The morning call., 1894-11-03
Working Every Possible
Scheme to Win.
BURNS AND THE LIQUOR MEN.
He Commands Them to Support
His Candidates.
CONFERS WITH CHRIS BUCKLEY.
A Combine Ticket to Defeat the
Non-PartisanS - 0DOnnell Sc
fected for Mayor.

Desperate measures are being taken Oy
the bosses to defeat the Non-Partisan
party. Nothing could better indicate
the dread in which Burns and Buck
ley, their heelers and suffers stand of the
voice of the people and a fair election than
the measures they are now adopting to
elect their candidates next Tuesday.
They are in straits, and the shibboleth
has gone forth, Down the people at any
cost"
The command is beingheeded as we'll as
the circumstances will permit Burns is
using his power as a Police Commissioner,
his influence as man who. If he wins.
will have full swing and many tavors to
bestow, the possession of the Registrars
office, the backing of the railroad company.
the cooperation ofiBuckley and Rainey and
every resource and agency at his COM
mand to carry the election. No attempt
at conceament has been made since the
first cry Of purity was started and suf1ed
by the incredulity OF long suffering and
thoroughly Initiated public.
Since Burns captured the municipal
primary and packed the convention, he
has moved toward his ends utterly re-
CARELESS of the devious ways necessary
10 obtain them, and now at the close, as
he finds that the prize for which he has
striven is about TO eIude him, he is Selling
upon every device that may help him.
1t is known that he has had his brother
in-law, Registrar Evans, prevent the re-
moval from the rolls of thousands of
suffers. That has become an old story.
Now it appears that be has been prOmis-
ing favOrs from he Board OF Supervisors,
in the event of the success of his Ticket IN
exchange for the support Of certain infu-
enceS. At recent meeting OF the Liquor
Association representative
the boss told the members in effect: He
has helped you in the past in the prOtec-
tion he has granted you as Police Com
missioner. You must look to him for help
in the future. The side entrances to sa-
looms could have been closed by the police
long ago If he had SO desired. The next
Board of Supervisors may pass ordinances
which may seriously affect your Interests.
Mr.. Burns will in all probability elect the
next board, and he will in all probability
elect the members Of the Legislature from
this city. You will need his help at Sac
ramentO as we'll as at the new City Hall,
and you must come to some understanding
with him. What he wants of you is that
you support his candidates for the Board
OF Superv jsOrs and for the Legisla ture."
The mouthpiece of Mr.. Burns then went
on to say that in the Thirty-ninth District
Alex NOgelsang was running on the Demo
cratic ticket for the Assembly. Mr., Fo-
gelsang was an ayowed opponent of the
an out-and-out anti-railroad man. He
must be defeated at all hazards, and Mr..
Burns would insist that the members of
the LiQuor-deale rs' Association vote and
work agai VogelsaDg.
Up to this time VogelSang had been very
popular with this organization. The dis
trict is Republican, but V0gelsang, count
Ing upon support from this source and
upon the antI-railroad element hoped 10
overcome the usual majority and defeat
Dinkelspel, the Republican candidate.
After the meeting at which Burns orders
were issued some of VOgelsang's friends
went to him and plainly stated that they
were very sorry but could no longer help
him in his fight, as to continue to do so
would be to work against their own inter
ests as liquoT-dealeTs. Burns, they said,
had made an issue of the legislative ticket
and had demanded that the organization
support DO anti-railroad man.
So Vogelsang has met with severe re-
pulse, and at last there has been an open
announcement on the part of the Burns
crowd of their allegiance to the railroad,
and also an open acknowledgment Of the
fact that the police are being used to fur
ther the political ends OIL the boss.
1t has all along been known that these
two things were true, but 1t is good thing
to have positive proof Further proof OF
the use of the police can be had any day
from any number of members of class OF
men who thickly inhabtt the Twenty
fourth Senatorial District They are al
ali times liable 10 arrest for vagrancy, and
recently the officers have been making
feint3 at taking them in. The vagrapt;
fly To Senator MahOney, otherwise known
as Jerry the Pure Boss Burns close
friend, aud are permitted to enjoy thei
liberty on their promise TO support and
vote for Mahoney. A number of these
cases have come to light, and yesterday
THE CALL published letter from one o
the men on the subject. The Chief o.
Police has been asked TO explain why tn,
Police Commission is being made a party
20 the schemes of a political boss in viola
ton of the law under which the force wa
organized, but he has failed to respond tt
the question.
A humber of independent Reru blicans
are very much incensed at the action D
Registrar Evans in connection with tn
making up of the ticket. He has pu
them down as Independents instead of in
dependent Republicans, while lndepend
ent Democrats have been given tn
full title. Lawrence w. Coe, candidate TO
the Assembly from the Forty first District
is very angry because the word Republi
can does not appear after his name, as, b
says, The voters will not know his politics
The same trick has been played upon II
c. Flrebaugh, candidate for Senator Il
the Twenty-second District, and j. j. Cal
ish, candidate for the Assembly in til
FortieIh.
The Registrar is but following out tn
line of conduct he has adopted from the frs
and taking every possible advantage o
the opponents of the Burns ticket MI
Coe will bring this matter to the attention
of the Election Comm ission to-day.
The suit brought by the Non-Partisa
party against 5000 suffers was dscusse
yesterday more than any other politics
topic. The general opinion seemed to b
that it was good move, and all reputabl
men of whatever party approved it an
hoped that it would result in flustratin
the designs of Burns. his brother-in-la,
and their heelers and strikers OF thi,
the Non-Partisans have no doubt. The
feel confident that they have it in thei
power 10 either deter the suffers from a
tempting to vote or to fill the jais wit
them. Either of the results will be yer
grateful to the people of San francisco.
The Non-Partisan campaign cOmmiite
met last night aud talked over this an
other matters. They will push the exam
inaton of the proprietOrs of the stufft
boarding-houses and will get out warran
enough to depopulate certain sections
the TWenty-fourth Senatorial District.