The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-31
DOWN WITH TIE BOSSES.

There Is stiil week before the election,
but its result is foregone conclusion. Un-
less some inconeeiyable accident takes
place the Non-Partisans viii elect nine
tenths of their ticket. with a fighting show
for the other tenth. Such meetings as that
Of Saturday evening in the Twenty-ninth
Assembly District, which has been a Re-
publican stronghold for years and which
Crimmins and Kelly counted as absolutely
safe without work. tell story Of reYnlson
Of feeling which cannot be misunderstood.
All over the city men of all classes-labor-
ers, mechanics, wage-eaTners, small dealers,
merchants bankers and professional men
re-echo the same cry: Down with the
bosses!
The ticket constructed by Sullivan and
Dryer Tepelled 4 large section Of the De-
moeTacy by giving undue prominence to
single element of the party. The ticket
built by CrimmiHs and Kelly was haDdi-
capped by the insane ambition of De Young
TO become Senator and by the prevailing
impression that it Sas backed by railroad
money. The two old parties had 10 contend
against these obstacles TO success, which
measurably weakened them. But the feel
ing which has destroyed them outright was
that both were under the control Of bosses
and that whichever won the same parties
would be found on top at their old game of
robbng the taxpayers and cheating the
people. Voters are not deaf 10 the current
reports that Crimmins and Kelly are knitting
the whole Republican ticket to get votes for
Blattner and Lee; that De Young is selling
out the municipal ticket to win support for
the Republican legislative ticket. and that
llemn0FGfa Fxif inc tn civ a fnr hp
whole municipal ticket Except Sheriff and
CleFk) IN exchange for a vote for McDade
and Haley What can be expected O. par
ties which are run with such knavery as
that? Is it any wonder that people cry
aloud, Down with the bosses?
One of the sbrewdest observers Of affairs
says tersely: "The Non -Partisans must
win. because every one knows that the
other parties are dominated by the bosses
the same old gang being in both parties"
That is the case in a nutshell. Ii is fight
between politicians and people. To hood
wink voters the politicians have divided
themselves into two camps, which propose
TO be bitterly hostile, but which are secretly
allied. 1t Is well understood that if either
party won it would take care Of the paupers
of the bosses. 1t might require them to
undergo conversion, as the missionaries TO
China require the Cinnamon 10 be baptized
before taking them into pay, but, like the
Cinnamon, the beaten ballot-boX suffers
would not let a trifie like this stand in the
way. We all remember what an astonishing
number of Democrats used to see the error
OF their ways after an election when Buck
ley was beaten, and how generally pollti-
clans of Republican boss complexion awoke
to the merit of Jeffersonian principles when
Buckley carried the city. Our municipal
bosses have improved on Jsckson's motto
they admit that ITO the victors belong the
spoiIs"-but only on condition that they
divide them with the vanQuished. That is
why every derent citizen is crying, Down
with the bOssesl
This is a fight in which the people Of the
city may be compared to a sheep which
stands meekly while two coyotes are wrest-
ling with each other to determine which
shall be the one TO stTaDgle it and suck its
blood. The victor in the match will plunge
It's teeth into the poor sleeps throat, but
when its hunger is satiated it will leave part
Of tie carcass for its defeated foe. Every
body win be happy-except the sheep. See
how amicably the Chronicle ana the EIdBl-
fper conduct their party controversy. From
reading Of their columns one might sup
pose that the two great political parties had
buried the Ratchet The vast uprising of
the people which has mateyialized in the
organization of the Eon-Pariisans has torn
The mask from the faces of both and re-
Veaied them as partners who have been