The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-04
TO BURN THE BLANKET.
Republican" Parasites Fear
the Fire.
Stampede Among the City Hsu Deputies
TO join the Non-partisan
Ranks.

Within the last three days all the Deputy
Sheriffs In the Sherif's Office, except few
in the County Jail who are under the In
fluence of Chief Jailer Hadeler. have abso
lutely deserted the Kelly and CrimmiDs
ThiTd-stTeet gang.
This is no more than was expected con-
sderng the high character of Sheriff Lau-
meister as an official and a citizen. His
influence for good government as against
most corrupt gang of cutthroats in permit
ting his deputies TO get out and fight for ID.
II. Scott for Sheriff shows the character Of
the man to be that of good citizen.
The break in the Sheriff's Office against
Kelly and Crimmins originated three days
after the Third-street 'Muguglies" nOmi-
mated promising Billy" Blsttner for Sheriff.
Then Deputy Sheriff q. b. Mackrett openly
and boldly announced himself in
favor of Il. II. Scott for Sheriff
as against the Third-street gang.
This avowal was then Looked upon as
high treason for any man in the NUM-
cipal government to attempt 10 overthrow
the power of the mugugles of the rotgut
concern on Third street, but Maekrett did
not care for the gang or their enmity. For,
as be said In advocating SCOTS claims, II
never VIII pay acy man royalty for the pur-
pose>of earning an honest living In this city.
Kelly and Crimmins do not represent the
Republican party or any section of it, They
have picked up the rejected weapon Of
Boss Buckley, /. e., the criminal element
with which TO ride into power
There are times in the history of the
world when men must rise above party, and
this is one Of them. While / am a
stanch Republican, yet l am for NUM-
cipal NOn-Partisan administration tor the
purpose of wiping out, for all time to come,
a most corrupt ring of floating politicians.
" tn iS tn
burn the blanket
Hence let US burn the Third-street
blanket now once and for all. If not, we
will have the same fight two years hence
and as long as Kelly, Crimmins & Company
have even one solitary Office at their dis
pOSal.
The fixing OF jurors the meddling and
| tamperiDg with both the Police Courts and
| some of the Superior Courts in the interest
| of self-confessed criminals is too much for
| any good citizen to stomach. Give the
| Sheriff's and County Clerks offices over to
| Kelly and Crimmins, with Blattner and
| Lee as chief deputies, and then g0Od-by to
| law and justice. Judge Wallace's crumpled
| Grand Jury slips Will be repeated with i'm
| munity, and no man who served or prom
| ises to serve Kelly and Crimmins need
serve on a trial jury"
These forcibe and unanswerable argu-
I ments, made openly and boldly, had good
effect. Under Sheriff Peter DeYeny, who
was never IIleDQi4 10 Nelly ana G1lmMl0s,
| joined in with Deputy Mackrett, and these
two by their advocacy converted others to
their way Of thinking.
In the meantime Kelly and CrimmIns
tried hard to rally stampede against these
attacks, and in order to do so solicited
Billy" Laumeister, the Sheriff's brother,
10 aid and assist them. Billy, who is only
two years from Livermore, the home Of
Buckley, jumped in to assist Martin and
Phil, but alas, it was no use; his friends
commenced to desert the cause Of the Third
street bosses. First went Deputies Berry,
Lunberg and Harry Piper; then followed
Chandler, Douglas Refs. etc, etc. until
there were left about three Tar-Flat adYo-
Gates of the Third-street bosses. As 1t is In
The Sheriff Office. so is it in almost all the
other City Hall Offices. Even the County
Clerks own office-bOys are beginning to
see that the Third-street ship is going on
the breakers and will. after next Tuesday,
be a total wreck. Consequently they are
getting ready the lifeboats in which to row
to the only safe anchoTage-that of the
Ncn-Partisan harbor-wheTe DO royalty
will be exacted TO support and maintain
Martin Kelly and Phil Crlmmins & Co. in a
state of ideness and potential corruption.