The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-24
WHAT 1T is ALL ABOUT.

A correspondent who admits that he has
not time TO read all the news of the day
wants to know what the Republican dis
agreement Is about. Is il about silver or
about the tariff? Is one faction in favor of
sending cruisers up TO Boring Sea to catch
pOachers who catch seals, and is the other
faction opposed to such proceeding? Does
one faction want to drive the Southern
Pacific Railroad out of politics and does the
other faction want To keep that Cor roratiOn
in politics? Is the American sheep in any
way interested in the dispute? Is either
faction so much better than the other
faction that it can profit by a show of
records? Ia other words, what is it all
about?
The CALL does not understand that any
Republican principle is involved in the dis
Dute. So far as we know, Crimmins and
Kelly are as good Republicans as Buckley
aud Rainey were Democrats. We do not
know what are the views Of the several
leaders of the two or three factions on the
silver question. We do not know that these
leaders know that there is a silver question.
To the best of our knowledge the men
whose names are men toned as leaders have
little or no time to devote to discussion of
political issues. They have issues Of their
own, which we will briefly state
The city and county of San Francisco
expends in one way or another about S., Co.,
900 year. Considerable of this money goes
out in the form of salaries. The appoint
ment of the officials and their deputies and
assistants who draw these salaries is val
liable power. 1t would be worth to one
man or to one set of men fully $500, 600 a
year. This is one of the issues that the
County Committee have split upon.
Again the city and county Of San Fran
cisco has Board Of Supervisors which Is
empowered TO pass ordinances, grant fran
chses and do other things Injurious or 9th
erWise to the city at large To any man or
set OF men who can control tie nominations
Of these Supervisors there is 4 pot of money
how much depends upon the hardwood of
the controlling power. Here is another
issue upon which the committee has split
Sui again The city and county of San
Francisco elects about one-third Of the State
Legislature. Next winter the election Of
United States Senator will deyolve upon
the State Legislature. In past years the
work of electing United States Senators has
been profitable to the legislature 1t has
also been profitable to the men who, through
the use Of money, controlled votes in the
Legislature. This forms another issue upon
which the committee has split.
The general understanding is that If the
Crimmins and Kelly faction succeed in es-
tablishing their authority as County Com
mittee. and succeed in carrying the prima-
ries to be held shortly for the election of
delegates to the national convention, per-
sons will be nominated to the Legislature
pledged to vote for NJ. ii. de Young for
United States Senator. The exact nature
Of the compact between Crimmlns and
Kelly, party Of the first part, and NJ II. de
Young, party OF the second part, is not
known. 1t is understood that Mr.. de Young
will give Crimmins and Kelly the support
of his newspaper, and that Crimmins and
Kelly Will see that men are nominated to
the Legislature who can be relied upon to
vote for De Young for Senator.
The Burns- Wilson Mahoney faction are
understood to be opposed to De Young for
Senator. This Of itself is an issue to the
people Of this State of no small Importance.