The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1899, Page 1

The Call ! { ina ye taken frori : P Library.* VOLUME LXXXV-—NO. 40. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HERRIN COMES TO BURNS The Southern Pacific Company and “Mexican Dan” Sell A. L. Hart a Gold Brick and Prevent an Expose. Fearing Public Odium for an Act of Ingratitude the Sematorial Aspirant Betrays the Ex-Attorney Gemeral and Cheats Him Out of th ators g week of work s what had be of Dan Burns fe Hus un- orat His notori made no attempt to disguise o and ameless to prostitute fficers. He preyed ime a leader of the of men who thrive by and corrupting amento Dan Burn enter the Police Com. cnce to gamblers, black- He surrounded himself nd social outcasts, and e seeks to lift him fice where his danger: be more potent. This hich he bases Discredited in the , ne seeks to and shame to may record , who demands illion people n, cheated, de- ds. Those that e sting blow of his ning has been , and when his not been paid in have been satis- to the very courts he able phase of the s that State legis- with disgust. r a position that Jurns has befud- 1 who saved him ame of > cunning yond outhern Burns . 18 including that rep- place Dan Burns in at Burns is ut- JOE BOWERS INTERESTS HIMSELF IN BlLLiarps! d the protecting shadow | L AID AT A CRITICAL TIME a Debt of Homor. will violate his most sacred word. The public knows that the Southern Pacific Company wishes to bestow the lLighest honor in the State upon a gambler, lob- byist and cunning politiclan, who pos- sses neither a virtue nor a talent that men respect. The incident which has revealed this new phase in the character of Burns arose the Senatorial aspirant. It will be re- membered that Hart sued Burns for $:5,- 000, the estimated value of Hart's ser- penitentiary. Hart was Burns' attorney during all the days that were dark for The friends and companions of an Dan” had deserted him after his term as Secretary of State had ex- honor was pointing at him as at a public thief, Accused of embezzlement, friend- less, crafty cunning, he him except A. L. Hart. tongue of Burns wagged in gratitude. There was nothing would not promise to do for the man who had come so timely to his aid. Hart ance, the His was an act of friendship, he and of mercy. He defended Burns against the charge of embezzle- ment, and the artifices of the lawyer suc- ceeded in acquitting the crafty ex-Sec- etary of State. Eleven other charges were dismissed, and Burns, through the mercy and ability of his friend, was be- rond the shadow of a convict's cell... But Hart did not rest even here. He fought his client's skirts free from ecivil Habil- ity as far as he could, and then Burns went his way to worm himself into the confidence of another benefactor and coil | himself about another man until he had stung him to death. Hart rested in the assurance that he had been more than loval to a friend, who some day some compensation for the immeasurable service that had been rendered. The day came when Burns was able to repay something of what he had received. - But he had forgotten his promises. They had vanished with the vision of prison walls. He laughed at Hart for asking payment of a fee for a service so long past. The statute of limitations had operated and Mr. Burns saw no reason why he should | be called to account except by the strict | letter of the law. He would give Hart his gratitude, but not his money. Hart was stung by this gross ingrati- | tude. Even if the statute of limitations | had operatedl there is no such statute in | a moral obligation. Hart determined to | take action and filed a suit in the Supe- rior Court for $25,000. If nothing else could be done the baseness of Burns could be exposed. Burns received the suit with ame insolent unconcern that he out- public decency with an exhibition of his aspirations. It was not until Hart declared that he would go to Sacramento and use every avor to defeat Burns in his Sena- al canvass that “Mexican Dan” felt moneyless and powerless even in his | had no one to assist | v | terly destitute of a feeling of gratitude and | suggested that a compromise be made. |, the ratification of the new San Fran- | | ment was all he asked and that was just of the suit instituted by A. L. Hart, | :x-Attorney General of the State, against | d vices for keeping Burns out of the State | | | pired, and the finger of shame and dis- | Profuse in promise if not in perform- | that he | as loyal and fought without prospect of | would be able to make | THOH0+ 04040404 0404040404040+ O+O+ 040404040404 0404040+ THT+ GHO404 the lash. He cared nothing for his moral obligation, as he uses friends as horse- men do animals. Buthedreaded the expose b and he determined not to but to cheat him. His himself and his ally, has thus far succeeded. Hart has ned away from Sacramento and is | nursing himself with a vain hope that he | has forced from Burns what should have been gladly given in gratitude. Hart is feasting his eyes upon the glitter of a gold brick. Burns has added deception 1o ingratitude, and the politiclans are chuckling over “Mexican Dan’s” latest exhibition of cunning. When Hart instituted his suit he ap- pealed to Judge Belcher for an order au- | thorizing that the deposition of D. M. Burns be taken. The blood of his Honor is said to boil upon occasions, but when | Hart asked for the order his Honor's blood was some where near the freezing point. The order was not granted. Hart did not despair. He found another Judge of the Superior Court who granted the order and then the fun began. Hart could not be dissuaded from his purpose. | He was detérmined to press the suit and Ilet Burns shoulder the deserved odium of his base ingratitude. Burns was frantic. He sought council where he knew he would receive it. The next day Hart was astounded to receive from the law department of the Southern Pacific a request that the suit against Burns be not pressed as there was every | reason to believe that a compromise could be made. Hart was perplexed. He knew | that the law department of the Southern Pacific Company is William F. Herrin. But Hart could not understand how the Southern Pacific Company had so quick- ly learned of his suit, and having learned had so quickly come to the assistance of D. M. Burns. Mr. Hart, in that particu- lar, is wiser now, although his goid | brick still gleams blendingly in his eyes. Herrin and Burns, as a combination, are | rather too much for him. Incidents came thick and fast after the message from the Southern Pacific Com- pany. On the following day Hart received a visit from J. B. Wright, division super- intendent of the Southern Pacific at Sac- ramento. Having lived at Sacramento Hart knows Wright. The division super- intendent was not long in stating his mis- sion. To the surprise of Hart the visitor came in reference to the suit against Burns. It was evident that the Southern Pacific Company was doing all in its power to prevent Hart from taking any action until after the Senatorial electi bad been settled. = | triumph that has made him despicable Wright made this very plain when he next ten days as it has for the past ten, and every man who arrives in Sacramento hailing from the southern metropolis is given a place, the 3800 positions directly | and indirectly at the disposal of the Governor in the various State institu- tions and coming under the head of State patronage will be fairly well taken up. D. W. Field came in to-night from Los Angeles and added his name to the roll of Los Angeles applicants for a seat at the ple counter. He is only about one of a hundred. Thus far all of the Gov- ernor's appointments are from the imme- diate precincts of his own law office, and it is understood that he is not yet done. ‘When he completes the list from his law office, and there is but one name left, then some of the others of the Los An- geles contingent are hoping that he will give their claims consideration. TUntil then they realize that it is useless for them to expect anything of the Governor, and they are therefore quietly walting for the executive to make the final ap- pointment which will place every maa who had any connection with Mr. Gage's law business down south. CHARTER WILL BE APPROVED Representatives From the City Are Assured of Its Passage. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 8—Mayor James D. Phe- lan, Joseph Britton and Colonel E. A. Denicke have had a busy day in Sacra- mento. They came here this morning as a special committee to investigate the rumors that have been printed and given efrculation during the last few days to | the effect that some mysterious opposition | He was sure that a settlement could be agreed upon and that both sides would be satisfled. Hart replled that a settle- cisco charter had been developed, and | that there was an excellent prospect of | defeating it. Mayor Phelan, Mr. Britton and Colonel | Denicke called upon Major McLaughlin, what he could not secure. Wright reas- sured him and urged that a mutual friend D A, of Burns and Hart be selected to arbitrate | 88 chairman of the Republican State Cen B Governor Gage, the matter fairly to both. At this point | tral Committee, and upon and with a promise on Hart's part to con- | to @scertain from them w'ht-therl‘dr)r u«‘): der the matter, the affair rested for a | they proposed to place any bowlders Hart had caught his first glimpse | nfi“ way of securing approval of the | charter. Both the major and the Governor as- sured the San Francisco committee that their party was pledged to secure legls- lative ratification of the instrument, and EHO+0+0+ 04040404 0400040404040+ 0434040+ 00+ OHO+O+E EL DORADO REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED TO BURNS. The shouters for D. M. Burns have claimed Assemblyman Raw of El Dorado County as one of the adherents of the man from Mexico. This is the manner in which the Republicans of El Dorado have instructed their representative at Sacramento to vote: PLACERVILLE, Jan. 8.—At a meeting of the County Central Committee of this county, held in this city yesterday. the following resolution was passed: g WHEREAS, We, the undersigned, members of the Republican County Committee of El Dorado County, have ascertained that the sentiment of Republican voters generally throughout said county is opposed to the candidacy of D. M. Burns for United States Senator ; therefore, be it RESOLVED, That, in view of such sentiment and our own opinions as representatives of the Republican party of this county, we earn- estly advise and petition Hon. R. 8. Raw, as Assemblyman from said El Dorado County, not to cast his vote for the election of D. M. Burns for United States Senator. Charles A. Swisler (chairman), George A. Richardson (secretary), Thomas Clark, John F. Armstrong, W. W. Hoyt, F. B. Shepherd, W. C. Green, H. A. Harper. of the gold brick and the Southern Pacific was clearing another obstacle from the path of its Senatorial favorite. ‘ It was not long before Burns himself +OHOHO40+CHOI0404 0404040+ O4OHOI0 4 O4OHOICHOIOHOI0 + OO0 4 44O H40+040+040+ 0404040+ 0+0+0+040+040+0+040+0+0+ 0404048 called upon Hart to discuss the suit and that they would do all in their power to | its consequences. Hart congratulated i\ld(ln carrying out the pledge of the e had wrested from Burns | Party. himself that fear ha e MR L L e it what gratitude would not give. torney did not know with whom he was dealing. Burns came t{o cheat, not to pay. He came to silence the expose of his own meanness, not to satisfy an ou.- gation which, to an honorable man, would | have been sacred. Burns suggested that the fairest and quickest method of settlement would be through the arbitration of some mutual friend. To a fair man the proposition was fair, and Hart took kindly to it. Burns declared that arbitration would prevent all friction and an unnecessary exhibition of feeling on both sides. Hart agreed, and Burns made the remarkable sugges- | tion that J. B. Wright be chosen as the | arbitrator. The connection and collusion between Burns and the Southern Paciuc Company was complete, but Hart's eves were dazzled by the glint of the gold brick. He accepted the terms and the ar- bitrator. Both sldes formally stipulated to leave | the whole matter to the decision of J. B. Wright. This meant, of course, the set- tlement of the suit. Hart agreed to ac- cept whatsoever Wright decided belonged to him. Wright may or may not decide the Governor and the major was a plea: ant affair, and Mayor Phelan, as well ¢ Mr. Britton nd Colonel Denicke, felt per- fectly satisfied with the assurances they received. During the course of the day the com- mittee interviewed a number of the more | prominent members of the Senate and | Assembly, and in no case could they un- | cover any opposition to the charter save | in the San Francisco delegation. “I find that all of these stories about a fight against the charter originate with Martin_Kelly and the gang that follow him,” sald Mayor Phelan this afternoo “There is absolutely no cause for an alarm among the friends of the charter, Kelly is trying to work up opposition, but he is making poor headway. “Of course, there are some members of the San Francisco delegation, acting un- der his orders, who will oppose the char- ter; but they will not be strong enough either in numbers or influence to accom- plish anything. “The assurances the committee re- ceived from Major McLaughlin and Go ernor Gage were highly gratifying to u They both promptly gave us to under- stand that they would in no way give any encouragement or Support to the opponents of the charter. Martin Kelly is powerless to defeat it. You can put it that Hart was entitled to anything. What- | down that the charter is going to se- ever the amount may be Hart must abide | cure legislative approval, and all these . | stories of any substantial opposition to by his decision. | But Burns did not stop even here. He | exacted from Hart, as one of the terms | of the stipulation, a concession that it are purely mythical.” The Mayor left for San Francisco this evening. WITHERING BLAST FOR MEXICAN REFUGEE BURNS Rev. H. S. Brush of Alameda Declares the Crime of the Century Is Proposed by Politicians Now at the State Capital. The Senatorial Aspirant Represents Nothing but That of Which Homest Citizens Are Ashamed, and the Situation Makes Patriots Blush=--Calls Buros a Pickpocket Politician. HE proposition to elect that vam- pire Burns as United States Sen- ator from California shows the unspeakable gall of certain politi- cians in this State.” So spoke Rev. S. H. Brush, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ala- meda, to his many parishioners yester- day morning. One could have heard a pin drop in the large auditorium as the preacher, in clear-cut, well-chosen sentences, proceeded to make the fol- lowing statement: “I wish to announce before begin- ning my sermon this morning that I shall to-night speak in this church on a topic which has never be- fore been handled from this pulpit, at least, since I have been the minister. It is my intenticn to deliver an ad- dress on political affairs in California. “The greatest crime of the century is now proposed by pothouse politi- cians in this State. They would elect that jailbird, Dan Burns, to a seat in the United States Senate. Such an act would be an unspeakable out- rage upon the people and should be combated by all honorable men, by every rightful means in their power. “My ancestors were Americans and fought for liberty in the Revolutionary War. This, my country, is dear to me, and I, as a preacher, feel that I am ecalled unon te.- fight when anytbing menaces its welfare. “The proposition to elect that vampire Burns, that pickpocket poli- tician of San Francisco, United States Senator from California, shows the unspeakable gall of certain poli- ticians in this State. The voice of protest should be raised on every hand. Come to-night and bring all of your friends to the church.” This invitation, scattered broadcast over Alameda during the day, had the effect of bringing together an ab- normally large audience at the time of evening service. The pastor prayed for divine help to deliver the country from internal perils, and then launched directly into his discourse against Dan Burns, using as a text the following verse from Scrip- ture: s a roaring lion and a raging bear; S0 is a wicked ruler over the poor peo- ple.”—Prov. xxviii:15. “Never before in the history of this Republic was there a greater necessity for sending picked men to Congress than at the present time. No more important questions ever came before this country than are to be precipitated {n the House of Hepresentatives and the Senate in the next few years. The war with Spain has opened up problems of administration whose solution will re- quire the best talent and the noblest virtue of which this country is pos- sessed. “In the new policy of our country Cali- fornia has a peculiar interest. No other single State has so much at stake. To no other State does the acquisition of Hawaii and the Philippines mean what it does to the Pacific Coast. The coun- try has been congratulating itself upon the happy issue of the war and has shared in a widespread and universal | admiration for our war heroes. Better men -and more capable were never drawn upon the stage of action. “And now look! On the heels of these new and unprecedented events involv- ing additional glory to our American name and arms, we in California are confronted with the most astonishing plece of effrontery that has ever dis- | graced the politics of our land. Tt i safe to say that never before in the his- | | tory of the United States was it ever s°1iously proposed to elect to the Senat. | tanding and antecedents | a man of the of Dan Burns. “Previous to the convening of the Legislature men all over the State ridiculed the idea that there was any | serious purpose to further his can-| didacy. But the mask has been ‘Wright shall not submit his report until the 27th day of this month. Hart agreed to this and in his agreement gave Burns just what the wily schemer and his ally, the Southern Pacific Company, sought. | The Senatorial contest will, in all proba- bility, be political history before the 27th day of this month. Burns will not care then what Hart does. The element of fear will have disappeared, and that of cun- ning and ingratitude will remain. Now Hart is in a position to inflict injury and punishment, but then he will be powerless to do either. He will have his gold brick, and Burns will have the record of another FAT ‘oF in the eyes of the public and contempti- ble in the view of his friends. ANGELENOS HOT AFTER OFFICE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 8.—The influx of people from Los Angeles who expect to hold of- fice under the Gage administration con- tinues unabated. If it keeps up for the JAKE THE "FATTY BLODEY SACRAMENTO | thrown off and all good citizens do not know which is the greatest, their surprise or their disgust. “California has none too savory a record in matters political. But never before even in this State was such a man a serious possibility for such an | office. Of course, there have been men who were the tools of corporations, but they have had some qualifications, even | if they had disqualifications. What does | this man Burns represent? Does he stand for the commercial or the manu- facturing or the farming interests of this State? Why has he been selected? “A Senator should be a representa- tive man. What does he representP Nothing save that of which honest | and decent citizens are ashamed. He stands for the chicanery and skul- duggery, the polluted politics of a i large city. | “Everybody knows what he repre- sents. There are even good citizens who | will say that in practical politics such | creatures are a necessity, but these men | will say also that it is incredible that such a creature should aspire to be a Senator, or that any men could be | found who would favor his election. | “Look at the record of the United States Senate. It has stood for a cen- | tury as the pride and glory of the na- tion. In it have spoken and worked the greatest of our American statesmen. | There have at times been unworthy members. But never in the history of that body was a man elected who was without réputable standing at the time | of his election. It has been charged in | recent years that the Senate represents too closely the rich men of the land. “But Burns has not even wealth to commend him, save his large sal- ary derived from dirty politics and an income from a mine that he is un- der indictment for stealing. “He does not represent the wealth of Californ It is certainly desirable that the wealth of our country should be represented in legislative bodies. The curse of our State legislatures is that men go into them in order to bleed the rich. Let the man of property go there and look after his own interests and not pay a large sum in hush money to be protected from practical robbery. “The principal criticism of the United States Senate has been that the mem- bers do not feel sufficiently their re- sponsibility to the people and man now favor the selection of Senators by popular ballot. It is questionable if Burns could poll a thousand votes in this State for Senator. His name has twice already brought defeat to the Re- publican party. “Every man that works and votes for him at Sacramento gets paid for it. Yet already the Chief Executive | of this State, just honored with a large majority of votes, has made a threat as to patronage that means a | sop to Burns. The action of Gover- nor Gage in this matter is astound- ing and a lasting disgrace to the State of California. “The mere rehearsal of the situation makes all true patriots blush. But we do not propose to hang our heads, but to raise them up and fight for de- | cency and honor. “Certain men, in order to cover up this atrocious scandal, tell us that | the great dailies, The Call and the | Chronicle, that are making this fight against Burns, are acting from inter- ested motives. Very well. We are glad there are editors in California whose intersts are opposed to pot- house politicians like this creature Burns. What amazes me is that the Southern Pacific corporation, which is unquestionably back of him, can- not see the same thing, namely, that it is to its interest also that Burns be not elected. ““This company has been very severe- ly criticised in the past. Many good people have not known what to believe or how much to believe. But if this corporation favors this man’s election, then it is not difficult to believe any- thing said about it. By standing for Burns is will array against itself the strong and even bitter hostility of the people of this whole State. “Mr. Huntington himself cannot be charged with a lack of brains. I under- stand that he is a vestryman in an Episcopal church in New York City. He knows just a& well as I do what kind of men should go to the United States Senate. He knows just as well as I do that a corporation like his can accomplish many of its ends if some re- gard is shown for outward respect- ability. Positively the company can- not do anything that would hurt itself more in this State than ‘to stand as sponsor for Burns. “So it is not the great dailies alone whose self-interest is in the direction of his defeat. The whole State has a self-interest in the same thing. | There is scarcely anything this State could do that would so injure it in «ie eyes of the East as just such a political crime as is proposed. “It 1s true other men have served the Southern Pacific only too well {n public offices, but they were men whom the Lworld could at leglt respect for som | | " \ useful talents. They were men of edu- cation and ideas. men of standing in | the world. | “It is not to the interests of the | Republican party that Burns be elect- ed. Pure selfishness would dictate his i defeat. The only ones to be benefited that I have heard of are the Demo- crats, who are chuckling over the | possibility of the Republicans mak- ing such fools of themselves. “Are there any Democrats here to- | night? Well, my dear fellow citizens, I am willing myself that you should have any office, or that your party should, but do spare us the humiliation and outrage of getting into office by the Burns route. It makes all good men sick. I hope that our Republican mem- bers of the Legislature will vote for a | Democrat before they vote for such a man. And what, anyway, has true Re- publicanism to do with Dan Burns’ candidacy? Did he ever in his life give utterance to a word that anybody would care to hear upon any question of policy of the Republican party? “He is a Republican for the same rea- son that a Mexican in New Mexico is a Republican—he makes his living by it. I was raised a Republican. As a speaker from this pulpit, however, I have no politics. I should be glad to see a good Democrat a Senator rather than a weak Republican; and a thous- and times rather than a disreputable Republican. “Whoever is elected let us have a decent man of reputable life, and not a political strumpet who makes his living by and grows fat on the pros- titution of the politics of a great city. “There may be those who call in question the propriety of a minister’'s thus speaking. Perhaps there are, but they do not belong to this church. I know the men in this church too well. It is singular how some men who are not shocked at the candidacy of a man like Burns, are shocked when a minis- ter speaks out for clean government and clean men in office. This is a gov- ernment of the people as well as for the people. When I took my ordination vows I did not lay aside my obligations to my country. I love my country and I am proud of her history and of her great men. I believe in California and its future. Being thus a patriot and a citizen of this State, I protest against my being represented in the United States Senate by a vampire such as Bur He represents nothing that T’ cherish, or that is cherished by this audience. His election would be a trav- esty on good government. The very proposition to elect him is an insult to | the whole State. His one and sole quali- fication is that he is the boss pickpocket politictan of San Francisco. His can- didacy is possible because there is far too little public opinion in this State. He and his ilk have come to think that they can do anything and the people will keep silent. “Our plain duty, then, yours and mine, is to form public opinion; is to | express our views in every legitimate way and to use every possible influ- ence in favor of good government | and as against a monstrous political | erime like this. The future promises | great things for America, but if the | people choose leaders like Burns, rot- tenness and ruin will eventually come to pass.”