The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1899. WHILE SOCIETY DANCES THE FIGHT GOES BRISKLY ON —— MINISTERS CONDEMN BURNS' CANDIDACY - Strong Denunciations of the Corrupt Political Boss. Resolntions Against the Proposed Disgrace Were Unani- mously Passed by Preshyterians, Congregationalists and Methodists. C+0+04H At the regular weekly conferences of the Presbyterian, Congrega- fional ana Methodist ministers of San Francisco, strong resolutions were adopted denounci: :3 Burns for Senator, and calling on the legislators to vote against him. - $04THO+0+C+040 4040404040 40+040 40404040 *M*O‘WE held yesterday, g the candidacy of D. M. 4 04C+0+0 H4C4+04040404 04040404 D404 0+H O40040404 CHO4+0H+0+ 0404 04+H weekly ministerial conferences ing accor to the om by ‘the repr: tives of the various religious denomina- tiéns voted principally to the 2 s which had for the unfversal p of this city a lonel D. M. Burns Aside from the mbined sentiments churche iividual ndulged many who unre ¥ and th aracter of the Mexico. They 1s Secretary of jolation of the flice. nt resolutions the members of the byterian Mi erial U at the ar weekly r ting hel g at the Occide )n Sacramento str esting agains ates Senate: Resolved, That the mem- bers of the Presbyterian Ministerial Union emphati- ize and degrade; therefore, be it Resolved, That we here- by protest against the election of such a man to the great office of United States Senator as being a disgrace to the State and a detriment to all its interests, and we respect- fully petition our Senators and Representatives elect some man whose character and reputation are such as render him worthy of that high office. J. K. McLean, William C. Pond, Philip Coombe, Committee. The following resolution against D. M. Bur was adopted at the Mett ) AL LINNDILEY, THE NED ‘GREENWAY (JEISE) OF THE BALY oee SOME OF THE. THINGS THAT to | #-8-E-E-E-N-0-R-E GRANT NOT THE SANTA FE'S CANDIDATE. | Reilroad: . a Senator. -E-E-E-E-N-N-E-8-%E-N-3-8-0-9-EEN-E-u-E-E-8 SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, 1899, E. P. RIPLEY, Great Northern Building, Chicago, Iil. It has been announced through the columns of the papers, and by word of mouth, that U. S. Grant Jr. is the Santa Fe’s candidate for United States Senator from California. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, San Frandisco. We have no candidate and no interest whatever in the selection of The following telegrams are the outcome of the report that has been industriously cir- culated that U. 8. Grant is the Senatorial candidate of the Atchisof, Topcka and Santa Fe Wire me if this is true. JOHN D. SPRECKELS. CHICAGO, January 9, 1899. E. P. RIPLEY. James Wiiliams, } John Thompson, | | C. G. Milnes, Committee. | v BULLA HEN MAKING A VIGOROUS FIGHT |Assemblyman Mellick Makes ar ? Strong Appeal for Sup- ‘ port. E , HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- M TO, Jan. 9.—The Bulla men are in the fight to-day more actively and vigorously than they have been at any stage since the contest opened. Despite all discouragements and despite all prophecies to the contrary, they honest- ly and sincerely believe that their man has more than a promising chance to | secure the Senatorial prize. To-night they have redoubled their efforts and are working with a vim and an energy that is certainly deserving of some suc- cessful results, even if they do not ac- crue. Senator Bulla himself takes a most | cheerful view of the situation. He said | to a Call representative this evening: | “I feel this way about my end of.this contest: iven if I do nothing else, I will demonstrate the fact that it is pos- sible for a man to become a candidate before the Legislature of California for he United States Senate and make a | cular he had run across two Assembl »ectable showing without the ex- south understood that you were still will- Ing to retain the rule ‘established by the election of Senator White, viz., that one of the two United States Senators should come from the north and that the other should _come from the south, that the te may be properly represented chief councils of the nation. Seventh—Robert N. Bulla is neither the representative of the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe nor any other corporation. ther pro-railroad nor anti-r road, but is f le and will tr S factions and in- 1s justly 'and right. Sulla s the logical candidate on of the Republican ter in harmony, for he has zed no other candidate. nth—Bulla is a young man who could ept in Washington term after term ased prestige and glory to Cal- the Bastern States keep their Bulla is in line with President ley's administration _with pro- >d_views in_harmony_ therewith on the San Pedro harbor and Nicaraguan ca- construction, national expansion, sound money, Federal aid in Irrigation, protection, ete. Feeling deeply and strongly that we should elect Robert N. Buila United States Senator I ask your careful consid- eration of the personal direct reasons for the falth that is in me. Assemblyman Mellick felt highly elated to-night. In distributing his cir- men who were for Grant first choice, but they announced to Mr. Mellick that B-Ewi-88 8088008 RErFesnES0EsEaRESE Bulla was their second choice. They informed Mellick that they regarded Bulla as a clean man, capable of a large amount of personal work, and they satd if they found Grant would go to Bulla. Assemblyman Belshaw of ures to favorite neither ( he arrived at the conclusion in this way There are 8 Republican votes on j ght that the > excellent. chances He thinks that Contra | to Mr. Mosher that it was po: her strong Bulla man, fig- | their man to come out of the of his | winner. nt nor Burns can win and |firm and true to Bulla through evi thirty-six Senators and Assemblymen to vote for him as second choice can- didate. This surprised Mr. Mosher deal and it certainly was answerable argument in Bulla’s candida It s also pointed out to Mr. Mosher that he had objected to Senator Bulla receiving the support of certain Fi al officials in Los Angeles, notably United States Marshal H. Z. Osborne and United States District Attorney Frank P. Flint. Tge attention of Mr. Mosher w directed to the fact that U. S. Grant was recelving the support of a number of the Federal officials, includ- ing John C. C , Collector of the Port of Los Angel W. W. Bowers, Col- lector of the Port of San Diego: Dan T. Cole, coiner of the Mint; United s Marshal Shine and others. sher in the Times was a supporting Grant and saying n about the assistance he was receiving from those having seats at the Federal pie-counter. Mr. Mosher was forced to ®dmit that there was truth in what had been stated. He, however, reaffirmed his al- legiance to Grant, but disclaimed that sition to Bulla was personal in denying the charge that the Times was opposing Bulla for the rea- son that he had indorsed H. Z. Osborn a bitter personal enemy of General Otis, for United States Marshal. After two hours of talk Editor Mosher withdrew. He had in no w: convinced the Bulla men that their fight was a a great an un- favor of Yet impossible | hopeless one, but, on the other hand, the friends of Bulla had demonstrated ble for ontest a The Bulla men have decided to remain ballot until a majority Angeles County delegation of the in writ t ballot and 61 are necessary mldor‘&d to leave him, and the members SENATORIAL AFFAIRS STILL RATHER MIXED ‘Rain Interferes With the Ball, but Not With Politicians. All the Candidates Counting Phantom Votes and Making Great Pretensions, but the Situa- tion Is Unchanged. BY HENRY JAMES. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-|sprinting. He wanted them to go into NTO, Jan. | tempted to d I stayed away. —For fear of being be the inaugural ball The night was not the best for the occasion. Rain fell until the st were sloppy and slippery. All the hacks had been engaged early in the day, street cars here run on a schedule hard to comprehend and no dy in a charming costume wants to ets for a car to come along chances are that it won’t come any- how, but merely appear in the distance and vanish. One could not help feeling sorry for shattered hopes. Many | foung man who couldn’t afford a car- { with them. | |w caucus, but they did not want to go. He set two different hours for the event and while the hours came along on schedule time they brought nothing So, undismayed, the Sena- tor set an hour for to-morrow, at which he may go into secret session and de- liver a speech to himself. Milton Green, 0 Grant campaign, w fident to-day. He s manages the smilingly d that some new wait under an umbrella at the Corner | yvotes had been secured, and that the when the | outlock was more promising than it Grant himself has own one trait for which his father s distinguished. He does not say ‘When the proposition was made had ever been. shy much. a | that all members from the south unite on one candidate he remarked: “Iwould riage had to get one just the same, and | be glad, of course, to receive any acces- he might afford it all right and not be | sions.” The Grant men do not proclaim able to secure it for love nor money. | their strength, but I think they have I trust that none of the sufferers really got their feet wet or their delicate rai- enough to give the Burns camp chills. The assaults of Gage on Grant have certainly made friends for the San ment damp, for if they did, they will | Diegan and created contempt for the have the grip to-morrow. visiting newspaper men have only been saved from dying of it by taking this view and letting pride brace them up. | However, even if the rain did mar the The grip is | Governor. | s0 common now as to be vulgar. Several | knifed Gage, promptly met by a chal- The charge that Grant had lenge to prove it, and by doing so win $10,000 for charity appears to have fallen as flat as one of Gage's justly celebrated speeches. The money is ready, but the proof has failed to make programme it was a more important | connection. function than an inaugural ball and more popular because the ball was dry. It must not be supposed that active members of “‘de push” go to a ball of this character. On the contrary the fact that the affair is ultra respectable bars the: out, prevents them from | Examiner’s I do not see that there are any other aspirants with chances brilliant enough to be given space on the night of an inaugural ball. . For some reason the Examiner’'s fake shouting for Pardee attracts attention. An ordinarly silly outpouring of the intellectual parts excites having any desire to attend, while the | no more notice than the wind sighing price of the ticket would seriously dis- | courage any latent ambition to bask in | passing the light of social splendor. through a knothole, but this was a sur- effort. I never heard of Therefore | Pardee having done anything to that AND SPRINKLED TRE FLOOR = TO THE |, BALL~OHE S ON THE OTHER SIOE ¢ T RAW, oF WUN FAMILIAR cLaw- HAMMEl.Z). EL DORADO WA 5 EVIDENTLY & WiTH “WAITED . BOGGS , OF COLUIA paTieNTLY (7) FOR- THE SUPPER_ MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. cally protest against the election of a man having the reputation of D. M. Burns to the Senate of the United States. ition, unanimously adopted vterian ministers not only ¥y but’ ol the principal cities ces the ent of public piety and the election of Colonel United States Senate. The ho signed the protest also nal comments against the 8 nong the most im- portant ¢ re the following: Dr. Alexander Carson—I hate corrup- tion in high or low and the reports cerning Burns, If they are true, be sufficient cause for every this union, both Individually t , to protest against his = Alex r hether of the Theological San Anselmo—I do not Burns is as black as he vertheless I do know him upt Republican boss and unfit to be our representative in te of the United States. C. Minton—When we denounce and protest the election of Colonel Burns we do not speak as an ecclesi- astical tut as citizens of Cali- refore having the rights of we unanimously oppose and against the election of this man The following resolution, voicing the sentiment of the Congregational min- isters of the eity against the election of Colonel Burns, was introduced before the regular weekly conference yester- day mornihg and unanimously adopted: Whereas, D. M. Burns has announced himself a can- didatefor theUnited States Senate frem California; and, Whereas, He was, while Secretary of State, in- dicted by the Grand Jury for the crime of embezzle- ment and has been, and is, intimately connected with Institutions that demoral- preachers’ meeting held yesterday morning: Whereas, Colonel D. M. Burns has announced him- self as a candidate for United States Senator from California; therefore, Resolved, That we, the Methodist Preachers’ Meet- ing of San Francisco, rep- resenting twenty - five churches, protest against the candidacy for that great office of a man who was indicted for embezzle-| ment, who has been and is connected with that most| corrupt institution, the racetrack interests, who has borne for years a very unsavory reputation as a political boss and cor- ruptionist, and would re- gard his election to the United States Senate as a detriment, disgrace and infamy to California, and that we respectiully request our representa- tives in the Legislature to elect a man whaose record, ability and character shall | fit him to worthily repre- sent California in the $en- ate of the United States. Chas. Edward Locke, J. N. Beard, W. W. Case, Arnold T. Needham, John A, B. Wilson, W. S.Urmy, John Stephens, Frederick C. Lee, and | small sums either, for that matter, to unduly influence the members in voting. I have not expended one dollar in my fight and I will not. In the first place I have no money to spend and if I had a million I would not use it. I am striving to be elected upon whatever merit and ability I possess, and that is | all there is to my fight.” | It Is undeniably true that Senator | Bulla and his friends have made a clean and honorable fight. No effort has been made to bulldoze any member of the Legislature in his interest. His merits are being urged, and. that is all there is to the presentation in Bulla’s behalf. Assemblyman W. S. Mellick, editor of the Pasadena News, this evening issued | a circular in behalf of Bulla, a copy of which he will personally present to ! every member of the Legislature be- | fore balloting commences. The circular is dated from the Assembly chamber, is signed by Mr. Mellick and reads as follows: Being an editor I cannot refrain from ng a few personal words entirely on my own responsibility to you on a sub- ject that is uppermost in our minds—the election of a United States Senator. Each of us, no doubt, has his personal references, but I now appeal to you in ehalf of Honorable Robert N. Bulla, a candidate on whom we may ail center and thus eliminate factionalism in the Republican party and get a United States Senator of whom the great State of Cali- fornia will be proud. We, who know Mr. Bulla the best, love him the most, and | we would have you realize his personal | worth and fitness for the responsible | position to which he aspires. Your atten- tion is called to the following points in behalf of Mr. Bulla's candidacy: First—Robert N. Bulla is clean, square, aggressive, able and worthy. | Second—He is serving his fourth ses- ! sion in the Legislature and his thorough | acquaintance with the needs of the whole State and his loyalty to the people's in- terests have been proven and are known. Third—Bulla comes direct from the peo- le, elected as we ourselves have been. | Pf ‘we select him the people will know | that it has been because we have known him. Fourth—Elect Bulla directly ourselves and there will be no “managers,” * osn.‘ { es” or “promoters’’ to take to themselves all the credit of the election of a United | States Senator and proceed to promote | thelr own personal ends. We will have a | direct advocate at the national seat of Government. | Fifth—HIs election cannot be charged to monev but to manhood and will in- | spire every one with the knowledge that | a man need not be rich to aspire to the Srnnlorshl}}!’, Sixthb—When you of the north jolned | in the nomination and election of enryl T. Gage for Governor the people of the 4 | penditure of large sums of money, or | ing out in elect. He thinks that there are in the Legislature at least twenty-five Repub- licans who will never vote for Burns. This, therefore, he figures renders the election of Burns an impossibility. The Bulla men put up the strength of the several candidates as follows: Burns 27, Grant 26, Bulla 20, Barnes 8, Knight 3 and Morrow 1. This makes a total of 85 votes, the full Republican strength. This morning the Bulla men were In caucus, but this afternoon they had their important meeting, when E. Mosher, editor of the Los Angeles Times and the man in charge of that paper in the absence of Brigadier Gen- eral Harrison G. Otis, who is at Ma- nila, was present by invitation. There was a full attendance of Bulla’s friends, including Senator Simpson, Assembly- men Valentine, Conrey, Mellick, Miller, Belshaw and Huber, and George H. Stewart, E. A. Meserve and.Council- man Charles H. Toll of Los Angeles. These latter gentlemen are friends of Bulla who are here assisting him. Editor Mosher, through the Los An- geles Times. has charged that the Sen- atorial candidacy of Bulla was a mere “stall” in the interest of Burns, and has severely criticized the members of the Los Angeles delegation for not com- ~ort of Grant as the only man who can beyond question defeat Burns. When Mosher arrived in town to-day the members of the Los Angeles County delegation decided to invite Mr. Mosher to be present at the caucus meeting this afternoon for the purpose of informing him as to the situation. Mr. Mosher put in the morning in con- sultation with Grant and his managers and this afternoon he had a lively two ours with the friends of Senator Bulla. Mr. Mellick presided this afternoon as chairman, and the first thing done after Mr. Mosher arrived was to invite him to state why he had so severely criticized the Los Angeles members for their loyalty to Bulla. Mr. Mosher stated that he considered that by remaining firm to Bulla the Los Angeles members were increasing the prospects for the election of Burns and this he thought to be most unwise. Mr. Mosher was asked to give his rea- sons for this opinion and the only ground he had to stand on was his statement that Grant was the strongest man in the fleld against Burns and he regarded any vote taken from him as an assistance to the Burns people. It was shown to Mr. Mosher that Bulla was in a fair way to fall heir to votes from both Grant and Burns as second choice. It was pointed out to him that Bulla had the promise of | of the delegation are to be free to go | to any one they see fit, and it will require the signatures of four Los An- geles members to drop Bulla from the race. It is known absolutely that Bulla can hold four of the seven members as long as he desires and he will there- fore be in the Senatorial fight as long as it suits his pleasure, The Bulla men are of the opinion that there will be no Senatorial choice this week. They think that the balloting will continue until the end of the week with Burns and Grant in the lead. Next Monday. unless a result is previously arrived at they feel that their candidate will begin to figure as the main factor of the fight. e SAN JOSE REPUBLICANS AROUSED TO INDIGNATION SAN JOSE, Jan. 9.—The announcement to-day that Assemblymen Kelsey and Arnerich had joined Burns' forces caused much indignation among Republicans, and especially members of the Good Gov- ernment League. This feeling was added to when statements of th two worthies were read in which they stated they he come to the conclusion, after investiga- tion, that Burns was the best man for Senator. Kelsey and Arnerich were strongly de- nounced on the streets and in hotels for supporting Burns and decent Republi- cans are kicking themselves for voting for these men. These Assemblymen sought the suffrage of the people on the plea that their votes were needed to aid in the election of a United States Senator who would be a credit to California. Instead they have flocked to aid In electing the most disreputable man in the State and whom the residents of the county have denounced. In voting for Burns, Arnerich and Kel- sey are disregarding the wish of the Re- publicans of Santa Clara County. Satur- day the Good Government Leagie unani- the touts, and it is remarkable that | they all tout for Burns, swarmed about | their usual haunts, counted phantom | votes and planned how to run things iaf\er Dan had “win out.” They were not worrying about the ball. ) There are many politicians and | statesmen here, notable among them | Mose Gunst. breathing fire; Rainey, Crimmins and Kelly, Jim Rea, spotless as the driven snow, and the remnants of the Federal brigade. But there are plenty of reputable visitors here, too. | Estee stepped from the train with words of praise for Sacramento weather. This raises him above the | plane of the politician and sets him | among the diplomats. I understand | that all thesc gentlemen whose names have been mentioned are for purity in politics and most of them ready to pay { good money for it. They carry with | them an atmosphere which attracts the lesser reformers, the Dennerys, the Steppachers. 1 was going to say also that Major McLaughlin was not afraid | to pass the time of day with them, but | the major carries pink pills, which are good for sore throat, and in giving them out to the afflicted knows no enmities and shall not be connected with that gang, not in this letter anyhow. To find out the exact standing of the Senatorial fight one has only to ask the partisans of each candidate, where- upon he is driven to serious reflection by the informants that four men are sure to win. Therefore have 1 sought to approach the unbiased and learn of them. Burns cannot be elected. With the opposition of all the decent element of the party and the support of the Examiner he is fatally handicapped. Perhaps he can get twenty-three vc on the first ballot, but there is no like- lihood of his getting more later, for every man to go over to him would be stamped as unfaithful to his constitu- mously adopted resolutions and forward-. ency and suspected of having been pur- ed them to Senators Shortridge and More- house and Assemblymen Kels and Clark calling on the legislative dele- gation from this county to do all in_its power to prevent Burns' election. = The league has a membership of over and is the representative Republican organi- zation of the county. Sirice they scored their victory at the last election Arnerich frequently visited their headquarters and assured them he owed his election to their efforts and would do all he could for them. Shortridge also held many con- ferences with the league before election, and as they put no one in the field against him it was thought he would obey their request and fight Burns. When the reso- lutions were passed these two were counted upon to support them. Morehouse and Clark, it is hoped by the majority of Republicans, will not vote with Kelsey and Arnerich. chased. There is a rumor that Burns intends | turning his strength over to Estee, but to do this would be in the nature of | gratitude and is not reasonably to be expecte It is not certain that the | bunch Would do Estee any good if he were to{ get it. It has seemed to me | from tha first there were but two men | In the fight, Grant and Burns, and that | the colonel isn’t in it enough to hurt. Bulla also has following enough to give ! him standing, but not to confer any | greater honor. | Senator Shortridge i{s for Burns and | in his enthusiasm has been chasing fel- | low members to-day until the tails of his truly elegant coat flapped and crackled In the breeze created by his paper to earn all the labored effort to make a guy of him. The only truly happy people here to- night are the hack drivers. They are the autocrats of the storm. People who desire favors from them must ac- cept any terms offered. Such is the demand for vehicles that a lot of new drivers are being tried, and some of them ought to be convicted. ‘Word comes from the Capitol that the Governor is wearing patent leath- ers. -This is a concession such as had hardly been expected. It is to be sup- posed that with his faithful boot laid aside, he is suffering pangs and none should make the mistake of treading on his corns, for he has seemed to be an- noyed by this process already during his short official experience. There is also a report that the ball is not to be so dry as the virtuous and austere had hoped. At least, several guests have carelessly betrayed the circumstance that in their rear pockets are small flasks which are not of the shape devoted to smelling salts, while close to the Capitol is what is known in political circles as a “well.” (Per- haps there is truth at the bottom). Coming back to politics a moment, there is the charter. At this instant it is under discussion at the Golden Eagle bar, and if the people of San Francisco could only see the crowd opposing it they would be unanimous in favor of the document. At first there was con- scientious sentiment agalnst the; charter, for it is far from perfect, and there was hope something better might be secured. Nevertheless, it was adopted by San Francisco and its over- | throw now by outsiders would be an impertinence. Yet the Tenderloin and Barbary Coast are here scheming against the charter. They go on the pleasant and thrifty theory that a country member can be purchased for a drink. By the light of a tallow candle I wish to add that electricity as an illuminant during a rain in Sacramento is a suc- cess when it does not go out, and doubly to be appreciated when it takes a notion to come back. Saw the St. Paul. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Late this after- noon Superintendent Wright of the American line gave out the following: *“The following information comes by cable: ‘Steamer American saw the St. Paul on Wednesday, January 4, 3 g m., in latitude 4.43, longitude 29, during heavy storm. “‘The position FI\‘en s 1080 miles from The Needle. Al owlni for difference of time the St. Paul had been out eighty-six | hours from The Needle and had averaged over 12% knots.”