Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
The Blind Boss" of the San Francisco
Democracy Held Up to the Light

the hotels of vigilance-committee times in
San Francisco and the important part taken
in the cause of law and order by VIM I.
Coleman, when the conversation drifted
into politics. The prevalence there of an
independent spirit in politics, and the de-
sire of all good citizens to crush and stamp
out the corrupt bossism, which has been
such curse to San Francisco, was COM
mented on freely and energetically Apro-
pos of that he said one of the bosses, named
Buckley, blind man, was reported to be
here the other day, fresh from a visit to
Manning at Albany, and boosted that he
| was going to control III his own interests
the Pacific Coast patronage
! DO you know anything about him ?"
''Oh! yes" said he; This day of defeat
has come, 1t dawned last fall There was
an independent movement there at
/ the election in 1884 which COM
pletely routed him = horse. foot
and dragons. He had, by the aid of his
strikers, who frequent his gin mill on
Bush street, and through some of the fire
department bosses, one of whom is now
visiting this city, managed to pack some
district clubs with his gang to such an eX-
| tent that most diSgraceful rows took place
there nightly. Citizens who had mingled
| in politics, who went to join these clubs,
were terrorized unless they voted for Ger
tain men as officers. The result was that
| decent, respectable men, to the number of
thousands were afraid to venture to vote
at the primaries. Thus these bosses, with
Buckley and fire department official
named Rainey at the head filled the
Municipal Convention with their agents
| The fire department was VIGOROUSLY a
political machine. Many of its members
were in the Convention. against all rules
1t was packed with dozens of ward brusers
and bummers, vultures of politics, with
men whose votes were purclasable. The
| consequence was that the better element in
the party joined the independent move
ment, which cast over 5000 votes, or voted
the Republican ticket, or declined to vote
at all on November It'll except for Pres-
dent and Bucklcy's men were nearly all
overwhelmingly and disgracefully beaten
The Mayor was elected by Republican
votes. Buckley, re)uctantly,was compelled
| to nominate him. But one Supervisor was
elected out of Board of twelve, and not a
single School Director out of twelve The
| facts and figures speak for themselves. The
| two Congressional nominees he was instru-
mental in placing before the people were
worse beaten than were ever nominees for
| Congress before-one by over 900 votes in
| a Democratic district over 200 strong, the
other by over 900 in Democratic district
| between 500 and 1, 900 strong. The people
were disguised and tired with Buckley's |
| methods, and they asserted themselves |
| Why, it is notorious fact that few self
respecting men can be induced now TO ac-
| ccpt a nomination at his hands In the
| State Convention the country delegates
always vote against his men. This is the
truth, known to all men, and l challenge
contradiction. 1t is also fact that
nearly every man he has been
-, fol in Y,nSi.i1pl
any municipal office has to pay him so
much of his salary for the favor This |
nest needs cleaning out. 1t is only one of |
many like it throughout the land, and | |
believe Cleveland will do it when the facts |
! are known to him. | tell you the ways OF |
this blind boss area curse to our politics. |
No Federal Office should ne given to one of |
his friends that he would not fill with his |
creatures. He boasts openly of his init |
macy with Manning. Says he went to
school with him, and has fixed him. |
If Manning takes any stock in him he is |
not the man he is represented TO be. The fell |
low has certain kind Of intelligence He |
is shrewd and smart i'll many respects, but |
wants coin or patronage for everything he !
does. lie makes money. lie has pleas
ant and smooth manners, and would |
deceive any stranger under the sun. He !
has had two brothers hung, one in China
and one in California. No man who has
any prominence Will be seen going into his |
saloon. | tell you, my dear sir, his power
has vanished, and no man knows il better
than himself. The papers OF San Francisco
last tall VIII support every word | utter.
The leading men, politicians or no poiti-
clans, will bear out these statements. The |
delegation from the notorious Stockton
Convention 10 Chicago last fall were all for
Thurman except one. He voted for Butler
This is the way they voted all the time !
They never changed to Cleveland until his
election was assured. No. the blind
boss is shorn of his power, and no one
knows it better than himself Hereafter
we hope to crush out all such methods as
his in San Francisco politics; otherwise,
farewell to reform and honest government
There are several Caliiornians here who
will agree with every word | have said"
Rainy is much worked up over this, and
has been all day cndeavOring to explain to
the people about the hotels how much
larger the vote for the Buckley local candi
dates was at the last election than the vote
for President.
Daggett's Mission TO Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 26th.-Daggett and
Cross will call on the President tomorrow.
Daggctt said TO your correspondent tonight
that the object of his visit here was simply
|
affairs in California, and TO request him. in
the distribution of patronage, to give the
offices TO the men who were best entitled to
recognition by Teason Of service to the
party He said he was not after any Office
for himself or any of his friends but :
wanted merely to call the Presidents at
tention to the true state of affairs, and to
refute certain statements made regarding !
himself. He will only remain here two or
three days. =
"A Clan by the Name of McCoppin."
WASHINGTON, April 26th.-A Sunday pa
per says: q man by the name of McCoppin {
is here from California, who has papers in
for the Chinese Mission and the Naval |
Office at San Francisco. Nothing mean ,
about that man. Can such a man get any !
thing" ,
The Colorado Snowslide Catastrophe. {
DENVER, April 26th.-A large rescuing ;
party left Leadville early this morning for
the scene OF the snowslide on Home Stake |
and are now working with desper !
ate earnestnesS to reach the victims. Up to {
dark this evening two bodies had been re- !
covered. The fate of the other buried mi
ners will probably not be known before {
some time tomorrow, as great mountain
Of snow must first be removed There 9
seems no possible doubt that all have per-
iSAASN'+ 10 OIlC VI
highest in that part OF the State. The side
Of the mountain on which the mine is To- !
Gated is very PERCEPTIONS, and the great av- 5
alanche must have literally fallen upon the !
cabin of the unsuspecting miners, crushing
it almost instantly.
SECOND DISPATCHl
LEADvILLE, April 10Th The searching i
party has just returned from the Home n
Stake mountain, having found ten bodies
IL the cabin, possibly killed by n snow
slide two weeks ago. The bodies will be
brought here tomorrow.
New Orleans Exposition.
New ORLEANS, April 26th-The time for
making entries expired on January 10Th.
The jury on flour has finished It's work A
is on foot to close the EXPOSE e
ion before the Both of June and open it v
again next October, and number OF ex- a
hibitors are calculated upon to see to it II
hat other exhibitors fall into the trap. A
majority of the exhibitors, however, want
10 move their exhibits to Louisville which :
opens its fair on August 18th 1t is under i,
stood that the Southern Pacific Company, I
which makes the California exhibit, will a
remove its entire display to Louisville. a
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