The record-union., 1894-09-27
THE "BULLETtN" AS A BOSS.

The editor of the San Francisco BuEIe-
tn is a political boss. The party he
controls and directs is known as the Nom
Partisan party of San Francisco. No
man receives his nomination at the hands
of that party without first obtaining the
consent of the editor of the San Francisco
Bulletin. Time and time again this con-
sent has been solicited. has been given,
and has been withheld.
In arecently published statement, Cap
tain Blennerhasset testified that he felt it
to be his duty to set in motion the ma
chinery of the Non-Partisan party; but
before doing so, however, he took pre-
caution to consult the editor of the BuLLe-
tin and the Mayor of the city.
Two years ago the Bulletin, in pursu-
snce of the journalistic dictatorship it
has sought to establish over the destinies
of San Francisco and to the detriment of
that city and the paralysis of every i'm
provement in the metropolis, received
and accepted the assistance Of d. NJ.
Burns. Mr.. Burns took an humble po-
sition in the ranks under the boss-ship of
the Bulletin. His services were accepted
without rebuke.
But Mr.. Burns has lately, by virtue of
his skill as manipulation of party poll
tics, set up for himself; whereupon, the
BuLIetiR finds that he served two terms
in the office of the County Clerk of YoIo
County; that he kept no Textbook; that
the Grand Jury criticised his administra-
ton of the Office he held in YoIo County.
Concerning this matter, the Bulletin is
forced to admit that Mr.. Burns settled up
the affairs of the Office with perfect salts
faction to the Grand Jury, to the experts
and to the people of Yolo County. 1t,
however, seeks to degrade d. M. Burns
in public estimation by declaring that the
settlement was made some months after
the incumbent left the Office
The Bulletin refers to the charge of de-
falcation, which is well known throughout
the State, in the Office of Secretary of State.
All these are old scandals and were lust
as well known two years ago as now. The
Bulletin had no fault to find with d, NJ.
Burns as Lieutenant under its boss-ship,
and the party which it controls and di-
rects as chief boss accepted the services
criticism and without rebuke Whatever
there is in the history of D. NJ. Burns
existed and was known-and as publicly
known then as now-when D. NJ. Burns
and the editor of the Bulletin marched
shoulder TO shoulder in the purifying
ranks of the Non-partisan organization.
When. in last June, D. NJ. Burns di-
rected, as the leader and chief organizer
of the Republican party. the State Con-
vention of that political organization, the
Bulletin had no rebnke. It accepted the
nominees of that convention, knowing
the relation their nomination sustained to
the directing energy of d. NJ. Burns. 1t
indorsed candidate Estee and the platform
he made for himself. 1t Endorsed the
Republican ticket and the high protec-
ton doctrines OF its platform, ranging
itself entirely within the ranks of the or
ganization. It yielded its entire moral
influence and its full journalistic sup
port to the Republican ticket which had
been nominated by Mr.. Burns. It had not
q word to say of Mr.. Burns past official
record, though 1t was quite as well ac-
ouainted with that record then as now.
In all this, Mr.. Burns had not invaded
the peculiar diocese of the Bulletin'S po-
htical bishopric. But when, under the
direction of d. NJ. Burns, the Repub-
ucan organization in San Fran
cisco. which recognizes his leader
ship, held a primary election for the
selection of delegates to a municipal con-
yention. then the functions and preroga-
tives of the editor of the Bulletin were
disputed. His position as boss of the
Non-Partisan organization was menaced.
and the Bulletin suddenly discovers and
discloses Mr.. Burns official record. This
raeord it travesties and distorts, holding