OF AN UNCLEAN CANDIDATE | cast their votes for Senator read The Voice of the People Heard in No cerfain - Tone of Condemnation of the Man. Debasing Methods, Corrupting Influence and Unsavory Reputation of the Candelaria Mine Owner Bring Forth a Wave of Indignat and Strong Instructions to the Me Legislature. ion Over His Candidacy mbers of the statements over their respective signatures as to thei Dan Burns for United States Senator. Make statements permit. o B bm b B Be B B morning | - were receiving scores of lette *ws with Republicans in|daily calling upon them to vo f State of Califor-|against Burns and to vote for express their|clean man to represent the gre this prits ey baniel M. Burns for | house of Senator. the Congress of tl These | United States. The desire h > in response to in-{not been to to the cor-|showing, but to give opportuni Call in nearly | to the Republicans to state in State asking | most public manner their prefe to get ~1gm‘f1 statements | ence for the man who shall o Republicans of | cupy that exalted position. Th the interviews are so mpt was made by The|mously against Burns is not ias these interviews, and‘ rrespondents were not in-| make a partisan can-| a most significant notwithstanding these | the interviews re-| almost unanimously | ndidacy of }Jurn':*]‘ | tes 1inent icted to It 1S € st the Jore than a dozen out of the | reds printed being in the gree in his favor. interviews are signifi- ym another fact. The men ve them could not find to condemnation of candidacy, and expressed them- estd ese their 1d G his selves id not hesitate to place signature to the ex- pression. It was the frank and iree expression of the desire of 1e great body of Republicans of TH ( ) to the men who are \ T s€ - them in the State THINKD .egislature, and the demand for THE a clean man is given in no uncer- ne. It is a set of instruc- ©D05-0N t f electors of the FAVORITE . 5 to men whom they I ‘wu;nn 1..n taken this means | ity to the voice of | I'he ( t copl se it had reason |any sense of the word through|favor of Burns. t lieve that the Senators and|design on the part of The Call,| The voice of the people is Asser len at Sflcmmcnmlnml this paper would have given |heard. If these interviews are | any criterion of the public pulse, | B ESREQES"-S-8-0-08-8-880-E88 -8R and they undoubtedly are, then | ¥ SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S PROTEST. m | is there a single legislator at the | ™ i m | State capital who can with hon- B The following resolutions were passed yesterday by the g esty and integrity to the interests g Republican Good Government League of Santa Clara Countys ; and desires of his constituents 3 ¥ < I\'otc for the man who is so bit- - Resolved, That it is our matured and deliber-_ g |, '~ =i e e I - terly and so publicly denounced? @ ate opinion that the political character, reputa- 8| ¢ Is there the least'doubt in thel tion and antecedents of Daniel M. Burns unfit and | | B Aleiuaiity hhntor theho bi ition of United m | mind of any legislator as to what ] 1 norable positiol nited || i be the result if he be recreant States Senator. LA > H ¥ | to his trust? Resoived, That State Senators and Assem- -1 With the demand for “a clean = /men frc h : i 3 o \ hl‘)tllnu‘ r)m: jctounly of Santa Clara are earn- B . “anybody but Burns,” is # “estly requested to uee all honorable means to ®m|there a legislator who can vote L | prevent his election to such position. THE CALL'S INSTRUCTIONS TO ITS CORRESPONDENTS. Please interview twelve or fifteen prominent Republicans in your city and get rding the candidacy | State of California in the uppcr‘ as | make a partisan unani- r preference or otherwise for as brief as circumstances will E-EH--H-E-2-Bm equal publicity;to the interviews te hml every-one of-them been in | a at e ty a = C-- at| in FROM EL DORADO WWHOw WORK 15 NOT AS RAW ADS 1D HID NAME u » ® | for Burns and feel that he has ™ |carried out the desires of those -5-8-88-08N8E. | | because I have | who sent him to Sacramento? interviews are from- all| | parts of the State—from moun-| The tain to sea, from State line to Mexico. All but a dozen con- demn the candidacy of an un- clean man. Let the men who will | them and act accordingly. Un= o g A “FOR DAN BURNS NEVER” SAY THE ANTIOCH PEOPLE | ‘I am for W. H. L. ANTIOCH, Jan. 1 the time “I am opposed to Burns and were I a | I would not | member of the Legislature vote for him.”—J. R. BAKER. “I am against him.’ SHAW. “I am against him.’—JAY BEL- SHAW. | “I am not a Burns man. I like that fel- low Grant.”—DR. FRANK RATTAN. “There are other men I support than Dan Bt Barnes.”—GABE ME . “Dan Burn No, never. Grant is my | preference.”"—JUDGE A. TYLER. “I am for K 1s or Barnes."— JOHN CHASE. “l am not for Burns at all. I am for U. S. Grant.”—M. H. JACOBS. P TER ik | “ANYBODY BUT DAN BURNS"” CRY STOCKTON REPUBLICANS STOCKTON, Jan. T7—"My personal pref nce is General Barnes. H brilliant ttainments and loyal ser- vice to the party entitle him to the hon- his or. He would honor California by presence in the United States Senate. I | have no animos toward any of the candidates, but we cannot afford to send any man who represents only a fa of the party. Not one word can be sai against the personal character of General | Barnes, nor can any Republica ber when he was not in th ITT will injure party will decline to give an opinion.’ ANDREW ~SIMPSON, lumber dealer, a leading old time and ever loyal Repub: Jican—*You can qvore me just this far: i am unalterably opposed to either Colon=i Burns or Mr. Grant.” JULIUS COHN Why? Because I think he has earned the office. “But I'think he will e only a formal fight and will throw his strength to M. M. Estee. I think this |s the case heard a few things from | AN J. E. KOCH—"Iam 2. The United s a great office, but for General W. H. States Senatorship JUDGE DIBBLE THE EADER OF TH REPUBleNT £ MAJORITY IN THE ASSEMBLY d for Dan Burns | Am opposed to | "—JOHN BEL- | | T u = L] T From nearly every = | Senator White. = ; A These expressions [ ] L neighborhoods. “I am for Dan Burns. | party. city, town and hamlet in the State comes a protest from leading Republicans against the election of Daniel M. Burns to succeed are so strong that to disregard them would mean the political death of any Assemblyman or State Senator, as those uttering them are the men who have most to do with shaping political affairs in their The Call has obtained these expressions of public opinion because it believed that the issue was so important that the people should be heard. Out of the thousands of good Republicans interviewed, but eight or ten have shown any favor to the man whose unscrupulous methods and unsavory record would make his election a disgrace to the State and a shame to the THE STATE CONDEMNS BURNS. neral Barnes {s large enough to fill Treasurer—‘‘A but Dan Bur; he situatio ral W. H. L. man honored by the Califc E to uniteupon. yor. il Republ '—\\Ull-\\l LI»\', M | “BEAT BURNS BY ALL MEANS” SAY TEE HEALDSBURGITES | HEALDSBURG, Jan. 7.—"Defeat Bur Y (Hl means. He would disrupt the Re n party in this State.”—FRANK IG, Member Republican Central | nmittee. “I am for Barnes and under no cir- cumstances for Dan Burns.”—C. H. POD *““Under no circumstances would I vote 1 for s election would disrupt n party and disgrace this N. BAILHACHE. of Burns; Burr prefer H. WARFIE L first; Barne; Ome([ to Burns on account 9f h sition to the Nicaragua Canal an | ;if.\llhlg Southern Pacific Raliroad.” “Am not in favor of Dan Burns for United States Senator.”—J. W. ROSE. am not in favor of Burns.”"—ED- RD HAIGH, “If I had a vote it would be for George | i By Knight first, BROV last, all time.”—LO' Knight, Grant or Barn RANSOME POWELI Republican in Healds- | PiCan't find S | JULIAN WALLER 15 PLAYING COLONEL DAN STRAIGHT PLACE AND SHOW - burg In favor of Burns."—FRANK A. MADEIRA. n Burns is not my choice for United States Senator.”—J. R. SWlosaER. — | “ANY ONE TO BEAT BURNS” IS THE VOICE OF VISALIA VISALIA Jan. T. choice for United States Senator Is General Barnes |or U. S. Grant. I believe that either of | these gentlemen are acceptable to the people of California”—J. A. ALLEN, Dis- | trict Attorney. “Anybody to beat Burns. Either Grant | or Barnes will suit most of the people of this county.”—T. C. CARRUTHERS, Public Administrator. “Any one to beat Burns." merchant. “Any one to beat GRANT, merchant. “I am in favor of General Barnes for United - States Senator from Californis first, last and all the time. Californi might well be proud of him as her Szna- tor, I know he is proud of California. WHEATON A. GRAY, attorney at law. “I am not in favor of Dan Burns for United States Senator from California on any terms, and furthermore I think it would be a disgrace to the Republican party and to the people of the State cf '—J. C. WARD, Burns."—R. P. e | United States | be an injury to the Republican party | “BURNS UNDER NO | party. California to-be represented in the Unit- | o s s by Dan Burns.'—F. D. McCLURE y at law. “I am not in favor of Dan Burns for | Senator.”—GEORGE W. STEWART. “T am not personally acquainted with | Dan Burns and know nothing of his pri- vate character except from ne reports. Whether the charge him be true or false I know interes uld be b some_one send a man to Washing! proach and who could able representative of C a clean, foria_and_her intere beliove “tha election_of Dan Burns would be ruin to the Republi this tim | O LARK t law. | T would rathe elected than | ne now a « "—C. B. SIM- | NS, grain dealer. “In my opinion the election of Dan | Burhs for United States Senator would d | hich it | ction State of California, from would recover only after such had been forgotten and this would be true whether the charges agai; him be true or fal J. T. CLOTFELTER, at- | torney at law. the | | e gt | 1 CONSIDERATION,” SAYS NAPA NAPA, Jan. 7.—“Tt would be very un- | wise to elect Dan Burns United States Senator, and it would prove disastrous to the future success of the Republican "—E. D. HAM, Superior Judge. “I am opposed to Dan Burns. Estes is my choice first, last and all the time.” F. W. BUSH, Supervisor. “I don't want Burns under any consid- | eration. Judge Morrow is the right man B0ag), oF CoLusa ADJUSTING HIY TOGS FoRr, THE BALL for the LOVE Ve to ele If he is trying to do so I am opposed to his candidacy and do mot believe he | should be elected.”—T. B. HUTCHINSON, | Attorney. “I am not in favor of Dan Burns for United States Senate.’—J. H. | JOY, Druggist. | o[\lmuu is that Burns is not trying | >t himself United States Senator, | chofce.” 2 B - United lxl\\ Senator.”—PERCY States hould not elect Dan s Senator. Put in epublican like M. M. unty - W, 'urll\» Cc rk. cl hm(‘e Burns 3 ce. ble man for the place.’ Clothier. 1 —A g M. Scott. I do ould represent the S. A. SCOTT. g Dan Burng Barnes is my - “HORSTMEYER, Grocer. el 2] United ~l.it | “BURNS A HANDICAP TO CALIFORNIA” SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 7.—I am opposed to Dan Burns from every point of view. I consider if thé Republicans elect that man they might as well retire from poli- tics for the next ten years to come.”’—W. | H. LAMB, Mayor of Santa Cruz. 1y preference for United States Sena- Charles N. Felton.”—W. H. BIAS, County Treasurer. “] belleve the best interests of Califor- nia in this %fl(h‘dl period would be greatly handica by the election of D. Burtis 83 n.[»d Stut«.s Senator.™ GEORGE ST. “I am certain the munity is very for Senator. He is considered in tha tion would b publican pr ntim{‘nt of this com- dly against Burns t in the class to be ection and his elec- n California for many ROBERT EFFEY, Ex- Mayor City of nta Cruz. “I am not in favor of Dan Burns."—E. T, Former Chairman Republican Central Committee. s not the man to be United States such men as Former Chairman ral Committee. Dan_Burns for a if I am a Re- ounty Commit- publican.” Pee. “BURNS A DISGRACE TO THE STATE” SANTA BARBARA, Jan. T. ything but Dan Burns for Senator.”—E. M. PYLE, Chairman Republican County Cen- tral Committee. “I am opposed to the election of Dan | Burns to the United Sta I am | for 'W. H. L. Barnes first, Grant sec- | ond.”—W. P. BUTCHER. “Burns’ election would be a death blow to the Republican party.”—J. W. SMITH, Secretary Republican County Central mittee. urns’ election would be sting dis- of California.”—ED- yor. lection of Burns, as_his name would burn up the Republican *. A. HUNT, County Clerk. m not in favor of Dan Burns.”— uthern Pacific_without -H. A. HOLLISTER. “We don’t want Burns. He would be a ce to the country.”—J. T. JOHN- rL-n'[ favor dead aj M4 \l LSBY, Postma. “Irving M. Scott fi t Burns."—O. W. choice, Grant sec- ond, Burns never.”—CLIO L. LLOYD, Morning P Member State Central Committee. L NONE IN FAVOR OF BURNS AT SAN LUIS OBISPO “I am not States —SMITH Senator. e is Grant. SHAW. “I am not in favor of Dan Burns for COL: A\AZ.UMAM HAS COME-TQ Town