Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-02
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compromise.
Report Number Two,
SAN Francisco, September %, 1882.
:. Iae present political situstion, both Repub.
lican and Democratic, is certainly much
mixed aud | an not surprised that you at
Sacramento fail 10 penetrate iss inner uys-s
teIies. L have been more or less
mixed up IN San Francisco politics for
the last ten or twelve years, and must cen.
Tess that do lot pretend to read everything
with thu cearness CT the sun at high noon.
From our newspapers you can gain little or
no information One class writes with about
as much knoRledge Of our local affairs as il
they were describing from daily personal
knoTledge the inner life Of an African VII
lsge. The other would almost appear 20 be
II with schsnlers IN their attLcks on the
treasury. This latter whites only with intent to
deceive. And what with deception, Ignorance,
II JtOus demagogues and aeitasors our CITY
the great metropolis of the West, ia in bad
way. We may boast much as we Please
We may brag OF position on The finest
harbor in the world, bnt the cold fsct remains
that 10 other large city in the Uaitsd States
has refrigerated like San Francisco during the
last five years. The decline il values of
real estate and improvements commenced
about i've years ago, when the blaghe,skiies
OF the kesrAey stripe commenced their sand
lot haraneues. They drove capital out of the
State by their new Constitution. Their a.
tachS upJu EhllEOhuS aud aggregated cHuit2l
generally has produced the result every man
sith comnoa sense foresaw. TIE wrsckers
are still st work, and God knows where We
shall haaliy bring up. l advert TO these
facts to show that = $50 Nv
that San FrsuciRG1 -
C2ls that In otter matt
that c0..dditi5n which
mates all skies and 5
turning directly to
deavor to shsd soma raw
Republican party Ct San
at this time win two J4ai4
tons. Your readers : ave poe
Bill Higgins indse "a, there are So,
mentaIs who, 1 bell, sye, have seen tI,.4 nd;
vidual. Well, he is the great bogeyinr NJ
baar of cur politics. Now there js M 49,
ing the fact that Higgins does co.,,
sionaly take hand L. politics, both $50
and n.unicipsl. He Is a political " boss y" as
well known in the S5sate Capital as in tho
bay city Report has IL thai MI. Eia'
gins. in former Years. has been kiud Z
enough to arrange foF the Spring Va1eS
Water Company, the San Frarc;sc,
Gas Comp my, conpfssY formed for .s,gs:.,,.
ing cur s,rests. and ceftysin other CONTRACTOR,
q Board CT Supervisors winch could h, raEaj
upon in an emergency. Ii is Yves thoucht.t5e
year was no. s favorable oaa for the Repnh.
licans, Mr.. Higgins kindly took counsel wiz,
John Mannix and Owen Braar, .1ag dgtl1rs
bosses Of the Demgcgsey. Or i[ is Was
uCSIlSI 'n9SigcOuCHI movement
essay, the ssrvice5 OF Nike -a,z.rrd sos.,a
others were seoul = r-t 81 q tsxpsysrs5
tickst. 1n any event, ia the i.agulFe of A.
sessor Badlan, it was o s5ld dsy when BIZ
Higgins and the bosses gos left.
But Dsne Rumol zys further that
Higgins put the pot on RI e. stiriY --it''--a-s,
Ba5ly Board of Supervisers. ConseGr
the municipal election last year, II
Committee was prevailed apt
4 Nominating Convention,
gius should have coRtr"'
bg5sel tie job, and the
ago gsv.' the city as r
though tiS Demo~
at the Cisy Hs..
other wing of the i.
Gao State Convent
e.e;ion of delega'
nj Eies, 30 that
c1risnce VII
ths 26 h o.
Stste &
ing =
hst
mar,
fears of
wino nj tho L.
nirg the City Han,
The Republican club
Higgins rather than
Chronicle gang, and IT'D
DIV saIv.tinn fnr M
was for the Connty Core,
itself by the appointment
yention, where tho po7niD,
If elected. would kindJy
from Rsub Llcyd. az Il.
doae The clubs and every Of,
who wanted a sic, az rnnnicinel
AZ Mr. How'd and Mr. Elliott -
s.sy;aa-a Of -ss,,s,lis,,s es,,s3I. ss.,,,s, ,,i
elected delegates and nrorasSsd 70
nominations
Tba ohiect;ua ,,o;r+ os +roso IL
$3.50. NJ