The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-21
NOT TRUE REPUBLICANS.
They Are disappearing to
Deceive You.
KELLY.CRIMMINS VAMPIRES.
No Blaine nor Harrison Republican tan
Afford to Lend Himself to Their
Vile Schemes.

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Partisans Is that they are boilers from 'he
nartv tn which they belong nationally.
II is charged py the followers OF the
Third-street gang that no inan WIZ WIGS
| for Ebert is Republican.
| Tn other words any man who is opposed
20 the disreputable political methods OF
| Martin Kelly is held up as Dolter who has
placed himself outside the pale of his party.
Can it be possible that the people of San
Francisco shall be compelled TO admit that
| Kelly and Crimmns constitute all that
there is of Repubicsnism
| Is It to be supposed that Benjamin Harri-
/ son would consent to take part in politics
| conducted from the back room Of disrepu-
table ginmill?
Would Ben jamin Harrison be Any the less
a Republican because of his refusal to
| do SO?
| Imagine, il you can a man who has occu-
| pied the highest place in the land and
| whose devotion TO party principles has never
been called In question, going down to 16
| Third street to ask Kelly and Crmmins for
| q nomination.
And vet these men have the supreme
effrontery TO say to decent citizens that they
are the great and only Republicans. and
| that vote against them is vote against
| the traditions OF Lincoln and Grant and
Garfield and Conkling.
1t is easy TO show that these men are not
Republicans, and that they do not represent
| the sentiments and Ideas of the great party
! to the mastery Of which they lay claim.
They are simply usurpers OF the most
INSCRIPTIONS type. and by the aid of
handful of desperate heelers have been
enabled to secure control of the party ma
chinery.
Fifteen hundred men, az least half of
whom were Democrats, cast more than ten
thousand votes at the late primaries, and
the delegates thus elected went through the
farce Of nominating ticket
Even In the face OF this hollow pretense
the men who went to the convention had
about as much to do with naming the ticket
as julius Cesar had 10 do with the discover
of the fifth moon of jupiter.
Martin Kelly and Phil Crimmins simply
bossed the job and from private room in
the rear OF the convention hall dictated the
names which they had selected weeks be-
fore.
This is what they call Republication.
and when it is all known to the average
man Of intelligence they still have the nerve
to say that the man who is not willing to be
throttled is bolter.
Is this the Republicanism of Harrison and
Blaine?
And yet this is not the worst OF ii by long
odds.
There is question Of the distribution Of
patronage which enters into this matter and
which cannot be overlooked. 1t can be
shown to certainty, in fact, that the hun
dreds of places under the city government
have already been parceled out to the
roughs and Iockrollers who did the work at
the primaries; aud If Kelly aud Crimmins
win the election that is coming on, the men.
as a rule who draw fat salaries and handle
the taxpayers money will be lot OF dis
reputable incompetents.
To sum up these two points. nothing could
be further from the ideas Of Repu blicanism
than the practices Of Kelly and Crimmins at
the primaries. They were simply brutal
and disreputable. Higgins in his prime was
fair and honorable compared with these
new bosses. The selfish desire TO aggran-
die themselves in power caused them to
scruple at nothing, and to say that these
acts represent ted the Republican party is an
abuse of words and gross libel.
The Republican ticket represents the
offenses and indecencies of the bosses, and
IUb Qu0SLiOU 10 UhtuidDy why SOON
Republicans should condone and reward
those offenses by eleeting the ticket.
or course there are reasons given by the
bosses for the purpose of causing voters to
think they uhe Nom Partsans) are not in
the right.
The main arguments advanced are that
theirs is the regular party ticket and that
there are good men on the ticket.
MI ia ha fipEat
The party had no voice whatever in its
selection, and to call their last primary the
voice of the party must be regarded as a
joke. The ticket represents not the party
wish but the personal preferences of Kelly
and Crimmins, and the officers. If elected.
would be paid by the city but owned by
Kelly and Crimmins.
Who besides their syeophants regard these
two men as the Republican partyP
Then ii is claimed that there are some
good men on the ticket. This has been
heard before in excuse of previous bosses.
Higgins used frequently TO put forward
certain good names, and the cry would 60
up that these good men must not be sacri-
feed. The good names on the boss ticket
If there are any-are simply a bait on the
b ook. and 1t Is hoped that the public will
swallow bait, hook and all. and thus enable
Kelly and Crimmins to draw to themselves
the patronage Offices and by that means en-
slave the Republican party.
But have not the voters who were de-
prived of their rights at the primaries some
rights at the polls and will they not be
exercised? This is the question which Is
now being asked all over the city and
which will be answered on the 9Th day OF
November.
Beyond all tn is these two men who are
seeking 10 control the party are not sin
cere. They have claimed from first to last
that they were merely representing
the people, when the fact Is that they
represent no one but themselves and their
only ambition is to enrich themselves at the
expense Of the public.
IL they are so full of patriotism and so
anxious to serve the public good why Is II
hat the average voter is denied voice IN
| the party? Is 1t because they are all
| good and al-wise and the voter IS wicked
and stupid, or Is 1t because they are deter
mined to rule or ruinP
This answer is one easy to figure out Dy
| any one who cares to take the trouble.
| Kelly and Crimmins, moreover, are IN
favor of the supremacy OF the saloon III
| politics. Nearly all of their followers are
of that element who haunt the barrooms DAY
and night. and exc out precarious exist
ence by doing what is told them by the
bosses. The "Blinker" Murphys, the IRON
foot Johnsons. the ''Split-lp" Coiiinses'
the "Bg-neck" Smiths. the "Siob'' Browns
the Skip" Tobins. the "Crutch' HAWK
inses, and all the rest Of that band Oh emil
nent and able gentlemen who stun Daiiot
boxes and carry primaries are in their EN-
ploy and do the work Of the "Repupiicaf
party" T hey are convenient men 10 nav
about, because they do the work lor III
better citizens who are thus enabled 70 sta1
away from the primaries.
These are the men the bosses rely unon u
l .n-ru ont lhair rIana and mint their nnger