The morning call., 1892-10-21
DE YOUNG ON DE YOUNG.

De Young devotes twelve columns of his
own paper and one column of his little
evening leaflet TO proving that Califor-
MIA ought to send him to the Senate. Ii
il takes so much argument to prove 1t the
lob must be tough. IL Is, in fact, one of the
toughest jobs of the day, and 1t is no Won
der it strains the muscles OF those who
undertake it.
lis no part of the business Of THE CALL
TO manage the Chronicle, or to CRITICIZE the
plan on which it is run. But as one OF the
events of the day, the course when that
sheet sees fit to pursue fills an lndlDereht
observer with mild amaZement. Inc pur-
nose of its proprietor Is TO get himself
alacted to the Senate. The best way Oh
carrying out that purpose, in his opinion. IS
to browbeat and bully every one VINO is
opposed to him-that is to say. the respeeta-
Bile classes-and to call them names. Thus
he calls the Non-Partisans, who certainly
include among them some of our best people,
'.office seekers" and "soreheads," "the
quintessence of do-nothingism, "malig-
nants," "old knaves and traitors" ''ras-
GALS" "broken-down politicians" who are
| actuated by "spite and malice" 1t is by
these arguments that De Young expects to
| conciIiate the most substantial citizens OF
| the state which he wants to represent in
the Senate. He has been in the habit, it
seems, of addressing those around him in
| the language which gentlemen would hard
| ly apply to dog; and the habit is incurable.
| The great bulk of the merchants Of this
| city and State have banded themselves to-
gether in Traffic Association, with the
laudable purpose of promoting the extern
| sion OF trade and Of reducing the cost of
freight transportation. No one, outside of
| the railroad employ or hired agents, can be
| opposed TO such an organization it CON-
mends itself to the approval of every one
who possesses grain Of intelligence.
In times gone by it has bawled against
the railroad vociferously. But now it has
never spoken of the Traffic Association ex-
eept to sheer at it. 1t has pooh-poohed its
efforts, and according to its usual ethics il
has imputed base motives to the gentlemen
| who were at its head. It has convinced
every one that it is not on the side of the
people In the traffic controversy, but that,
| for reasons best known to itself, il is on the
side of the railroad monopoly. Many peo-
pie believe that De Young is in the pay OF
| Huntington, and that the latter expects to
recoup himself by services TO be hereafter
rendered by the former, if he gets INTO the
| Senate. Ali this is no secret. Everybody
knows it. Everybody talks Of it. And De
Young thinks this is the way to induce
California Legislature to elect him to the
Senate.
Finally. It's through the aid of the bosses
Kelly and Crimmins, that he expects t
break his way into the Senate. Now SaI
Francisco has had many bosses, who have
not left sweet SAVIOR In the public nostril:
| NH Inv Il,.S
any Of these are Crimmins and Kelly. L
shocks decent Republicans that the pat
ronage Of their party should be dispensed
by them. They were revolted at the pack
ing of the primaries. They were dis
gusted with the impudent fraud by which
parcel of City Hall underlings assumed tC
be a Republican convention. With the
authors Of these wrongs. which have alien.
ated the great bulk of the Republican voter:
| from the party ticket, De Young-probably
| from natural affinity-has made a close of
fensiye and defensive alliance. They are
| his hackers. lie takes his orders from them.
| They picked out legislative ticket to elect
him. 1t is supposed that he and the rail-
| road furnishes them with money to hire
| suffers and repeaters. He has cast his lot
| with them and they have folded him in
| their embrace. He is alphabetically the can
| dldate Of the bosses and the railroad. And
| be imagines that ne people of San Fran
| cisco are so much in love with bosses thai
they will delegate to Kelly and Crimmins
| the duty Of choosing Uuited States
| Senator.
THE CALL can afford at this crisis to
give him little advice. 1t is not BY calling
names ana telling lies that be will repair
the mistakes he has made. He has got him.
self into a hole, and it is not by vulgar
abuse of bystaBders that he can get out
He Is going to get lesson which Will last
him for life. II he had been contented to
remain in obseurity. which is his natural
sphere, he might never have known how
profoundly people despise him. He has
chosen to thrust himself into a position so
conspicuous that the contempt and loathinp
will be manifest. he will know, before
three months elapse, what his fellow-citi
zens think OF him. And the knowledge viii
probably do him good.