The morning call., 1892-01-17
WAYS AND MEANS.

TIE CALL IS in receipt Of numerous con
tfibut suggesting ways and means 10
get tie b-ss-rule Issue fairly before the
people Let US ascertain at the start what
is The source Of boss rdle How do men
ike Buckley, Cr.mmins and Kelly get the
power to run the conventions Of the party
with which they are identified? THE CALL
has before expressed the opinion that the
source Of boss rule is the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. That company has
always had projects before legislative
bodies which 1t assumed could not be
carried out without using the representa-
tiyes Of the people. Early Ia Its career
this company discovered the advantage Of
electing representatives that would do its
bidding. It also discovered the advantage Of
having friends in judicial positions. To
secure these aids the company went into
politics enough to take hand in the nOmi-
mating conventions Of both parties. The
so-calIed bosses are agents Of the Southern
Pacific Company. Buckley would never
have been heard Of If the managing poll
tcians Of the Southern Pacific Company
lad not discovered in him some organizing
ability and made usa of him to carry out
their purposes. Any organization to over
y
De Y0ungs must primarily be an organiza-
ton TO force the Southern Pacific out Of
politics. This can only be done by breaking
the power Of the company in politics. Ia
both Parties there is an undoubted majority
which resents the interference Of the rail-
road company in their political conventions.
They do not waat railroad candidates forced
upon them. The organ iz1tiou we advise is
Of r. on fHn 0f fhnaa
mai orities Of their power to control their
own conventions. The two parties will
soon nominats delegates to the national
conventions. The railroad company VII
make an effort to select the delegates
for both parties. They will succeed, too,
unless the people organize to prevent 1t.
30 far as municipal politics 90 citizens
ticket is the way cut Of boss rule. One Of
our correspondents. who signs himself "a
Lover Of Reform" makes some practical
suggestions on this point, which we ap-
pend:
Editor Morning Cal: The evils which are
DaralyziDg the people Of the Stale Of California,
and 10 particular The citizens Of San Francisco.
and the source OF III Sc evils, are now well
known 10 the community. In THE CALL Of the
18Th Inst, you advise organization 10 every
city, town aud village In the STATE" as an effec.
AAai luSdus ~ Erb ttA va py4itiNal iutcfcs DACH
radiance would certainly be a good and long
stride in the path Of reform; bu, how do you
propose 10 start This much-tO- desired OrganZa-
tIon? BuckIey's representatives 10 The Demo
cratic party" with A 7. SPOTS as their Secrr-
taiy, have issued circulars and taken steps TO
organize in conformity with the ylanous old
CO ruUt boss system Another and a better
party OF Democrats, with headquarters at 2O7
Suffer street, have ISSUED circulars In support Of
their legitimate claims and right 10 reOIganlze
the Democratic party" The successors of Tie
late Mir. Higgins, "Crimmins, Kelly &, Co. are
OiliDE thrir machine and laying wires 10 capture
Offices and spOlls through Ieady-made officials
and gislatOrs aud how many more parties viii
be out before lGHg. with their side Issues no one
can tell II Is certain that political thieves N
not be got rid OF through any, or all OF these
organizations. There are enough OF anti.
machine and autl-boss voters In this city
10 overthrow The followers and support
ers OF the machines and bosses CON-
bineG, II tEey Can only get a chance. There
IS no difference between the machine slaves
OF both parties; they are all dishonest
and viii betray The people every time fOr money;
and for over ten years the honest voters OF san
Francisco have had the humiliation and nor
tiicalion OF having no alternative from voting
for those machine slaves except not voting al all.
II is impossible TO bring reform while there
are Ouiy IN the field two parties equally corrupt
YOU Will find that they viii trample on and
smash tie machines OF both parties There is no
difficulty il this: certain number OF pure men
with clean hands and unsuIed records can be
found IN every ward in this city, say eight men
IN each ward, making nineiy-six (96) which
wo6ld be a convention large enough 10 make
nominations for municipal Offices members OF
Assembly and Senate, and discharge all other
duties as would seem desirable FOR The benefit Of
reform. This convention OF ninely-six could be
made uu from both parties IN equal numbers, as
also Tie nominees. The honest voters OF this
CITY would recognize such a convention as their
commemorative ana would flock en- masSe TO the
support OF its nominees. II some such sugges-
lions as the foregoing don't meet yoar approval
please say how the organization TO exile DO
litical thieves is 10 be started
The CALL IS ready and willing to assist
.fe public ia carrying out any plan, or In
advancing any organization which viii tead