Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-10-28
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
SAN FPANcIsco, Oct. 26.

q man from Nevada has to burn a
rag in lis room Willie writing OF
{ alifornia politics. From the Sen
atolial light inaugurated by lie
land Stanford down to that Of |
{ Unstable in the smallest town in |
Alameda county, there is nothing
but rotten corruption and NAL
odorous comparisons.
Taking Stanford's campaign as
q starter, one linds il run under
the management OF Dan Burns,
WAC is one Of the three bosses of
California who are striving to fill
the fragrant shoes of the late
b IS Higgins, who is now dead,
buried and forgotten.
Dan Buns first came into prom
inence when he and Tom Reynolds
Were put upon their trial some six
or seven years ago for emhezzle-
ment Of $751; 39 So If the States
money. Flom 1879 to 1883 Dan
Burns WIS Secretary OF State
The two WORTHLESS were tried sep
arately. There was no doubt at
all that the S31, 1888 had been
stolen There was no doubt at
Ell that either Burns or Reynolds
had stolen the money. There Was
no one else who could have done
g.. Neither pretended that there
was anybody else. On Reynolds
trial Burns swo1e that Reynolds
lad stolen all the money. The
jury reached the conclusion that
Burns had perjured himself. and
acquitted Reynolds. When Burns
was tried, Reynolds swore that
Bulls had stolen all the money.
Tie jury cid not believe him, and
acquitted Burns. Had they been
tried Jointly, it is highly probable
that tile jury would have reached
the conclusion that each had done
his share in the stealing and CON
victed them both. But that was
not done. However, Burns own
testimony, corrobora' ed by docu-
mentaly evidence, established the
following facts:
First That when Reynolds con-
fessed to having confessed to hav
ing emhezzled $4,000, Burns filed
perjured statement with the
Controller in order to yer up
the theft. This WAS in February.
+. 1882.
second-That for five months
after the above mentioned con-
fession, Reynolds remained in the
employment of Burns, for most of
the period. as fully trusted with
the books and cash MS before.
Third-That Burns deliberate
ly falsitied the recon lis OF his office
In order to stave off an investiga-
tion.
Fourth-That Burns, who left
office in January, 1883, held a
public conversion with Reynolds
In Sacr mento fourteen months
later. in order To be overheard, in
which conversation they spoke rs
friends and lied about the condi-
tion OF the books, then being ex-
np,innd Leo tho { ,nfIfllAr
Now this man il one OF the Re-
Publican leaders of California. and
one on whom Senator Stanford,
(who still poses as the emblem OF
sweetness and light, leans upon
for moral and political support.
BUCKLEY ABOUT GoSE.
Boss Buckley will probably meet
his " aterloo on election day He
represents the worst element ln
San Francisco, and the Democrat
ic party of California bow down to
him at every s ate convention
His henchmen are thieves, roughs,
ward strikers. heelers, pimps, ex-
coaviats and Judges of the vari-
GUS high courts OF California
Few Judges dare go into politics
without making pledges to Buck :
ley. 1t is often mistake to say
that Judges here get money for
their decisions; Buckley is really
the man who gets it. No wonder
he has grown rich. He is a broker