The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-22
HAS CHANGED IT'S TUNE.
Mixes Evening Paper Once
Roasted Kelly.
NOW 1T is ALL DIFFERENT.
De Young's Evening What.Is-It Told Seven
Months Ago the Plans OF the
Third-Street Bosses.

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was, and not so very long ago, when the
editor of that paper looked upon Martin
Kelly as the embodiment, the crystallza-
ton, as it were. of all that Is corrupt and
evil in politics.
That was about the time when the hy-by-
night sheet was believed to be in financial
straits and Colonel d. NJ. Burns was SAID
To be Ioaning the editor money with which
to pay the wages OF his printers.
The records show, too, that at that time
Mike was in the East, and during his alb
sence this peculiar paper belabored Kelly
and Crimmins with journalistic club.
Just seven months ago to-day the Evening
Pest made most bitter attack upon the
Third-street bosses in the following Ian
guage:
"The success of the Crimmins- Kelly fac
ton last night in the County Committee is
a misfortune TO tile Republican party and
to the city. Local politics in the hands of
these bosses will inspire no public conf
dence. No citizen can look forward to city
improvements conducted by the agents of
such men. Who would vote for new
sewer system, fer beautiful bOulevards, or for
fine streets when it is known beforehand that
the construction of them would be in the
hands of the Doodle element of the party
The Republican party must be controlled by
win at the next election in this city. Is il
supposed that the Republicans will submit
to an era of Buckleyism IN their party?
There is one way to overthrow these poll
ticans for pef, and that is by every respec-
table, honest aud patriotic Republican TAX
ing part at the primaries and taking the
party machinery out of the hands OF machine
politicians"
On the following day, however, 1t made
an assault all along the line which was ex-
tremely bitter.
1t said:
There are victories which are more dan
gerous than defeat, and the seeming success
of the kelly-Crimmins combination be-
longs to that category. We say seeming
success, for we cannot believe that the Re-
publican party OF this city on sober second
thought will support the methods and plans
OF these w0uld-be bosses which must result
in disaster to the party if carried out
1T is perfectly obvious that Crimmins and
Kelly and their followers and henchmen in
the County Committee have deliberately
planned the capture of the Republican pri-
maries, not by massing votes for their
ticket, which would be legitimate political
warfare. but by controlling the machinery
OF that election SO that they can secure the
result desired, no matter what the actua
vote may be. 1t has been shown by sad ex-
peTence that the men who count the votes
often outweigh the men who cast them, and
juncture Crinmns and Kelly have re-
fused TO permit the minority representation
on the election boards which must mean
that they intend to have the vote counted
ard the result announced just as they
want il.
"And then what will happen? There
will be packed and sabservient cOnven-
tiOn, which will nominate Supervisors
who sell franchises and contracts, black
mail corporations and individuals ami
generally emulate the Solid Nine of in-
famous memory. 1t will nominate Sena-
tors and Assembly men, who would have
no motive in going to Sacramento except
plumber and jobbery for their personal
en- fchiug. IL would turn over the city to
a corrupt and yenaI combinati N. which
would be as daring as 1T would be shame
less.
IF this programme be carried out there
can be but one outlook for the Republican
party aud that is hopeless defeat at the
polls. and such a defeat will be well de-
served. IL the party consents to put itself
ana lis fortunes In the hands of political
ring, controlled or engineered by Crimmins
and Kelly, il will eStraDge its best friends
and involve itself in irretrievable disaster.
There must be revolt against bossism, and
ii must begin at once ana be continued
until the bosses are convinced that they are
not greater than the party and that they
must stand aside and allow honest Repub-
An article also appeared on the same day
in which it was said:
"Tbe respectable element Of the Repub-
liean party is up In arms against Kelly.
Crimmins, Ruef and Smith.
1.-The success OF the Ihird-street faction
in the meeting Of the County Committee
held last Monday night means the suprem-
aey of the Doodle element and the Inaugural
ton, IL not thwarted, of system Of politi-
cal rottenness more repulsiye 10 the intel
hon NJ in
existence during the reign OF Buckley and
| his heelers.
kelly and Crimmins control the rlff-raff
| Of the Republican party. On their staff are
all the rowdies, toughs. ward workers and
| strikers that exc out an existence by doing
| dirty political IBIS and hanging on to the
| Republican party like parasites.
with none but their own tools in the
| election boards Crimmins and Kelly will
| elect their ticket of delegates to the State
convention. They will defeat the will OF
| the people by resorting to all kinds of dirty
| political work. Their henchmen will be
| barricaded within the buildings in which
| the baIlot-boX will be placed and they will
1 stuff the latter and substitute their ballots
! for those Of the opposition. With all the
machinery of the election in their hands
| they will run things TO suit their own sweet
| wills.
Success at the primaries means that the
| Thirds street bosses will control the dele
| gates that go from this city to the Sacra-
| mento convention.
ut also signifies that plan will be de-
| vlsed by which later on the municipal con-
vention will be stuffed by followers of Kelly
and Crimmins. The usual result will then
follow.
''The different nominations will be put
| up al auction and places on the ticket will
| be awarded to those who pay the most in
| money OF who promise to act most sub
fly
| "A board of Doodle Supervisors will be
| named, and the whole ticket, from Mayor
| down to School Directors, will consist oi
men who will be selected simply because
| they viii stand in with all attempts to loot
| the public purse.
| "In case the ticket is elected the public
| funds will be turned into the bosses
| pockets contracts Will be let at their die.
tation. deputies will be assessed a large
percentage of their salaries, positions In
the School Department. will be sold to the
highest bidder. the Police Courts will be
prostituted in accordance with the direc-
| tions of the Doodle bosses and the city
| governor ent will become seething sink
of political rottenness and corruption.
"Appreciatlng the gravity of the situa-
tion the respectable element OF the Repub-
| llcan party, those in favor of an honest
economical administration of affairs, have
| decided to rebel against the Third-streei
| bo0dleTs, and movement is already undey
| way for the downfall of Buckley working
Republicans There will be no compromise
with boodle-ringers. 1t is case of exter-
mination Of the political vermin that are
| eudeavorlng to prostitute the Republican
| party to their greed for power aud pelf."
| II may be said for the Post editor that
| this mode OF attack was n OF long continued.
! 1t lasted for about two weeks, or until
| Mike de Young's return from his Eastern
| trip. Then for some reason not known to
| the public sudden tack was taken and the
evening sheet became quite indifferent to
| the fate of the party.
About thst time also, ii is said, Colonel
| Burns ceased to advance money to pay thu
| printers, and the editor began to wear an all
| OF fat prosperity. he was often seen in com.
| pany with Mike de Young and was FIRE.
| quent visitor at that gentleman's office.
The inference, perhaps. is plain.