The morning call., 1892-10-30
A DEMOCRAT TO THE EXAMINER.
Here Is a Way for That Paper to Prove
Its Sincerity.

Its Sincerity.
The Examiner of this morning, in a
labored article Of about a column, attempts
to show the voters why they should elect
Mr. McDade Sheriff in the interests Of re-
FORM
After boiling down and reducing, the
reasons amount TO this: That he was not
nominated by boss; that he once was chief
deputy in the office of the Superintendent Of
Streets, and, therefore, can be trusted.
IL McDade was not nominated by a boss
no man ever was nominated by boss, and
he is no better of III that respect than
others.
II the last Democratic convention was
not boss-ridden convention then 6ucn
thing is unknown.
/ ask the Examiner If there was a second
ballot taken on any candidate In that con-
yenton?
ask if the public were not informed by
friends of Boss Sullivan who the nominees
were 10 be days before the convention itself
knew anything about them?
Did the bosses slate In any instance fail
TO go through with a rush?
The fact is that Boss Sullivan was the
convention. There was as much liberty
OF choice in that BODY as is left to the house
hold of the Car Of Russia.
McDade was not a candidate for Sheriff
during the selection OF delegates to the con-
vention, he was candidate for City and
County Surveyor. There were not twenty
FIVE delegates in that convention favorable
to McDade for Sheriff. but the boss aud the
assistant bosses wanted him and he was
chosen, as the Examiner has said in re-
cent article. practically unanimously.
No convention chosen by the methods and
practices Of the primary that selected that
convention could possibly be other than q
boss convention.
For vivid and realistic account OF the
foul and disgusting frauds and crimes prac-
ticed under the orders Of the ReOrgaliiZer
bosses | refer all people to the San Fran
cisco Examiner Of the day following the
primary. II anything clean and honest
could emanate from the saturnalia of polt-
zeal d6baucnery therein described 1t passes
human understanding.
But Mr.. McDade is more honest In refer
ence TO his candidacy than the Examiner
Mr.. McDade recognizes that he owes his
nomination not to the people or the c0nven-
ton but to the bosses. He frankly admits
| that he has no disposition Of the patronage
of his office, that 1t all belongs to the bosses.
Again, as to the second reason for electing
McDade; that he had control of the Street
Superintendents Office under Lowney.
II the Examiner will be satisfied with a
| Sheriff's Office run as the office of Superin-
| tendent Of Streets was then run it is not
| hard TO please.
Mr. Lowney was renominated by Buckley
| for the same Office and against an almost
unknown man ran far behind his ticket
! Lowney employed all the deputies the law
| would permit, although honest Tom Ash
worth managed the office with several less
| At the close of the Lowney administra-
| ton the finances of that Office were in a
| wretched condition, as the Examiner can
easily ascertain for itself. In fact the con-
trast between Lowney's administration and
| Ashworths is one Of the most striking
| things in our political records.
agree with the Examiner that the Sher-
| IFS office, which has so much to do with the
| courts of justice, should be independent of
| any boss. But more than that, is it not i'm
| portant that it should not be controlled by
| a lawyer who Is boss and who has cases
| dependent on 1urles whom the Sheriff
| selects?
| All its ends the Examiner can accomplish
| by supporting Henry Ii. Scott. elsor of
| the Wallace Grand Jury and N0n-P Partisan
nominee for Sheriff. The Examiner has not
| Ia twelve months said word against
| Doodle and bossism that is not a direct
| commentator of Mr.. Scott and an argu-
ment to every MISUNDERSTANDING man to
| vote for him.
| If the Examiner desires to cleanse the
| Augean stables why does Ii not support
| Henry ii. Scott, whose record shows that
| he would crush out the vices of bossism
| No boss nominated Mr.. Scott. The citizens
| nominated him.
Mr.. Scott is lifelong Democrat. lie is a
| Cleveland Democrat, not a Sullivan Demo-
| crat. The sophistry urged against Demo-
| Gratis voting for him-that be was not
| nominated by the Democracy-is more true
| of his opponent. The Democracy did not
nominate McDade; Sullivan nominated
him. Good citizens, irrespective of party,
| are determined TO vote for the fearless and
| conscientious Henry II. Scott.
| NON ARTISAN DEMOCRAT