The morning call., 1892-11-05
HARRISON SCORuS qHElI.
All True Republicans Hate
the Bosses.
KELLY HELD In CONTEMPT.
no Blaine nor Harrison Republican Can
Afford to Lend Himself to His
Cunning Schemes.

farilSans is that they are boilers from the
party TO which they belong nationally.
1t IS charged By the followers Of the
ihild-street gang that no man who votes
ior Ellert is a Republican.
In other words, any man who is opposed
TO the disreputable political methods of
Martin Kelly is held up as a bolter who has
placed himself outside the pale of his party.
Gan 1t be possible that the people of San
francisco SHALL be compelled to admit that
heHy and Crimmins constitute all that
there is OF Republieanisn?
Is III TO be supposed that Benjamin Harri-
son would consent to take part in politics
conducted from the back room Of disrepu-
table ginmil?
would Benjamin Harrison be any the less
republican because of his refusal to do so :?
Imagine, If you can, a man who has occu-
pied Inc highest place in the land and
whose devotion TO party principles has
never been called In question. going down
10 10 Third street to ask Kelly and Grim
Minis for a nomination.
AND yet these men have the supreme
errontery to say to decent citizens that they
are the great and only Republicans, and
that vote against them is a vote against
the traditions of Lincoln and Grant and
Garfield and CoDklin2.
IL Is easy 10 show that these men are not
Republicans and that they do not represent
the sentiments aud ideas of the great party
10 the mastery Of which they lay claim.
They are simply usurpers of the most un-
serupulous type, and by the aid of a handful
OF desperate heeiers have been enabled to
secure control of the party machinery.
fhteen hundred men, at least half of
whom were Democrats, cast more than
IO,OOo 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 to do with the dis
covery OF the fifth moon of Jupiter.
Martin Kelly and Phil Crimmins simply
oossed the Job and from private room In
the rear of the convention hall dictated
the names which they had selected weeks
before.
This is what they call Republicanism,
and when it is all known 10 the average
man Of intelligence they still have the
nerve 10 say that the man who is not will
ing 10 be throtted is bOlter.
Is this the Republcanism cf Harrison and
Blaine?
Aud yet this is not the worst of it by long
odds.
There is a question Of the distribution Of
patronage which enters into this matter and
which cannot be overlooked. 1t can be
shown 10 q certainty. in fact, that the hun
dreds OF places under the city government
have already been parceled out to the
roughs and rockrOllers who did the work at
the primaries, and il Kelly and Crimmus
win the election that is coming on, the men,
as rule, who draw fat salaries and handle
the taxpayers money will be a lot of dis
reputable incompetents.
To sum Up these two points, nothing
could be further from the ideas of Repub-
lieanlsm than the practices Of Kelly and
Crmmins 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 aggrandize themselves in power caused
them to scruple at nothing, and to say that
these acts represented the Republican party
Is an abuse of words and gross libel.
The Republican ticket represents the
offenses and indecencies of the bosses. aud
the question is naturally asked why good
republicans should condone and reward
those offenses by electng the ticket
vi course there are reasons given by the
bosses for the purpose of causing voters to
think that the Non-Partisans are not in
the right.
Ihe main argument advanced is that
theirs is the regular party ticket and that
there are good men on the ticket.
Now, why is it the regular ticket?
The party had no voice whatever in its
selection, and to call their last primary the
voice of the party must be regarded as
JOKE. The ticket represents not the party
wish but the personal preference of Kelly
and Crimmins. and the officers. if elected,
would be paid by the city but owned by
Kelly and Crimmins.
Who besides their svcophants regard
these two men as the Republican party?
Then IL is claimed that there are some
good men on the ticket This has been
heafd 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-
need The good names on the boss ticket
III there are any-are simply bait on the
nook, and it is hoped that the public will
swallow bait, hook and all, aud thus enable
Nelly and Crimmins TO draw 10 themselves
the patronage Offices and by that means en-
But have not the voters who were de-
prlved OF their rights at the primaries some
rlghis 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 sth day of
November.
Beyond all this these two men who are
seeking to control the party are not sim
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 ambi-
tion is to enricli themselves at the expense
OF the public.
they are so full of patriotism and so
anxious to serve the public good why is it
that the average voter is denied a voice in the
partyP Is 1t because they are all good and
ali wise. and the voter is wicked and stupid,
OF Is IL because they are determined TO rule
or ruin?
ihls answer is one easy to figure out by
any one who cares to take the trouble.
nelly and CrimMins. moreover, are in
IaVor OF the supremacy of the saloon in
politics. Nearly all of their followers are
Oh that element who haunt the barrooms
uay and night and exc out precarious ex-
istence by doing what is told them by the
bosses. The "Blinker" Murphys, the
lronfoor Johnsons, the "Splt-lip" Col
iinses, the "Big-neck" Smiths, the ''Slob"
browns, the skip Tobins, the "Crutch''
hawkinses. and all the rest of that band of
eminent and able gentlemen who stuff bal
lotooxes and carry primaries are In their
employ and do the work of the Republican
party They are convenient men to have
about, because they do the work for the
better citizens, who are thus enabled to
stay away from the primaries
Ihese are the men the bosses rely upon to
carry ont ihalr nlans and mint bai. fnzars