The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-25
He Is Bargaining With Kelly
and CriIlIninS.
THEY'RE TRADING And TRIMMING.
An Infamous Traffic in Political Positions.
1t Is ANYTHING for Doodle
With Jere Now.

The more the decent Democrats Of
this city learn Of the methods OF the So
called "Reorganized Democrats" the more
they repudiate them.
"Treachery," they say. sis not Demo-
cratic and these so-called Democratic
bosses are no leaders of ours"
Therefore, the real, decent Jeffersonian
Democrats are coming over to the Nom
Partlsans by legions.
This petty. local caucusing. button-holing,
trading, stuffing, pledging, is merely politi-
cal legerdemain aud unworthy, they claim,
Of great party.
1t matters not to these bosses, they say.
who wins the fight SO long as they. the
bosses, win.
Just consider for a moment one OF these
self-created, so-called Democratic" bosses
j. F. Sullivan.
Sullivan a few years ago occupied and
adorned the Superior Court bench. He had
by hard work and exercise of special judicial
talent succeeded in winning the confidence
OF the people.
Great things were predicted for Judge
| Sullivan, and it was thought that even the
| ermine of the Supreme Court was not be-
| yond him.
But how are the mighty fallen!
| The calm Judge, the clear. impartial rea-
| soner, the cold logician and the broad
minded dispenser of justice appears in the
| next scene In the role of political trickster.
| jugRler with conventions. an associate of
| the Peoples enemies, and himself declared
enemy of the people.
| He, who held the scales of justice for th e
| people so evenly on so many occasions is
now conspiring to tamper with that very
! balance OF justice in order to hurt the people.
| Still his clear sight Is useful in his ign0ble
| purposes.
He has discerned that he has lost the
confidence Of real Democrats, and that the
| Non-Partisan ticket will undoubtedly sweep
the city.
He sees this clearly. and also sees that his
| only hope to gain his lowered ideal is to
save some of the great Doodle offices.
| His legal experience teaches him how he
can do this, viz. by joining hands with the
| other bosses.
Therefore. Boss Sullivan and Boss Dryer
| OF the Democrats" have gone over to Boss
Kelly and Boss Crlmmins OF the "Repub-
LEANS"
They have gone over to their alleged
| enemies.
! They say, IF you will give US Ackerson
| for Superintendent of Streets, we will give
you Lee for County Clerk and Blattn er for
| Sheriff."
Such is the infamous bargain proposed by
this formerly high-minded Judge-this now
| degraded politician.
Are Democrats likely to trust their votes
to Header" who will thus bargain away
| the honor of their party?
Can real Democrats think without mis-
| giving of this man creeping down to a
back room and hob-no bblng with such dis
reputable characters as Kelly and Grim
Minis?
Can any one picture without loathing the
| quartet of bosses throwing loaded dice for
the ofices--the stake being really grea.
national party's name?
| No earnest Democrat will forward the
| plans OF these bosses, formed for their own
| benefit. The true Democrat is independent
| and will judge for himself.
| He will not allow himself to be made a
mere puppet in order that one or two un-
! popular and dlstrusted bosses may obtain
| Doodle.
| 1t is just such revelations as these that
are daily turning the thoughtful Democrat
| to vote the Citizens Non-Partisan ticket.
That ticket, at any rate, is clean, and
| promises the election of citizens for citizens,
and not the trading or boodle-puppets for
corrupt and treacherous bosses.