The morning call., 1891-07-07
THE CALLS CALENDAR.
Moon S Phases.
WHAT DOES 1T aIEANq

Oar citizens generally know that under
what was termed Bucldeyism the man
agement of our municipal affairs was dis
graceful; that the people were plundered
IN every direction. Indeed. our taxes were
double what they ought to have been. yet
10 Efforts were made To improve the cOndi-
ton until THE CALL took the business In
hand. Buckley and his associates had par
ceied out the Offices ana their satellites were
found in nearly every position about the
City Hall. The men who had the selection
Of even cur jurieS and impeded the punish
ment Of crime were entrenched so strongly
that they could not be dislodged at once.
Some OF the Judges, in the opinion of The
CALL, winked az Outrages. What else it
was asked could men do if they expected to
be continued in their positions Of Judges
unless they favored the parties who nomi-
mated them? It was 4 specious plea, yet
persons Of discernment realized that in
fiuental or wealthy criminals could not be
punished. THE CALL went to work and it
did, without much assistance from the
newspaper press of The city, crush out
Buckley ism. 1t could not however, at
single election, clear the atmosphere COM
pletely Of the abuses which had crept in
through a series of years. Some of the
Judges. We fear, DO not even yet realize that
they. owe our citizens faithful administra-
ton of Justice, else il would not be difficult
10 punish thief who steals fifty or a hun
bred thousand dollars. Men have only to
east about 10 see that crime is not punished
here. Criminals may snap their fingers, no
matter much what they may CO, provided
they have money sufficient to employ a GER
tain class OF lawyers to defend them. We
notice that some Of our contemporaries ara
considering whether men like Buckley viii
hereafter control conventions and make
nominations for our citizens who will be
voted into Office. We shall probably see in
due time, but at this moment we observe
that one Of our newspaper contemporaries
who has helped Buckley for some years
past is very active in att ickiHg him. What
does this mean? Another, which is even
now profting from delays by one of cur
courts, publishes the following as an edi-
torial item:
The annual shortage" is upon Us, as
usual-exhausted funds, unpaid warrants, etc,
g. elc. san Francl>cans. under the brilliant sys
tenn upon which The affairs OF this city have been
conducted for several years. have come to re-
gard he annual shortage as a natural aud Inev-
liable stale Of Affairs which does not call for any
particular notice. But if business man we've
- in the habit Of announcing now and then that,
owing to certain miscalcuatons and unexpected
EXPENSES, he was unable 10 meet his bills or pay
the wages due bis employees, what sort OF 4 bus
ness man should We think him? The fact is that
the finances OF this city are IN 4 continual mess.
They shoald not be, and whatever tile cause OF
tie annual disgrace may be, it should be def
niJeiy ascertaned and steps should be taken TO
remove IT,
Cool, is II not, by paper which is per-
mitted by one court to continue depreda-
tons upon the public which another court
says are Illegal? In abiding TO the E1dnl-
iRer which has heretofore been Buckley's
organ. the Star says, in closing an artic lie
which accuses that paper of working in
company with buckley:
1t has been suggested that the En-
omtaey ana Buckly have an agree
ment beiween-fh mselves that the paper shall
pear 20 out OF olitlcs. while lie will work the
machine through his ruffans the same as ever.
Both know that The Democracy cannot succeed
with Buckley in II. Buckley will seem be out
OF II. aud the people be fooled again. The Star
will watch, and expose any such scheme
II IS an anomaly, surely, to see newspa-
prrs which have her tOfore worked hand in
hand with Buckley come out and denounce
him so long in advance of an election. 1t is
possible, as the Star suggests, that Buck
iey's newspapers believe they can obtain
the confidence of the public to such an ex-
tent rs u fost the boss aud his associates
again upon the inhabitants of San Francisco
and pluck them again.