The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-25

of his so-cdlled influence with the Supreme
Court ITSELF
CURE FOR THE CRIMES.
These are some of the crimes with which
we can charge HIM, and yet small news,
papers deny 0uI right TO expose MN, and
deal in attempts at ridicule because wehaVe
| taken up arms in righteous cause. Now,
| il you admit that there is truth III my cata-
| l0gue Of ills under which we suffer, ana as
| to this mans power, and our iamentable
! condition as a party, your next thought will
naturally be, how can we overthrow tnls
monstrous machinery af political crime?
1t can never be, | answer. by ward clubs
| and primaries These have been tried, and
| lis hired bullies have been run from district
to district to terroTize quiet citizens from yot-
| ing as the desired. Thus responsibility has
| been forced to surrender to brutality.
| 1t must be by thoughtful and clean-hearted
men getting together IN conventions as the
! Reform Democratic party has done, and
| placing candidates in the field for your
! suffrages who are known to be opposed to
| bosSism, and pledged to give no Buckley or
| Rainey the patronage to which they may
| fall heirs. Then we must have the AuStral-
| liam ballot system enforced, and if citizens
are true and courageous we can bury the
! bosses so deep that even the howls of half
the devils in hell could not wake them to
| life. The bosses have patience, activity and
unity; they ally these factors with cunning
| and want of conscience, and therefore they
win, while we wait and are victims.
CoRRUPTING THE STATE.
| Not only has Buckley ruled San Fran
cisco, but lie has attempted to control the
| State. His creatures in the last Legisla-
| ture, aided by some unprincipled Republl-
| cans, added S4,000,000 to the appropriations
| beyond the estimates OF the Controller.
| The consequence is q State tax which cruelty
| presses upon the farmers In few mo-
ments l will have more 10 say about this
! Legislature, and will arouse your lndigna-
! ton. trust. with my narration regarding 1t.
| In this city high Valuation brought the
| dollar limit TO practically 81 % city tax.
| The immense sum Of 100000 is annually
extorted from the city in enc form or an
| other for municipal purposes But under
the fine adroit hand of Buckley and his
! gang, the substantial improvements the TAX
! payers see for their money is about S250,000
! or $4,000 expended on accepted streets.
Much OF the rest goes to the taX-eaters. The
man who, through his satellites and tools, is
| responsible for much OF the malfeasance i'll
| city and in State Legislatures is the man
| the Democratic papers here dare not decry,
J it seems. For what reasons? For party
| harmony? There is no Democratic party of
| prime pie in this city, aud the sooner We re-
| form and re-create it the better for ourselves
| and our children.
NEWSPAPER SLAVES.
If these newspapers keep silent in regard
| to the evils we are afflicted with they are
| parties in crime-nO more, no less. Well,
| it is some consolation for us who have Ell
fected this. agitation to know that we are
| free men, ana to know, too, that free news
| papers only dare speak the truth. What
| ever citizen or newspaper does not denounce
| BuckleylSm is a slave to somebody or some
thing. kiudle fire at night when the frogs
| are croaking and they are all silenced. Thus
! truth will soon silence the liars. There IS a
| man by the name of Ciunie, now Congress
man from the Fifth District by the grace of
| Buckley, and at q banquet given by
! few uuthinkiug persons in New u rk,
Mr.. Cunie held him up to fame as the
modest Roman of them all" And sub
| serYient Judge, now on the bench here,
toasted him as IAN example to the youth OF
AmericaH Great God! are these qualitlca-
| tous | have attached to this constituencies
! criminal the measures OF manhood under
! the seal Of thy creating hand? And are
| these uuseXed apOlo-iSts for his infames
| and indorsers of his venality tit men Tor
| public station and high trusts and responsi-
| bilities? Ten thousand times no! They
should be politely allowed to lapse, out
| lawed by the statute of limitation.
| Now allow me TO ask your earnest atten-
| ton while l give you something OF Buck
ley's history, and while l tell you, in
measure, how he makes money and disgraceS
this city. lie was GOFn in New York, be-
lieye, but do not know the year OF his birth.
| will take it for granted that his parents
! We're good, honest people, and tried to bring
him up properly. He drifted out to Califor-
| MIA, and went from one thing TO another I'M
til he opened a saloon called 1.-The Snug" on
| Washington street. near Montgomery. Which
| became the resort of the gambling fra
! teTnity. Tie next we hear OF him he is en-
gaged in running saloon, or as bar
! keeper, at Vallejo, with a man by the name
of Jim Nevens. Next peddling and work
| ing for what was known among Republicans
| as the 'Tape-WoTm Ticket, specimen OF
| which | saw day or two ago. Next he ap-
| pears in San Francisco rs worker in poll
! Tics. or ward-striker, under the late
Wllam Higgins.
BECOMES A "Boss."
| By a series Of grand and lofty tumbing
| for the money which was in 1T he dr!fted
| into a desire TO manage Democratic politics,
and in 1877 OF 1878 developed into sDrewd
| and cunning manipulation of the wires, partly
with the late political boss firm of Brady 81
| Marnix. Since then he conducted his two
| saloons on Bush, near Montgomery, with
! varying success, and also made politics
| trade. AT one time he was attached, | am
| told, for debt Finding that politics paid
| better than rum selling ana needed less nom
! esty, he gathered around him a band of I'M
! prlncip!ed fellows composed OF State Prison
| birds, short-card players, pml . and pander-
| ers, opium liendS. hOudlums and the scum
and muck Of the city generally. These were
| well under his command and Obeyed orders
| like soldiers. lie had to keep faith with
| them, better than with some OF the gentle
! feared them. l Will not refer to the fate OF
| two of his blood relations further than to
! say it is known to many here and in China.
| sympathIZe profoundly with people in at
Fiction, with the deaf, the dumb, the Grip
pied and the blind, with those whom God
has visited by accident or wounds in war.
| But | cannot wear my heart on my sleeve
| for this man, who, amid the blaze of noon,
has not one single hope OF day, because he
| is sad to have lost the power of sight by his
.,f-al,l
debaucheries.
GROWING RICH
Now, following his career up to 1885 we
| find he is then growing rich. In that year
| the tax list was consulted to discover What
property he had. In 1880 and in 1881 his
name did not appear. In 1882 he is put
| down for one lot, in 1888 for two lots, in
1854 for four lots, in 1855 for six lots, in 1886
for more lots and houses. have not looked
since.
The saloon business did not pay, so poll
ties must be tue bread-winner aud the
Democrats the dupes. He has erected fine
houses and barns on some OF these lots,
| notably on that on which he resides, north
east corner of Post and Baker, 100 feet by
| 100. Some Of the material for building these
is said to have come FROM the lumber then
| furnished for the School Department, and
| some of the work thereon done by laborers
who were on the municipal pay-roHs.
J Democrats are generally large-hearted men,
| SO the citizens of that political faith must
rejoice to know that the city paid for some
| Of their masters ease and elegance. have
the list here taken from Volume 81, Asses
| sor's books in 1885. Since then | know not
| what real estate he has purchased here. In
| addition 10 this city property lie has a
| splendid ranch at LivermOTe Of over sixty
two acres, which was valued in 1885 at over
| $500 an acre.
Men on the municipal payroll are said to
| have worked here, and lumber from the
! School Department is said to have been
used Tor the houses and barns. Since
| 1885 it has been made public in some Of the
| journals Of this city that his personal prop
erty 10 assessed at $500. but that it is known
that he is worth from $780, 900 to 100000.
some Of it in per cent bonds, and that his
annual income is very large. OF course is.
And whence does he derive it, o Demo-
Gratis?
LEVYING TRIBUTE.
First, from levyng tribute on municipal
cffice-holders every month. know the man
who is deputized by Buckley to collect this
blood-money, but will not disclose his name.