The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1900, Page 1

Wl VOLUME LXXXVII—-NO. 61. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 380, 1900. GLORIOUS VICTORY PERCHES ON THE BANNER OF THE STALWART OPPONENTS OF DANIEL M. BURNS Deeply Laid Schemes of the Mexican Upset by the Anti-Burns Legislators. Plo tters Againstf the State chounter Rebuff in Every ° Direction. I D +6 o6 6eiei e tdtitititititttiedtitsiedededeitsdtdtitidei sttt tdttdtdeieieisitsideidedeiesirietdeie B S o , BURNS AND HIS POLITICAL OUTLAWS SET A TRAP FOR CALIJFORNIA. [ R R R R R I S S S S S S} PRICE FIVE CENTS. Hirelings of the Railroad Are Beaten at Every Point by a Superior Force. No Vote on Senatorship Until Tuesday of Next Week. FIFTY REPUBLICANS PLEDGED AGAINST BURNS Under No Circumstances Will They Vote for Him. Pure Politics Scores a Superb Triumph and the Mexican's Cohorts Are in Despair. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 29. —D. M. Bu ver a factor in the contest for tor. He is beaten before a vote has I been spared the humiliating nored by him as her repre- A great victory has been ics and the purity of public men, for to- night fifty Republican members of the Legislature stand pledged above their own signatures not to vote for Dan Burns in a cau- cus. The splendid triumph, hich all decent Californians must rejoice, is beyond question. There is no possibility of a change in the situation. The Call has interviewed every one of these fifty men and all pledge their honor that under no circum- stances in a caucus will they vote for the Mexican whose pub- lic life has been a stain upon the good name of California and whose every act has contributed to shadow others with sus- picion. The man whose activity in this State has been the disease, ealth of public life, may pack his belongings and leave Sacramento, defeated in the realization of an ambition that possessed nothing noteworthy except its impudence and its pre- su The followers of Burns are not ignorant to the crash of their leader’'s hopes. They have seen the men who have been true to their sense of a great public duty agitating a of action which means the death of Burnsism in the poli- tics of this State. This agitation has borne splendid fruit. One by one the who do not wish to be stained by association with the exican pledged themselves not to vote for him. One by one he little host grew greater and the Burns followers became er. Twenty names, then thirty, forty and fiity were gained —the cause of pure politics had scored a superb triumph. The Mexican’s shouters were dumfounded. Their own boasting and ster had deceived themselves and they could hardly realize - battle had been lost. Their leader and the manager of Burns announced that imperative business called him back to San Francisco. The fight was over and the shadow of utter failure fell upon the rabble who have looked to the Mexican as their Moses. S no lor C been taken, and shame and disg: won for honest pol and not the ion. | He has struck once too often on the rock of public decency and at last the expose has come. whom the honorable public me He is a stuffed prophet against n of California, rising in their as- sertion of justice and manhood, have rebelled and his end has come. The fifty members of the Legislature who have given their pledged honor that they will never vote for Burns in caucus are ready at any time to put themselves to the test. not be held too soon for them A caucus can- , for they are eager for the issue that will register them in the good opinion of Californians, irre- spective of vy affiliations. The taint of dishonest politics and of an impossible politician has now been removed from the Senatorial situation. The honorable members of the Legislature who have cleared the political atmosphere of its disease have now only to unite upon some man who is worthy of their suffrages and who will worthily represent them in the United States Senate. There are many such in the ranks of the Republican party and the Legislature can clothe itself with double honor by electing such a man to the high dignity that even the preposterous, arrogant, | The Call reiterates what i | and the Republican party from not of evil but of public good. impudent ambition of a defaulter and a trickster made cheap. t has said many times. It has no candidate for the exalted position of United States Senator and | will suggest none. The only purpose of this paper, and one | which has inspired its unremitting energy, was to save the State the shame and the degradation that would have followed inevitably the election of Burns. He | and all he represents are now driven from influence in pu'blic af- fairs. He and all he typifies have been whipped by the lash of | indignant men from the places that decent Californians de- mand, by the right of public spirit and honesty, as their own. The Legislature has now its second duty to perform, and if it be as unflinching in the performance of the second as it has been courageous in_ obeying the first the conspiracy of a truckling, | complaisant, time-serving Governor will have been the agency | ORGANIZATION AGAINST i BURNS EFFECTIVE Plan of the Railroad for an Immedi- ate Ballot for Senator Upset. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 28.—When Governor Gage ture the Southern Pacific presented a pro- United States Senator. It was expected | tion would be taken by surprise. Pre- | caution was observed to keep the ar. | rangement from the knowledge of the | public. Dibble was directed on the quiet to find the precedents for balloting for the | second Tuesday after the Legislature con- vened, but the precedents could not be found. The Call gave the people of the State notice that Burns, Herrin and Gage were planning to begin balloting before the time designated in the Federal statute regulating the election of United States Senators. Exposed, the schemers had to meet the contest in the open. They came to Sacramento boasting that the pro- gramme would be rushed through and Burns’ election secured before the oppos- ing elements had time to organize their forces. Much to their surprise, the piot- ters ran up against an effective anti- Burns organization in each house of the Legislature. When Burns, Lindley, Hig- gins, Dibble and other agents of the called the extra session of the Legisla- | gramme directing an immediate bailot for | | that the members opposed to Burns' elec- | Southern Pacific found themselves out- | flanked. outgeneraled and confronted by a | superior force, they laid down their arms | and surrendered. The talk of resistance | proved a repetition of the same old Mexi- | can bluff. They accepted with the best | grace possible the terms submitted by | Aifty-ive resolute Republicans, hence | there will be no balloting for United | States Senator until Tuesday of next | week. If at that time Burns be in the field 2s a candidate he may receive 27 votes. The members who fought so gallantly throughout the regular session to save the State from the odium of Burns' elec- tion have gained knowledge by experience, and ascertained the valle of organiza. tion and concerted movement. They do not take alarm when the Mexican beats the tom-tom and shouts that the “battle wiil be won next Thursday.” Every one is asking the question, “What induced United States Marshal Shine, who vigorously supported U.S.Grant less than one year ago, to change his mind and en- | ter the service of Dan Burns?”’ The story | goes that Shine was engaged by the ! | Southern Pacific to deliver to the Mexican the votes of Assemblymen McDonald of | Alameda and Blood of Calaveras. There | are some indications that McDonald is | listening to the song of the Herrin bird | as sung by proxy Shine. The story goas that McDonald declined to sign the agree- ment pledging members not to support Burns in caucus. This declination leads to the belief that he is weakening and | siving signs of falling down. When Mec- | | Donald’s neighbors and constituents in Alameda County hear that he is consider- ing the possibility of voting for | they will be grieved and sorely pinted. | Shine's old associates of the Grant camp | | Aeeply regret the position taken by their | | former comrade, and wonder what influ- | ences were brought to bear to bring about | a change of heart In so short a timo. When it is called to mind that he was so | to Burns one year ago. i | that every one is curious to know what | causes the conversion to Burns at this | time. Prompt denial of the story that Grant is for Burns comes from San Diego, and | comes directly from Grant himself. ““There | | is not a word or truth in nor foundation for the report,” said Mr. Grant to The | Call's correspondent. Grant has writtea | to a number of his supporters telling them | he released them from all obligations to [vote for him, if they considered them-7 | selves under any. He wrote this to Sen- | ators Nutt and Boyce and Assembiymen | Crowder and Raub. Tl | PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST DAY IN THE SENATE Senators Quietly Organize and Then Listen to the Message of the | Governor. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2.—Lieutenant Governor Netff called the Senate to order at 1 o’clock this afterncon. Very little ceremony at- tended the reconvening of the upper | house. The matters which promised to create some preliminary sparring were disposed of early in the day at the Re-| publican caucus, and to-day's session hardly amounted to more than a ratifica- | tion of the caucus programme. Immediately after the Lieutenant Gov- | ernor announced the purpose of the ex- | tra session and the ca]l was read &nnorf Cutter offered a resolution that the Sen- | ate proceed to organize and appoint offi- | cers and attaches. The resolution was | adopted unanimously and was followed | by another from the same source, nam- | ing the following permanent officers: | Thomas Flint Jr., president; F. J. Bran- don, secretary; E. F. Mitchell, minute clerk, and J. Louls Martin, sergeant-at- | | arms. After prayer by Rev. A. J. Sturtevant a recess was taken to 4:30 o'clock to enable | the Committee on Patronage to fix mat- ters according to the caucus agreement. Upon reconvening it was decided to abide by the rules of the last session, with the exception of paragraph 35, which was amended so as to authorize the appoint- ment by the president of the following committees: Attaches, Contingent Ex- penses and Mileage, three members; Com- merce, Harbors and Rivers, nine mem- bers; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills, three members; Executive Communications | and Nominations, three members; Finance | and Claims, thirteen members; Hospitals, Health and Quarantine, five members; Ju- diciary, sixteen members; Mines, Drain- age and Debris, five members; Rules and Revision, three members. The following list of appointments was announced: M. Phebe Jones and F. L. Thomas, assistant secretaries; D. G. Holt, George F. Haton, assitant minute clerks; F. G. Michels, assistant at the desk; W. I Burns and J. G. McCall, assistant ser- geants-at-arms; C. E. Willllams, book- keeper to the sergeant-at-arms; W. F. Nixon, journal clerk; H. A. Masac, assis ant journal clerk; Rev. A..J. Sturtevant, chaplain; C. R. Mayhew, engrossing and enrolling clerk; J. C. Tittle, assistant en- grossing and enrolling clerk; Miss L. M. Luchsinger, postmistress; M. P. Hughes, assistant; D. J. Mullins, bill clerk; Will Eret, mail-carrier; A. C. Unsworth, clerk i Continued on Second Page. Burns | disap- I GAGE'S MESSAGE IS SUBLIMELY RIDICULGUS Under Its Soporific Influence Legislators Calmly Snore. Grows Apoplectic Over Newspaper Criti- cism, Offers Excuses for an Exira Session and Defies the Earth. | Colonel to the United States Senate. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 28.—Governor Gage read a message to the Legislature | this afternoon, the nature of which | bears out the general impression that he can make himself as subd- | limely ridiculous as any man that ever occupled a public office in the State, and that he can do it, too, without half try- ing. The document was Gage's official apology to the lawmakers and the peo- ple for calling the extra session. him in the pitiable spectacle of feeling called upon to offer an excuse for his every action. His demeanor while read- ing it excited sympathy. He trembled as a man with the palsy, and at times when his rage overcame him his voice gave way | to a feeble squeak that made his audience creep. ‘When the Governor was ushered before | the Senators and Assemblymen he did not receive a cordial greeting. There was some applause from the Burns touts and heelers, but even they seemed ashamed to declare themselves too boldly. Gage at- tacked the newspapers that had refused to be silent on the conspiracy to eiect the The Mexican's followers applauded Gage's ef- forts to vent his spleen, for they, like the | Governor, do not take kindly to a fearless press. Gage announced that none of the sug- gestions made in his call for the extra session were intended to add political prestige to his office, and for fear that he was not clearly understood on the point he reiterated the statement at frequent intervals throughout the wearying read- ing. The Governor did not succeed in keep- ing his audience Interested in his message. Those who took him seriously fell asleep. and those who saw the ridiculous side of it all were so highly amused that they managed somehow to live through it Grove Johnson was among the first to succumb. He was slumbering early during Gage's race with words, but when mention was made of a “libeling press” he started from his repose like a man awakening from a horrible nightmare. Among others who took advantage of sleep to save themselves from the torture and mortification of listening to the Chief Executive of the State make a show of himself were Senators Davis, Morehouse, Bulla and Smith and Assemblymen Wade, Jilson, Raub, Clough, Cargill and Mack. And there were many others. An audible sigh of relief went up when Gage finished his harangue and bowed himself out of sight. When the Senate reconvened a motion was offered to enter the message on the journal, but Senator Smith objected. He expressed the opinion that it was beneath the dignity of that It places | body to give any official recognition to the document until.Gage had been decent enough to transmit a copy. a little formal- ity which the Governor had entirely over- looked and which the Senators looked upon In the nature of an insult Senator Leavitt volunteered the state- ment that he thought Gage would attend to the matter in due course of time. The Senate, however, decided to ignore the message entirely until Gage learns how to be decent and profits by the knowledge. The message follows: HENRY T. MAKES HIS “BAA” “Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly of the State of California: In recenven- ing vour honorable body in extraordinary session for the purposes expressed in my proclamation it becomes my duty to stata more fully the views which I entertain re- garding the business to be transacted and the necessity for this extra session. After careful consideration for many months of the question whether, among other things the expense to the people which may ac- crue from this session should outweigh the exigency of convoking the Legisla- ture, I have fully determined that the question of immediate disbursement should be subordinated to public duty and | public necessity, and that this necessity, above all other matters, demands the election of a United States Senator, so that California shall stand equal in rep- resentation with her sister States in the Senate of the United States. LOOK OUT FOR TEMBLORS. “The duty which devolves upon you of electing a United States Senator is para- monunt, and to afford you an opportunity to perform this high prerogative would alone, were there no other important questions to be disposed of by the Legisiature, re- quire this extraordinary session. If the representatives of each State In the Union were to refuse to perform their const tional obligations of electing a Ur States Senator, the foundation of the Fed- eral Government by and for the people would crumble, and the American republic would become a melancholy phantasy. “The sisterhood of States represented in Congress is the constitutional essence of our nation, and full representation is not alone a right belonging to each State, but also one of the greatest rights of the re- public, and ‘or many months last past patriotic and urgent appeals have come to me from many of the most emiment statesmen and jurists in America implor- ing California to perform in this regard her whole duty to the Unlon. Our coun- try's seal bears the motto, Unity from muitiplicity,’ and the stars and stripes Joined in one flag signify supremacy aad