The morning call., 1892-11-12
THE NoN-PARTIsAN VICTORY.

At length it is safe to congratulate San
Francisco on the result of the election on
Tuesday last. II is hardly within the
bounds Of possibility. it is certainly not
within the bounds of proba biIity. that the
returns yet to come in will alter the fact
that the revolt against h0ssism and corrup-
ton has been crowned with success By the
election of its Mayor and by the extermina-
ton Of the pestilential brood of knaves
against whom it was directed. That so much
should have been accomplished by hasty
organization loosely put together on the
eve of election, without leaders or campaign
funds CT political machinery. speaks well
for the capacity Of San Francisco for INTEL
llgent self-goVeTnment
The Non-Partisan movement was directed
against the bosses who had usurped control
Of the Republican party, and who hoped,
with the aid Of railroad money, to secure
control of the city and State governments
and to send Mike ne Young to the Senate.
The upshot of the movement thus far, after
less than two months work, has been the
humiliation of those bosses. They have
saved nothing out of the wreck but the
Treasurer, District Attorney. two Superior
Court Judges, two Police Judges, one Su-
pervisor and two School Directors. They
are in the position of the general who ad-
mitted that he had lost the battle certainly.
but cons0led himself by b0asting that he
had captured a commssary's carpet-bag.
For all practical intents and purposes the
bosses have ceased 10 exist politically. When
the Republican party again rises to the
surface 1t viii be under new leadership.
The Non-Partisans started out TO down
Crimmins and Kelly; that they have done so
efeeiually that those worthless will probably
never be heard Of again. Every honest San
franciscan should shake his neighbor by the
hand on so glorious result
The Examiner misapprehends the situa-
ton when it jubilates over what it calls the
Democratic victory. The platform of the
Non-P artisans was adopted by the Demo-
Gratis, and thus all their candidates were
pledged to reform. Many Of the best men
who have been elected, and whom the En-
Gnltner classes as Democrats. were actually
the candidates of the n-Partisans. Such
was Judge Wallace, who was taken up by
the Democrats after the N0n-Partisans had
nominated him, andiwho polled the largest
vote cast for any candidate 10 the city. OF
the i've State Senators-eleet three were can
didates OF the Non Partisans as well as can
didates OK the Democracy. OF the seventeen
Assemblymen-elect. five held nominations
Twoo of the Supervisors elect were In thesame
position. 1t is fair to assume that the bulk
of the citizens who voted Tor these success
full candidates belonged to the Non-Partisan
organization. and might not have voted for
the candidates-elect If they had merely been
Democrats, unpledged on the local issues
made by the Non-P artisans.
Two important Offices, those OF the Sheriff
and County Clerk, appear to have gone Il
the Democrats, pure and simple. When
those Offices were last in Democratic hand:
they were so administered that they were
the chief nests of municipal corruption
They were no better when they fell into
Republican hands. 1t now remains to BIZ
seen whether Messrs. McDade and Haley
will be any Improvement on their prede.
cessors. There Is a general desire that
they shall have a fair trial, aud hope that
they will Inaugurate new era of purity In
departments which have become a public
scandal. But the, friends Of the new men
will remember Marcy's historic phrase that
the expression OF a hope implies doubt
and the Non-Partisan organization will
probably not deem 1t safe to disband. il
will be prudent to keep the ak with which
Kelly and Crimmins have been beheaded
carefully oiled for use in 1894.
The moral of the late election is that
when things get to their worst. the honest
people OF this city can be relied upon to rise
In their strength and mend them. The
Crimmins and Kelly faction had behind
them compact political machine In perfec'
running order, ample funds from the raii.
road. and some men of ability among theil
managers Yet they are so completely
crushed that their fate reminds one OF the
settler in Iowa whose friends in the East
we're advised of his sudden DEATH They
telegraphed to have his remains forwarded
to the East. The reply came: "There are
no remains: be was hit by a cyclone"