The morning call., 1893-06-13
PHIL GOES EAST.
Pastures New Sought by
CrimminS.
HAS HE GONE TO MIKE =?
Cabman Riley and Other Experts
Discuss the New Move of the
Dethroned Boss.
HAS HE GONE TO MIKE
'Blinkers" Murphy is sad. .
Barney Dougherty is dlsconsolate.

of-us-left looks. which gives him the ap-
pearance Of a latter-day martyr.
And the cause of the whole trouble is
that Phil Crimmns has left town.
Just where he has gone no one seems to
know.
$40 Chicago" Dougherty says.
He just look run up the road for
few days" is the opinion of his late part
ner.
Don't know nothin' bout 1t only that
he has went. See p Mr.. Murphy replied
in answer to a query.
''He ought to 60 to-well. a pretty hot
place." is the opinion expressed by his
successor in business. King McMhnus, and
so it is all along the line.
Every one acknowledges that Crimmins
has departed, but no one seems to know
any more about 1t than that. in the Ian
guage of Mr.. Murphy, "He has went"
Crlmmins shook the dust of the town off
his heels about two weeks ago and Just
after the close of the racing season.
he departed as quietly as in the days of
y0re he was wont to gather around him
few of his favorite city officials and in
struct them in the proper method of en-
cheering some pet scheme of his to
successful issue.
There was also associated with his de-
parture an attempt to initiate the oracle
who is said to make his marches long after
the sun mas gone to rest, for "Phlllie"
went at night. But as 1t is not authen-
tically known that the gentleman ever
heard of or knew that oracles exist, for it
must be remembered that they could not
be registered and voted here, he cannot be
&C used OF having stolen their Ideas.
The reasons given for Crimmins' sudden
departure are numerous His intimates
maintain that he has simply taken a trip
1, \ hat h., hz
short time.
His political enemies assert that 1t was
necessary for him to leave town if he de-
sired to avoid starvation, and in substan-
tation of this they cite many reasons.
First, they say that as political factor
Crimmins is as dead as an Aztec mummy,
and that 1t would be utterly impossible for
him to obtain fOothold again.
His actions during the last campaign,
they argue, not only resulted in the defeat
of the Republican party, but brought upon
it IN almost everlasting disgrace.
One gentleman who occupies a promi.
nent position in the party, while discuss
ing the mat ter, said:
80 Crimnins has left town. Well,
Rely and the rest of the crowd should he
compelled to follow him in quick order.
They are disgrace to the city. However,
there is one consolation. In the future
they cannot play the part In the conduct
past.
THE beer saloon and the hoodlum have
had their day. 1t Is now time for respect
able men to act. That is if it is the desire
to keep the rarty alive"
Then there are others who look upon the
departure In another light. These are the
gentlemen who charged Mr.. Crimmins
500 day for the privilege of losing same
of his ill-gotten gains by means of book
which he endeavored to run during the
racing season. and they say that Phil has
gone East to follow the races They also
wink significantly when they say it and
add that after the first or second meet
which he attends he will do his following
on foot.
OF course there is reason for this and
tits easily given: In the parlance of the
| track Crimmins g. Co. are soft suaps" as
| bookies, and all a man has to do to beat
the concern is to play against it.
| Hints of a Grand Jury investigation
! which will involve the looking into the
| way in which a company in which Grim
minis was interested obtained contracts for
the construction of sewers and the i'm
provement of streets. and its way of after
ward performing the work. may have also
| had something to do with the sudden flight.
1t is rumOred that a short time ago
number of grand jurors. after inspecting
the many samples of poor work recently
collected from the city's streets and
just who were to blame and punish the
guilty persons, and that the rumor coming
to the ears of the dethroned boss caused
him to hurriedly start in quest of the late
and unlamented Mr.. Buckley. who, it will
be remembered, left town for a somew hat
similar reason.
There is one man, however, who place
o faith In any ones theory as TO why
Phil departed and who advances an EN-
tirely new and original argument and
plausible one.
This man is Michael Riley, not the
gentleman who kept the hotel. but An old
friend of Crimmins and bartender, who
was in his employ when 16 Third street
and the little front room were important
factors in the city's history.
MIR Riley does not tend bar now He
drives cab instead. This change in
vacations he explains by asserting that
Il lost me grip as barkeep in NJ king the
stuff Martin and Phil used to give out to
the gang round election time, and can't
catch on again" But if Michael Riley
cannot catch on 10 the whisky-selling
business he usually manages to connect
with all other things.
Is was he who drove Crimmins to the
wharf on the night Of his departure, and
yesterday he talked quite interestingly on
the man and bis reasons for going hence,
Him skip out? Now don't You believe
it. young fellow" replied Riley when
questioned concerning his friend.
"Phlllie amt no fool. He knows what
he's doing. he does. He's just a-going 10
Chepcago to help Mike. You know him
and Mixes big friends and Phil's a-going
to just help out little bit on this here big
winter show that we're going to have
You know be did some business for
Mike afore. Wasn't it him wat ran the
conventions and got up that little Demo-
cratic party over Johnny Farley's place,
and then didn't me and him take Mikes
sack and pay the boys wat was runnin' it?
You bet we did. We gave each one a cool
hundred on the light fore election and it
WAS all Mikes money. He has confidence
In Phil, he has, and when this ERE bust
ness bout the winter show come up he
just telegraphed Phil to come. and he
come. You see, Phil kin work the Super
vis0rs and them people and get 'propria-
ton. He knows how to do them things.
Then he stands solid with the railroad
kinder and Mike don't since they thrun
him down in Sacramento
But Crimmins amt the only one in on
this scheme. Martins s in too. He's going
to work this end. Take up the collections.
you know. He's good at that. He had
practice with the boys in the City Hall.
mo; don't think he'll open a saloon
to doit. People would be ON iu a minute
| guess he's going 10 get a little back
room, and work the racket there. You
see. he's got to be sorter respectable like
to have people believs it's dead straight
just then a call came for Mr. Riley and
he was compelled to abruptly terminate
his ponversatiop hnt &c ba otraiohte.a