The morning call., 1894-10-20

and the thugs, and the thieves. the dive
keepers and the hangers-on rejoiced exceed
ingly that their idol had not been shat
tered. that they had again the assurance
that he was just as hideous and narrow
souled as ever and that he wore no mask
of vice-it was the real thing.
And that's what they really believe to-
day in the dives of the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District. They are mistaken,
however, and they will see their error on
election dav. They had hoped and hope
yet to elect Maaoney by the solid vote of
themselves and their companions of the
Sums. aud cutters, and cellars; they pro-
pose to flaunt in the face of the people of
San Francisco the certificate of election of
man they have, or think thew have.
every reason to suspect is just as immoral
as themselves, and all unaided at that.
There was to be no Boss Burns or Boss
Rainey interference in theirs, each Of
these political leaders having previously
declared for the purest man in the world.
1errv, the pure. Burns wanted him in
1Atsrse he had been useful TO nim as
o.n and messenger boy at his door;
t7 5I. because he had an idea he could
use IN to good purpose. fighting This or
F2'gst warrant. just as some people said he
.1st seq him when the fire bll' was up
9.r .Gssage. All this being the cause the
t! IS and thieves and hangers-on never
dreamed they would have any trouble IN
electing Mah0ney, never imagined that
there were any other voters IN tie district
to help them 10 d it. In this last surmlse
they were correct.
There weren't any other voters In the
district who wanted 20 vote for Mahoney
not one. There are now. Ihat sanity
man did not feel as though he could accept
seat in the upper house OF the California
! Legislature, pure as he was. at the hands
/ of undoubted law-breakers. He yearned
| for the Office but he didn't propose that
! all his supporters should be pointed out as
notorious blacklegs. He wanted the votes
of at least a few people the police have
been unable as get to spot. Of all his sup
porters in the district but very few an
swered this description. How was Ma
honey to get them? How? There was
! the question.
Had you been down in the Office of the
Registrar of Elections during the last day
or so you would have been answered.
/ Great, large, coarse men from Berkeley,
! and husky but idle dwellers in the vi
cinity of the Union Iron Works-men
who toll not ClOre than is necessary to fl
! 4 tomato can with the dregs of stale beer.
and who spin nothing but yarns-put their
heads under the measure and proclaimed
themselves as residents of a dozen or so
lodging houses in Mahoney's district.
These are the lodging-houSes in which
the Mahoney lieutenautS and the Burns
and Raiuey supporters propose to do their
colonizing, and the men they are putting
in them are the cOlonists. They are not
and never intend to be bona-tde residents
of the district. but they intend to vote for
MahOuey at so much per head and ex-
penses, just to keep up the general aver
age of purity which the impeccable Ma
| honey insists is the sine qua non TO his
acceptance of seat in the Senate.
| F'r an eX-prlvate detect We, who sported
painted eye to a painted keyhole on hi
sign ana who paid Especial attention tc
divorce cases." this is a remarkable record
for purity.
But nobody ever doubted that MahOney
was remarkable man. He hasn't lived
in Alameda County for a number of years.
! but they 90 further over there in their es-
timation of him They say he is a most, a
! mos remarkab man.