The morning call., 1892-11-08
K Stamp Ont the Bosses. K

At least there is the promise of eXceileHt
weather for the election tO-day-the election
which is to drive the bosses of San Fran
cisco and Sacramento out Of their last ditch.
A downpour OF rain would be deplorable.
The little temporary booths erected in the
streets for polling purposes are probably
not water tight. and the dripping of rain in
the little compartments where the voter
stamps bis crosses would be fatal to many
ballot. Bad weather also tends to light
voting, and IL ever there was an election in
which ii is desirable 10 have the heaviest
poll possible OF all good citizens il is the one
which occurs to-day. For the city of San
Francisco the election is Of vital coGse-
quence. In some other parts of the United
States the weather may affect results con-
siderably. In Minnesota and Dakota a
blizzard with heavy fall Of snow is
reported.
Unfortunately it will be just as necessary
to watch the counting of votes rs 10 be on
the lookout for suffers. a large force of
men will be on duty when the count is pro-
eeeding, and it will require very skillfui
ariifcP, as we'll as audaeity. 10 axe fraud
successful. This arrangement of watching
will also be useful in keeping up reports Of
the count. The Crimmins and Kelly gang
viii not stop short of any tricks that can
further their cause. II the names OF Biatt-
ner and Lee can be called out when other
names are on the ticket the fraud will be
attempted ; or III these names can be marked
in the count when other names are called
there would be no hesitation. This is
Tuse, however, very difficult Of accomplish
ment. The word has gone forth TO save
Blattner and Lee At all hazards. Their
Offices are valuable to the boodlers. They
would also like to capture the Office of Su-
perintendent Of Streets.
All who are interested in the integrity of
ought to-day to swamp the bosses by voting
for the Nom Partisan selection. 1t is infa-
nous beyond all tOleration that the posi-
ti0rs OF teachers should be made a matter
Of dirty traffic in bTjbes. The payment OF
$500 to boss for the privilege of teaching
IN school opens the way 10 every grade Of
debasement in our public school system;
and when that becomes demnralZed fare
well to the hope Of city. Jobbery in the
School Department is the most odious form
Of debauchery imaginable. AS matters
stand even janitor has TO propitiate the
cormorants who Gobble a portion Of every
thing they see floating down the fecnlent
stream of politics.
Warning was given in The CALLS
columns yesterday that there would prob
ably be a good chapter of lies in the
boodling organ sprung upon the people on
the eve of the election. The warning was
nothing in pulpit utterances to justify IFS
policy-can, in Short find nothing but con-
demnation of filthy. bOodling, boss politics
1T altered the sermons to suit its own
notions Of what the clergy should say.
Men were made 10 say precisely that which
they did not Their utterances we're per-
verted into gross misrepresentation. 1t is
notorious that the clergy are in favor of
good government in this city and almost
unanimously are friends of the Nom
Partisan movement a cause is very weak
which requires glarlng fasehood to back
up.
c. 7. Huntington is said TO have acquired
famous iron mountain and steel works in
Durango, Mexico. He proposes TO extend
the works and make of them a mighty con-
Germ intended to control the steel and iron
trade of Mexico, il not of the United
States. 1t is always in this large fashion
that monopolist talks. He will probably
be odating TO himself in special rail-
road rates. 1t viii not then be n case OF
charging ali the traffic will bear. The COM
plant Of Mr.. Huntington and his colleagues
that the Southern Pacific does not pay divi-
dends is not we'll supported by investments
Of this character. The Southern Pacific
magnates are all very rich.
The cessation Of steerage passenger traf-
fc for New York does not appear to be
EtHuiDcs CbiHt VI tue INES are DTlDglOQ
steerage passengers in the second and even
first class sections. This is done in order 70
evade detention at quarantine. 1t is obyi-
Gus that If steamer is kept in quarantine
fortnight or three weeks, no amount of pas
senger traffic would be remunerative. ANY
attempt to foist steerage immigrants upon
this country by the device indicated, in
order to escape quarantine. should be dealt
with sternly by the authorities. The dan
ger from cholera aud its consequences Is not
yet over.
A dog-fancier in the East deplores a sad
loss He owned the biggest st. Bernard
dog In the world, and 1t has Just died from
collie. 1t was, doubtless, handsome ami
NAL, and good-tempered as long as he had
his own way. Perhaps. also, 1t was cheap,
as prize dogs go, at several thousand dollars
Investments in animals are precarious when
they run into big figures. To pay SIS. 900 for
shorthorn. S150. 900 tor horse, or $4,000
for dog savors of rash enterprise to the
prudent and cautious.