Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-18
Correspondence to the RrcoRD-uxIoS)

familiar bacon and beans of his early and
later years, and it more delights his soul
to stand in front of Schwartz saloon and
swap yarns with such old-time faro dealers
as Jack Adams, than to caper gaily in my
lady's chamber to the lascivious blessings
of the lutte. George passes for 4 good fell
low among the boys and the nomads of the
saloons, but the enforced use Of spittoons
and pocket handkerchief makes the draw
ing-room irksome to him, and he breathes
more freely than he has done for years
when he added the $4,000 to his bank
account and let the title deeds to the
splendid old Graves mansion pass out OF
his hands For fact,
Have begun to brighten up little, and
are not so bad if the Democrats should
have q majority in the Legislature. |
Judge from the quality of stuff Mr.
Buckley has given the citizens of
San Francisco for Senators and Assembly
men and some inquiries | have made
about them. Craig and Clunie, if elected,
will probably go for jim Farley; the re-
mainder viii go for the man with the
longest purse and that gives Uncle
George a good show Wallace is too
close to spend a dollar, and trusts to
his stump oratory to lug him through.
Delmas has not got enough yet to buy one
delegation-what he may have, with
Dunns assistance, if the railroad suits pan
out, is another matter. Farley is sick and
spiritless, and will probably make no
active fight, and really there is nothing
for the boys to depend upon but the Hearst
sack But-perish the dread thought
it has been whispered that Uncle George
thinks that party services and his patient
maintenance of the proiitless Democratic
organ should relieve his purse Of the
necessity of paving for the place. Such
an m-Democratic idea is abhorrent to the
rank and file here, and will deservedly be
frowned down.
HELL MAY HAVE NO FURY
Like woman scorned, but all the same |
know that earth has no fury like the rage
Of the Democratic legislator who has been
given to understand that there is money in
scheme, only to find that either there is
none, or if there is any there Is none for
him. Uncle George viii promptly be
given to understand that it is easier for a
rich man to 90 through the eve of camel
than for Democrat to go to the United
States Senate through the bare merit Of
party service.
In my last letter had something to say
about 4 combination between Buckley and
Higgins to control beyond risk of election
the patronage Of certain Offices. 1t has
since leaked out that the conspiracy be-
tween the two is even more extensive in
its ramifcations than was at first surmised.
Now it may he hard to prove exactly the
terms of the agreement-that is, prove
them in a manner satisfactory to a Court
in case Of libel suits-but it is known to
those who go beneath the surface in poll
tics what
A SHAMELESS BARGAIN
Has been made. Chris Buckley has agreed
to give up Mayor Bartlett into the.hands
of his enemies. Incredible rs it may seem
it is part of a deliberate compact between
Higgins and Buckley that Rartlett Is to be
beaten and Merry elected. Dozens of men
know of it, and so certain are they that they
will bet that Bartlett will run behind his
ticket. Mr.. Chris Buckley, who claims to
be a Democrat, actually assents to the de-
feat of the head Of the ticket. One might
ask why did he put him there if he wanted
him beaten? He put him there in the be-
lief that his name on the ticket would dis
arm the force of the Bulletins criticism.
He put him there because he knew that
Bartlett's name on the ticket would add
strength to a dubious Board of Supervisors
and he and his lambs and repeaters had
votes enough to beat Bartlett, while he
wanted Bartletts friends to help elect his
lambs. There will be
HEAP OF GETTING EVEN
This election" said a young friend Of Mr.
Buckley to me the other day; eve have
not forgotten that Bartlett knocked out
Jim Flynn ard gave the License Collector
ship to Fogarty and many Of the boys
will scratch his name, sure" But Boss
Higgins is not to get his pliable tool,
Merry, elected for nothing, for pliable tool
of Higgins Merry Is most assurcdly. lie
went to Higgins fog the nomination in an
indirect way got the Endorsement of
Claus Spreckcls, who does politics with Mr..
Higgins, and, what is more, Higgins knows
just where he can use him. Higgins has
to make return to Boss Buckley, and the
return is 70 be the election of Pete Hop
kins Sheriff, and the slaughter Of Higgins
nominee, Patterson. Another part Of the
contract Is the defeat of Jacobs for County
Clerk, and the election of BuckleyS man,
Flynn, and in return Buckley will slaugh.
ter Lowney and elect HIGGINS man. Rug
giles. Can this be done you will ask. II
can be done easily, unless the public take
the matter in hand and give 10th the
bosses severe lesson. Between them,
and including repeaterS etc, Higgins and
Buckley have about 1000 votes-alore
than enough to turn the balance in as close
an election Is this one promises 20 be.
Really the
WORST PART or THE BUSINESS
Is the moral effect Of the election Of
Merry. Merry stands forth in San Fran
cisco as the most impudent OF all the men
who dared 20 make an active fight against
the Panama Canal. Every man con.
nected with the foolish resolutions
which Merry and Taber packed on
to Washington stands convicted before
reasoning people Of being either shallow
Drained fool, or one having personal aims
Nllltl ne ttlliN4NSAa sitTiAt inc EODU OF inc
whole community. The completion of the
Panama Canal wolld add at least
twenty per cent. to the value Of every
acre of wheat land in California, as il
would cheaper transportation to Europe
and the East that amount. Yet Merry
and Taber, the twin resolution formulators
of little so-called mercantile clique
though "peddlers' clique" would more
accurately describe their status, protested
in the name of the Monroe doctrine agains;
the Panama Canal, and carried their wordy
protest to the floor of the Senate at Wash.
ington. 1t would almost appear that San
Francisco indorses
MERRY's BUNcoMBE RESOLUTIONS,
If he was elected Mayor, and that would
be to stamp this community as foolish
short-sighted, narrow minded, illogical and
envious-all Of which it is not yet, in spite
of its Merrys and Tabers. 1t is the only
claim of Merry's friends that he is the
representative of the business men of San
Francisco. That is partly true and
partly false. The fact is that
Merry does represent a class of men who