The morning call., 1892-11-05
Mixes FRANTIC APPEAL.
He Has Asked Harrison to
Suppress Quinn.
APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
The Market-Street Journalistic Curio Seeks
TO Control the Federal Patronage
and Fails

An attempt has been made to suppress
the Federal officials and Mike de Young is
at the bottom Of 1t all. The former, being
respectable and having decent instincts,
have been for the Nom Partisans 10 a mild
degree and, while keeping their council,
have been doing good work for Ebert and
the NOn-Partisan ticket.
To go back to the beginning. it seems
that Mike has been at war with the Fed
eral officials for some time, aud has been
doing everything within his power to whip
them into line. Their chief offending lay
in the fact that they were not for him for
Senator. and for that reason he started out
on general crusade.
When the Minneapolis convention, which
has passed into the political history of the
country, was over Mike journeyed to Wash.
lngt0D. lie registered at one of The lead
Ing hotels. and on the following day called
upon Secretary OF the Treasury Foster.
When Mike entered the Secretary's room
he swelled out like a toad, aud after spread
Ing himself around, be said: Mr.. Secre-
tary, L am NJ. Ii. dc Young. You will re-
member me perhaps as vice-chairman of the
Republican National Committee and a
Worlds Fair Commissioner from CalifOr-
MIA. Aside from that l am the owner of
tile greatest Republican paperin the United
States outside of New York city, and am the
recognized leader of the party on the Pacific
Coast"
At this point Mike puffed out to an ex-
traordilary extent and smiled at the Secre-
taTy.
The latter smiled but failed to fall
down.
'Glad to meet you. Mr. de Young" was
the polite response. "What can l do for
''Do for me?" said Mike in breaihess as
constituent well, | want very little and
1t must be done. ALI ask is three Fedora!
appointments for California and one re-
moval. and Mike drew himself proudly up.
Quite modest. l should say" was the
polite reply. "But to waive the question of
appointments for the time. please state the
removal you desire"
''lt is that of John c. QUINN" said De
Young, with a frown; land / want 1t done
at once"
Have you consulted Senator FELTON, ?"
Not for a moment, because / did not
think 1t necessary"
Until you do so shall be compelled to
avoid any action" and the polite Secretary
bowed De Young out.
That Was the first attempt of Mike to
make the Federal power fail into line for
his candidacy.
On top OF il all, however. comes another
struggle. Saturday night Mike grew des-
perate over the outlook and decided to ap-
peal to the President. Accordingly he
wrote telegram which went whizzing away
East saying that the employees of the Federal
Government were taking an active part
against the Republican ticket and asking
that they he warned to keep their hands off.
Thus far no reply has come back, and IL
begins to look rs if NJ Ike was being ignored.
The three officials named were John {.
Quinn. W. c. Ralston and Jake Shaen.
lhe latter just now is particularly obnox-
ious to Mike because of the fact that his
brother Is the Non-Partisan party candidate
tor the Assembly in the Forty-third Dis
trict. He 10 a sound Republican and has
been so from boyhood, and he is not for
Mike. and that Is the unpaTdonable sin.
AS il looks now the President will ignore
Nike and his frantic wall, and will
refuse TO interfere In the local affairs. That
seems 10 be the general opinion at least. and
as the time fer the election is so near at
hand without any reply the chances are that
Mike will not be Needed.